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 1278 Designation of Oif- ford Pinchot National Forest. June 15, 1949 PROCLAMATIONS July 27,1949 July 27, 1949 [63 STAT. WHEREAS it is especially appropriate to pay tribute to Gifford Pinchot by naming one of our great national forests in his honor: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (16 U. S. C. 473), do hereby proclaim that the Columbia National Forest in the State of Washing- ton, as defined by Executive Order No. 820 of June 18, 1908, and as subsequently modified by Executive orders and acts of Congress, is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 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 15th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. By the President: JAMES E. WEBB Acting Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN IMMIGRATION QUOTAS July 27, 1949 [No. 2846] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General have reported to the President that pursuant to the duty imposed and the authority conferred upon them by sec- tions 11 and 12 of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 8U.s .c. P211,212. 1924 (43 Stat. 159-161), and Reorganization Plan No. V (54 Stat. 5 U.S. I R 133t note. 1238), they jointly have made the revision provided for in section 12 of the said act and have fixed, in accordance therewith, immigration quotas as hereinafter set forth: Immigraton quo. NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quotas of the nationalities indicated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for each fiscal year thereafter have been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows: Countr Quota Greece . .... ... .... ... .. 310 Greece --- ....- - - - .. . 310 Italy _-_- ________________________________ 5799 Rumania--- 291 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ________- 2798 Israel--- -- --- --- -- --- --- --- -- 100 Jordan (formerly Transjordan)______ _ -_ -- ___ _ ...... _ __ ~.TarmstroBot (talk)_... 100 Syria --- .- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 100 Lebanon .. --.. 100 Abolitionof quota The combined immigration quota of 123 established for Syria and 62 stat. 54 . the Lebanon by Proclamation No. 2283 of April 28, 1938, is hereby 8 U.S. C. 1 211 note. abolshed. abolished. Purpose. The immigration quotas proclaimed above are designed solely for 43stat 1 the purpose of compliance with the pertinent provisions of the said 8U.S .C. 21,21,2. Immigration Act of 1924 and are not to be regarded as having any Amendment significance extraneous to such purpose. a2stat. lat Proclamation No. 2283 of April 28, 1938, is amended accordingly.

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