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 1736 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. ’¤¤¤*“Y ’· 191** BY run Pnnsmmrr or rnn Unrrmn Srrwrns or Amnmoa A PROCLAMATION. $*',°‘;’_§‘,§,‘;{‘1’°°*"°““· WHEREAS, a state of war exists, and the military and naval PM ¤· 1918- forces of the United States are endangered bg enemy aircraft, and WHEREAS, this danger will be increase_ by commurncating to the enemy the present state of aircraft invention m the United States, and WHEREAS, the holding of so-called expositions of aircraft is a method of collecting and istributing information important to the enem, _ 1‘1'°11*b*1=*¤6**1° *1*1**1- N 5llV, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United i»1iggi§si:Qsgf$1¤i¤°d¤i»ifi§§ States, b virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution “‘° "°'* and the lliws of the United States, do hereby, for the protection of such forces, proclaim to all whom it may concern that, imder the pains and penalties prescribed by the laws of war and the statutes of the United States, thro hout the present war no exposition of aircraft shall be held in the limited States or 1tS possessions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ Done in the District of Columbia, this first day of January, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred·and eighteen, [san,.] and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. . Woonaow W1LsoN By the President: Ronmnrr Lmsmc Secretary of State. 1=¤1¤¤¤ 3·1918· BY mn Pnmsmnm or run UNITED Srrarns or Ammrca. A PROCLAMATION. gr**;*;_?,1;{:*¤d¤°Y· WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled ` "An Act to provide further for thecnational security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food roducts and uel," approved by the President on the 10th day ofp August, 1917, it is provided among other Statutorv visions. things as follows: Am, r>·1%l0 "That by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is essential to the national security and defense, for the successful prosecution of the war, and for the support and maintenance of the Army and Navy, to assure an adequate supply and equitable distribution, and to facilitate the movement, of foods, feeds, fuel including fuel oil and natural gas, and fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, utensrls, implements, machinery, and equipment required for the actual production of foods, feeds, and fuel, hereafter in this Act called nccessaries; to prevent, locally or generally, scarcity, monopolization, hoarding, injurious speculation, manipulations, and private controls, affecting such supply, distribution, and movement; and to establish and maintain governmental control of such necessaries during the war. For such purposes the instrumentalitics, means, methods, powers, authorities, duties, obligations, and rohibitions hereinafter set forth are created, established, conferred, and prescribed. The President is authorized to make such regulations and to issue such orders as are essential effectively to carry out the provisions of this Act."