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PROCLAMATIONS—DEC. 31, 1952

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person, or as pardoning, remitting, or mitigating any penalties to which any person is now, or may hereafter become, hable except as hereinbefore specifically provided. IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE a t the City of Washington on this 24th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seven ty-seventh. , HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: DEAN

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ACHESON

Secretary of State.

EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT o r ADEQUATE SHIPPING SERVICE FOR, AND D E F E R R I N G EXTENSION OF THE COASTWISE L A W S TO, CANTON ISLAND December 31, 1952

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

. 46use877.

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (41 Stat. 997), provides: "That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board [United States Shipping Board] is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor... "; and

WHEREAS the authority of the United States Shipping Board was vested in the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 12 of the 5 USC 124-132note. President's Executive order of June 10, 1933; and 46 USC 1114. WHEREAS section 204 of the Act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1987) transferred such authority to the United States Maritime Commission; and WHEREAS this authority was transferred to the Secretary of Commerce by section 204 of the reorganization plan number 21 of ^usciSsnote. 1950; and WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of Canton Island has not been established as provided in the aforesaid section; and WHEREAS the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island, as provided in the aforesaid section, is dependent upon the establishment of such adequate shipping service; and

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