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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 20, 1948 which parties interested were given opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard, and, in addition to the hearing, the Commission made such investigation as it deemed necessary for a full disclosure and presentation of the facts; and WHEREAS the Commission has made findings of fact and has transmitted to me reports of such findings and its recommendations based thereon, together with a transcript of the evidence submitted at the hearing, and has also transmitted a copy of such reports to the Secretary of Agriculture; and WHEREAS the Commission has recommended that an additional quantity not to exceed 18,000,000 pounds of cotton having a staple of 1Yinches or more but less than 1146 inches in length be permitted entry during the quota year ending September 19, 1948, and that imports under the supplemental quota should be permitted only to the extent that essential needs are found to exist, in order to enable domestic users to obtain their essential requirements for such cotton: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of the investigation and reports of the United States Tariff Commis- sion, that changed circumstances require the modification of the said proclamation of September 5, 1939 so as to permit the entry for con- sumption, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, during the quota year ending September 19, 1948, of such additional quan- tity of cotton having a staple of 1Ys inches or more but less than 1'Y6 inches in length as shall be found by the Tariff Commission to be essential, up to a total of 18,000,000 pounds, in addition to the quan- tity of such cotton the entry of which has already been made under the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, during the said quota year, which additional quantity I find should be permitted entry in order to carry out the purposes of section 22 of the Agricultural Ad- justment Act of 1933 as amended. Accordingly, pursuant to said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as amended, I hereby modify the said proclamation of September 5, 1939 (No. 2351) so as to permit during the quota year ending September 19, 1948, the entry for consumption, or withdrawal from warehouse for con- sumption, of such additional quantity of cotton having a staple of 1Ys inches or more but less than 1'X6 inches in length as shall be found by the Tariff Commission to be essential, up to a total of 18,000,000 pounds: Provided, That no portion of such additional quantity of cot- ton shall be permitted entry for consumption, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, except by or for the account of a person or firm engaged in cotton manufacturing to whom the said Tariff Com- mission has issued a license and subject to the limitations specified in such license. I hereby find and declare that such additional quantity may be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump- tion, during such quota year without rendering or tending to render ineffective or materially interfering with the domestic program under- taken with respect to cotton, or reducing substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from cotton produced in the United States. The Tariff Commission is authorized to adopt such procedure and rules and regulations as will assure the equitable distribution of the additional permissible quantity of cotton among essential users whose current supplies of such cotton are inadequate. This proclamation shall become effective immediately. Recommendation of Commission. Modification ofproc- lamation of Sept. 5 , 1939. 54 Stat. 2640. 49 Stat. 773. 7U. S. C. §624. Additional quantity of cotton during quota year ending Sept. 19, 1948. Tariff Commission license required. Equitable distribu- tion. Effectivity. 62 STAT.] 1535

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