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PROCLAMATIONS-MAR . 4, 1941 CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AND MATERIALS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 6 of the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense", approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows: "Sec. 6. Whenever the President determines that it is necessary in the interest of national defense to prohibit or curtail the expor- tation of any military equipment or munitions, or component parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material, or supplies neces- sary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such exportation, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. Any such proc- lamation shall describe the articles or materials included in the prohibition or curtailment contained therein. In case of the violation of any provision of any proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or violators, upon con- viction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The authority granted in this section shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise provide." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Ex- port Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after April 15, 1941, the following- described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as hereinafter provided: Any model, design, photograph, photographic negative, docu- ment, or other article or material, containing a plan, specification, or descriptive or technical information of any kind (other than that appearing generally in a form available to the public) which can be used or adapted for use in connection with any process, syn- thesis, or operation in the production, manufacture, or recon- struction of any of the articles or materials the exportation of which is prohibited or curtailed in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress approved July 2, 1940, or of any basic or intermediary constituent of any such articles or materials. AND I do hereby empower the Administrator of Export Control to issue licenses authorizing the exportation of any of the above-named articles and materials in accordance with rules and regulations pre- scribed by the President. Proclamation No. 2423, of September 12, 1940, is hereby superseded except so far as and to the extent that it relates to (1) equipment (excluding minor component parts) which can be used, or adapted to use, for the production of aviation motor fuel (as is defined in the regulations issued pursuant to Proclamation No. 2417, of July 26, 1940, as may from time to time be amended) from petroleum, petroleum products, hydrocarbon, or hydrocarbon mixtures, by processes involv- ing chemical change; and (2) equipment (excluding minor component March 4, 1941 [No. 2465] 54 Stat. 714; ante, p. 206. 50 U. S. C., app. 701. Export of certain models, designs, etc., restriction. Effective date. AdministratorofEx- port Control empow- ered to issue licenses. Previous proclama- tion superseded; ex- ceptions. 54 Stat. 2737. 54 Stat. 2726 . 1619 55 STAT.]