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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. IL CHS. 473, 474. JUNE 12, 1934 . [CHAPTER 473 .1 AN ACT To provide for the final construction, on behalf of the United States, of postal treaties or conventions to which the United States is a party. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stat es o f America in Congress assembled, That section 398 of the Revised Statutes (U .S .C ., title 5, sec . 372), is hereby amended to read as follows : " For the purpose of making better postal arrangements wi th foreign countries, or to counteract their adverse measures affectin g our postal intercourse with them, the Pos tmas ter Gene ral, by and wi th the advice and consent of the President, may negotiate and conclude postal treaties or conventions, and may reduce or increase the r ates of post age or o ther cha rges on mail mat ter conv eyed between the United States and foreign countries : Provi ded, That the decisions of the Postmaster General construing or interpreting the provisions of any treaty or convention which has been or may be nego tiat ed a nd c oncl uded sha ll, if a ppro ved by the President, be final and conclusive upon all officers of the United States ." Ap prov ed, June 12, 1934 . [CHAPTER 474 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by adding at the end of title III the following "PAR T III- PROMOT ION OF FORE IGN TR ADE 943 June 12, 193 .1 . [H .R. 7317.1 [Public, No. 315,] Postal arrangements with foreign countries . R.S., sec. 398, p. 67; U.S.C., P .49. A uthor ity of P ost- master General . Proviso . In terpretati ons, when approved by President, binding AN ACT June 12, 1934 . To amend the Tariff Act of 19 30 . [H.R . 8687.1 [Public, No . 316 .1 Tariff Act of 1930, amended . Vol . 46,p .7 ,08 Promotion of foreign trade . Powers conferred on Presi dent for expa nd- ing foreign markets for 1'.S . p roducts . "SEC. 350 . (a) For the purpose of expanding foreign markets for the product s of the United States (as a means of assistin g in the present emergency in restoring the Ameri can standard of l iving. in overcoming domestic unemployment and the present economic depression, in increasing the purchasing power of the American public, and in establishing and maintaining a better relationship among vario us branches of American agriculture, industry, mining . and commerce) by regulating the admission of foreign goods into Sin eofl foreign d s d the United States in accordance with the characteristics and needs of various branches of American production so that foreign markets wi ll be ma de available to those branches of American production which require and are capable of developing such outlets by afford- ing corresponding market opportunities for foreign products in the United States, the President, whenever he finds as a fact that an Whenever fou nd y dut ies a found to be existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States or unduly burdening any foreign country are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the purpose above declared will be promoted by the means hereinafter specified, is authorized from time to time- "(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign govern- May enter into for- eign trade ag reements . ments or instrumentalities thereof ; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties and other Proclaim modifi- cations of existing import restrictions, or such additional import restrictions, or such duties, for limited of existing Customs or periods. continuance, and for such minimum periods, excise treatment of any article covered by foreign trade agreements. as are required or appropriate to carry out any foreign trade agree- ment that the President has entered into hereunder. No proclama- tion shall be made increasing or decreasing; by more th an 50 per Limitations.