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1964 June 29, 1942 PROCLAMATIONS--July 2, 1942 [56 STAT. uspeonsion of cer- drawn from warehouse, for consumption no longer exist. According- tain provisions of pre- vious proclamation. ly, pursuant to the said section 22, as further amended by the act of 7 U.S.C . 624. January 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 17), I hereby proclaim the suspension, effective on the thirtieth day following the date of this proclamation, 54 Stat. 260. of such provisions of my proclamation of September 5, 1939, as allotted to specified foreign countries individual shares of the total quantity of cotton having a staple 1Y inches or more in length permitted to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, so that, on and after the effective date hereof, such cotton shall be permitted entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, within the limit of the total quantity specified in my proclamation of September 5, 1939, without regard to the foreign country of origin. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to modify my proclamation of December 19, 1940 (No. 2450, 54 Stat. 2769), or my proclamation of Ante, p. 1944 . March 31, 1942 (No. 2544). 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 29th day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-two, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. DENYING CERTAIN ENEMIES ACCESS TO THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES luly 2,1942 [No. 25611 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Certain enemies to be subject to law of war, etc. Denial of access to U. 8. courts. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the safety of the United States demands that all ene- mies who have entered upon the territory of the United States as part of an invasion or predatory incursion, or who have entered in order to commit sabotage, espionage or other hostile or warlike acts, should be promptly tried in accordance with the law of war; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, do hereby proclaim that all persons who are subjects, citizens or residents of any nation at war with the United States or who give obedience to or act under the direction of any such nation, and who during time of war enter or attempt to enter the United States or any territory or possession thereof, through coastal or boundary defenses, and are charged with committing or attempting or preparing to commit sabo- tage, espionage, hostile or warlike acts, or violations of the law of war, shall be subject to the law of war and to the jurisdiction of military tribunals; and that such persons shall not be privileged to seek any remedy or maintain any proceeding, directly or indirectly, or to have any such remedy or proceeding sought on their behalf, in the courts of the United States, or of its States, territories, and possessions, except under such regulations as the Attorney General, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may from time to time prescribe.