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 2712 PROCLAMATIONSJu 2, 1940 [54 STAT. or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States, or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take, by and with the consent of the President, for such purposes, full possession and control of such vessel and remove therefrom the officers and crew thereof and all other persons not specially authorized by him to go or remain on board thereof. "Within the territory and waters of the Canal Zone the Gov- ernor of the Panama Canal, with the approval of the President, shall exercise all the powers conferred by this section on the Secretary of the Treasury." AND, WHEREAS, It is essential, in order to carry into effect the provisions of said Act, which are quoted herein, that the powers conferred therein upon the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Governor of the Panama Canal be at this time exercised, or available for exercise, with respect to foreign and domestic vessels. tiona emergency nde- NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- lared. dent of the United States of America, by virtue of the powers con- ferred upon me by the provisions of the said Act of Congress quoted herein, do hereby declare the continuation of the conditions set Ane,. 2643 . forth in my proclamation of September 8, 1939, and the existence of a national emergency by reason of threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States. oontrolof vessels n AND, I therefore consent to the exercise, with respect to foreign ttoate. and domestic vessels, by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Governor of the Panama Canal, of all the powers conferred by the provisions of said Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 27" day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 6 OF THE ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT To EXPEDITE THE STRENGTHENING OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE" APPROVED JULY 2, 1940 July 2,1M0 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 24131 A PROCLAMATION preambl. WHEREAS section 6 of the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT To An, pr. 6 -. 7. expedite the strengthening of the national defense," approved July 2, 2743, 768 2770. 1940, provides as follows: "Whenever the President determines that it is necessary in the interest of national defense to prohibit or curtail the expor- tation of any military equipment or munitions, or component

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