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 PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 4, 1941 [55 STAT. CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AND MATERIALS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 54 Stat. 714; ante, p. 206. 50U.S.C., app. 7-01. 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 compo- nent parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or materials, 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 viola- tors, upon conviction, 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." rnigrt fmacelneyd NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President radium, uraum, and of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the calf and kip skins, re- striction. ' 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 Efiectivedate. of the national defense that on and after February 10, 1941, the fol- lowing-described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as s54Stt. 2712. 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.) Well and refining machinery (2.) Radium (3.) Uranium (4.) Calf and kip skins. 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 4th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT 1610 February 4, 141 INo. 2456]

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