PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 12, 14, 1947 WHEREAS the Red Cross, chartered by Congress and equipped by experience to cope with human needs when disaster strikes, per- forms its errands of mercy with skill and expedition; and WHEREAS the Red Cross is devoting increased attention to its home-nursing and first-aid programs which are designed through training courses to check the spread of disease and to reduce the fright- ful toll of accidents; and WHEREAS this organization is entirely dependent upon the volun- tary contributions of the people of the United States in rendering these services, and has estimated that a minimum fund of $60,000,000 will be necessary for the implementation of its philanthropic program in 1947: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America and President of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate and proclaim the month of March 1947 as Red Cross Month and urge every citizen of this country to respond generously to this essential, 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 twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State ENUMERATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 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 recom- mendation 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 pur- suant 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 February 20, 1947, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 12 of the said joint resolution of Congress: CATEGORY I (1) Rifles and carbines using ammunition in excess of caliber .2 2, and barrels for those weapons; (2) Machine guns, automatic or auto-loading rifles, and machine pistols using ammunition in excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those weapons; machine-gun mounts; Designation of March 1947 as Red Cross Month. February 14, 1947 [No. 2717?l Designation of oer- tain artileas as arms ammunmttin and im- plements of war. 61 STAT.] 1051
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