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 55 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 9,10, 1941 1926, 1941", on the presentation of itemized vouchers properly ap- proved by the chairman of the board hereby created. IN TESTIMONY 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 ninth day of May, 1941 in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty one, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President CORDELL HULL Secretary of State CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AND MATERIALS May 10, 141 [No. 2482] 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 materials, or supplies necessary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such exportations, 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 thereunder, such violator or vio- lators, 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." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- 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 June 3, 1941, the following- described articles and materials shall not be exported except when authorized in each case by a license as provided for in Proclamation 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 54 Stat. 714; ante, p. 206. 50 U. S. C., app. §701. Export of designat- ed articles and mate- rials, restriction. Effective date. 54 Stat. 2712. Hyoscyamus (henbane) Stramonium Columbium Tantalum Cryolite Fluorspar Chemical wood pulps Digitalis seeds 1639 54 Stat. 596.

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