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Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this thirty-first day of July in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL) forty-eight and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

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PROCLAMATION 2803

COAST GUARD DAY WHEREAS, on August 4, 1790, the Revenue Cutter Service, which together with the Life Saving Service, the Bureau of Lighthouses, and the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation now forms the United States Coast Guard, was founded with the mission of enforcing the customs laws of the United States; and

WHEREAS the Coast Guard in time of peace is charged with the protection of life and property at sea, along our shores, and along the navigable waters of the United States, including the Great Lakes, and in its long history has performed this duty with great success and with exceptional devotion to duty; and

WHEREAS the United States Coast Guard, in addition, performs many duties of great importance to the Nation, including the operation of the International Ice Patrol, the Weather Patrol, and the Bering Sea Patrol, as well as the maintenance of many thousands of aids to marine navigation, the inspection of our merchant vessels, the licensing and documentation of our merchantmarine personnel, and the enforcement of Federal laws upon the high seas and upon the navigable waters of the United States; and

WHEREAS in time of war the Coast Guard has fought as part of our naval forces, and its ships and its personnel have performed deeds of valor which are glorious chapters in our military history; and

WHEREAS the Coast Guard, in cooperation with the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Coast Guard League, is conducting a program of safety education among the boat owners and boat operators of the United States to prevent

accidents and reduce the hazards of boat operations; and

WHEREAS the services of the Coast Guard are invaluable to the people of this Nation, and the work of its personnel is a vital contribution to the strength and stability of our commerce and our military reserve power:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim August 4 as Coast Guard Day, in recognition of the work of this agency of the Government, to the end that its 158th and subsequent anniversaries may be observed with appropriate ceremonies. I request that the flag of the Nation and other official flags be displayed on Coast Guard Day and that suitable celebrations be conducted to honor the Coast Guard and to assist its work by bringing public recognition to its program of safety at sea.

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 thirty-first day of July in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2804

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 1948 WHEREAS each year preventable fires claim the lives of thousands of the men, women, and children of this Nation and cause permanent disability to many thousands more; and

WHEREAS the destruction by fire of our natural and created resources has increased so alarmingly throughout the years that it threatens to cost our people three quarters of a billion dollars in the year 1948; and

WHEREAS this problem, with its social and economic implications for the future of our Nation, demands the active interest of every citizen; and

WHEREAS, following the recommendations emanating from the Presi

dent's Conference on Fire Prevention, held at Washington in May 1947, most of our States and many of our municipalities have organized and established facilities for more effective protection against this devastation:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 3, 1948, as Fire Prevention Week.

I earnestly request that, as a Nation and as individual citizens, we dedicate ourselves during that week to waging a year-round campaign against the menace of fire. I invite the State and local governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Fire Waste Council, the American National Red Cross, business and labor organizations, churches and schools, civic groups, and agencies of the press, the radio, and the motion-picture industry to cooperate fully in the observance of Fire Prevention Week. I also direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government to assist in every feasible way in making the public aware of the grave need for concerted fire-prevention activities.

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 fifth day of August in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

WHEREAS September 16, 1948, marks the eighth anniversary of the call of the National Guard to the Nation's service in the critical period preceding World War II:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, in honor of the men of the National Guard who sacrificed their lives for their country and in recognition of those who served during times of national emergency as well as those who continue to serve in the interest of national security, do hereby proclaim Thursday, September 16, 1948, as National Guard Day. I invite the Governors of the several States to issue proclamations for the observance of National Guard Day, and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on that day.

I also remind all citizens that the National Guard of the United States, with each of its units in our hamlets and cities, is an essential part of the strength of our country, and I therefore urge that all citizens give their unremitting support to the men and units of the National Guard in their communities.

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 August in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL) forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2805

PROCLAMATION 2804A

NATIONAL GUARD DAY, 1948 WHEREAS the National Guard of the United States has been a faithful and unflinching servant of the people in struggles against foreign aggression and in times of domestic disaster; and

WHEREAS the cause of national security demands that the National Guard be fully manned, equipped, and trained as a component part of the Nation's security forces; and

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RENEWING TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS: CZECHOSLOVAKIA

WHEREAS by the act of Congress approved July 17, 1946, 60 Stat. 568, the President is authorized, under the conditions prescribed in that act, to grant an extension of time for the fulfillment of the conditions and formalities for the renewal of trade-mark registrations prescribed by section 12 of the act authorizing the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations or PROCLAMATION 2806

DEATH OF CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

among the several States or with Indian tribes, and to protect the same, approved February 20, 1905, as amended (15 U.S.C. 92), by nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment in this respect to citizens of the United States of America:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of July 17, 1946, do find and proclaim that with respect to trade-marks of nationals of Czechoslovakia registered in the United States Patent Office which have been subject to renewal on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed during several years since that date, because of conditions growing out of World War II, such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to renewal of such registrations by section 12 of the aforesaid act of February 20, 1905, as amended, as to bring such registrations within the terms of the aforesaid act of July 17, 1946; that Czechoslovakia accords substantially equal treatment in this respect to trademark proprietors who are citizens of the United States; and that accordingly the time within which compliance with conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to renewal of registrations under section 12 of the aforesaid act of February 20, 1905, as amended, may take place is hereby extended with respect to such registrations which expired after September 3, 1939, and before June 30, 1947, until and including December 31, 1948.

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 twenty-first day of August, in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL) forty-eight and of the Independ

ence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

To the People of the United States:

The Nation has lost one of its most preeminent elder sages. Charles Evans Hughes, who died at Osterville, Massachusetts, last night, will be counted in the long perspective of history not only as one of the most highly esteemed statesmen of our time, but indeed as among the most distinguished of the men who have devoted themselves to the public weal since the origin of our country.

Humanitarian understanding, exalted vision, and inspired judgment characterized the long career of Charles Evans Hughes, who served the people of New York State as Governor and the people of the Nation as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, as Secretary of State, and as Chief Justice of the United States.

The whole world needs and will continue to need statesmen and citizens capable of viewing the march of events objectively and adhering firmly to the reasonable and just. In view of that need, we should all long remember this superb example of a life dedicated to reason and to justice in human affairs.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct that the flag of the United States be flown at half mast on all Government buildings until after the funeral services for Charles Evans Hughes shall have been concluded, and I request the people of the United States to render every appropriate reverence to this great American, in their homes, their schools, their churches, and in other suitable places.

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 twenty-eighth day of August in the year

of our Lord nineteen hundred (SEAL) and forty-eight, and of the In

dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2807 DETERMINING THE DRUG KETO-BEMIDONE

Το BE AN OPIATE WHEREAS section 3228 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code provides in part as follows:

(f) OPIATE.-The word "opiate" as used in this part and subchapter A of chapter 23 shall mean any drug (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) found by the Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, to have an addiction-forming or addictionsustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine, and proclaimed by the President to have been so found by the Secretary.;

AND WHEREAS the Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, has found the drug Keto-bemidone [4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-4-piperidyl ethyl ketone hydrochloride) to have an addiction-forming and addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine, and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found the drug Keto-bemidone [4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-4-piperidyl ethyl ketone hydrochloride] to have an addiction-forming and addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine, and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately.

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 fourth day of September in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

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 were prescribed by Proclamation No. 2775 of March 26, 1948, the said proclamation to become effective on October 1, 1948; and

WHEREAS it now appears that the Congress may be called upon to give consideration to the entire question of the cost of operation of the Panama Canal and the tolls to be levied for the use thereof; and

WHEREAS it appears consistent with the public interest to postpone the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775 until April 1, 1949, so as to permit continuance of the present tolls until the Congress shall have had opportunity for such consideration:

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 postponed to, and shall be, April 1, 1949.

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 seventh day of September in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2808 POSTPONING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF

PROCLAMATION No. 2775 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

PROCLAMATION 2809 SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATION No. 2790 OF

JUNE 11, 1948, PROCLAIMING THE PROTOCOL OF RECTIFICATIONS TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

WHEREAS Proclamation No. 2790 of June 11, 1948,' proclaimed that the provi

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sions of part I of schedule XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade should be applied as if the rectifications in the Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, referred to in the 7th recital of the said proclamation, had appeared in the said general agreement on October 30, 1947; and

WHEREAS the rate of duty for item 1110 of schedule XX specified in the copy of the said protocol annexed to the said proclamation of June 11, 1948, reads: “35¢ per lb. and 25% ad val."; and

WHEREAS the rate of duty for the said item should read: "33¢ per lb. and 25% ad val.":

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (19 U. S. C. 1351), do proclaim that the said Proclamation No. 2790 of June 11, 1948, shall be applied as if the copy of the said protocol annexed thereto had stated the rate of duty for item 1110 of schedule XX to be 33€ per lb. and 25% ad val.

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 seventh day of September in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Indepen

dence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

proficiency through constant research and development in the field of aviation and through peacetime training of personnel for its mission; and

WHEREAS a grateful Nation recognizes the increasing importance of air power in preserving our democratic way of life, in assuring the physical security of our country, and in helping to safeguard international peace:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, September 18, 1948, as Air Force Day, and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day.

I earnestly request that the people of the United States observe Air Force Day by participating in the programs scheduled at Air Force Bases and by attending civic-sponsored Air Force events. I invite the State and local governments, as well as patriotic and civic organizations and the agencies of the press, the radio, and the motion-picture industry, to cooperate fully in this observance. I also direct that the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government assist in every feasible way in the celebration of Air Force Day.

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 September in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and (SEAL) forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2810

AIR FORCE DAY, 1948 WHEREAS September 18, 1948, is the first anniversary of the autonomous United States Air Force; and

WHEREAS it is fitting that our people pay tribute to the men and women, both living and dead, who have contributed to the growth of American air power; and

WHEREAS the United States Air Force is maintaining high standards of

PROCLAMATION 2811

UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1948 WHEREAS the people of the United States are united in a firm resolve to cooperate effectively with other countries, through the medium of the United Nations, to the end that a future of peace,

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