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 61 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS Oct. 30, 1946 Dec. 3, 1946 WHEREAS the Congress by a joint resolution approved August 7, 1946 (Public Law 645, 79th Congress), has designated, and has re- quested the President to proclaim, November 19, 1946, as Dedication Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do proclaim November 19, 1946, the anni- versary of the Gettysburg Address, as Dedication Day, and I urge the people of the United States to observe that day by reading the address in public assemblages throughout the United States and its possessions, on our ships at sea, and wherever the American flag flies. 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 30th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President: JAMES F BYRNES Secretary of State 1047 60 Stat. 894. Proclamation of Nov. 19, 1946, as Dedication Day. Reading of Gettys- burg Address in pub- lic assemblages. HARRY S TRUMAN AMENDING PROCLAMATION No. 2599 OF NOVEMBER 4, 1943, EN- TITLED "MERCHANDISE IN GENERAL-ORDER AND BONDED WARE- HOUSES" BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION December 3, 1946 [No. 27121 WHEREAS Proclamation No. 2599 of November 4, 1943, entitled 57 stat. 75s. "Merchandise in General-Order and Bonded Warehouses," authorizes note. the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the warehousing periods for imported merchandise prescribed in sections 491, 557 and 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, provided that the Foreign Economic 46 stat. 7, 744. Administration certifies to the Commissioner of Customs that such 1557,i " extensions will not impede the war effort; and WHEREAS the functions of the Foreign Economic Administration with respect to such certification were transferred to the Department of Commerce by Executive Order No. 9630 of September 27, 1945, 0U. n. c. app. and are now being performed by that department; and WHEREAS such certification is no longer necessary and serves no useful purpose: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the Pmendment of Proclamation No. United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested 25w. in me by section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (46 Stat. 696; 19 U. S. C . 1318), do hereby amend the aforesaid Proclamation No. 2599 of November 4, 1943, by eliminating therefrom all provisions and requirements relating to the certification above described. 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 3rd day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN

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