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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1928. the maintenance of good will and friendly relations between nations; and 2979 Whereas, by concurrent resolution of the Senate and the House of Vol. 44, p. 1982. Representatives, in 1926, the President was requested to issue a proclamation for the observance of Armistice Day: Now, .thez:efore, I, Calvin Cooli~ge, President of the .United States fi8~S~;~n~nfYog~ of Amenca, ill pursuance of the sald concurrent resolutlOn, do hereby servanceof,onNovem- order that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Govern- ber 11, 1928. ment buildings on November 11, 1928, and do invitf) the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, and other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies, giving expression to our gratitude for peace and the hope and desire that our friendly relations with other peoples may continue. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States. Done at the city of Washington this third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [SEAL] eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and fifty-third. By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG Secretary oj State. CALVIN COOLIDGE By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION November 16, 1928. Whereas in and by section 315 (a) of Title III of the act of Congress pe;gttasslum approved September 21, .1922, e1!titled "~ act to provide reven~e, ~:::Fu::;;. authoriz&. to regulate commerce With foreIgn countnes, to encourage the ill- tlon. dustries of the United States, and for other purposes," it is, among Vol. {2, p. 941. other things, provided that whenever the President, upon investiga- tion of the differences in costs of production of articles wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of like or similar articles wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries, shall find it thereby shown that the duties fixed in this act do not equalize the said differences in costs of production in the United States and the principal competing country he shall, by such investigation, ascertain said differences and determine and proclaim the changes in classifications or increases or decreases in rates of duty provided in said act shown by said ascertained differences in such ~osts of production necessary to equalize the same; Whereas in and by section 315 (c) of said act it is further provided Vol. {2, p. m. that in ascertaining the differences in costs of production, under the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of said section, the President, in so far as he finds it practicable, shall take into consideration (1) the differences in conditions in production, including wages, costs of material, and other items in costs of production of such or similar articles in the United States and in competing foreign countries; (2) the differences in the wholesale selling prices of domestic and foreign articles in the principal markets of the United States; (3) ad- vantages granted to a foreign producer by a foreign government, or by a person, partnership, corporation, or association in a foreign country; and (4) any other advantages or disadvantages in compe- tition; Whereas, under and by virtue of said section of said act, the United States Tariff Commission has made an investigation to assist the

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