signed by all the signatories of said Final Act within the period during which it was open for signature pursuant to paragraph 4 thereof, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation was, pursuant to article XXXIII, as amended, of said general agreement, supplemented on September 14, 1948 by a Protocol for the Accession of Signatories of the Final Act of October 30, 1947, a copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation;3 WHEREAS (6) said protocol for accession having been signed by the government of the Republic of Chile on February 14, 1949, and having then been signed by two-thirds of the governments then contracting parties to said general agreement, the government of the Republic of Chile will become a contracting party to said general agreement on March 16, 1949; WHEREAS (7) I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, determine that the application of each of the concessions provided for in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement which were withheld from application in accordance with article XXVII of said general agreement by said proclamation of December 16, 1947 as are identified in the following list is required or appropriate to carry out, on and after March 16, 1949, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation: The text of the Protocol for Accession of Signatories of the Final Act of 30 October, 1947, signed September 14, 1948, in the English and French languages, is contained in the United Nations publications of January 1949, entitled General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Protocols signed at Geneva on 14 September 1948. The text of this protocol in the original languages will be published in the Treaties and Other International Acts Series of the Department of State, and in the Statutes at Large. The English text of this protocol will be printed in Treasury Decision 52167 (Customs). Item (paragraph) 1698 1766 (section) 312 Rates of duty Free Free, identified only as to sodium nitrate, crude or refined Exempt from duty and import tax, subject to the provisions of section 312, Tariff Act of 1930 Rates of import tax 3425 [first]--- 2¢ per lb. on the copper contained therein 3425 [second]- 11⁄2¢ per lb. 3425 [third]-- 11⁄2% ad val. or ¢ per lb., whichever is the lower; WHEREAS (8) I determine that, in view of the determination set forth in the 7th recital of this proclamation, and in view of the provisions relating to item 745 in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement which are contained in the Protocol of Rectifications of March 24, 1948 specified in the 7th recital of said proclamation of June 11, 1948, a copy of which is annexed thereto, the deletion of item 745 from the list set forth in the 9th recital of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, and such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment as are proclaimed in subdivision (b) of part I of this proclamation, are required or appropriate to carry out, on and after March 16, 1949, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation; WHEREAS (9) I determine that, in view of the determination set forth in the 7th recital of this proclamation, it is required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation that on and after March 16, 1949 the second item 765 in the list set forth in the 9th recital of said proclamation of January 1, 1948, as amended and rectified, be amended to read as follows: WHEREAS (10) said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation was also supplemented on September 14, 1948 by: (a) a Second Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which protocol provides that the rectifications included therein shall be applied as if they had formed a part of said general agreement on October 30, 1947, and a copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation, (b) a Protocol Modifying Part II (articles III, VI, XIII, XV, and XVIII) and Article XXVI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, numbered paragraph 5 of which protocol provides that the amendment set forth in paragraph 1 thereof shall, upon the deposit of the instruments of acceptance pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 thereof by twothirds of the governments which are at that time contracting parties, enter into force in accordance with the provisions of article XXX of said general agreement, and a copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation, and (c) a Protocol Modifying Part I (articles I and II) and Article XXIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, numbered paragraph 5 of which protocol provides that the amendment set forth in paragraph 1 thereof shall, upon the deposit of the instruments of acceptance pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 thereof by all of the governments which are at that time contracting parties, enter into force in accordance with the provisions of article XXX of said general agreement, and a The texts of each of the three protocols referred to in the 10th recital, in the English and French languages, are contained in the United Nations publication of January, 1949, entitled General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Protocols signed at Geneva on September 14, 1948. The text of these protocols in the original languages will, following their entry into force, be published in the Treaties and Other International Acts Series of the Department of State, and in the Statutes at Large. The English text of these protocols, except that part of the Second Protocol of Rectification to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade referring to Schedule XVIII of the General Agreement and that part of the Protocol Modifying Part I and Article XXIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade referring to Annex A of the General Agreement, will be printed in Treasury Decision 52167 (Customs). copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation; WHEREAS (11) I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation that part I of schedule XX of said general agreement be rectified in the manner provided for in said second protocol of rectifications specified in the 10th recital of this proclamation; WHEREAS (12) the amendment contained in said protocol modifying part II and article XXVI of the general agreement, specified in the 10th recital of this proclamation, had on December 14, 1948 been accepted by two-thirds of the contracting parties to the general agreement, including the United States of America; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as so amended, do proclaim: PART I To the end that said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation may be carried out, that: (a) Each of the concessions provided for in part I of said schedule XX which are identified in the 7th recital of this proclamation shall, on and after March 16, 1949, no longer be identified in the 8th recital of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, and on and after March 16, 1949 the rate of duty representing each such concession identified in the 7th recital of this proclamation shall be applied to articles of a kind provided for in the description of products in the column at the left of said rate; (b) Effective on and after March 16, 1949, the list set forth in the 9th recital of said proclamation of December 16, 1947 shall be amended by the deletion therefrom of item 745, and on and after March 16, 1949 the rate of duty representing each concession provided for in item 745 in part I of said schedule XX, as rectified by the provisions of said protocol of rectifications of March 24, 1948 relating to said item 745, shall be applied to articles of a kind provided for in the description of products in the column at the left of said rate; (c) The provisions of part I of schedule XX of said general agreement shall be applied as if the rectifications in said second protocol of rectifications specified in the 10th recital of this proclamation had appeared in said general agreement on October 30, 1947; (d) Effective on and after December 14, 1948, the provisions of parts II and III and annex I of said general agreement shall be applied as amended by said protocol modifying part II and article XXVI of the general agreement specified in the 10th recital of this proclamation; (e) Effective on and after the day on which said protocol modifying part I and article XXIX of the general agreement specified in the 10th recital of this proclamation has been accepted by all the contracting parties to said general agreement, the provisions of parts I and III and annex I of said general agreement shall be applied as amended by said protocol modifying part I and article XXIX; and (f) The application of the rates, rectifications, and amendments provided for in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) above shall be subject to the applicable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in schedule XX and parts I, II, and III of said general agreement, in said protocol of provisional application specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation, and in subdivision (a), other than exception (I) thereof, of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, including any amendments and rectifications of said general agreement and said proclamation which have been proclaimed by the President; and PART II To the end that said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation may be carried out, that the list set forth in the 9th recital of said proclamation of January 1, 1948, as amended and rectified, shall on and after March 16, 1949 be further amended in the manner indicated in the 9th recital of this proclamation. 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 8th day of March, in the year of our PROCLAMATION 2830 CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1949 WHEREAS for many years cancer has steadily increased in importance as a cause of death in this country and now accounts for approximately one death in every eight; and WHEREAS according to the best medical opinion a large number of cancer deaths could be prevented if full use were made of our present knowledge concerning early diagnosis and treatment of the disease; and WHEREAS every citizen should be informed of the nature of cancer and the available means of combatting it; and WHEREAS the program of cancer education, research, and control undertaken by the Federal and State Governments and by private organizations must have the wholehearted support of our people if we are to make progress against this disease; and WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), the Congress authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Cancer Control Month: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby set apart the month of April 1949 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the several States and the Territories and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also invite the medical profession, the press, the radio, the motion-picture industry, and all organizations and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during the month of April in a public dedication to this program and in a concerted effort to impress upon the people of the Nation the necessity for such a program. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. PROCLAMATION 2831 FURTHER POSTPONING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROCLAMATION No. 27751 OF MARCH 26, 1948, PRESCRIBING CHANGES IN PANAMA CANAL TOLL RATES WHEREAS section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, authorizes the President to prescribe and from time to time change the tolls that shall be levied by the Government of the United States for the use of the Panama Canal, and provides that no tolls when so prescribed shall be changed unless six months' notice thereof is given by the President by proclamation; and WHEREAS increased tolls for the use of the Panama Canal were prescribed by Proclamation No. 2775 of March 26, 1948, the said proclamation to become effective on October 1, 1948; and WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 2808 2 of September 7, 1948, the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775 was postponed until April 1, 1949; and WHEREAS by House Resolution 44 of the 81st Congress, 1st Session, adopted February 28, 1949, the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (1) is authorized to make a full and complete study and analysis of the financial operation of the Panama Canal and to recommend to the Congress concerning what elements of cost should be properly used in the future as the basis of a policy to be followed in establishing and levying tolls for the use of the Panama Canal for transit purposes, and (2) is directed to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it may deem advisable, to the House at the earliest practicable date, but not later than June 30, 1949; and WHEREAS the President is requested by the said resolution to defer until after submission of the Committee's report 13 CFR, 1948 Supp. 23 CFR, 1948 Supp. any change in tolls currently levied for the use of the Panama Canal; and WHEREAS it appears consistent with the public interest to postpone the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775 until September 1, 1949, so as to permit continuance of the present tolls until the Congress shall have had adequate opportunity for consideration of the Committee's report: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, do hereby proclaim that the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775 of March 26, 1948, is further postponed to, and shall be, September 1, 1949. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. PAN AMERICAN DAY, 1949 WHEREAS Pan American Day has been observed annually by the American republics since 1931 as a symbol of their voluntary union in one community; and WHEREAS the establishment of the Organization of American States in the past year was a notable step in strengthening the order of peace and justice which exists among the American republics, and in furthering their economic, social, and cultural development; and WHEREAS the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, which was signed on September 2, 1947, and which entered into force in December 1948, has further fortified the solidarity of the American republics; and WHEREAS the Pan American Union, founded fifty-nine years ago, has now been assigned new and important responsibilities as the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 1949, as Pan American Day; and I call upon the officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all public buildings on that day. I also invite the Governors of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States and the appropriate officials of the various municipalities and other political subdivisions to take similar action with respect to Pan American Day. And I call upon the schools, churches, organizations, and people of the United States generally to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies, thereby giving expression to the cordial and friendly sentiments which the Government and people of the United States cherish for the Governments and peoples of the other American republics. 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 28th day of March in the year of our [SEAL] Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: PROCLAMATION 2833 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1949 WHEREAS unsafe practices continue to cause needless injuries and death to farm people; and WHEREAS widespread adoption of safer ways of working and living would save thousands of people from tragic injury or accidental death: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the Nation to observe the week commencing July 24, 1949, as National Farm Safety Week, and I request all organizations and persons interested in farm life and welfare to join in a continuing drive against practices which endanger farm people in their homes, in the fields, and on the highways. I also urge each member of every farm family to study PROCLAMATION 2834 WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1949 WHEREAS international trade provides the medium by which the nations of the world exchange the products of their resources and skills; and WHEREAS the expansion of import and export trade improves standards of living, encourages full employment of labor and productive facilities, and speeds the development of human and natural resources throughout the world, thus laying the foundation for lasting world prosperity and peace; and WHEREAS the United States advocates the removal of unnecessary restrictions and discriminations in international trade and accordingly has initiated a reciprocal trade agreements program and has taken steps in concert with other nations toward the establishment of an International Trade Organization: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week commencing May 22, 1949, as World Trade Week; and I urge the appropriate officials of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, as well as the municipalities and other political subdivisions of the country, to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also invite business, educational, and civic groups, and the people of the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with ceremonies, exhibits, and other appropriate activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. |