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Eisenhower: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 1245), and as President of…”

On the recordMay 10, 1955
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 1245), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Executive Order 10611—Establishing the Civil Defense Coordinating Board and Defining its Duties

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