INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a), 508, 603, 729(a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29, 111, 171; 54 Stat. 989, 1008; 55 Sat 722; 26 U.S.C. 55(a), 508, 603, 729(a), and 1204), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1945 to 1950, inclusive, which contains information necessary to the investigation of the sale of tanker ships by the United States Maritime Commission, shall, during the first session of the Eighty-second Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments or the duly authorized subcommittee thereof for the purpose of investigating the sale of tanker ships by the United States Maritime Commission, as a part of the study of the operation of Government activities with a view to determining its economy and efficiency, subject to the conditions stated in the Treasury decision relating to the inspection of such returns by that committee, approved by me this date.(1)
This Executive order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 25, 1951.
(1) 26 CFR 458.307.