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 PROCLAMATIONS 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 necessary in the interest of national defense to prohibit or curtail the expor- tation of any military equipment or munitions, or component parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material, or supplies neces- sary 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 proc- lamation 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 con- viction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 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." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President 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 Ex- port Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on or after February 3, 1941, the following- described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as provided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2,1940, entitled "Administration of section 6 of the act entitled 'AN Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense' approved July 2, 1940.": 1. Copper 2. Brass and Bronze 3. Zinc 4. Nickel 5. Potash 1607 January 10, 1941 [No. 2453] 54 Stat. 714; ante, p. 206. 50 U. S. C., app. 701. Export of copper, brass and bronze, zinc, nickel, and pot- ash, restriction. Effective date. 54 Stat. 2712.

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