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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 27, 1952

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IMPOSING IMPORT F E E S ON SHELLED AND PREPARED ALMONDS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

September 27, 1952 [No. 2991]

A PROCLAMATION 1. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as added by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 773, reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937, 50 Stat. 246, and amended by section 3 of the act of July 3, 1948, 62 Stat. 1248, and section 3 of the act of June 28, 1950, 64 Stat. 261 (7 U.S.C. 624), I caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation to determine whether certain tree nuts are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, certain programs or operations undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to such nuts, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from such nuts with respect to which any such program or operation is being undertaken; and 2. WHEREAS the Commission instituted such investigation on April 13, 1950, and on November 24, 1950 reported to me that there was at that time no basis for any action under the said section 22 with respect to imports of such nuts, but that it was continuing the investigation; and 3. WHEREAS, after further investigation, including a public hearing, the Commission, on November 28, 1951, reported to me regarding the need for action under the said section 22 in order to protect the programs of the United States Department of Agriculture for the crop year 1951-52 with respect to almonds, pecans, filberts, and walnuts, in which report the Commission found that the imposition of a specified fee on imports of shelled almonds and of blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period October 1, 1951 to September 30, 1952, inclusive, in excess of a specified aggregate quantity, was necessary to prevent imports of such almonds from rendering ineffective or materially interfering with the program undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds; and 4. WHEREAS, in accordance with the Commission's recommendation in the said report of November 28, 1951, on December 10, 1951 I issued a proclamation pursuant to the said section 22 imposing a fee on imports of shelled almonds and on blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period October 1, 1951 to September 30, 1952, inclusive, in excess of a certain aggregate quantity, as specified in the Commission's recommendation; and 5. WHEREAS the Commission continued the said investigation for the purpose of reporting to the President regarding any later action which might be found to be necessary to carry out the purposes of the said section 22; and

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