Fleming

The motion of Tighe E. Woods alleging that he is the duly appointed, qualified and acting Housing Expediter, Office of Housing Expediter, and praying that he be substituted for Philip B. Fleming, Administrator, as appellant here, duly noticed to the appellees, coming on duly to be heard without appearance of the appellees, and it appearing that by virtue of Executive Order No. 9841, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 601 note ( 12 F.R. 2645 ), issued by the President of the United States on April 23, 1947, Frank R. Creedon, who had previously been appointed and confirmed as Housing Expediter (Cong. Rec. Vol. 93, No. 12, page 455, January 17, 1947), was invested with all of the functions with respect to rent control, theretofore vested in the Temporary Controls Administrator, Office of Temporary Controls, with full power to continue and maintain in his name all civil proceedings heretofore instituted, maintained or defended by the Temporary Controls Administrator, and that authority to administer the powers, functions and duties under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 in effect July 1, 1947, Public Law 129, 80th Cong., 1st Sess., Sec. 204(a), 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix, § 1894(a), was conferred by…