I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Division of Controls in the Executive Office to effectuate the general policies which the President may lay down from time to time with respect to the sale, lease, transfer, distribution or disposition of machinery, equipment, merchandize, food, clothing and other articles or commodities by the National Trading Corporation, the Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Corporation, and the Surplus Property Commission. The Division herein created shall pass upon all transactions of said corporations which under the laws or executive orders governing the operation thereof require the approval of the President for their completion or consummation.

The President shall designate the person to take charge of the Division of Controls with the assistance of such officers and employees as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Chief of the Executive Office.

Done at the City of Manila, this 5th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.


By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office