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PROCLAMATIONS — J U N E 29, 1951

64 Stat. 261. 7 U.S.C. § 624.

Public hearing.

Findings of fact.

M o d i f i c a t i o n of proclamation of Sept. 6, 1939.

54 S t a t, p. 2640.

P t. 2,

49 Stat. 773. 7 U.S.C. § 624.

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entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption under the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, as suspended in part and modified, during the quota year ending at the close of January 31, 1952, has already been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; and WHEREAS pursuant to the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as further amended by the acts of January 25, 1940, 54 Stat. 17, and July 3, 1948, 62 Stat. 1247, 1248, and by Public Law 579, 81st Congress, approved June 28, 1950, the United States Tariff Commission has made a supplemental investigation to determine whether changed circumstances require the modification of the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, to permit an additional quantity of harsh or rough cotton having a staple of l^/g inches or more but less than 1% inches in length to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of the quota year ending at the close of January 31, 1952, in order to meet the special requirements of domestic manufacturers for this particular type of cotton; and WHEREAS in the course of the said supplemental investigation, after due notice, a public hearing was held on June 13, 1951, at 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 a report 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 report to the Secretary of Agriculture; and WHEREAS the Commission has recommended that an additional quantity of 1,500,000 pounds of harsh or rough cotton (except cotton of perished staple, grabbots, and cotton pickings), white in color, and having a staple of 1%Q inches or more but less than 1% inches in length be permitted entry during the quota year ending at the close of January 31, 1962, 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 said supplemental investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the modification of the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, as suspended in part and modified, so as to permit the entry for consumption, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, during the quota year ending at the close of January 31, 1952, of 1,500,000 pounds of harsh or rough cotton (except cotton of perished staple, grabbots, and cotton pickings), white in color, and having a staple of 1%6 inches or more but less than 1% inches in length, in addition to the quantity of cotton having a staple of 1% inches or more but less than lii/ie inches in length the entry of which has already been made during the said quota year under the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, as suspended in part and modified, which additional quantity I find should be permitted entry to carry out the purposes of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, pursuant to the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby modify the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, so as to permit during the quota year ending at the close of January 31, 1952, the entry for consumption, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of an additional quantity of 1,500,000

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