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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 24, 29, 1943 36U.S.C. 146. Observance of May 22, 1943 as National Maritime Day. April 29, 1943 [No. 2584] WHEREAS in commemoration of this achievement the Congress by joint resolution approved May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73) designated May 22 of each year as "National Maritime Day" and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that day; and WHEREAS the support of our overseas'forces and the rendering of aid to our allies depend upon the steady movement of cargo along the ocean tracks-a movement now maintained by the courageous seamen of our merchant marine in resolute defiance of the enemy above, beneath and on the surface of the seas: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1943 as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and I direct that the flag be displayed on all Government buildings on that day. 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 24 th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. SUSPENDING QUOTAS ON CERTAIN IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND WHEAT FLOUR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as amended by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 773), as amended by section 5 of the act of February 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1148, 1152), as reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937 (50 Stat. 246), and as further amended by the act of 7U.s.C.§624. January 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 17), I issued a proclamation on May 28, 55 Stat. 1649. 1941 (No. 2489), limiting the quantities of wheat and wheat flour which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consump- tion, which proclamation was in part suspended by my proclamation 56Stat. 1950 . of April 13, 1942 (No. 2550); and WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has made a sup- plemental investigation pursuant to said section 22 with respect to wheat and wheat flour and has made findings of fact with respect thereto; and WHEREAS the Tariff Commission has transmitted to me a report of such findings and its recommendations based thereon, and has also transmitted a copy of such report to the War Food Administrator: Findings. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of such supplemental investigation and report, that no cir- cumstances exist requiring the provisions of my proclamation of May 55 stat. 1649. 28, 1941, with respect to wheat and wheat flour purchased by the War Food Administrator or any agency or person designated by him. 738 [57 STAT.

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