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 PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 14, 1941 1697 WHEREAS the national emergency proclaimed by me on May 27, 1941 is still existing; and WHEREAS there unhappily exists a state of war between or among two or more states and open hostilities engage a large part of the Eastern Hemisphere; and WHEREAS the exigencies of the present international situation and of the national defense require that restrictions and prohibitions, in addition to those otherwise provided by law, be imposed upon the departure of persons from and their entry into the United States, including the Panama Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of the Philip- pines, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- Departure of per- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of into U. ., etc., re the authority vested in me as set forth above, do hereby find and striction- publicly proclaim and declare that the interests of the United States require that restrictions and prohibitions, in addition to those other- wise provided by law, shall be imposed upon the departure of persons from and their entry into the United States, including the Panama Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and I make the following rules, regulations, and orders which shall remain in force and effect until otherwise ordered by me: (1) After the effective date of the rules and regulations hereinafter Passports. authorized, no citizen of the United States or person who owes alle- giance to the United States shall depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States, including the Panama Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, unless he bears a valid passport issued by the Secretary of State or, under his authority, by a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, or the chief executive of Hawaii, of Puerto Rico, of the Virgin Islands, of American Samoa, or of Guam, or unless he comes within the provisions of such exceptions or fulfils such con- ditions as may be prescribed in rules and regulations which the Secre- tary of State is hereby authorized to prescribe in execution of the rules, regulations, and orders herein prescribed. Seamen are included in the classes of persons to whom this paragraph applies. (2) No alien shall depart from or attempt to depart from the Permits to deprt. United States unless he is in possession of a valid permit to depart issued by the Secretary of State or by an officer designated by the Secretary of State for such purpose, or unless he is exempted from obtaining a permit, in accordance with rules and regulations which the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, is hereby authorized to prescribe in execution of the rules, regulations, and orders herein prescribed; nor shall any alien depart from or Ports of departe. attempt to depart from the United States at any place other than a port of departure designated by the Attorney General or by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization or by an appro- priate permit-issuing authority designated by the Secretary of State. No alien shall be permitted to depart from the United States if it Deparptre forbid- appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that such de- interestsof u.s. parture would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States as provided in the rules and regulations hereinbefore authorized to be prescribed by the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Attorney General. (3) After the effective date of the rules and regulations hereinafter Permits to enter. authorized, no alien shall enter or attempt to enter the United States unless he is in possession of a valid unexpired permit to enter issued 278941--42 -PT. II-52 55 STAT.]

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