PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 5 , 1939 Provisions deemed additional. Continuance in ef- fect. September , 1939 [No. 2361] Preamble. Post, p. 2769. 7U S.C., Supp.V, 1 624. lFndings as to cot- ton and cotton waste. diction over the operation of the Panama Canal as provided in Section 8 of Title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, such officer of the Army shall thereafter have such responsibility. AND I do further declare and proclaim that the provisions of this proclamation and the provisions of the proclamation of the fifth day of September instant are in addition to the "Rules and Regulations for the Operation and Navigation of the Panama Canal and Ap- proaches Thereto, including all Waters underits jurisdiction" prescribed by Executive Order No. 4314, of September 25, 1925, as amended. This proclamation shall continue in full force and effect unless and until modified, revoked, or otherwise terminated pursuant to law. 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 fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. IMPOSING QUOTAS ON IMPORTS OF COTTON AND COTTON WASTE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as amended by section 31 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 773), as amended by section 5 of the Act of February 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1148, 1152), and as reenacted by section 1 of the Act of June 3, 1937 (50 Stat. 246), I caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation to determine whether cotton or cotton waste was being imported into the United States under such conditions and in sufficient quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective or materially interfere with the program undertaken with respect to cotton under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from cotton; WHEREAS, in the course of the investigation, after due notice, a hearing was held, at which parties interested were given opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard, and m addition to the hearing, the Commission made such investigation as it deemed necessary for a full disclosure and presentation of the facts; and WHEREAS the Commission has made findings of fact and has transmitted to me a report of such findings and its recommendations based thereon, together with a transcript of the evidence submitted at the hearing, and has also transmitted a copy of such report to the Secretary of Agriculture: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby find, on the basis of such investigation and report, that cotton and cotton waste are being imported into the United States under such conditions and in sufficient quantities as to tend to render ineffective the program undertaken 2640 [54 STAT.
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