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Eisenhower: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, it is…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 1957
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Executive Order 10695—Revoking Paragraph 2(b) of Executive Order No. 10096 of January 23, 1950, Entitled 'Providing for...'

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