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PROCLAMATIONS-APR . 14 ,15 , 1941 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 Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after May 6, 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 provided for in Proclamation 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled "Administration of section 6 of the Act entitled 'AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense' approved July 2, 1940": (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Export of designat- ed articles and mate- rials, restriction. Effective date. 64 Stat. 2712 . Vegetable fibers and manufactures Theobromine Caffein Sodium cyanide Calcium cyanide Casein 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 14" day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF WAR BETWEEN HUNGARY AND YUGOSLAVIA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows: "That whenever the President, or the Congress by concurrent resolution, shall find that there exists a state of war between foreign states, and that it is necessary to promote the security or pre- serve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, the President shall issue a proclama- tion naming the states involved; and he shall, from time to time, by proclamation, name other states as and when they may become involved in the war." AND WHEREAS it is further provided by section 13 of the said joint resolution that "The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this joint resolu- tion; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this joint resolution through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct." 55 STAT.] 1631 April 15, 1941 (No. 2477] 54 Stat. 4. 22 ..8 . J.441. 54 Stat. 1L 22 U.. .C. 453.