Executive Order 3172

by President of the United States

WHEREAS, the United States Fuel Administrator acting under the authority of an Executive order issued by me dated the 23rd of August, 1917, appointing the said Fuel Administrator and of subsequent Executive orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, did, on January 31, 1919, and on February 20, 1919, execute and issue orders suspending, until further order by the President certain rules, regulations, orders and proclamations therefore promulgated relating to the fixing of prices, the production, sale, shipment, distribution, apportionment, storage and use of coal, and whereas it is necessary to restore and maintain during the war certain of said rules, regulations, orders and proclamations:

Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, acting under authority of the aforesaid Act of Congress, approved August 10, 1917, do hereby revoke and annul said orders of January 31, 1919, and February 20, 1919, to the extent necessary to restore all of the said rules, regulations, orders and proclamations therein suspended concerning:

(a) Fixing prices of bituminous and lignite coal at the mines;

(b) Fixing or regulating commissions of persons and agencies performing the function of middlemen dealing in bituminous and lignite coal;

(c) Fixing or regulating gross margins or prices of wholesale and retail dealers in bituminous and lignite coal;

and do hereby restore all of said rules, regulations and proclamations, to the extent herein provided, to full force and effect, as if they had not been suspended.

Inasmuch as it is contemplated that it may be necessary from time to time to revoke other portions of said orders of January 31, 1919, and February 20, 1919, and to restore to full force and effect rules, regulations, orders and proclamations, or portions thereof, regulating the production, sale, shipment, distribution, apportionment, storage or use of bituminous and lignite coal the Fuel Administrator shall, as occasion arises, restore, change or make such rules or regulations relating to the production, sale, shipment, distribution, apportionment, storage or use of bituminous and lignite coal as in his judgment may be necessary.

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

October 30, 1919.