Evening star., 1946-02-15

which will, in his Judgment, hav,
no unstabilizing consequences ant
which may be deemed approved
within the meaning of this ordel
without prior consideration by tn,
wage or salary stabilization agencies
Such regulations may make specia
provision for cases, among others
in which ID the increase is to b<
of limited amount, or (2) a small
number of employees will be involved
or CD there will be in all probability
no substantial effect upon price OF
rent ceilings or costs to the United
States.
Prior Increases Covered.
(c) Except as the stabilizatior
administrator may by regulation
otherwise provide, the making. aftel
the effective date of this order, o1
any wage or salary increase pursu.
ant to Part Nv, section /, of Execu.
tive Order 9599, without the priol
approval of the National Wage
Sterilization Board or other desig.
mated wage or salary stabilizatior
agency having jurisdiction with re-
spect to the wages or salaries in
volved, shall constitute a waiver o1
any right of the employer to use
such increase, at any time during
the continuation of the stabilization
laws, as a basis for seeking an in
crease in price or rent ceilings or
in the case of products or services
being furnished under contract with
a Federal procurement agency, as q
basis for increasing costs to the
United States. The stabilization
administrator shall have authority
to provide by regulation that wage
or salary increases of particular
class shall be unlawful unless made
with the prior approval of the board
or other designated agency, II In his
Judgment such action is necessary
to prevent wage or salary increases
inconsistent with the purposes Of the
stabilization laws.
Id In accordance with and sub
ject to the provisions of section
Of this order, any wage or salary
increase heretofore lawfully made,
or made in accordance with a gov
ernmental recommendation in q
wage controversy announced prior
to the effective date of this order,
shall be deemed to have been ap-
proved within the meaning of this
order, and may be taken into ac-
count as basis for increasing price
or rent ceilings or, in the case of
products or services being furnished
under contract with a Federal pro-
curement agency, as basis for in
creasing costs to the United States.
Authority to Issue Orders.
te) All arbitration awards, and all
recommendations of publicly-ap
pointed fact-finding panels, with
respect to wage or salary issues, shall
conform with the standards of this
order and the regulations and direc-
tives issued Hereunder. No wage or
salary increases shall be put into
effect In accordance with any such
awards or recommendations, here
after announced, unless and until
approved by the appropriate wage
or salary stabilization agency, or
unless such awards or recommenda-
tions are voluntarily accepted by the
parties on the basis stated in the
first sentence Of subsection Co of
this section.
4. The stabilization administra-
tor, in the ONCE Of War Mobilization
and Reconversion, shall have full
authority to issue such orders and
directives as may be necessary, in
his Judgment, to carry out the pur-
poses of this order.
5. Any provision of any prior
Executive Order in conflict herewith
is hereby superseded to the extent
of such conflict.
6. This order shall become effec-
tive February IA, 1916.
(Signe6 HARRY s. TRUMAN.
The White House,
February IA, 1916.
FOLLOWING is the teIt of the
statement by President Truman
accom- mpdnying the nep Dage-
price policy:
In my message to Congress on the
State of the Union, I said:
e.. every one who realizes the
extreme need for swift and orderly
reconversion must feel deep con-
Germ about the number of major
strikes now in progress. If long con-