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Harry Truman: The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions of the…

On the recordSeptember 16, 1951
The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions of the President without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10289—Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions of the President by the Secretary of the Treasury

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