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 2712 INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGAXIZATION. JUNE 28,1919. June~, Ill!!). Jfemberslrip oj the ['"wifed States oj America in the International Labor Organization. Proclamation by the President oj the L'nited States, September 10, 193J,., with the Constitution oj the Internati.onal Labor Organization Annexed and Other Related Paper8. Effectit'e August 20, 193J,.. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLA1fATION T:itHn;ltioIlRl Labor WHEREAS, by a Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United Ori!;miz;.tioll, member· ship. States of America, approved June 19, 1934, the President was author- l'rea!ll:-,!r. \', ,: . ,'. " . I ;. ized to accept membership for the Government of the United States Po"t, p. 27~fl. In\·it'lfi "n . Po.•t, p. 27. Acceptanc'C. Po.'I, 1'. 2;:111. Proclamat ion. of America in the International Labor Organization, provided that in accepting such membership the President should assume on behalf of the United States of America no obligation under the Covenant of the League of Nations; AND WHEREAS, by a Resolution adopted unanimously by the Eighteenth Session of the International Labor Conference on June 22, 1934, the Government of the United States of America was invited to accept membership in the International Labor Organization on the understanding that such membership should not involve any obligation under the Covenant of the League of Nations; AND WHEREAS, by virtue of the authority conferred upon him by the Joint Resolution of Congress aforesaid, and subject to the proviso thereof, the President accepted such membership for the Government of the United States of America, and his acceptance was officially and formally notified to the Director of the International Labor Office at Geneva on August 20, 1934, as effective on ths.t day; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the Constitution of the International Labor Organization, a certified copy of which is hereto annexed, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be obsp-rved with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof, subject to the understanding that no obligation under the Covenant of the League of Nations is assumed on behalf of the United States of America. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto se~ my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four and of the Inde- [SEAL] pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-ninth. FR.ANKLe~ D nOOSEVELT By the President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS Acting Secretary oj State.