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 PROCLAMATIONS May 22 1942 June 26, 1942 Observance of regu- lations. Services of officials. Cooperation of em- ployers and Govern- ment agencies. June 26, 1942 [No. 2559] 4 Stat. 952. 49 1. . C.. prec. 1 note. 54 Stat. 954. 49U.S.C.prec. 1 note. 3. The registration under this proclamation shall be in accordance with the Selective Service Regulations governing registration. Every person subject to registration is required to familiarize himself with such regulations and to comply therewith. 4. I call upon the Governor of each of the several States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and of Puerto Rico, and the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all officers and agents of the United States and all officers and agents of the several States, Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and political subdivisions thereof, and all local boards and agents thereof appointed under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or the Selective Service Regulations pre- scribed thereunder, to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish effective and complete registration. 5. In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effect the purposes of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds- Federal, State, territorial, and local-to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration in- cumbent upon them under the said Act and this proclamation. IN WITNESS 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 22nd day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-two and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State EXTENDING TITLE III, PART I, OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1940 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Title III, Part I, of the Transportation Act of 1940, enacted September 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 898), establislhed a Board of Investiga tion and Research to investigate an.nd report to the I'resident and to the Congress its findings and recommlend(latioils ulponl certain subjects of importance to national transportation, including the rela- tive economy and fitness of carriers by railroad, motor carriers and water carriers and the service for which each type of carrier is espe- cially fitted or unfitted; the methods by which each type of carrier should be developed to provide a national transportation system ade- quate for commerce, the Postal Service and the national defense; the extent of public aid provided for such carriers; the extent to which such carriers are taxed; and other matters deemed important to in- vestigate for the improvement of transportation conditions and to effectuate the national transportation policy; and WHEREAS the provisions of Title III, Part I, of the aforesaid Act will cease to have effect at the end of two years after enactment unless extended, in accordance with the provisions of section 306 thereof, by a proclamation of the President; and WHEREAS the members of the aforesaid Board assumed office August 22, 1941, and it appears that their duties cannot be adequately performed unless Title III, Part I of the aforesaid Act shall continue to have effect for an additional period of two years; and [56 STAT.

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