Contents:
1. Executive Order 11110 (The order by Kennedy switching the
USA to the silver standard)
2. Open letter from Agent Re'Marque to US citizens
3. 3-page synopsis of the facts of the case.
Executive Order 11,110
AMENDMENT
OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.10289, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF
CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of
the United States Code, it is ordered as follows:
Section 1. Executive Order No. 10289 of September 19, 1951, as amended,
is hereby further amended-
(a) By adding at the end of paragraph 1 thereof the
following subparagraph (j):
(j) The authority vested in the President by paragraph (b)
of section 43 of the Act of May 12, 1933, as
amended (31
U.S.C.821(b) ), to issue silver certificates against any silver
bullion, silver, or standard silver dollars in the Treasury not then
held for redemption of any outstanding silver certificates, and to coin
standard silver dollars and subsidiary silver currency for their
redemption, and
(b) By revoking
subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph
2 thereof.
____ Title 3--The President
Sec. 2. The amendments made by this Order shall not
affect
any act done, or any right accruing or accrued or any suit or
proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal cause prior to the
date of this Order but all such liabilities shall continue and may be
enforced as if said amendments had not been made.
John F. Kennedy The White House,
June 4, 1963.
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