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PROCLAMATION 2821

AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS

WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has adopted and has submitted to me for approval the following amendment of the regulations relating to migratory birds and game mammals included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and certain game mammals concluded February 7, 1936:

AMENDMENT OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

By virtue of and pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganization Plan II (53 Stat. 1431), and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), I, WILLIAM E. WARNE, Acting Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of scoters and eider ducks, which are migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of the said Act and conventions to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of scoters and eider ducks, and in accordance with such determination, do hereby amend the regulations approved by Proclamation 2801 of July 29, 1948 (13 F. R. 4414), by deleting from the second sentence of footnote 9 under schedule (a) Atlantic Fly

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way States in § 1.4 (50 CFR 1.4) relating to the taking of scoters and eider ducks in open coastal waters only, beyond outer harbor lines, the words "in New Hampshire from September 1 to October 7;" and by adopting in lieu of such deleted portion the following:

in New Hampshire from November 1 to November 25;

This amendment is a correction of an error appearing in the said regulations approved July 29, 1948, and is in accordance with the recommendation of the State Fish and Game Department. In view of the fact that in respect to hunting in New Hampshire this amendment extends the season for hunting scoters and eider ducks in open coastal waters only, beyond outer harbor lines, from November 1 to November 25, and in view of the further fact that it imposes no new obligation upon the general public with respect to the taking of scoters and eider ducks, it is determined that this amendment shall become effective immediately, and it is found unnecessary to issue said amended regulation subject to the general notice provision and the effective date limitation of sections 4 (a) and 4 (c), respectively, of the Administrative Procedure Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed, this 26th day of October, 1948.

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WILLIAM E. WARNE,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that approval of the foregoing amendment will effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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PROCLAMATION 2822

AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS RELATING ΤΟ MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS

WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has adopted and has submitted to me for approval the following amendment of the regulations relating to migratory birds and game mammals included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and certain game mammals concluded February 7, 1936:

AMENDMENT OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

By virtue of and pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganization Plan II (53 Stat. 1431), I, OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Acting Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds designated in the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of the said Act and conventions to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such birds and parts thereof, and in accordance with such

determination, do hereby amend the regulations approved by Proclamation 2801 of July 29, 19481 (13 F. R. 4414), as amended by Proclamation 2821 of October 30, 1948 (13 F. R. 6465), by adding at the end of § 1.4 thereof the following:

"Provided, however, (1) that in the area of Minnesota in which hunting has been prohibited by State action by reason of emergency fire-hazard conditions, subject to all other provisions of this subchapter, the open season specified in this section for migratory waterfowl in that State is hereby extended for such area and for a period not to exceed the number of days during which hunting has been prohibited by State action but in no case beyond November 14, 1948; and (2) that whenever the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall find that emergency State action to prevent forest fires has resulted in the shortening of the season during which the hunting of any migratory game bird is permitted in any extensive area and that a compensatory extension or reopening of the hunting season for such birds will not result in a diminution of the abundance of birds to any greater extent than that contemplated for the original hunting season, the hunting season for the birds so affected may, subject to all other provisions of this subchapter, be extended or reopened by the Director upon request of the chief officer of the agency of the State exercising administration over wildlife resources. The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall fix the length of the extended or reopened season, which in no event shall exceed the number of days during which hunting has been so prohibited, and he shall publicly announce the extended or reopened season."

This amendment shall become effective upon its publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER as a part of the proclamation of the President by which the amendment is approved and proclaimed. Compliance with the provisions of section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 238; 5 U. S. C. 1003) with respect to notice and effective date is found to be contrary to the public interest because of the emergency conditions which the proposed amendment is designed to correct.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Inte1 Supra.

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Acting Secretary of the Interior. AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that approval of the foregoing amendment will effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 5th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

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By the President:

HARRY S. TRUMAN

ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2823

THANKSGIVING DAY, 1948

As the traditional day of thanksgiving approaches, our thoughts incline, as in previous years, to the richness of our blessings. The spiritual endowments of our country are undiminished; we may, as always, walk as free men unafraid. Our harvests have been bountiful, our production of goods abundant. Our resources have permitted us to aid the needy and helpless of other lands.

We are privileged to participate in international efforts to advance human

welfare. We are profoundly grateful for the existence of an international forum where differences among nations may be submitted to world opinion with a view to harmonious adjustment.

We pray this year not only in the spirit of thanksgiving but also as suppliants for wisdom in our approach to the problems confronting this Nation. Believing in the dignity of man and his right to live in freedom and peace, we ask divine guidance in helping to safeguard these gifts for ourselves and other peoples of the earth.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution of Congress approved December 26, 1941, designating the fourth Thursday of November in each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 25, 1948, as a day of national thanksgiving; and I call upon our citizens to observe that day by giving thanks to Almighty God for the bounties which have been bestowed upon our Nation and by resolving to render generous assistance to the hungry and homeless in other lands, thus renewing our devotion to the cause of good-will among men.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 12th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States

of America the one hundred and seventy-third.

By the President:

HARRY S. TRUMAN

ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

CHAPTER II-EXECUTIVE ORDERS

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9916

AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6868 OF OCTOBER 9, 1934, AS AMENDED, DESIGNATING MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act of June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 930), as amended by the act of June 25, 1938, 52 Stat. 1186, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 6868 of October 9, 1934, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended to provide that the National Capital Housing Authority shall be composed of the following-designated officials of the Government of the United States or of the District of Columbia: The President of the Board of Commissioners of the Government of the District of Columbia, the Director of Planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Chairman of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, and two additional officials to be designated by the President of the United States.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

December 31, 1947.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9917

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBER OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS IN GERMANY

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and

Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

1. I hereby designate John C. Young, formerly Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the State of Colorado, Leon W. Powers, formerly Judge, Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Lee B. Wyatt, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Hu C. Anderson, Presiding Judge, Court of Appeals of the State of Tennessee, Winfield B. Hale, Judge, Court of Appeals of the State of Tennessee, Daniel T. O'Connell, Associate Justice, Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts, William J. Wilkins, Judge, Superior Court of the State of Washington, Edward J. Daly, Judge, Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, and Robert F. Maguire, attorney of the State of Oregon, as the members, and Clarence F. Merrell, attorney of the State of Indiana, as an alternate member, of the military tribunals established by the Military Governor for the United States Zone of Occupation within Germany pursuant to the quadripartite agreement of the Control Council for Germany, enacted December 20, 1945, as Control Council Law No. 10, and pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, which tribunal was established by the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for the trial and punishment of major war criminals of the European Axis. Such members may, at the direction of the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation, serve on any of the several military tribunals above mentioned, which tribunals are a component part of the military ocсираtional forces of the United States, and upon which the members designated herein shall perform active service during the period of their designation.

2. The members herein designated shall receive such compensation and allowances for expenses as may be determined by the Secretary of the Army and as may be payable from appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Army for such purposes.

3. The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to provide appropriate assistance to the members herein designated in the performance of their duties and may assign or detail such personnel under their respective jurisdictions, including members of the armed forces, as may be requested for the purpose. Personnel so assigned or detailed shall receive such compensation and allowances for expenses as may be determined by the Secretary of the Army and as may be payable from appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Army for such purposes, except that personnel assigned or detailed from the Department of the Navy shall receive such compensation and allowances for expenses to which they may be entitled by reason of their military grade and service and as may be payable from appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Navy for such purposes.

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WHEREAS these disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and

WHEREAS these disputes, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the country of essential transportation service:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said disputes.

Each of the carriers involved shall be given independent consideration in such investigation, and the said labor organizations shall be permitted to function as a unit in proceedings before the board.

No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said disputes within thirty days from the date of this order. The report of the board shall contain separate and independent findings with respect to each of the carriers involved.

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by any of the carriers involved or their employees in the conditions out of which the said disputes arose.

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