White House Press Release, Executive Order Number 9570

113 #110 IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 15, 1945 EXECUTIVE ORDER #9570 POSSESSION AND OPERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, PLANTS, AND FACILITIES OF THE SCRANTON TRANSIT COMPANY LOCATED IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA WHEREAS after investigation I find and proclaim that as a result of labor disturbances there are existing interrup- tions of the operations of the transportation system and of certain plants and facilities owned and operated by the Scranton Transit Company located in and about the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania; that the war effort will be unduly impeded and delayed by such interruptions; that it has become necessary to take possession and assume control of the said transportation system, plants, and facilities for purposes that are needful or desirable in connection with the prosecution of the war; and that the exercise, as hereinafter specified, of the powers vested in me is necessary to insure in the interest of the war effort the operation of the said transportation system, plants, and facilities. ARUAND NARA NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 9 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended by section 3 of the War Labor Disputes hct, the Act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 645, and the First War Powers Act, 1941, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Director of the Office of Defense Transporta- tion is authorized and directed, through or with the aid of any public officers, Federal agencies, or other government instrumen- talities that he may designate, to take possession and assume control of the said transportation system, plants, and facilities owned and operated by the Scranton Transit Company located in and about the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, including all real and personal property and other assets used or useful in connection with the operation of such transportation system, plants, and facilities, and to operate or to arrange for the operation of the said transportation system, plants and facilities in such a marner as he may deem necessary for the successful prosecution of the war; and do anything that he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this order. 2. Subject to applicable provisions of existing law, including the orders of the Office of Defense Transportation issued pursuant to Executive Orders 8989, as amended, 9156, and 9294, the said transportation system, plants, and facilities shall be managed and operated under the terms and conditions of employment in effect at the time possession is taken under this order. 3. Except with the prior written consent of the Director, no attachment by mesne process, garnishment, execution, or other- wise shall be levied on or against any of the real or personal property or other assets, tangible or intangible, in the possession of the Director hereunder. 4. Possession, control, and operation of any plant or facility, or of the transportation system, or any part thereof, on any real or personal property, taken under this order shall be terminated by the Director when he determines that such possession, centrol, and operation are no longer necessary for the successful prosecution of the war.