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 54 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS-- O. , 1939 Nov. 4, 1939 tions have met with heartening results. We have also been permitted to see the fruition of measures which we have undertaken in the realms of health, social welfare, and the conservation of resources. As a Nation we are deeply grateful that in a world of turmoil we are at peace with all countries, and we especially rejoice in the strengthened bonds of our friendship with the other peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Let us, on the day set aside for this purpose, give thanks to the Ruler of the Universe for the strength which He has vouchsafed us to carry on our daily labors and for the hope that lives within us of the coming of a day when peace and the productive activities of peace shall reign on every continent. 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 3 1 st day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF WAR BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE; POLAND; AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows: "That whenever the President, or the Congress by concurrent resolution, shall find that there exists a state of war between foreign states, and that it is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, the President shall issue a procla- mation naming the states involved; and he shall, from time to time, by proclamation, name other states as and when they may become involved in the war." AND WHEREAS it is further provided by section 13 of the said joint resolution that "The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this joint resolu- tion; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this joint resolution through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by the said jont resolution, do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Germany and rance; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa, and that it is necessary to promote the security and preserve the peace of the United States andto protect the lives of citizeDs of the United States. 198470°-41-PT. r--91 November 4, 1939 [No. 2374] Preamble. Ante, p. 4. 22 U. 8. C., Supp. V, §246j. Ante, p. 11. 22 U. . C., Supp. V, § 245j-12. Proclamation of state of war between designated powers. 2671

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