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 Nov. 23, 1940 PROCLAMATIONS v. 2, 1940 Dec. 10, 1940 Canton Island. Period for establish- ing adequate shipping service for, extended. Extension of U. S. coastwise laws to, de- ferred. 41 Stat. 997. 46U. S. C. §877; Supp. V, §877. December 10, 1940 [No. 2449] Preamble. Ante, p. 714. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 21 of the aforesaid Merchant Marine Act, 1920, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establish- ment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is further extended to January 1, 1942, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is further deferred to January 1, 1942. 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 2 3 d day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting 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 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 6 of the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense," approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows: "Sec. 6 . Whenever the President determines that it is neces- sary in the interest of national defense to prohibit or curtail the exportation of any military equipment or munitions, or com- ponent parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material, or supplies necessary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such exportation, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. Any such proclamation shall describe the articles or materials included in the prohibition or curtailment contained therein. In case of the violation of any provision of any proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The authority granted in this section shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise provide." Export of iron and NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- steetriction dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after December 30, 1940, the following-described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license Ante, p. mZ as provided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled 2768 [54 STAT.

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