and fundamental freedoms
pulation without discrim-
3)]; and
of the inhabitants
rusteesnic xgreement creates substantive rights for its
Zarvies which are judicially enforceable.
29.
President Truman initially delegated administrative
Sor the Trust Territory to the Secretary of the Navy
tn 1947.
-7+
Exec.
Order No.
om 1951,
9875,
12 F.R.
4837,
3 C.F.R.
658
(1943-48
administrative responsibilities were transferred
¢2 the Department of the Interior.
+2. 766 (1949-53 Comp.).
Exec. Order No. 10265, 16 ‘F. R.
The Marshall Islands, including
WEBE
loll, have been administered by the Department of the Interior
Zl.
In 1954,
et seq.,
Congress passed an Enabling Act,
48 U.S. Ce
gS
oroviding for the continuance of civil government
STE
in the Orust Territory. Section 1681(a) contains the following —
Vntil Congress shall further provide for the
government of the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands, all executive, legislative,
and judicial authority necessary for the civil
‘adainiser ation of the Trust Territory shall
ontinue to ce vested in such person or persons
and shall oe exercised in such manner and through
such azency or agencies as the President of the
United Staves may direct or authorize.
22.
Presisent John F.
Kennedy delegated to the Secretaryof
che Invericor uns resronsibility for the civil administration of all.
2? the Trust Territory in 1962.
7 7.5.2. 500 (1953-63 Comp.).
Exec. Order No. 11021, 27 F.R. 4409,.
Seetion 2 of this Order provides that
tae authority given to the Secretary of the Interior "may be exercised
uzn such officers or employees of the Department of the Intertor,
“gn such other persons under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
nierior,
as the Secretary may designate,
and shall be exercised
retary, or,any pe rson or persons acting.
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as com
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