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(d) That the item number of item 1527 (a) (2) in said 9th recital of the proclamation of January 1, 1948 shall be changed to "1527 (c) (2)", the words and figure "parts of articles valued above $5 per dozen pieces and other" shall be inserted after the word "except" in the description of products in said item, a final parenthesis shall be placed after the last word in said description of products, and the rate in said item shall be changed to "88% ad val.";

PART III

AND I do further proclaim, acting under the authority of said section 350 to the end that said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation and said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital hereof may be carried out, that no modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America, and no continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America, proclaimed to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital shall be construed as providing for the preferential customs treatment, in respect of rates of ordinary customs duty, of products of the Republic of Cuba.

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 30th day of January 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 seventysecond.

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WHEREAS in 1947 the Red Cross expended a sum in excess of $11,000,000 on account of disasters alone, aiding the victims of the greatest number of calamities in any single year of the organization's history; and

WHEREAS in response to a growing need, recognized by numerous medical leaders, the Red Cross has now embarked upon a national blood-donor program, designed eventually to furnish whole blood and blood derivatives to the entire Nation without cost therefor; and

WHEREAS the Red Cross must stand ready to provide assistance to millions of American war veterans in their readjustment to civilian life and to furnish added comfort, entertainment, and relaxation to those in Government hospitals; and

WHEREAS this organization, which exemplifies the noblest instinct of mankind-the desire to aid one's fellow man-is now issuing its 1948 appeal for contributions totaling $75,000,000:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1948 as Red Cross Month; and I urge every citizen to respond as generously as possible to this humanitarian cause.

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 18th day of February 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 seventysecond.

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HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2771

ARMY DAY, 1948

WHEREAS the Army of the United States is a mighty shield of our Nation in war and the faithful servant of our people in time of peace; and

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WHEREAS the tasks entrusted to the Army are vital to the establishment of a durable peace; and

WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 75th Congress, 1st Session, which was agreed to by the House of Representatives on March 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 1108), provides:

That April 6 of each year be recognized by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America as Army Day, and that the President of the United States be requested, as Commander in Chief, to order military units throughout the United States to assist civic bodies in appropriate celebration to such extent as he may deem advisable; to issue a proclamation each year declaring April 6 as Army Day, and in such proclamations to invite the Governors of the various States to issue Army Day proclamations: Provided, That in the event April 6 falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be recognized as Army Day:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, April 6, 1948, as Army Day, in order that we may accord appropriate recognition to our Army, which throughout our history has preserved our way of life by conspicuous skill and gallantry. I also invite the Governors of the several States to issue proclamations for the celebration of this day in such manner as to render suitable honor to the Army of the United States in all its component parts-the Organized Reserves, the National Guard, and the Regular Armyand to the millions of Army veterans who have returned to civilian pursuits.

In these critical times, I urge my fellow citizens to remember that an alert and ready America is a mighty power for peace and a beacon of hope to the peoples of the world who would be free. If our soldiers who are on duty in foreign lands are to represent American democracy proudly and successfully, they must know that they have the wholehearted support of our people. I therefore commend to all Americans appropriate and sympathetic observance of Army Day as a token of special honor to the soldiers and veterans of our Army, at home and in foreign lands.

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 2772

PAN AMERICAN WEEK, 1948

WHEREAS the people of the United States of America and the people of the other republics of the Americas, inspired by sentiments of Pan-Americanism and devoted to the policy of the Good Neighbor, are united by bonds of friendship and mutual respect, which have grown strong through inter-American cooperation in many fields of human activity; and

WHEREAS the concept of a Western Hemisphere community of nations is expressed through the principles, agencies, and procedures of the Inter-American System, the foundations of which were laid at the First International Conference of American States in the year 1890; and

WHEREAS the Ninth International Conference of American Etates is soon to be held at Bogotá, Colombia, to consolidate and strengthen the Inter-American System, in order that the common will of the American republics may be more perfectly realized, in consonance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations; and

WHEREAS the Governing Board of the Pan American Union has resolved that April 14, the founding date of the Union, should be officially observed each year by every member country as Pan American Day, a custom which the United States has followed:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1948, as Pan American Day, and in order to broaden the scope of the observance of this anniversary, I designate the week beginning April 11, 1948, as Pan American Week. I call upon the officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all pub

lic buildings during that week; and I invite the people of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States and the appropriate officials thereof, as well as the churches, schools, clubs, and other organizations of our country, to participate in the observance of Pan American Week with suitable commemorative displays, exhibits, and ceremonies.

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 20th day of March 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-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:
WILLARD L. THORP,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2773

ENLARGING THE FORT MATANZAS NATIONAL

MONUMENT, FLORIDA

WHEREAS certain lands on Rattlesnake Island, located at the mouth of the Matanzas River in the State of Florida, have been donated to the United States for the extension of the Fort Matanzas National Monument; and

WHEREAS it appears that the public interest would be promoted by adding such lands and the remaining public lands comprising Rattlesnake Island to the Fort Matanzas National Monument in order to insure permanent protection to the Fort and its historic setting:

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 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U. S. C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the followingdescribed lands in Florida are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the Fort Matanzas National Monument:

TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN, FLORIDA

Lots 2, 3, and 4, Sec. 24, T. 9 S., R. 30 E., containing 89.42 acres, which are unappropriated and unreserved public lands. Also all of the tidelands adjacent to Rattlesnake Island in Secs. 13, 14, 23, and 24, T. 9 S., R. 30 E., containing 120.0 acres, the same having been donated to the United States by

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the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida by deed dated April 28, 1944, and recorded on March 19, 1945, in Deed Book 149, page 426, Public Records of St. Johns County, Florida, and by a deed of release dated August 26, 1947, and recorded on January 27, 1948, in Deed Book 171, page 478, Public Records of St. Johns County, Florida, which relinquished to the United States the mineral rights reserved in the aforementioned deed.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, deface, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation.

The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of the monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S. C. 1, 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof.

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

DONE at the City of Washington this 24th day of March 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 seventysecond.

By the President:

HARRY S. TRUMAN

G. C. MARSHALL, Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2774

CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1948

WHEREAS cancer is the second highest cause of death in this country, taking an annual toll of more than 180,000 lives; and

WHEREAS notable advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease in recent years; and

WHEREAS a striking reduction in the number of cancer deaths can be achieved if people throughout the country take full advantage of our present knowledge concerning this affliction; and

WHEREAS a complete cancer-control program requires continued support of cancer research, improvement and ex

pansion of facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and educational measures to advance the knowledge of the professional groups concerned as well as to inform the public of the nature of the malady and of ways of guarding against it; and

WHEREAS such a program calls for the combined efforts of the public and of all agencies, both public and private, concerned with the problem; 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 1948 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 concerted effort to impress upon the people of the Nation the vital importance to their health and to the welfare of the Nation of a program for the control of cancer and the necessity for their cooperation in 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.

DONE at the City of Washington this 25th day of March 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 seventysecond.

By the President:

HARRY S. TRUMAN

G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2775

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 section 412 of title 2 of the said Code, as amended by the act of August 24, 1937, 50 Stat. 750 (48 U. S. C. 1315), provides, in part, that the tonnage on which tolls shall be based shall be determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President, and fixes maximum and minimum rates of toll; and

WHEREAS it appears that the tolls prescribed by Proclamation No. 2247 of August 25, 1937, as amended by Proclamation No. 2249 of August 31, 1937, and now in effect should be increased and should be as hereinafter prescribed:

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, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rates of toll to be paid by vessels using the Panama Canal:

1. On merchant vessels, army and navy transports, colliers, hospitals ships, supply ships, and yachts, when carrying passengers or cargo, one dollar ($1.00) per net vessel-ton of 100 cubic feet each of actual earning capacity—that is, the net tonnage determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal.

2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo, eighty (80) cents per net vessel-ton.

3. On other floating craft, including warships other than transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, fifty-five (55) cents per ton of displacement.

This proclamation shall become effective on October 1, 1948, and on that date shall supersede the said Proclamation No. 2247 of August 25, 1937, as amended by the said Proclamation No. 2249 of August 31, 1937.

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

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ENUMERATION OF Arms, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR

WHEREAS section 12 (i) of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows (54 Stat. 11; 22 U. S. C. 452 (i));

The President is hereby authorized to proclaim upon recommendation of the (National Munitions Control) Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of this section

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said joint resolution of Congress, and pursuant to the recommendation of the National Munitions Control Board, and in the interest of the foreign-affairs functions of the United States, hereby declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1948, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 12 of the said joint resolution of Congress:

CATEGORY I-SMALL ARMS AND MACHINE GUNS

Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols, and machine guns (using ammunition of caliber .22 or over); barrels, mounts, breech mechanisms and stocks therefor.

CATEGORY II-ARTILLERY AND PROJECTORS Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, and rocket launchers (of all calibers), military flame throwers, military smoke, gas, or pyrotechnic projectors; barrels, mounts and other components thereof.

CATEGORY III-AMMUNITION

Ammunition of caliber .22 or over for the arms enumerated under (I) and (II) above; cartridge cases, powder bags, bullets, jackets, cores, shells (excluding shotgun); projectiles and other missiles; percussion caps, fuses, primers and other detonating devices for such ammunition.

CATEGORY IV-BOMBS, TORPEDOES AND
ROCKETS

Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, rockets, mines, guided missiles, depth charges, and components thereof; apparatus and devices for the handling, control, discharge, detonation or detection thereof.

CATEGORY V-FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND RANGE FINDERS

Fire control equipment, range, position and height finders, spotting instruments, aiming devices (gyroscopic, optic, acoustic, atmospheric or flash), bombsights, gun sights and periscopes for the arms, ammunition and implements of war enumerated in this proclamation.

CATEGORY VI-TANKS AND ORDNANCE
VEHICLES

Tanks, armed or armored vehicles, armored trains, artillery and small arms repair trucks, military half tracks, tank recovery vehicles, tank destroyers; armor plate, turrets, tank engines, tank tread shoes, tank bogie wheels and idlers therefor.

CATEGORY VII-POISON GASES AND
TOXICOLOGICAL AGENTS

All military toxicological and lethal agents and gases; military equipment for the dissemination and detection thereof and defense therefrom.

CATEGORY VIII-PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES

Propellants for the articles enumerated in Categories III, IV, and VII; military high explosives.

CATEGORY IX-VESSELS OF WAR

Vessels of war of all kinds, including amphibious craft, landing craft, naval tenders, naval transports and naval patrol craft, armor plate and turrets therefor; submarine batteries and nets, and equipment for the laying, detection, and detonation of mines. CATEGORY X-AIRCRAFT

Aircraft; components, parts and accessories therefor.

CATEGORY XI-MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

(a) Military radar equipment, including components thereof, radar countermeasures and radar jamming equipment; (b) Military stereoscopic plotting and photo interpretation equipment; (c) Military photo theodolites, telemetering and Doeppler equipment; (d) Military super-high speed ballistic cameras; (e) Military radiosondes; (f) Military interference suppression equipment; (g) Military electronic computing devices; (h) Military miniature and sub-miniature vacuum tubes and photoemissive tubes; (i) Military armor plate; (j) Military steel helmets; (k) Military pyrotechnics; (1) Synthetic training devices for military equipment; (m) Military ultra-sonic generators; (n) All other

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