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 1534 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 20, 1948 [62 STAT. SUPPLEMENTAL QUOTA ON IMPORTS OF LONG-STAPLE COTTON July 20, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2800] 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, and as reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937, 50 Stat. 246 (7 U. S. C. 624), the President issued a proclamation on September 5, 1939 (No. 2351, 54 Stat. 2640), limiting the quantities of certain cotton and cotton waste which might be entered, which proclamation was suspended in part or modified by the President's proclamations of December 19, 1940 (No. 2450, 54 Stat. 2769), March 31, 1942 (No. 2544, 56 Stat. 1944), June 29, 1942 (No. 2560, 56 Stat. 1963), February 1, 1947 (No. 2715, 12 F. R. 823) 61 Stat., Pt. 2, and June 9, 1947 (No. 2734, 12 F. R. 3827); and pp. 1049, 1071. WHEREAS the said proclamation of September 5, 1939 provides that the total quantity of cotton having a staple of 1 inches or more in length which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any year commencing September 20 shall not exceed 45,656,420 pounds; and WHEREAS the said limitations on the quantities of certain cotton and cotton waste which might be entered were imposed after a finding by the President, on the basis of an investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission made under the provisions of the 40 Stat. 74 . said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, that such cotton and cotton waste were being imported into the United States under such conditions and in sufficient quantities as to tend to render ineffective or materially interfere with the program undertaken with respect to cotton under the Soil Conservation and Domestic 46vuta. 's.c§§, 48 Allotment Act, as amended; and 90q; Supp. I, §5O9q. WHEREAS the imposition of the aforesaid annual quotas on cotton having a staple of 1Y inches or more in length was recommended by the United States Tariff Commission in its report (Report No. 137, 2d Series) in connection with which it was stated, in finding No. 5 that the quotas recommended "will prevent imports from interfering with the cotton program and at the same time will permit American in- dustry to secure needed supplies of specialized types of cotton"; and WHEREAS the total quantity of cotton having a staple of 1% inches or more but less than 1%1. inches in length which may be entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consump- MStat. 240. tion under the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, as modified, during the quota year ending September 19, 1948, has already been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; and WHEREAS pursuant to the said section 22 of the Agricultural 49 tat. . Adjustment Act of 1933, as further amended by the acts of January 7U.S. C. A624. 62 Stat., Pt. 1, 25, 1940, 54 Stat. 17, and July 3, 1948, Public Law 897, 80th Congress, p. 1247. the United States Tariff Commission has made a supplemental in- vestigation to determine whether the circumstances requiring the import quotas on cotton having a staple of 1%inches or more in length continue to exist, or whether changed circumstances require the modification of the quotas for the quota year beginning September 20, 1947 or for subsequent quota years; and Publichearing. WHEREAS in the course of the said supplemental investigation, after due notice, a public hearing was held on February 17, 1948, at

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