PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 11, 1940 Delegationofpowers to Secretary of State. May 11, 1940 [No. 2405] And I do hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the power to exercise any power or authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, as made effective by this my proclamation issued there- under, which is not specifically delegated by Executive order to some other officer or agency of this Government, and the power to promul- gate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of its provisions. 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 eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PROCLAIMING THE NEUTRALITY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR BETWEEN GERMANY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND BELGIUM, LUXEM- BURG, AND THE NETHERLANDS, ON THE OTHER HAND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Existeneof state o( WHEREAS a state of war unhappily exists between Germany, on wr. the one hand, and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands, on the other hand; prplication of prir NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- tedaed. dent of the United States of America, in order to preserve the neutral- ity of the United States and of its citizens and of persons within its territory and jurisdiction, and to enforce its laws and treaties, and in order that all persons, being warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the United States in this behalf, and of the law of nations, may thus be prevented from any violation of the same, do hereby declare and proclaim that all of the provisions of my proclama- An., p. 629. tion of September 5, 1939, proclaiming the neutrality of the United States in a war between Germany and France; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand apply equally in respect to Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands. 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 eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT 2704 [54 STAT.
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