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 PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 4, 1939 Officers to prevent violations. Delegation of powers to Secretary of State. Revocation of des- ignated proclama- tions. Ante, pp. 2635, 2644, 2653. November 4, 1939 [No. 2376] Preamble. Anid p. 9. 22U.. 0., Supp. V,j ~246HO. Pot, pp. 2699, 2705, 27W, 27S6. And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. And I do hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the power to exercise any power or authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, as made effective by this my proclamation issued there- under, which is not specifically delegated by Executive order to some other officer or agency of this Government, and the power to promul- gate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of its provisions. And I do hereby revoke my proclamations nos. 2349, 2354 and 2360 issued on September 5, 8, and 10, 1939, respectively, in regard to the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand; to the Union of South Africa; and to Canada. 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 fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth, at 12.04 p. m. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. USE OF PORTS OR TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES BY SUBMARINES OF FOREIGN BELLIGERENT STATES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 11 of the Joint Resolution approved November 4, 1939, provides: "Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or armed merchant vessels of a foreign state, will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or to promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such submarine or armed merchant vessel to enter a port or the territorial waters of the United States or to depart therefrom, except under such conditions and subject to such limitations as the President may prescribe. Whenever, in his judgment, the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclama- tion and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation." WHEREAS there exists a state of war between Germany and France; Poland; and the United Kindom India, Australia, Canada, NerwZeand and the Union of Sou Afric WnBEEA t UtedSt o A i neutdralin uh war; 2672 [54 STAT.

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