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1714 PROCI..AMATIONS, 1933. composer unless the foreign state or nat.ion of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States similar rights"; and WHEREAS the President is authorized by section 8 to determine by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of the act may require; and Protectfon of, .b y WHEREAS satisfactory officIal assurances have been received that ~:~f:rd8~).J:cIUdmg on and after October 1, 1933, citizens of the United States will be entitled to obtain copyright for their works in Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) which is substantially equal to the protection afforded . by the copP.ight laws of the United States, including rights similar to those I>.roVldea by section 1(e); cl::n~fitsofxt;'!.~f!~ NOW, THE.REFORE, I, FRA;NKLIN D. ROOSEVE~T, Presi- CexcludlDg Trans-Jor- dent of the Umted States of Amenca, do declare and proclalffi: d8{)~i. 35, pp. 1075, That on and after October 1, 1933, the conditions specified in sec- 1077. tiOD 8(b) and l(e) of the act of 1\larch 4, 1909, will exist and be ful- filled in respect of the citizens of Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) and that on and after October 1, 1933, citizens of Palestine (excluding Trans-. TonIan) shull he entitled to all the benefits of this act and acts amendatory thereof: Conditions. ProvUled, That the enjoyment by any work of the rights and bene- fits conferred by the act of MaI'rh 4, 1909, and the acts amendatory thereof, 8hall be conclitionalupon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United St.ntes; " Mecb8Drcalmusicre- And providedjurther, That the provisions of section 1 (e) of the act productiollll. of 1\1nreh 4, 1909, insofJu' as they secure copyright controlling parts of instruments serving to J'('proullce mechanically musical works shall apply only to compositiOJls published after July 1., 1909, and registered for copyrIght in the Ullitecl Stutes which have not been reproduced within the United States prior to October 1, 1933, on any contrivance by means of which the work JIlny be mechanically performed, _October 11, 1933. Armistice Da,. , 1933. Preamble. IN 'VITNESS 'VH)4~RJl~OJi', I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the UnitNt Stlltes of America to be affixed. DON I<J at the City of'Vnshington this 29 day of September, in the year of Ollr Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three, [SEAL] nnd of the Independence of the United States of America the ono hllndred and fifty-C'ighth. By the PresiJent: CORDELL HULIJ Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D HOOSI~VELT [No. 2058J ARMISTI(;}; DAY -1933 BY THE PRESIDJt.lN'l ' OIo' THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the 11th of November 1918 marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far-reaching war in human annals; and WHEREAS it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this day should be commemorated by exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and