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Harry Truman: “The authority vested in the President by section 708 of the Act relating to voluntary agreements and programs to further…”

On the recordJuly 6, 1952
The authority vested in the President by section 708 of the Act relating to voluntary agreements and programs to further the objectives of the Act is hereby delegated to the Small Defense Plants Administrator to the extent that it may be exercised with respect to approval of small-business production pools.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10370—Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Small Defense Plants Administrator

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