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Harry Truman: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as…”

On the recordJune 25, 1951
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed in part by Executive Order No. 9988 of August 20, 1948, in part by Executive Order No. 10001 of September 17, 1948, and in part by Executive Order No. 10116 of March 9, 1950, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri
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Executive Order 10258—Amending the Selective Service Regulations

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