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 1668 PROCLAMATIONS--AUG. 19, 1941 [55 STAT. CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AND MATERIALS August 19, 1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2503] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 6 of the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT 54 stat. 714;ant, p. To expedite the strengthening of the national defense", approved 50 U.. C., app. July 2, 1940, provides as follows: §701. "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 materials, or sup- plies necessary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such ex- portations, 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 proc- lamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued thereunder, such violator or violators, 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." natd materials,re NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Pres- striction. ident 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 Efective date. the national defense that on and after September 10, 1941, the follow- ing-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 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled "Admin- istration of section 6 of the Act entitled 'AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense' approved July 2, 1940": 1. Furs 2. Synthetic Fibers 3. Wood 4. Natural Asphalt or Bitumen 5. Nonferrous Metals 6. Precious Metals 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 19t h day of August, 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-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State

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