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 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 26, 1943 2. (a) Unless he is a person excepted by section 5 (a) of the Selec- tive Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or by section 208 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, every male citizen of the United States residing or being outside the continental United States, or the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, or Puerto Rico who has not been registered under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and the regulations prescribed thereunder, is required to and shall on the day or days fixed herein for his registration present himself for and submit to registration under this proclamation (1) before a registrar in the Virgin Islands of the United States if he is a resident of such Islands, and (2) before a member or clerical assistant of District of Columbia Local Board No. 1 if he is not a resident of such Islands: Provided, however, that in lieu of presenting himself for and submitting to registration before a registrar in the Virgin Islands of the United States or a member or clerical assistant of District of Columbia Local Board No. 1, he may on the day or days fixed herein for his registration present himself for and submit to registration before: (1) any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States who is a citizen of the United States, (2) any duly appointed registration official, or (3) any member or clerical assistant of a Selective Service Local Board. (b) Any person subject to registration who, because of circum- stances over which he has no control, is prevented from presenting himself for and submitting to registration at the time and in the man- ner required by this proclamation, shall present himself for and sub- mit to registration immediately upon its becoming possible for him to do so. (c) The duty of any person to present himself for and submit to registration in accordance with any previous proclamation issued under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, shall not be affected by this proclamation. 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 all officers and agents of the United States, and all persons appointed under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or the Selective Service Regula- tions prescribed 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 request and urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent 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 26th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr. Acting Secretary of State. Officials designated to conduct registra- tion. 54 Stat. 887 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. 1 305 (a). 55 Stat. 12. 14 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 308. Proviso. Registration after fixed date. Previously pre- scribed duties not af- fected. 54 Stat. 885. 50 U. S. C., app. §§301-318; Supp. II , §§ 302-315. Ante, pp. 164, 391, 596. Observance of regu- lations. Services of officials. Cooperation of em- ployers and Govern- ment agencies. 57 STAT.] 757 81077-- -Pr. II- -8

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