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INDEX TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Volume III: Numbers 54-79, July 6 -December 28, 1940

Act (if Ilabaiia (Itesoliition XX of Final Act of

Habaiia), text, 138 ; 260; 576.
Actiii!,' Socrc'tary of State, U. S. Sec Welles. Sumner.
Addresses, statements, etc. See names of i)idiiiduals

and sitrciflc subjects.
Advertising Club of Hallimore, Md. : Addre.ss by

Under Secretary Welles before, 340.
Agents of foreign principals: Registration of, 281.
Agreements, international. Sec Trade agreements ;

Treaties, agreements, etc.
Agriculture :
Coffee-marketing agreement, Inter-Amerlcan (1040),

482.
International trade relationships and, address by Mr.

Grady, 433.
Workers, convention on association rights (1021), 38.
Air navigation. See Aviation.
Air service. See Aviation.
Aircraft. Spc Aviation.
Alaska: U. S. reg\iIations on transit by Canadians

through, ms.
Albany River Hasiu : Diversion of waters into Great

Lakes System, 430.
Aliens (see also Refugees; Visas, U. S.) :
Entry into U. S. —

Documentary requirements, 198, 252, 280.
I'lom Canada and Mexico, regulations, 14, 36, 176.
Personnel of U.S. transportation lines, documentary

requirements, 107.
Residents of U. S., documentary requirements, 14.
Seamen, entry Into U. S., documentary requirements,
252.
"American Legion" : Voyage to repatriate Americans,

80, 115, 152.
American Philosophical Society : Address by Ambassa-
dor Bullitt before, 121.
American Jlerchant Marine Conference, New Orleans,

La. : Address by Mr. Saugstad before, 540.
American republics (see aUo Commissions, etc., inter-
national ; Conferences, etc., international ; Defense,
Hemi.spherie ; Finance ; Pan American ; and indi-
vidual countries) :
Addresses, statements, etc., by Department otBcers,
3, 5, 35, 42, 65, 103, 176, 224, 291, 205, 340, 347, 369,
374, 441, 445, 448, 449. 461, 573.
Anniversary of independence of Central American

republics, statement by Secretary Hull, 224.
Aviation Day, Pan American, 452, 515; address by
Mr. Burke, 573.

American republics — Continued.

Cooperation, economic, 41, 141, 347, 374.
Cooperative peace, address by Mr. Berle. 295.
Coordination of Commercial and Cultural Relations

between. Office of, 151.
Dangers from war in Europe, address by Secretary
HuU at Habana, 42; statements by Secretary
Hull, 103, 176.
Defense, address by Mr. Berle, 445; by I'resident

Roosevelt, 201.
Development of mineral resources, agricultural and

forest products, and industrial plants, 4fr4.
Economic position during last decade, address by Mr.

Grady, 5.
EuroiK-an possessions in Western Ileniisijhere, state-
ment of Secretary Hull on German reply to V. S.
note regarding, 3.
Exchange of professors and students, 140, 254, 282.
Export surpluses in, 41.
Habana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 11,

25, 34, 42, 65, 104, 127, 178, 430, 5!K).
Indian Institute, Inter-American, ,524.
Naval and air bases leased by U. S. from Great Brit-
ain, use by, 196.
Problems, address by Secretary Hull at Habana, 65.
Public health, cooperation in, 139, 46."i.
Relations with —
Address by Under Secretary Welle.s, 340, 369.
Message by Secretary Hull to Latin American Lec-
ture Series, 869.
Shipping —
Address by Under Secretary Welles, 461.
Inter-American Maritime Conference on effects of
European war, 224 ; resolutions, 516.
Solidarity —
Address by Mr. Berle, 441; Mr. Grady, 448; Mr.

Wilson, 35.
Continental, 135.

Statement by Uruguayan Minister at Madrid to
Spanish press, 452.
Trade, address by Mr. Finley, 449.
Visit to U. S. of Brazilian Chief of Staff, 409.
Women, inter-American activities, 423.
American vessels (see also Neutrality, U. S. ; Repatria-
tion of Americans; Shipping, U. S.) :
"American Legion", voyage to repatriate Americans,
80, 115, 152.

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American vessels — Continued.

"City of Rayville", explosion off coast of Australia,

407.
"Manhatt.in", voyage to repatriate Americans, 24.
"McKecsport", travel in combat areas, 24.
Travel in combat areas, U. S. regulations, 24, 152, 381.
Americans (see aUo Neutrality, U. S. ; and individual
coiiittrics) :
Entry into U. S. from Canada and Mexico, require-
ments, 15.
In foreign countries, 40S, 45.5, 454.
Repatriation, 115. 318, 339, 408.
Travel in combat areas, 24, 152. 314, 381, 420.
America's Tovfu Meeting of the Air : Address by Mr.

Berle on, 445.
Ammunition. See Arms and miuiitions.
Anderson, John Z., U. S. Representative: Letter from
Secretary Hull regarding German representation
in the U. S., 549.
Anniversaries, national. See iiidiridiial countries.
Antigua : Naval and air bases, lease from Great Britain,

196, 199.
Arbitration (.see also Conciliation; Peace; Permanent
Court of International Justice) ; Appointment of
member to Permanent Court of, 5S0.
Argentina (.see iilso American republics) :

Consul General at New Orleans (Servente), dinner
honoring, aboard S. S. "Deltargentino" at New
Orleans, 449.
Delegation to Ilabana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of American Republics, departure of
Chairman from U. S., 115 ; dinner in honor of, 104.
Press intervie\^' by President Ortiz, comments by Act-
ing Secretary Welles, 453.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Postal, universal (1939), administrative enforce-
ment, 272.
Stabilization arrangement with U. S. (1940), 590.
Ariea-Santos tran.soceanic railway: Final Act of

Habana (X), 134.
Arlington National Cemetery : Armistice Day address

by President Roosevelt, 417.
Armistice Day, 1940:
Address by President Roosevelt, 417 ; by Mr. Berle
before Women's Joint Congressional Committee,
423.
Proclamation, 314.
Arms and munitions:
Categories, 58.

ExiMrt control in national defense, 11.
Traffic statistics, 50, 155, 225, 351, 467.
Army registraticm day, proclamation, 221.
Artistic exhibitions, convention (1936), 525.
Assistant Secretaries of State. See Berle, Adolf A., Jr. ;

Grady, Henry F. ; Long. Breckinridge.
Association of American Universities ; Address by Mr.
Berle before, 419.

Australia :

Airplane accident near Canberra, 116.
Explosion of "City of Rayville", 407.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Peace advancement, with U. S. (1040), amending
treaty between U. S. and Great Britain (1914),
signature, 207 ; U. S. Senate advice and consent
to ratification, 481 ; U. S. ratification, .590.
Permanent Court of International Justice, optional
clause of Statute, termination and new condi-
tions of acceptance, 324.
Wool reserve in U. S., agreement between U. S. and
Great Britain (1940), 5,54.
Aviation :

Aircraft and engines, export control in national de-
fense of plans or designs for, 213.
Gasoline, limitation of export, 94.
Mission, U. S., to Peru, 98 ; to Ecuador, 551.
Motor fuel, export control in national defense of

equipment for pr<iduetion of, 213.
Pan American airway route to Rio de Janeiro from

Para, 177.
Pan American Aviation Day, 452, 51.5, 573.
Plane accident near Canberra, Australia, 116.
Plane travel in combat area, regulations, 381.
Treaties, agreements, etc., 18, 98, 551, 552.
Washington National Airport, remarks of President
Roosevelt at laying of cornerstone, 251.
Avila, Camacho, General, President of Mexico : Inaugu-
ration, 432.
Azores :
American Consulate at Horta, 115.

Bahamas: Naval and air bases in, lease from Great

Britain, 196, 199.
Baltic republics. See Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Batista, Fulgencio, President of Cuba : Inauguration,

283.
Belgium :

American Amba.ssador (Cudahy), statement of Act-
ing Secretary Welles on press interview, 108;
resignation, 4(56.
Debts to U. S., 566.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private
Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Belize, question of: Final Act of Habana (XIX), 138.
Belligerents. See Europe, war in ; Far East.
Berle, Adolf A., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State:
Addresses, statements, etc. —
Defense, hemispheric, 445.
Foreign policy, U. S., 295.

Great Lakes Seaway and Power Conference. 520.
Inter-American activity, organization of women in,

423.
Latin American Lecture Series, inter-American

solidarity, 441.
Universities in a democracy, 419.

INDEX

595

Berle, Adolf A., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State —
Continued.
Great Lake.s-St. Lawrence waterway project, corre-
spondence with Canadian Minister, 4'M).
Bermuda : Naval and air bases in, lease from Great

Britain. 196, 199.
Birds, miRratory, conventions with Great Britain (1916)

and with Mexico (19.36) for protection of, 116.
Bolivia (.sec also American rcpulilics) :

Railway between Vila Vila and Santa Cruz, U. S.

survey of, 2tS3.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Powers of attorney (1940), signature ad referen-
dum, 286.
Prisoners of war convention (1929), deposit of

instruments of ratification. 258.
Red Cross convention (192;)), depo.sit of instru-
ments of ratification, 238.
Bonsai, I'liilip W., Assistant Chief, Division of the
American Republics of the Department :
Appointment as Acting Chief, 351.
Representative of Department at inauguration of
air route from Par:'i to Rio de .Janeiro, 177.
Boundary waters: Convention with Canada (1938),

192, 218, 309, 325.
Brazil (see also American republics) :
Delegation to Habana Meeting of Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of American Reputilics, diinicr in
honor of, 104.
Profes.sors and studeut.s, exchange with U. S., 254.
Second Brazilian Dental Congress at Rio de Janeiro,

322.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Customs privileges for diplomatic and consular per-
sonnel, reciprocal, with U. S. (1940), 482.
Exchange of oflicial publications with U. S. (1940),

27.
International Institute for LTnification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Permanent Court of International Justice, optional
clause of the Statute, reservations regarding
declarations of Australia, Canada, France, New
Zealand. Union of South Africa. United King-
dom, 170.
Powers of attorney (1940), signature, 218.
Visit to U. S. of Army C^ief of Staff (Goes Monteiro),
409.
British Guiana :
American Consulate at Georgetown, 61.

British Guiana — Continued.

Naval and air ba.ses in, lease from Great Britain,
196, 199.
Broadcasting: North American regional agreement

(1937), 238.
Brun, E., Governor General of North Greenland : Visit

to U. S., 25.
Building industry: Convention on .safety provisions

(19.37). 38.
Bullitt, William C, American Ambassador to France:
Address on war in Europe, 121 ; statement on reported
resignation, 437.
Burke, Thomas, Chief, Division of International Com-
munications of the Department : .\ddress on Pan
American Aviation Day, 573.
Burma tsce also Far East) :
Trade route to China, 36.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
International Relief Union (1927), ai)plication to,

27.
Opium and other drugs (1912), application on be-
half of, 456.

Canada [see also Aliens, Entry into U. S. ; Defense,
Hemispheric) :
American Consulates at Fort Erie, Ontario, 15, 237 ;
Kingston, Ontario, 1.5, 237; London, Ontario, 18;
Sarnia, Ontario, 1.5, 18: Sault Ste. Marie, On-
tario, 15, 237; Sherbrooke, Quebec, 15, 237; Trail,
Briti.sh Columbia, 15, 26S.
Cattle, heavy, allocation for 1941 of U. S. tariff quota

on, 522.
Conservation of foreign exchange, 521.
Defense, Permanent Joint Board, ^\'ith U. S., 154, 216.
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Waterway Project —
Address by Mr. Berle before the Great Lakes Sea-
way and Power Conference at Detroit, 520.
Exchange of correspondence between Mr. Berle and

Minister Christie, 430.

Message of President Roosevelt to Great Lakes

Seaway and Power Conference at Detroit, 518.

Preliminary investigation of International Rapids

Section, St. Lawrence River, 316.

Immigration to U. S. from, U. S. regulations, 14, 36,

176, 198.
Suspension by U. S. of tonnage duties on vessels, 116.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Air-transport arrangement (1939), arrangement
with U. S. to give effect to article III (19.0),
552.
Peace advancement, with U. S. (1910), amending
treaty between U. S. and Great Britain (1914),
signature, 207 ; U. S. Senate advice and con-
sent to ratification, 481 ; U. S. ratification, 590.

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Canada — Continued.
Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.

Rainy Lalie, emergency regulation of level of
(1938), U. S. Senate advice and consent to rati-
fication, 192; ratification by U. S., 218; ex-
change of ratifications witli U. S., 309; procla-
mation by U. S. President, 325.
Supplementary trade agreement with XJ. S. (1939),
negotiations for revision, 409 ; 1940 agreement,
signature, 553 ; proclamation by U. S. Presi-
dent, 575; U. S. Treasury public notice, 591.
Visa services, non-lmmigi-ation, temporary American
Consulates for, 15.
Catholic Conference of the South : Address by Mr. Long
before National Conference of Christians and Jews
in cooperation with University of North Carolina
and, 491.
Cattle:

Heavy, allocation for 1941 of tariff quota on, .'j22.
Herdbooks, convention on methods of keeping (1936),
364, 412.
Cayenne, French Guiana : American Con.sulate at, 115.
Central Translating Office of the Department: Creation

and functions, 26.
Chile (see also American republics) :

Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 150,

254.
Relations with Spain —
Final Act of Habana (XVIII), 138.
Severance, statement by Acting Secretary Welles,
48.
China :

Burma trade route to, 36.

Extraterritoriality in, comment by Acting Secretary

Welles, 30.
National anniver.sary, 306.
U. S. credit, 521.
Christie, Loring C, Canadian Minister to U. S. : Corre-
spondence with Mr. Berle on Great Lakes- St. Law-
rence waterway ijroject, 430.
Churchill, Winston S., Prime Minister of Great Britain :
Letter to Secretary Hull on death of Lord Lothian,
562.
"City of Rayvillo" : Explosion off coast of Australia, 407.
Coal, coke, and coal briquets: Imports from U. S. S. R.,

167.
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico: American Consulate

at, 268.
Coffee-marketing agreement, inter-American (1940),

482.
Colombia (see also American republics), treaties, agree-
ments, etc. :
Artistic exhibitions (1936), deposit of instrument of

ratification, 525.
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signature,
482.

Colombia, etc. — Continued.

Cultural relations, inter-American (1936), deposit

of instrument of ratification, 524.
Educational and publicity films (1936), deposit of

instrument of ratification, 525.
Extradition, supplementary, with U. S. (1940), signa-
ture, 218; U. S. Senate advice and consent to
ratification, 525 ; U. S. ratification, 591.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Pan American highway (1936), deposit of instru-
ment of ratification, 526.
Public instruction, peaceful orientation (1936), de-
posit of instrument of ratification, 524.
Publications, interchange (1936), deposit of instru-
ment of ratification, 525.
Columbus, Christopher : Address by President Roose-
velt on anniversary of discovery of New World,
291.
Combat areas, travel in, 24, 381, 429.
Commerce, international (see also Export surpluses,
etc. ; Exports from U. S. ; Foreign trade, U. S'. ; Im-
ports into U. S. ; Trade agreements ; Treaties,
agreements, etc.) ;
Addresses, statements, etc., by Mr. Edminster, 494;
Mr. Geist, 87, 93, 536; Mr. Grady, 81, 433, 531;
President Roosevelt, 81 ; Mr. Saugstad, 540.
Agreement between U. S. and U. S. S. R. (1940), 105.
Burma trade route to China, 36.
Cotton piece goods, Japanese, importation into the

Philippines, 36.
Colfee-marketing agreement, inter-American, 482.
Economic position of American republics during last

decade, alterations in, 5.
Fox furs and skins, black and silver, U. S.-Canada
supplementary trade agreement (1939), 409;
U. S.-Canada supplementary agreement (1940),
553, 575, 591.
Petroleum products, agreement to export from

Netherlands Indies to Japan, 432.
Tonnage duties, suspension by U. S. with respect to
vessels of Canada, 116; Dominican Republic,
433; Egypt, 432; Greenland, 403; Guatemala,
433; Haiti, 433; Iceland, 285; Peru, 346; Vene-
zuela, 433.
U. S. and belligerents, regulations with respect to
Greece, 429.
Couunercial Treaties and Agreements, Division of the
Department :
Creation and functions, 16.
Statement by Secretary Hull on, 16.
Commissions, committees, etc., international (see also
Commissions, committees, etc., national ; ('onfer-
ences, congresses, etc.) :
Development Commission, Inter-American, 4(34.

INDEX

597

Commissions, committees, etc., International — Cont.
European Colonies and Possessions in the Amerii-as,
Emergency Committee for Provisional Adminis-
tration of, 139, 177.
Financial and Economic Advisory Committee, Inter-
American, commissions and conferences under
auspices of, 461, 516.
Indian Institute, Inter-American, 524, 592.
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U. S. and Canada,

154, 216.
Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation, Inter-
American Committee of Experts on, 308.
Territorial Administration, Inter-American Commis-
sion for, 177.
Conunissions, committees, etc., national (see also Com-
missions, committees, etc., internutional ; Confer-
ences, congresses, etc.) :
Defense Communications Board, creation and func-
tions, 2.").^.
Federal Communications Commission, 238.
Foreign Affairs Council, address by Under Secretary

Welles, 243.
Foreign Policy Association, address by Mr. Duggan,

374.
St. Lawrence Advisory Committee, creation, ,'U7.
Communications Board, XI. S. Defense, creation and

functions, 253.
Conciliation {see aUo Arbitration) : Treaty witli

Liberia (1939), 482, 591.
Conferences, congresses, etc., international (see also
Commissions, committees, etc. ; Conferences, con-
gresses, etc., national) :
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, 100, 286.
Labor Conference. International. .18, 456.
Maritime Conference, Inter-American, at Washing-
ton, D. C, 224, 461, 516.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American Republics,
Meeting at Habana, 11, 25, 34, 42, 65, 104, 127,
178, 436, 590.
Second Brazilian Dental Congress at Rio de Janeiro,
322.
Conferences, congresses, etc., national (see also Com-
missions, committees, etc. ; Conferences, congresses,
etc., international; U. S. Congress) :
Great Lakes Seaway and Power Conference, 518,

520.
International Relations Conference of the Institute
of Latin American Studies, at University of
Texas, address by Mr. Grady before, 5.
National Conference of Christians and Jews, address

by Mr. Long before, 491.
National Foreign Trade Convention, Twenty-seventh,
81, 87, 93.
Congress, U. S. See U. S. Congress.
Consular offices. See U. S. Foreign Service.

Consultation procedure: Final Act of Habana (XVII),

137.
Continental solidarity: Final Act of Habana (XII),

135.
Contributions for relief. See Relief, etc.
Control of exports in national defense. See under Ex-
ports from U. S.
Conventions, international. See Treaties, agreements,

etc.
Cooperation, economic, with American republics, 41, 151,

374.
Cooperative peace: Address by Mr. Berle, 20.5.
Coordination of Commercial and Cultural Relations Be-
tween the American Republics, Office, establish-
ment, 151.
Costa Rica (see also American republics) :

Anniversary of independence, statement by Secretary

Hull, 224.
Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 149,

254.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Indian Institute, inter-American (1940), signature,

592.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),

signature, 402.
Postal, universal (1939), approval, 62.
Cotton:

Piece goods to the Philippines, Japanese export, 36.
Suspension of quotas on imports of certain types,
584.
Courts. See Permanent Court of Arbitration ; Perma-
nent Court of International Justice.
Credit, U. S. See Debts ; and under China, Great Brit-
ain, Greece.
Cuba (see also American republics) :

Ambas.sador to U. S. (Martinez Fraga), luncheon of
Under Secretary Welles upon retirement of, 584.
Habana Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of American Republics, 11, 25, 34, 42, 65, 104,
127, 436, 590.
Inauguration of President Batista, 283.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signature,

482.
Indian Institute, Inter-American (1940), signature,

592.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),
signature, 308.
Cudahy, John, American Ambassador to Belgium :
Press interview, statement by Acting Secretary Welles

regarding, 108.
Resignation, 466.
Cultural relations, inter- American convention (1936),
149, 254, 282, 524,

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Customs (see also Quotas; Tariff) :

Privileges for diplomatic and consular personnel, re-
ciprocal agreement with Brazil (1040), 482.

Revenue collection, convention with Dominican Re-
public (1924), revision, negotiations, 117; agree-
ment, 209; signature (1940), 271.

Tonnage duties, U. S. suspension with respect to ves-
sels of Canada, 116 ; Dominican Republic, 433 ;
Egypt, 432; Greenland, 403; Guatemala, 433;
Haiti, 433; Iceland, 285; Peru, 346; Venezuela,
433.
Czechoslovakia :

American Consulate General at Prague, Bohemia, 364.

Dairy Industries' Exposition, Atlantic City, N. J.:

Pan American Day address by Mr. Geist, 347.
Dakar, French West Africa : American Consulate at,

108.
Davies, Jcseph E., Special Assistant to the Secretary of
State: Resignation, exchange of correspondence
with Secretary Hull, 455.
Dayton, Ohio : Address by President Roosevelt to the

Western Hemisphere, 291.
Death of U. S. employees: Payment of expenses in

connection with, 281.
Debts, intergovernmental, 501, 565 ; Belgium, 566 ;
France, 507; Germany, 284; Great Britain, 568;
Hungary, .569; Italy, 570; Poland, 571; Rumania,
572; Yugoslavia, 572.
Defense ;

Hemispheric —

Addresses, statements, etc., by Mr. Berle, 445 ;

Secretary Hull, 42 ; President Roo.sevelt, 291.

Continental solidarity, Final Act of Habana (XII),

135.
Cooperation, Final Act of Habana (XV), 136.
Naval and air ba.';es leased by U. S. from Great

Britain, 196, 199.
Preparations for, 103, 176.
Permanent Joint Board on, U. S. and Canada, 154,

216.
U. S. national —

Addresses by Mr. Geist, 93 ; Mr. Long, 491 ; Under

Secretary Welles, 243, 340.
Aviation gasoline, limitation of export, 94.
Defense Communications Board, establishment and

functions, 253.
Export Control Act, administration, address by Mr.

Geist, 93 ; licenses under, 104.
Export control in. 11, 49, 50, 213, 250, 279, 280, 529,

559.
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence waterway project, 430.
Lease of naval and air bases in Western Hemi-
sphere from Great Britain, 199.
Pan American relations as an element in, address
by Under Secretary Welles, 340,

Defense — Continued.
U. S. national — Continued.

Registration Day proclamation, 221.

Requisition of necessary equipnuMit, munitions,

machinery, etc., 313.
Requisition of planes ordered by Sweden, 338.
St. Lawrence River, International Rapids Section,
power development, 518, 520; preliminary in-
vestigation, 316.
Denmark: International Institute for Unification of
Private Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Dental Congress, Second Brazilian at Rio de Janeiro,

322.
Departmental orders. See State, Department of.
Departments, U. S. See alphabetic entries.
Development Commission, Inter-American, 464.
Dies, Martin, U. S. Representative: Activities of Ger-
man consuls and agents in the U. S., correspond-
ence with Secretary Hull, 425.
Diplomatic officers. See Foreign diplomatic officers in

U. S. ; U. S. Foreign Service.
Dominican Republic {see also American republics) :
Permanent Court of Arbitration, appointment of

member, 589.
Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 149,

254.
Suspension by U. S. of tonnage duties for vessels of,

433.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Coffee marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Customs revenue collection, with U. S. (1924), ne-
gotiations for revision, 117 ; agreement on re-
vision, 209'; revision (1940), 271.
European colonies and possessions in the Ameri-
cas, pro^isiflnal administration (1940), ap-
proval, 436; deposit of instrument of ratifica-
tion, 590.
Final Acts of Meetings of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of American Republics —
Panama, 1930, deposit of instrument of ratifica-
tion, 590.
Habana, 1940, approval, 436; deposit of instru-
ment of ratification, 590.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),
signature, 308.
Duggan, Laurence, Adviser on Political Relations of
the Department :
Appointment, 350.

Address on political and economic solidarity of Amer-
ican republics, 374.

Economic and Financial Advisory Committee, Inter-
American : Maritime Conference under auspices of,
224, 461, 516.

INDEX

599

Ecuador (see also American republics), treaties, agree-
ments, etc. :
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signature,

482.
Extradition, supplementary, with U. S. (11)39), U. S.
Senate advice and consent to ratification, 482;
U. S. ratification, 591.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),

signature, 308.
U. S. naval and military aviation missions (1940),
551.
Edminster, Lynn R., Special Assistant to the Secretary

of State: Address on U. S. foreign policy, 494.
Educational and publicity tilms, convention on facilities

(1936), 525.
Egypt :
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 432.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Statistics of causes of death (1934), extension to

certain districts, 576.
Wages and hours of work in industries and agri-
culture (1938), rjitification, 456.
Eire. See Ireland.
El Salvador (.see also American republics) :

Anniversary of independence, statement by Secre-
tary Hull, 224.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Act of Habana (1940), ratification, 576.
Coffee-marketing, inter- American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
European c<jlonies and possessions in the Americas,
provisional administration (1940), ratilication,
576.
Indian Institute, Inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 592.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940) ,
signature, 308.
Estigarribia. Gen. Josfi F61ix, President of Paraguay :

Death, 214.
Estonia :
American Legation at Tallinn, 199.
Property in the U. S., executive order and regula-
tions regarding, 33.
Territorial integrity of, statement by Acting Secre-
tary Welles, 48.
Europe, war in (see also American republics; American
vessels ; Defense ; Foreign policy, U. S. ; Relief,
etc.; and individual countries):
Address by Ambassador Bullitt. 121.
American Embassy in Berlin, damage during air raid,

215.
Americans, repatriation, 24, 80, 115, 1.52.
The British Fleet, British policy regarding, 195.
Neutrality proclamations and regulations of U. S.

in war between Italy and Greece, 426-429.
Passport regulations, U. S., during, 314.
Refugees to U. S., 23, 31, 563.

309195—41 2

Europe, war in — Continued.

Shipping, inter-American, effects upon, 224.
Statements by Secretary Hull on danger to American

republics, 42, 103, 176.
U. S. aid to Great Britain, 581 ; to Greece, 503.
European colonies and possessions in the Americas:
German reply to U. S. note, statement by Secretary

EuU regarding, 3.
Provisional administration —
Act of Habana (Resolution XX of the Final Act

of Habana), text, 138; 269; 576.
Convention (1940), text, 145 ; 178 ; 269 ; 309 ; 402 ;

436; 576; 590.
Emergency Committee, 139, 177.
Exchange professors and students, U. S. and other

American republics, 149, 254, 282.
Executive agreements. See Treaties, agreements, etc.
Executive orders:

Death of U. S. employees, regulations on payment of

expenses in connection with, 281.
Export control regulations regarding iron and steel,
530; certain additional articles and materials,
560.
Neutrality enforcement, 428.
Property of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in the

U. S., 33; of Rumania in the U. S., 306.
Requisitioning of equipment, munitions, machinery,

etc., necessary to national defense, 313.
St. Lawrence Advisory Committee and preliminary
investigation of International Rapids Section, St.
Lawrence River, 317.
Selective service regulations, 2.52.
Transportation expenses on effects of certain Gov-
ernment employees and oflicers, 426.
Export Control Act. See Exports from U. S.
Export-Import Bank of Washington :
Message of President Roosevelt on increase of capital
and lending power, 41.

Export Managers' Club of Chicago: Address by Mr.

Geist before, 536.
Export surpluses in the Western Hemisphere, 41.
Exports from U. S. {see also Commerce, international;
Foreign trade, U. S. ; Imports into U. S. ; Trade
agreements; Treaties, agreements, etc.) :
Arms and munitions, 50, 51, 1.55, 225, 351, 467.
Aviation gasoline, limitation, 94.
Control Act, administration, address by Mr. Geist, 93;

licenses under, 104, 313.
Control in national defense, 11, 49, 50, 213, 250, 279,

280, 313, 338, 529, 559.
Customs privileges to diplomatic and consular per-
sonnel of Brazil in the U. S., 482.
Fresh fruits and vegetables to Canada, lack of

restrictions on, 521.
HeUum, 60, 166, 237, 363, 479,

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Exports from U. S. — Continued.

Regulations with respect to Greece, 429.

Tin-plate scrap, GO, 166, 236, 363, 479.
Extradition, supplementary treaties, U. S. and —

Colombia (1940), 218, 525, 591.

Ecuador (1939), Guatemala (1940), Mexico (1939),
482, 591.

Switzerland (1940), 2.38, 482, 591.
Extraterritoriality in China, 36.

Far East (see also individual countries) :
American.s, rei>atriation, 318, 339.
Burma trade route to China, 36.
Credit to China, U. S., 521.
Extraterritoriality in China, 36.
Defense forces in the International Settlement at

Shanghai, statement by Secretary Hull, 197.
Detention by Japanese in French Indochina of Amer-
ican Vice Consul and press correspondent, 453.
Oil agreement between Japanese importers and

Netherlands Indies companies, 432.
Status quo In French Indochina, statements by Sec-
retary Hull, 196, 253.
Federal Communications Commis.sion : Amendment of
rules and regulations to carry out provisions of
North American regional broadcasting agreement
(1937), 238.
Pinal Act of Habana, 127, 178, 436, 590.
Finance :
Advisory Committee, Financial and Economic, Inter-
American : Maritime Conference at Washington,
D. C, under auspices of, 224, 461, 516.
Arrangement with Argentina for monetary stabiliza-
tion (1940), 590.
Arrangement with Haiti, supplementary (1940), 365.
Convention with Dominican Republic (1940), 271.
Economic and financial cooperation : Final Act of
Habana (XXV), 141.
Finland :
Death of former President Kallio, 583.
Debts to U. S., iwstponement of payment, 501.
International Institute for Unification of Private
Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Finley, Harold D., Assistant Chief, Division of the
American Republics of the Department: Address
at dinner honoring Argentine Consul General
(Servente) at New Orleans, 449; representative at
negotiations for Dominican Republic customs con-
vention, 117.
Fire-control instruments, military searchlights, aerial
camera.s, and other military equipment, export con-
trol in national defense, 279.
Foreign activities against domestic institutions: Final

Act of Habana (VI), 132.
Foreign Affairs Council, Cleveland, Ohio: Address by
Under Secretary Welles, 243.

Foreign diplomatic officers in the U. S. :

Argentine Consul General (Servente) at New' Or-
leans, address by Mr. Finley at dinner honoring,
449.
British Ambassador (Lord Lothian), death, 547, 562.
German Consul General in New Orleans, report on

newspaper interview, 4.
German consuls and agents, activities and propa-
ganda, 42.5.
German representatives' activities, 549.
Presentation of credentials, 215, 408, 574.
Foreign exchange: Canadian conservation, 521.
Foreign policy, U. S. (see also American republics;
Defense ; Foreign trade, U. S. ) :
Addresses, statements, etc., by Mr. Berle, 295; Mr.
Edminster, 494 ; Secretary Hull, postponement
of delivery, 315; text, 331; highlights, 337; text,
407; Under Secretary Welles, 243.
Association, Foreign Policy, New York, N. Y.,
address by Mr. Diiggan before, 374.
Foreign principals: Registration of agents of, 281.
"Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925", volumes

I and II, 5.86.
Foreign Service of the United States. See U. S. For-
eign Service.
Foreign trade, U. S. (see also Commerce, international;
Exports; Finance; Imports; Trade agreements):
Addresses by Mr. Geist, 87, 93, 347, 536 ; Mr. Grady,

81, 319, 433; President Roosevelt, 81.
Commerce with belligerents, regulations with respect

to Greece, 429.
Commercial agreement, U. S. and U. S. S. R., 105.
Pox furs and skins, black and silver, supplementary
agreement with Canada (1939), negotiationsi for
revision, 400; supplementary agi'eemeiit wi,th
Canada (1940), 553, 57.5, 591.
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada : American Consulate at,

15, 237.
Pox furs and skins, black and silver, agreement with
Canada on imiwrtation into U. S., 409, 553, 575, 591.
France :
Ambas.sador to U. S. (Heury-Haye), presentation of

credentials, 215.
American Ambassador (Bullitt), address, 121.
American Consulate at St. Pierre-Miquelou, 109; at

Tananarive, Madaga.scar, 4.54.
Debts to U. S., 567.
French Guiana: American Consulate at Cayenne, 115.
French Indochina :

Detention by Japanese of American A'ice Consul and

press correspondent, 453.
Status quo, statement by Secretary Hull, 196, 253.
French West Africa : American Consulate at Dakar,

108.
French West Indies : American Consulate at Martinique,
61.

INDEX

Fur seals, convention for preservation and protection
of (1911), abrogation by Japan, 412.

Gelst, Raymond H., Chief, Division of Commercial Af-
fairs of the Department : Addresses, statements,
etc., on Foreign Service, 87 ; Exjiort Control Act,
93; American republics, cooperation, 347; U. S.
foreign trade, 536.
General Pulaski's Memorial Day : Proclamation, 223.
Georgetown, British Guiana: American Consulate at,

61.
Germany :
Activities of agents and representatives in the U. S.,

425, 549.
Alliance with Italy and Japan, statement by Secre-
tary Hull, 251.
American Embassy in Berlin, damage during air raid,

215.
American Embassy in Paris, detention by iwlice of

clerlj in, 504.
Consul General in New Orleans, report on newspaper

Interview, 4.
Debts to U. S., note from Secretary Hull to German
Charge in Washington and statement of amounts
due, 284.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
U. S. note regarding —
Course of the "American Legion" from Petsamo,

U. S. S. R., to New York, 152.
European possessions in Western Hemisphere, re-
ply, statement of Secretary Hull, 3.
Voyage of American ship to Ireland to repatriate
Americans, reply, 408.
Gibraltar: American Consulate at, 467.
Goes Monteiro, Pedvj A., Chief of Staff of Brazilian

Army : Visit to the U. S., 409.
Grady, Henry F., Assistant Secretary of State :
Addresses, statements, etc. —
Agriculture and international trade, 433.
Economic position of American republics, 5.
Foreign trade, U. S., 81, 319.
Inter-American solidarity, 448.
International trade, 531.
U. S. delegate to Inter-American Maritime Confer-
ence, appointment, 224.
Great Britain :
Ambassador to U. S. (Lord Lothian), death, 547, 562.
American Consulate at Gibraltar, 467; at Sheffield,

England, 237.
Debts to U. S., 568.

Fleet, British policy regarding, exchange of notes
between Secretary Hull and Lord Lothian, 195.
Refugee children, emigration to U. S., 23.

Great Britain — Continued.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Australian wool reserve in U. S., with U. S. (1940),

554.
Lease to U. S. of naval and air bases in Western

Hemisphere (1940), 196, 199.
Migratory birds, with U. S. (191G), amendment of

U. S. regulations, 116.
Non-aggression, with Thailand (1940), 170.
Peace advancement with U. S. (1914), amendatory
treaties between U. S. and —
Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (1940),
Signature, 207 ; U. S. Senate advice and con-
sent to ratification, 481 ; U. S. ratification,
590.
Union of South Africa (19-10), U. S. Senate ad-
vice and consent to ratification, 482; U. S.
ratification, 590.
Refugees, conventions and additional protocol
(19.33, 1938, 1939), instruments of adherence
on behalf of dependencies, 38.
U. S. aid to, telegram from prominent Americans
to President Roosevelt, 581.
Great Lakes- St Lawrence Waterway Project («ee also
St. Lawrence River) :
Address by Mr. Berle before the Great Lakes Seaway

and Power Conference at Detroit, 520.
Exchange of correspondence between Mr. Berle

and Canadian Minister to U. S., 430.
Message of President Roosevelt to Great Lakes Sea-
way and Power Conference at Detroit, 518.
Great Lakes Seaway and Power Conference, Detroit,

Mich., 518, 520.
Greece :
International Institute for Unification of Private Law,

Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
U. S. aid to, exchange of correspondence between

President Roosevelt and King George II, 503.
War with Italy, U. S. neutrality proclamations and
regulations on, 426—129.
Greenland :

Governor General of North Greenland (Brun), visit

to U. S., 25.
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 403.
Guatemala (see also American republics) :
Anniversary of independence, statement by Secretary

HuU, 224.
Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 254.
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 433.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Coffee-marketing, inter- American (1940), signature,

482.
Extradition, supplementary (1940), U. S. Senate
advice and consent to ratification, 482; U. S.
ratification, 591.
Telecommunication (1932) and Cairo revisions
(1938), approval, 19.

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Habana :
Act of Habana (Resolution XX of the Final Act of

Habana), text, 138; 269; 576.
Final Act of Habana (1940), test, 127; 178; 436; 590.
Meeting of the Minister.s of Foreign Ai¥air.s of Ameri-
can Republics at, 11, 25, 34, 42, 05, 104, 127, 178,
436, 590.
Haiti (see also American republics) :

Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 2.54.
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 433.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Ck)ffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Haitiauization of the Garde, withdrawal of mili-
tary forces from Haiti, and financial, supple-
mentary, with U. S. (1940), 365.
Health, public :

Pan American Health Day proclamation, 465.
Sanitary cooperation. Final Act of Habana (XXI),

139.
Statistics of causes of death, International agreement
(1934), extension by Egypt to certain districts,
576.
Helium : Exportation, 60, 166, 237, 363, 479.
Hemispheric defense. See American republics ; De-
fense, Hemispheric.
Henry-Haye, Gaston, Fi-ench Ambassador to U. S. :

Presentation of credentials, 215.
Honduras (see also American republics) :
Aimiversary of independence, statement by Secretary

Hull, 224:.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Indian Institute, Inter-American (1040), signa-
ture, 592.
Horta, Azores: American Consulate at, 115.
House of Representatives. See wider U. S. Congress.
Hull, Cordell:

Addresses, statements, etc. —

Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan, 251.
Central American republics, anniversary of inde-
pendence, 224.
Commercial Treaties and Agreements, Division of

the Department, creation, 16.
Danger to American republics from war in Europe,

42, 103, 176.
Death of Lord Lothian, 547.
Death of Senator Pittman, 426.
Embargo tariffs, address by Senator McNary on,

190.
European possessions in Western Hemisphere, Ger-
man reply to V. S. note regarding, 3.
Foreign policy, U. S., postponement of delivery,

315; text, 331; highlights, 337; text, 407.
French Indochina, status quo, 196, 253.

Hull, Cordell— Continued.

Addresses, statements, etc. — Continued.

Habana Meeting of tlie Ministers of Foreign Affairs

of American Republics, 34, 42, 65.
Jewish New Year celebration, 281.
Kellogg-Briand Pact, anniversary of signing, 175.
Pan American Aviation Day, 515.
Shanghai, defense forces in the International Set-
tlement at, 197.
U. S. loan to Spain, erroneous reports, 561.
Correspondence —

Activities and propaganda of German agents in

the U. S., with Representative Dies, 425.
British Fleet, policy regarding, with Lord Lothian,

195.

Death of Lord Lothian, with American Charge in

London, 548 ; with Prime Minister of Great

Britain, 547.

Death of President Estigarribia of Paraguay, 215.

Debt payment by Finland, with Minister Procop6,

501, 503.
Debts to U. S., foreign, 566-573 passim; German,

with German Charg(5 in Washington, 284.
Departure of Dr. Leopoldo Melo of Argentina from

U. S., 115.
German representation in the U. S., with Repre-
sentative Anderson, 549.
Lease by U. S. of naval and air bases In Western
Hemisphere from Great Britain, exchange of
notes with Lord Lothian effecting arrange-
ment, 199.
Requisition by U. S. of planes ordered by Sweden,

with Swedish Minister, 339.
Eesignation of Joseph E. Davies as Special As-
sistant to the Secretary of State, 455.
Retirement of Hugh R. Wilson from Foreign Serv-
ice, 466.
Departmental orders —
Appointment of officers in the Department, 26.
Laurence Duggan as Adviser on Political Rela-
tions, 350.
Philip W. Bonsai as Acting Chief of Division ot
the American Republics, 361.
Central Translating Office, creation and functions,

26.
Commercial Treaties and Agreements, Division of,

creation and functions, 16.
Documentary requirements for aliens, entry into
U. S., 198, seamen, 252, from Canada and Mex-
ico, 176; entry into American Virgin Islands
from British Virgin Islands and St. Bartholo-
mew, 280; personnel of U. S. transportation
lines, waiver, 197.
Passport regulations for Americans during war, 314.

INDEX

603

Hull, Coriiell — Continued.
Dinner in honor of Canadian section of Permanent
Joint Board on Defense, U. S. and Canada, 216.
Instruction to Foreign Service on use by all Ameri-
can republics of naval and air bases leased by
U. S. from Great Britain, 106.
Luncheon in honor of Minister of Foreign Affairs of

Paraguay, 69.
Message to the Latin American Lecture Series, Wash-
ington, D. C, 369.
Regulations —

Commerce with Greece, 429.
Relief contributions to Greece, 429.
Travel in combat areas, 24, 381, 429.
Report to the President on the convention for provi-
sional administration of Euroiiean colonies and
possessions in Americas, 209.
Hungary :

Debts to U. S., 569.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Cattle herdbooks, methods of keeping (1936), de-
posit of instrument of ratification, 412.
International Institute for Unification of Private
Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.

Iceland :

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 285.
Immigration and naturalization:
Aliens entering U. S., 198 ; from Canada and Mexico,

36, 176 ; seamen, 252.
Refugees from Europe to U. S., 23, 31, 563.
Visas, regulations, 14, 15, 23, 31, 176, 198, 252, 280,
563.
Imports into U. S. (sec aUo Commerce, international ;
Exports from U. S. ; Foreign trade, U. S. ; Trade
agreements; Treaties, agi-eements, etc.) :
Arms and munitions, 58, 165, 235, 362, 478.
Coal, coke, and coal briquets from U. S. S. R., 167.
Cotton, suspension of quotas on certain types, 584.
Customs privileges to Brazilian diplomatic and con-
sular ijersonnel in U. S., reciprocal agreement,
482.
Fox furs and skins, black and silver, from Canada,

409, 553, 575, 591.
Tariff quota on heavy cattle, allocation for 1941, 522.
Indian Institute, Inter-American, convention creating

(1940), 524, 592.
Institute of Latin American Studies, University of
Texas : Address by Mr. Grady before Conference
on International Relations of, 5.
Institute of World Affairs : Address by Mr. Grady

before, 531.
Insurance and reinsurance: Final Act of Habana
(XXIV), 141.

Inter-American Commission of Women : Address by
Mr. Berle at dinner given by Women's Joint Con-
gressional Committee, 423.
Inter-American relations. See American republics ;
Commissions, etc. ; Conference, etc. ; Treaties, agree-
ments, etc. ; and individual countries.
Intergovernmental debts, 284, 501, 565.
International commissions, committees, conferences,

etc. See Commissions, etc. ; Conferences, etc.
International Institute for Unification of Private Law,

Fundamental Statute, 109, 286.
International law, codification : Final Act of Habana

(XI), 134.
International Relief Union, convention and statute

establishing (1927), 27.
Iran: Postal convention, universal (1939), ratification,

403.
Ireland :
Repatriation of Americans, 408.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Whaling agreement (1937) protocol (1938), rati-
fication, 117.
Iron and steel scrap: Export control in national de-
fense, 49, 50, 250, 280, 529.
Italy :
Alliance with Germany and Japan, statement by

Secretary Hull, 251.
Debts to U. S., 570.
Reply to U. S. note regarding voyage of American

ship to Ireland to repatriate Americans, 408.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Aircraft, damages to third parties (1933 and 1938),

ratification, 18.
International Institute for Unification of Private
Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
War with Greece, U. S. neutrality proclamations and
regulations in, 426-429.

Jackson, Robert H., Attorney General of U. S. : Opinion
regarding right of President to arrange with Great
BriUiin for lease of naval and air bases in West-
ern Hemisphere, 201.
Jamaica : Naval and air bases in, lease from Great

Britain, 196, 199.
Japan (see also Far East) :
Alliance with Germany and Italy, statement by Sec-
retary Hull, 251.
Detention in French Indochina of American vice

consul and press correspondent, 453.
Oil agreement by importers with Netherlands Indies

companies, 432.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Cotton piece goods, exportation to the Philippines,
arrangement with U. S. (1940), 36.

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Japan — Continued.
Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.

Fur seals, preservation and protection (1911), ab-
rogation, 412.
Postal, universal (1939), ratification, 62.

Jewish New Year celebration: Message by Secretary-
Hull, 281.

Johnson, Herschel V., American Charge in London :
Response to message of Mr. Long to Foreign Service
members, 585.

Jones, Jesse H., Federal Loan Administrator : Letter
on credit to Chinese Government, 522.

Juliana, Princess of the Netherlands: Visit to Wash-
ington, 550, 565, 583.

Justice, International, Permanent Court of, optional
clause of Statute, 37, 170, 324.

Kallio, Kycisti, former President of Finland : Death,

583.
Kaunas, Lithuania : American Legation at, 199.
Kellogg-Briand Pact : Statement by Secretary Hull on

anniversary of signing, 175.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada : American Consulate at, 15,

237.

Labor :

Compulsory, convention (1930), 38.
International Conference, 38.

Wages and hours of work in industries and agri-
culture, convention (19S8), 456.
Latin American Lecture Series, Washington, D.C. :
Message from Secretary Hull, 369; address by Mr.
Berle, 441 ; by Under Secretary Welles, 369. ^

Latvia :

American Legation at Riga, 190.
Projierty in the U. S., executive order and regula-
tions regarding, 33.
Territorial integrity of, statement by Acting Secre-
tary Welles, 48.
Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C. : Address
by Dr. Spaulding on Department publications be-
fore, 301.
Lease of naval and air bases in Western Hemisphere
from Great Britain (1940) : Arrangement, text,
199; message of President Roosevelt to Congress
on, 201 ; opinion of U. S. Attorney General Jackson,
201 ; use by all American republics, 196.
Le Gallais, Hugues, Luxemburg IMinister to U. S. :

Presentation of credentials, 408.
Legislation (see aUo U. S. Congress), 15, 25, 99, 110,
117, 192, 209, 218, 238, 268, 287, 327, 365-366, 404,
584.
Liberia: Conciliation treaty, with U. S. (1930), U. S.
Senate advice and consent to ratification, 482; U. S.
ratification, 591.
Lithuania :
American Legation at Kaunas, 199.

Lithuania — Continued.

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fimdamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Property in the U. S., executive order and regulations

regarding, 33.
Territorial integrity of, statement by Acting Secre-
tary Welles, 48.
London, Ontario, Canada : American Consulate at, 18.
Long, Breckinridge, Assistant Secretary of State: Ad-
dress on national defense, 491 ; message to Foreign
Service members, 585.
Long Lac - Ogoki diversion of waters from Albany

River Basin into Great Lakes System, 431.
Lothian, The Marquess of, British Ambassador to U. S. :
British policy regarding the Fleet, exchange of notes

with Secretary Hull, 195.
Death, 547, 562.

Lease by U. S. of naval and air bases in Western
Hemisphere, exchange of notes with Secretary
Hull effecting arrangement, 199.
Luxemburg: Minister to U. S. (Le Gallais), inesenta-
tion of credentials, 408.

Mackenzie King, W. L., Prime Minister of Canada :
Joint statement with President Roosevelt on Per-
manent Joint Board on Defense, U. S. and Canada,
154.
Madagascar : American Consulate at Tananarive, 454.
"Manhattan" : Voyage for repatriation of Americans,

24.
Maritime Conference, Inter-American, at Washington,
D.C:
Address by Under Secretary Welles before, 461.
Invitations to participate, 224.
Resolutions, 516.
Martinez Fraga, Dr. Pedro, Ambassador of Cuba:
Luncheon of Under Secretary Welles upon retire-
ment of, 584.
Martinique, French West Indies: American Consulate

at, 61.
"McKeesport" : U. S. regulations on travel in combat

areas, 24.
McNary, Charles L., U. S. Senator: Comment by Sec-
retary Hull regarding address on embargo tariffs,
190.
Melo, Dr. Leopoldo, Chairman, Argentine delegntion
to Habana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of American Republics : Departure from U. S., 115.
Messersmith, George S., American Ambassador to Cuba :
Special representative of President Roosevelt at
inauguration of President Batista, 283.
Mexico (see also American republics) :
American Consulate at Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, 268.
Death of Leon Trotsky, 152.

Immigration to U. S. from, regulations, 14, 36, 176,
198.

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605

Mexico — Continued.

Iimiigiiration of President Camaeho, appointment of
Henry A. Wallace as special U. S. representative,
432.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Extradition, supplementary (1939), U. S. Senate
advice and eon.sent to ratiflcation, 482; U. S.
ratification, 591.
Inter-American Indian Institute (1940), signature,

592.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adiiercuce, 286.
Migratory birds, with U. S. (1936), amendment of

U. S. regulations, 116.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),
signature, 52.5.
Migratory birds, protection, conventions with Groat

I5iitain (1916) and with Mexico (1936), 116.
Military aviation mission, U. S., to Ecuador, 551.
Military order: Export Control, designation of Admin-
istrator of, 11-12.
Military searchlights, fire-control instruments, aerial
cameras, and other military equipment, export con-
trol in national defense, 279.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American Republics,
Meeting at —
Habana (liMO) :

Addresses, statements, etc., by Secretary Hull, 34,

42, 65.
Convention on provisional administration of Euro-
pean colonies and possessions In the Americas
(text), 145.
Dinners given by Acting Secretary Welles in honor
of Argentine, Brazilian, and Uruguayan dele-
gations, 104.
Final Act (text), 127, 178; approval by Dominican
Republic, 436; deposit of instrument of rati-
flcation by Dominican Republic, 590.
Final agenda, 11.
U. S. delegation, 25, 34.
Pananiii (1039) : Final Act, deposit of instrument of
ratitication by Dominican Republic, 590.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation: Address by Mr.

Grady before, 433.
Monetary stabilization arrangement, U. S. and Argen-
tina (1940), 590.
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury :
Statement regarding monetary stabilization ar-
rangement with Argentina, 590.
Letter from President Roosevelt on import restric-
tions in Canadian trade agreement, 576.
Morocco :
Cattle herdbooks, convention on methods of keeping
(1936), deposit of instrument of ratification on
behalf of, 364.

Morocco — Continued.

U. S. treaty rights in Tangier, 430.
Most-favored-nation clause: Treaties, agreements, etc.,

containing, 06.
Munitions. See Arms and munitions.

National commissions, conferences, etc. See Commis-
sions, etc. ; Conferences, etc.
National Conference of Christians and Jews: Address

by Mr. Long before, 491.
National defense of U. S. See Defense.
National Foreign Trade Convention, Twenty-seventh :
Addresses, statements, etc., by President Roosevelt,
81 ; Mr. Grady, 81 ; Mr. Geist, 87, 93.
National Press Club : Address by Secretary Hull on
U. S. foreign iwlicy, 331 ; highlights, 337 ; iwst-
ponement of delivery, 315.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation In the
Western Hemisphere, inter-American convention
(1940), 308, 402, 525, 576.
Naval and air ba.ses in Uruguay :
Statements by Under Secretary Welles, 432, 452.
Statement by Uruguayan Minister at Madrid to
Spanish press, 452.
Naval and air bases in the Western Hemisphere : Lease

from Great Britain, 196, 199.
Naval mission. V. S., to Ecuador, 551 ; Peru, 98.
Naval radio stations, convention wltli Panama for trans-
fer to Panama (1936), 525.
Netherlands :

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, HO.
Visit to Washington of Princess Juliana, 550, 565,
583.
Netherlands Indies: Oil agreement between Japanese

importers and companies of, 432.
Neutrality Committee, Inter-American : Final Act of

Habana (I), 129.
Neutrality of the U. S. (see also Arms and munitions;
Defense, U. S. national; Relief, etc.):
Proclamations, executive orders, and regulations with
respect to the war between Italy and Greece,
420-429.
Travel in comltat areas, regulations, 24, 381, 429.
Newfoundland : Naval and air bases in, lease from

Great Britain, 196, 199.
New York Herald! Tribune: Accidental death of corre-
spondent in Yugoslavia, 454.
New Zealand : Peace advancement, treaty with U. S.
(1940), amending treaty between U. S. and Great
Britain (1914), signature, 207; U. S. Senate advice
and consent to ratification, 481 ; U. S. ratiflcation,
590.
Niagara Falls : Utilization by Ontario of power at, 430.
Nicaragua {see also American republics) :
Anniversary of independence, statement by Secre-
tary Hull, 224.

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Nicaragua — Continued.

Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 254.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),

signature, 308.
Kegional radio convention for Central America
(1938), deposit of instrument of ratification,
403.
Non-aggression treaty, Great Britain and Thailand

(1940), 170.
Non-immigration visa services:

Temporary American Consulates in Canada for per-
formance of, 15.
North Carolina, University of:
Address by Mr. Berle before the International Rela-
tions Club, 295.
Address by Mr. Long before the National Conference
of Christians and Jews in cooperation with, 491.

Ogoki-Long Lac diversion of waters from Albany

River Basin into Great Lakes System, 431.
Oil agreement between Japanese Importers and Nether-
lands Indies companies, 432.
Opium :

International convention (1925), 109.
Other drugs and, convention and protocol (1912),
456.
Orders. See Executive orders; Military orders; and

under State, Department of.
Ortiz, Roberto M., President of Argentina : Press inter-
view, comments of Acting Secretary Welles, 453.

Pan American (see also American republics) —
Airway route to Rio de Janeiro from Para, 177.
Aviation Day : Address by Mr. Burke, 573 ; proclama-
tion, 452 ; statement by Secretary Hull, 515.
Day at Dairy Industries' Exposition, Atlantic City,

N. J., address by Mr. Geist, 347.
Health Day proclamation, 465.
Highway: Convention (1936), 528; Final Act of

Habana (XXIII), 140.
Int<titutions, cooperation between: Final Act of Ha-
bana (XXII), 140.
Pan American Airways, Inc. : Regulations on plan*

travel in combat area, 381.
Pan American Union :
Inter-American Maritime Conference at, 224, 461,

516.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation, inter-
American committee of experts on, 308.

Panama :
Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American
Republics at Panam.l, deposit of instrument of
ratification of Final Act by Dominican Republic,
590.
Naval radio stations, convention with U. S. on trans-
fer (1936), U. S. Senate advice and consent to
ratification, 52.5.
Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 149,
254.
Par.1 : Pan American airway route to Rio de Janeiro,

177.
Paraguay {see also American republics) :
Death of President Estigarribia and wife, 214.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Salomoni), luncheon

of Secretary Hull in honor of, 69.
Minister to U. S. (Soler), presentation of creden-
tials, 574.
Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 149,

254.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Postal, universal (1989), ratification, 62.
Telecommimicatlon (1932) and Cairci revisions
(1938), ratification, 62.
Paris, France : Detention by German police of clerk In

American Embassy, 504.
Passports :
Precautionary measures in issuance. Final Act of

Habana (V), 131.
Regulations, 14, 176, 198, 280, 314.
Peace (sec also Permanent Court of International
Justice) :
Advancement, treaty with Great Britain (1914),
amendatory treaties between U. S. and —
Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (1940), sig-
nature, 207; U. S. Senate advice and consent
to ratification, 481 ; U. S. ratification, 590.
Union of South Africa (1910), U. S. Senate advice
and consent to ratification, 482; U. S. ratifica-
tion, 590.
American republics, maintenance among. Final Act

of Habana (XVI), 136.
Cooperative, address by Mr. Berle, 295.
Kellogg-Briaud Pact, statement by Secretary Hull

on anniversary of signature, 175.
Solution of conflicts, Final Act of Habana (XIV),
136.
Permanent Court of Arbitration : Appointment of mem-
ber, 589.
Permanent Court of International Justice, optional

clause of the Statute, 37, 170, 324.
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U. S. and Canada,
154, 216.

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607

Peru (see also American republics) :

Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 254.
Tonnage duties for vessels of, U. S. suspension, 346.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —
Aviation mission, U. S. (1940), 98.
CoftVe-niarkctiiig, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),

signature, 308.
Naval mission, U. S. (1040), 98.
Petroleum products :
Export control in national defense, 49, 50.
Export to Japan from Netherlands Indies. 432.
Pliilippiiies, CDniinonwealth of:

Imporlalion of .lapanese cotton piece goods into, 36.
Universal postal convention (1930), ratification, 27.
Pittman, Key, U. S. Senator: Death. 426.
Poland : Debts to U. S., 571.
Police and judicial measures for defense: Final .\ct of

Habana (III), 130.
Portugal: American Consulate at Horta, Azores, 115.
Postal convention, universal (1939), 27, 62, 272, 403.
Powers of attorney protocol (1940), 218, 28G.
Prague, Bohemia : American Consulate at, 364.
President, U. S. Si-c Roosevelt, Franlvlin D.
Prisoners of war convention (1929), 238.
Private Law, International Institute for Unification:
Fundamental Statute, KX), 286.
Purpose, 286.
Proclamations :

Allocation of tariff quota on heavy cattle for 1941,

522.
Armistice Day, ISMO. 314.
Existence of state of war between Italy and Greece,

420.
Export control in national defense of muiiilious and
materials, 12; petroleum products, tetraethyl
lead, and iron and steel scrap, 40; certain equip-
ment for production of aviation motor fuel and
plans or designs for aircraft and engines, 213;
fire-control instrimicnts, military searchlights,
aerial cameras, and other military (»fiuipment,
279; iron and steel, 529; certain additional ma-
terials and articles, 559.
General Pulaski's Memorial Day, 223.
Neutrality of U. S. in war between Italy and Greece,

427.
Pan American Aviation Day, 452.
Pan American Health Day, 465.
Registration Day, 221.
Suspension of quotas on imports of certain cotton,

584.
Territorial waters of U. S., use by belligerent sub-
marines, 427.

Proclamations — Continued.
Tonnage duties, U. S. suspension with respect to
vessels of Canada, 116; Dominican Republic,
433; Egypt, 432; Greenland, 403; Guatemala,
433; Haiti, 433; Iceland, 285; Peru, 346; Vene-
zuela, 433.
Trade agreements with —

Canada, supplementary (1940), 575.
Switzerland (1936), partial termination, 48-..
Venezuela (1939), exchange of ratitieations, 436;
supplementary U. S. proclamation, 481.
Procop<>, Hjalmar J., Minister of Finland: Exchange
of corresixindence with Secretary Hull on postpone-
ment of debt payment to U. S., 502.
Professors and students, exchange between U. S. and

other American republics, 149, 254, 282.
Propaganda :

Agents of foreign princiiials, registration, 281.
Foreign activities against domestic institutions, Final

Act of Habana (VI), 132.
German agents and representatives in the United
States, activities, letters of Secretary Hull on,
425, 549.
Propeller Club of the United States : Address by Mr.

Saugstad before, 54t>.
Property of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in the U. S.,

33 ; of Rumania, 306.
Public health :
Pan American Health Day proclamation, 465.
Sanitary cooperation. Final Act of Habana (XXI),

139.
Statistics of causes of deatli, international agreement
(1934), extension by Egypt to certain districts,
576.
Public in.struction, convention on peaceful orientation

(19.36), 524.
Publications [see also Regulation.s, etc.) :
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

Exchange, with Brazil (1940), signature. 27.
Interchange, inter-American (1936), deposit of
instrument of ratification by Colombia, 525.
U. S. Congress, 15, 25, 99, 110, 117, 192, 209, 218, 238,

268, 2S7, 327, 365-366, 404, 584.
U. S. Department of State —
Address by Dr. Spaulding on law publications, 301.
"Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925",

volumes I and II, 586.
List, 19, 62, 95, 110. 117, 167, 192, 209, 218, 273, 285,
301, 307, 327, 4(M, 457, 526, 577, 588.
Other U. S. Government agencies, 19, 95, 167, 192,
218, 239, 285, 307, 437, 457, 551.

Quotas (see also Customs; Tariff) :
Cattle, heavy, allocation for 1911, 522.
Cotton, suspension on imports, 584.

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Radio :

Broadcasting, North American regional agreement

(1937), 238.
Convention, regional, for Central America (193S), de-
posit of instrument of ratification by Nicaragua,
403.
Naval stations, convention on transfer to Panama
(1036), 525.
Railway in Bolivia, U. S. survey, 283.
Rainy Lal^e, convention with Canada for emergency

regulation of level of (193S), 192, 218, 309, 325.
Red Cross (see also American vessels; Relief, etc.) :
American, regulations by U. S. on travel in combat

areas of vessels chartered by, 24.
Convention (1929), deposit of instruments of ratifi-
cation by Bolivia, 238.
Societies, Inter-American League, Final Act of Ha-
bana (IV), 131.
Refugees (.see also Aliens; Visas, U. S. ) :

Conventions and additional protocol (19S3, 1938,

1939), 38.
European, to U. S., 23, 31, 563.
Final Act of Habana (IX), 134.
Registration Day proclamation, 221.
Registration of agents of foreign principals, 281.
Regulations of U. S. Government agencies (see also
State, Department of), 19, 32, 33, 118, 192, 209,
217, 237, 238, 306, 307, 326, 305, 404, 413, 456, 526.
Relief to belligerents, U. S. contributions:
Funds, tabulations, 70, 178, 257, 391, 504.
Greece, exchange of correspondence between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and King George II, 503.
Registrant lists, 69, 305, 382.
Regulations with respect to Greece, 429.
Relief Union, International, convention and statute

establishing (1927), 27.
Repatriation of Americans, 115, 318, 339, 408.
Requisition of equipment, munitions, macliinery, etc.,
necessary to national defen.se, 313; of plaues or-
dered by Sweden, 338.
Re.servations to recommendations, etc., of Final Act of

Habana, 143.
Riga, Latvia : American Legation at, 199.
Rio de Janeiro: Pan American airway route from

Parfi to, 177.
Roolvefeller, Nel.son E., Coordinator of Commercial and
Cultural Relations Between American Republics:
Appointment, 151.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (see also Executive orders;
Proclamations) :
Addresses, statements, etc. —
Armistice Day, 417.
Credit to China, 521.
Death of Lord Lotliian, 547.

Foreign diplomatic representatives, presentation
of credentials, 216, 409, 575.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. — Continued.

Addresses, statements, etc. — Continued.
National Foi'eign Trade Convention, 81.
Great Lakes Seaway and Power Conference, de-
livered by Jlr. Berle, 518.
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U. S. and
Canada, joint statement with Prime Minister
Mackenzie King, 154.
Washington National Airixirt, laying of corner-
stone, 251.
Western Hemisphere, unity and defen.se, 291.
Correspondence —

Aid to Greece, witli King George II, 503.

China, national anniversary, 306.

Death of President Estigarribia of Paraguay, with

Acting President Morinigo, 214.
Death of former President Kallio of Finland, with

President Ryti, 583.
Death of Lord Lothian, with King George of

Great Britain, 547, .548.
Duties and other import restrictions with regard
to supplementary trade agreement with Can-
ada (1940), with Secretary Morgenthau, 576.
Earthquake in Rumania, with King Mihai, 430.
Venezuela, national anniversary, 11.
Messages to Congress —

European colonie.g and possessions in Americas,

convention on provisional administration, 269.

Export-Import Bank of Washington, increase in

capital and lending power, 41.
Lea.se of naval and air bases in Western Hemi-
sphere from Great Britain, 201.
St. Lawrence River, preliminary investigation of
International Rapids Section. 316.
Telegram from jirominent Americans on LT. S. aid
to Great Britain, 581.
Rumania :
Debts to U. S., 572.
Earthquake in, message of sympatliy from President

Roosevelt to King Mihai, 4.30.
International Institute for Unification of Prirate

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Property in the U. S.. executive order and regulations
regarding, 306.

Safety of life at sea convention (1929), 208.

St. Lawrence Advisory Committee: Establishment, 317.

St. Lawrence River, International Rapids Section :
Power development, 518, 520; preliminary investi-
gation, 316, 430.

St. Lawrence Waterway Project. See Great Lakes.

St. Lucia : Naval and air bases in, lease from Great
Britain, 196, 199.

St. Pierre-Miquelon : American Consulate at, 109.

St. Petersburg, Fla., Chamber of Commerce: Address
by Mr. Grady before, 319.

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609

SiUoiiioiii, Dr. Don Tomas A., Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Paraguay: Luncheon of Secretary Hull
in honor of, 69.

Sanitary cooperation: Final Act of Habana (XXI),
139.

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada : American Consulate at,
15, 18.

Saugstad. Jesse E., Assistant Chief, Division of Inter-
national Communications of the Department:
Address on U. S. shipping, 540.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada: American Consulate
at, 15, 237.

School of the Air of the Americas broadcast : Address
by Mr. Grady, 448.

Second Deficiency Act of 1040: Award of travel grants
to professors and students from other American
republics, 2S2.

Secretary of State, U. S. See Hull, Cnidell.

Security and neutrality of American republics, doc-
trines Jeopardizing: Final Act of Habana (VII),
132.

Selective service regulations: Executive order prescrib-
ing, 252.

Senate, V. S. See U. S. Congress.

Servente, Lorenzo A., Argentine Consul General at New
Orleans : Address by Mr. Finley at dinner honor-
ing, 449.

Shanghai: Defense forces in the International Settle-
ment at, 1!I7.

Sheffield, England: American Consulate at, 237.

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada: American Consulate at,
15, 237.

Shipping, U. S. {.lee also American vessels; and under
American republics) : Address by Mr. Saugstad,
540.

Siam. See Thailand.

Sino-Japanese situation. S(c Far East.

Soler, Dr. Don Juan Jost'', Paraguayan Minister to U. S. :
Presentation of credentials, ,'>74.

South America, gee American republics; and individ-
ual count rics.

Spain :

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Severance of diplnmatic relations with Chile, state-
ment by Acting Secretary Welles, 48.
Statement to pre.ss by Uruguayan Minister at Madrid
regarding reports on air and naval bases in
Uruguay, 452.
U. S. loan to, erroneous reports, 561, 582.
U. S. representations on action at Tangier, Morocco,
430.

Spaulding, E. Wilder, Chief, Division of Research and
Publication of the Department : Address on law
publications of the Department, 301,

State, Department of {see also Hull, Cordell; Publica-
tions; U. S. Foreign Service) :
American Republics, Division of the. appointment of

Philip W. Bonsai as Acting Chief, 3.51.
Appointments of ofiicer.s, 26, 3.W, 351, 411, 584.
Central Translating Office, creation and functions, 26.
Commercial Treaties and Agreements, Division of —
Creation and functions, 16.
Statement by Secretary Hull on, 16.
Departmental orders, 16, 26, 176, 197, 198, 252, 280,

314, 350.
Political Relations, Adviser on, appointment of

Laiu'ence Duggan, 350.
Regulations —

Commerce with Greece, 429.
Relief contributions to Greece, 429.
Travel in combat areas, 24. 381, 429.
Resignation of Joseph E. Davies as Special Assistant
to the Secretary of State, 455.
Statements, addresses, etc. See names of individual*

and apceiflc. subjects.
Statistics of causes of death, international agreement
(1934) : Extension by Egypt to certain districts,
576.
Students and professors : Exchange between U. S. and

other American republics, 149, 254, 282.
Survey by U. S. of railway in Bolivia, 283.
Sweden :

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Requisition by U. S. of planes ordered by, 338.
Switzerland, treaties, agreements, etc. :

Extradition, supplementary (1940), ratification by
Switzerland, 238; U. S. Senate advice and con-
sent to ratification, 482; U. S. ratification, 591.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Labor conventions of International Labor Confer-
ence, instruments of ratification, 38.
Opium, international (1925), application of article
10 to preparations based on Indian-hemp extract,
non-acceptance, 109.
Trade, with U. S. (1936), proclamation by U. S.
President on partial termination, 480.

Tallinn, Estonia : American Legation at, 199.
Tananarive, Madagascar : American Consulate at, 454.
Tangier, Morocco : U. S. treaty rights in, 430.
Tariff (.see also Customs; Trade agreements) :
Embargo, comment by Secretary Hull regarding

address by Senator McNary on, 190.
Quota on heavy cattle, allocation for 1941, 522.
Tonnage duties, U. S. suspension with respect to
vessels of Canada, 116 ; Dominican Republic, 4.33 ;
Egypt, 432; Greenland, 403; Guatemala, 433;
Haiti, 433; Iceland, 285; Peru, 346; Venezuela,
433.

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Telecommunications :
Broadcasting agreement, North American regional
(1937), amendment of Federal Communications
Commission's rules and regulations to carry out
provisions, 238.
Convention (1932) and 193,S revisions (Cairo), ap-
proval by Guatemala, 19; ratification by Para-
guay, 62.
Radio convention, regional, for Central America
(1938), deposit of instrument of ratification by
Nicaragua, 403.
Radio stations, naral, convention on transfer to
Panama (1936), U. S. Senate advice and consent
to ratification, 525.
Territorial Administration, Inter-American Commis-
sion for, 177.
Territorial waters :

Extension, Final Act of Habana (VIII), 134.
Hostile acts in. Final Act of Habana (XIII), 135.
U. S., use by belligerent .■submarines, proclamation,
427.
Tetraethyl lead, petroleum products, and iron and steel
scrap: Export control in national defense, 49, 50.
Texas and Virginia State Teachers' Associations con-
ventions, Fort Worth, Tex. and Richmond, Va. :
Radio address by Mr. Grady, 448.
Texas, University of: Address by Mr. Grady before

Institute of Latin American Studies, 5.
Thailand :

Non-aggression treaty, with Great Britain (1940),

170.
Permanent Court of International Justice, optional
clause of Statute, note of declarations of France,
Great Britain, India, 37.
Tin-plate scrap: Exportation, 60, 166, 236, 363, 479.
Tonnage duties : U. S. .suspension with resiject to ves-
sels of Canada, 116; Dominican Republic, 433;
Egypt, 4.32: Greenland. 4fl3 : Guatemala, 433;
Haiti, 4.33; Iceland, 285; Peru, 346; Venezuela, 433.
Town Hall, Inc., New York City : Address by Mr. Berle
on America's Town Meeting of the Air conducted
by, 445.
Trade, international. Sec Commerce, international;

Foreign trade, U. S. ; Tariff; Trade agreements.
Trade agreements (.?ec also Commerce, international;
Foreign trade, U. S. ; Tariff) :
Division of the Department, abolition and creation
of Division of Commercial Treaties and Agree-
ments, 16.
Program —

Embargo tariffs versus, comment by Secretary Hull
regarding address by Senator McNary on, 190.
Most-favored-natiou clause, agreements under 1934
Act containing, 97.
U. S. and—

Canada, supplementary (1939), negotiations for
revision, 409; supplementary (1940), 553, 575,
591,

Trade agreements — Continued.
U. S. and — Continued.
Switzerland (1936), proclamation by U. S. Presi-
dent of partial termination, 480.
Venezuela (1939), exchange of Venezuelan rati-
fication and U. S. proclamation, 436 ; supple-
mentary proclamation by U. S. President, 481.
Traffic .statistics on export 'and import of arms and

munitions, 50, 155, 225, 351, 407.
Trail. British Columbia, Canada: American Consulate

at, 15, 268.
Transportation expenses on effects of certain Govern-
ment officers and employees : Executive order regu-
lating, 426.
Travel :

Grants to professors and students from other Ameri-
can republics, U. S. award, 282.
American ves.sels in combat areas, 24, 115, 152, 381.
Americans in combat areas, 24. 152, 314, 381, 429.
Treasury Department :

Monetary stabilization arrangement with Argentina,

statement by Secretary Morgenthau, 590.
Public notice regarding supplementary trade agree-
ment with Canada (1940), 591.
Treaties, agreements, etc. (sec also Trade agreements) :
Agricultural workers, association rights (1921), in-
struments of ratification by Switzerland, 3.S.
Artistic exhilutions (1936), deposit of instrument

of ratification by Colombia, .525.
Australian wool, U. S. and Great Britain, for reserve

in U. S. (1940), 554.
Aviation —

Air transport, U. S. and Canada (1939), arrange-
ment to give effect to article III (1940), 552.
Aircraft, damages to third parties (1933 and 1938),

ratification by Italy, 18.
Mission, U. S. and Peru (1940), 98; U. S. and
Ecuador (1940), 551.
Building industry, safety provisions (1937), instru-
ments of ratification by Switzerland, 38.
Cattle herdbooks, methods of keeping (19.36), deposit
of instrument of ratification by Hungary, 412;
on behalf of Morocco and Tunis, 364.
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940) —

Signature by U. S., Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salva-
dor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela, 482.
Text, 483.
Commercial, U. S. and U. S. S. R. (1910), 105.
Conciliation, U. S. and Liberia (1939), U. S. Senate
advice and consent to ratification, 4S2; U. S.
ratification, 591.
Cultural relations, inter-American (1936) —

Deposit of instrument of ratification by Colombia,

524.
Exchange professors and students, 149, 254, 282.

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Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.
Customs privileges for diplomatic and consular jier-

sonnel, reciprocal, U. S. and Brazil (1940), 482.
Custonis-revenuo collection, V. S. and Dominican Re-
public (1024), revision, negotiations, 117; agree-
ment, 209; signature (1940), 271.
Educational and publicity films (1936), deposit of

instrument of ratification by Colombia, 525.
European colonies and po.esessions in the Americas,
provisional administration (1940) —
Approval by Dominican Republic, 436.
Deposit of instrument of ratification by U. S., 402;

by Dominican Republic, 50O.
Message of transmittal to Congress from President
Roosevelt including report of Secretary Hull,
209.
Ratification by U. S., 309; by El Salvador, 570.
Text, 145.

U. S. Senate advice and consent to ratification,
26.9.

Extradition, supplementary. U. S. and —
Colombia (1940). signature, 218; U. S. Senate ad-
vice and consent to ratification, 525; U. S.
ratification, 591.
Ecuador (19.'i9), U. S. Senate advice and consent

to ratification, 482; U. S. ralificalion. 591.
Guatemala (1940), U. S. Senate advice and consent

to ratification, 482; U. S. ratification, 591.
Mexico (1939), U. S. Senate advice and consent to

ratification, 482; U. S. ratification, 591.
Switzerland (1940), ratification by Swilzerhind,
238: U. S. Senate advice and consent to rati-
fication, 482; U. S. ratification, 591.
Financial, U. S. and —

Argentina, stabilization (ISMO), 590.
Dominican Republic, revision of 1924 customs con-
vention (1940). 117. 209, 271.
Haiti, supplementary (1940), 365.
Fur seals, preservation and protection (1911). abro-
gation by Japan. 412.
Habana, Act of (Resolution XX of Final Act of

Habana). ratification by El Salvador, 576.
Habana Jleeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of American Republics. Final Act (1940), text,
127, 178; approval by Dominican Republic. 430;
deposit of instrument of ratification by Domin-
ican Republic. 590.
Haitianization of the Garde, withdrawal of military
forces from Haiti, and financial, supplementary,
U. S. and Haiti (1940), 365.
Health, statistics of causes of death (1934). exten-
sion by Egypt to certain districts, 576.
Indian Institute. Inter-American, creation (1940),
signature by U. S., 524; Costa Rica, Cuba, El
Salrador, Honduras, and Mexico, 592.

Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.

International Institute for Unification of Private
Law, Fundamental Statute (1940) —
Adherence by Belgium, 110: Bolivia, 110; Brazil,
2S6; Colombia, 110; Denmark, 286; Finland,
110; Germany, 110; Greece, 110; Hungary,
110; Iceland, 2,S6; Ireland, 110; Italy, 110;
Lithuania, 110; Mexico, 280; Netherlands, 110;
Nicaragua. 110; Paraguay, 286; Rumania, 110;
Spain, 110; Sweden, 110; Switzerland, 110;
Uruguay. 110; Venezuela, 286; Yugoslavia,
286.
Provisions of article 20, 286.
International Relief Union (1927). application to

Burma. 27.
Japanese cotton piece goods to the Philippines, im-
portation, U. .S'. and Japan (19401, 30.
Labor —

Compulsory (1930). instruments of ratification by

Switz(>rland, .38.
Conventions and recommendations of International
Labor Conferences. 38, 456.
Migratory birds. U. S. and Great Britain (1916)
and U. S. and Mexico (1936), iimendment of
U. S. regulations, 116.
Most-favored-nation clau.se —

Executive agreements containing. 97. 98.
Reciprocal trade agr<>ements vmder 1934 Act, 97.
Treaties containing, 96, 98.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation in West-
ern Hemisphere (1940) —
Provisions, 308.

Signature by Costa Kica, 402; Cuba, 308; Domin-
ican Republic, 308; El Salvador, 308; Mexico,
525; Nicaragua, 368; Peru, 308; U. S., 308;
Uruguay, 576; and Venezuela, 308.
Naval and air bases in Western Hemisphere. U. S.

lease from Great Britain (1940), text, 199.
Naval mission, U. S. and Ecuador (1940), 551.

U. S. and Peru (1940). 98.
Naval radio stations, transfer to Panama (1936),
U. S. Senate advice and consent to ratification,
525.
Non-aggression, Great Britain and Thailand (1940),

170.
Opium (1912), application on behalf of Burma, 456.
(1925), application of article 10 to preparations
based on Indian-hemp extract, non-acceptance
by Switzerland, 109.
Pan American Highway (1936), deposit of instru-
ment of ratification by Colombia, 526.
Panama Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, of
American Republics, final act (1939), deposit of
instrument of ratification by Dominican Repub-
lic, 590.

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Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.

Peace advancement with Great Britain (1914),
amendatory treaties between U. S. and —
Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (1940), sig-
nature, 207 ; U. S. Senate advice and consent to
ratification, 4S1 ; U. S. ratification, 590.
Union of South Africa (1940), U. S. Senate advice
and consent to ratification, 482 ; U. S. rati-
fication, 590.
Permanent Court of International Justice, optional
clause of the Statute —
Acceptance, termination and new conditions of,

by Australia, 324.
Note by Thailand of declarations of France, Great

Britain, India, 37.
Reservations by Brazil regarding declarations of
Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand,
Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, 170.
Postal, universal convention (1939) —
Administrative enforcement by Argentina, 272 ;
approval by Costa Rica, 62; ratification by
Iran, 403; Japan, 62; Paraguay, 62; Philip-
pines, 27.
Powers of attorney (1940), signature by Brazil, 218;

by Bolivia ad referendum, 286.
Prisoners of war convention (1929), deiwsit of in-
strument of ratification by Bolivia, 238.
Public Instruction, peaceful orientation (1936), de-
posit of instrument of ratification by Colombia,
524.
Publications —

Exchange, U. S. and Brazil (1940), 27.
Interchange (1936), deposit of instrument of rati-
fication by Colombia, 525.
Rainy Lake, emergency regulation of level of, U. S.
and Canada (1938), U. S. Senate advice and
consent to ratification, 192; ratification by U. S.,
218; exchange of ratifications, 3U9; proclama-
tion by U. S. President, 325.
Red Cross convention (1929), deposit of instrument

of ratification by Bolivia, 238.
Refugees, conventions and additional protocol (1933,
1938, 1939), instruments of adherence on behalf
of British dependencies, 38.
Safety of life at sea (1929), approval and dei^osit of

instruments of adherence by Yugoslavia, 208.
Telecommunications —

1932 convention and 1938 (Cairo) revisions, ap-
proval by Guatemala, 19; ratification by Para-
guay, 62.
Broadcasting, North American regional (1937),
amendment of rules and regulations of Federal
Communications Commission in order to carry
out provisions, 238.
Radio convention, regional, for Central America
(1938), deposit of instrument of ratification
by Nicaragua, 403.

Treaties, agreements, etc. — Continued.
Telecommunications — Continued.

Radio stations, naval, transfer to Panama (1936),
U. S. Senate advice and consent to ratification,
525.
Wages and hours of work in industries and agricul-
ture (1938), instrument of ratification by Switz-
erland, 38; ratification by Egypt, 456.
Whaling agreement (1937) protocol (1938), ratifi-
cation by Ireland, 117.
Women, employment in mines (1935), instrument
of ratification by Switzerland, 38.
Trinidad: Naval and air bases in, lease from Great

Britain, 1£»6, 199.
Trot.sky, Leon : Death, 152.

Truitt, Max O'Rell, Commis.sioner, U. S. Maritime
Commission : U. S. delegate to Inter-American
Maritime Conference, appointment, 224.
Tunis: Cattle herdbooks, convention on methods of
keeping (1936), deposit of instrument of ratifica-
tion on behalf of, 364.

Under Secretary of State, U. S. See Welles, Sumner.
Union of South Africa : Peace advancement, treaty with
U. S. (1940), amending treaty between U. S. and
Great Britain (1914), U. S. Senate advice and con-
sent to ratification, 482; U. S. ratification, 590.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics :
American Consulate General at Vladivostok, 551.
Commercial agreement with U. S., 105.
Exports of coal, coke, and coal briquets to U. S., 167.
U. S. Congress {see also under Publications) :
House of Representatives —

German agents' activities in the U. S., exchange of
correspondence between Mr. Dies and Secre-
tary Hull, 425.
German representation in the U. S., letter from
Secretary Hull to Mr. Anderson, 549.
Messages from the President —

European colonies and possessions in Americas,
convention on provisional administration of,
269.
Export-Import Bank of Washington, 41.
Lease of naval and air bases in Western Hemi-

spliere from Great Britain, 201.
St. Lawrence River, preliminary investigation of
International Rapids Section, 316.
Senate —
Death of Senator Pittman, 426.
U. S. employees : Expense payments in death of, 281.
U. S. Foreign Service (see also State, Department of) :
Address by Mr. Geist, 87.
Appointments, 18. 61, 95, 115, 191, 217, 237, 268, 307,

364, 404, 413, 454. 466, 467, 578.
Assignments, 17, 18, 37, 60, 9.5, 108, 114, 169, 191, 198,
217, 237, 268, 285, 306. 363, 403, 413, 454, 467,
523, 551, 577-578, 586.

INDEX

U. S. Foreign Service — Continued.
Consulates —
Closing at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, 237; Gi-
braltar, 467; Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 237;
London, Ontario, Canada, IS; Saiilt Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Canada, 2:i7; Slieflield. EnKland, 237;
Shorbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 237 ; Trail, Brit-
ish Columbia, Canada, 268.
Opening at Cayenne, French Guiana, 115; Coat-
zacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, 268; Dakar,
French West Africa, 108; Fort Erie, Ontario,
Canada, 15 ; Georgetown. Uritish Guiana, 61 ;
Horta, Azores, 115; Kingston, Ontario, Can-
ada, 15; Martinique, French West Indies, 61;
St. PierreMiquelon, 100 ; Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada, 15, 18; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Canada, 15; Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 15;
Tananarive, Madagascar, 454; Trail, British
Columbia, Canada, 15.
Consulates General —

Prague, Bohemia, closing, 364.
Vladivostok, U.S.S.U., opening, 551.
Deaths, 190, 268, 413.

Diplomatic and con.sular personnel in Brazil, agree-
ment on customs privileges for, 482.
Embassy in Berlin, damage during air raid, 215.
Embassy in Paris, detention of clerk by German

police, 504 ; transfer of three staff members, 586.
Injury of Consul in accident at Brussels, 190.
Instruction to U. S. diplomatic missions on use by all
American republics of naval and air bases leased
by U. S. from Great Britain, H)6.
Legations, closing at Katinas, Lithuania ; Iliga, Lat-
via ; Tallinn, Estonia, 199.
Message of Mr. Long to members, and response of

Mr. Johnson, 585.
Nominations, confirmation, 523, 586.
Press interview of Ambassador to Belgium, state-
ment by Acting Secretary Welles regarding, 108.
Promotions, 168.
Regulations, 268, 326.

Representation of foreign interests by American dip-
lomatic missions, 113.
Resignations, 466.
Retirements, 466.

Statement of Ambassador to France on reported res-
ignation, 437.
Transportation of effects of officers and employees,

executive order regulating, 426.
Vice consul, detention in French Indochina, 453.
U.S.S. "Quincy" : Address by Minister to Uruguay at
Montevideo luncheon honoring Captain Wickham,
35.

U. S. treaties, agreements, etc., signed July -Dec. 1940,
with —
Argentina : Monetary stabilization, 590.

U. S. treaties, agreements, etc., signed July-Dec. 1940,
with — Continued.
Australia : Peace advancement, amending treaty of
1914 (U. S. and Great Britain), 207, 481, 590.
Brazil : Customs privileges for diplomatic and con-
sular personnel, reciprocal, 482.
Exchange of official publications, 27.
Canada : Air-transport arrangement of 1939, ^•-
rangement giving effect to article III, 552.
Peace advancement, ameniling treaty of 1914
(U. S. and Great Britain), 207, 4S1, 590.
Colombia: Supplementary extradition, 218.
Dominican Republic: Financial, 271.
Ecuador: U. S. naval and military aviation missions,

551.
Great Britain: Lease of naval and air ba.ses in
Western Hemisphere, 199.
Reserve of Australian wool In U. S., 554.
Haiti : Haltianization of the Garde, withdrawal of
military forces from Haiti, and financial, sup-
plementary, 365.
Japan: Imijortation to the Philippines of Japanese

cotton piece goods, 36.
New Zealand: Peace advancement, amending treaty
of 1914 (U. S. and Great Britain), 207, 481, 590.
Other American republics —
Coffee-marketing, 482.

Final Act of Habana Meeting of Ministers of For-
eign Affairs, 127.
Indian Institute, Inter-American, 524.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation, 308.
Provisional administration of European colonies
and possessions in the Americas, 145.
Peru : Renewal of U. S. naval mission, 98 ; furnishing

of U. S. aviation mission, 98.
U.s:.S.R. : Commercial, 105.
Universities in a democracy : Address by Mr. Berle, 419.
Uruguay (see aluo American republics) :
Air and naval bases in, statements by Under Secre-
tary Welles, 432, 452 ; statement to Spanish press
by Uruguayan Minister at Madrid, 452.
American Minister (Wilson), address on inter-
American relations, 35.
Delegation to Habana Meeting of Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of American Republics, dinner in
honor of, 104.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 110.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),
signature, 576.

Venezuela (see also American republics) :
National anniversary, 11.

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Venezuela — Continued.

Professors and students, exchange with U. S., 149,

254.
Suspension by U. S. of tonnage duties for vessels

of, 433.
Treaties, agreements, etc.- —
Coffee-marketing, inter-American (1940), signa-
ture, 482.
International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fimdamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Nature protection and wildlife preservation (1940),

signature, 308.
Trade, with U. S. (1939), exchange of ratifica-
tion and U. S. proclamation, 436; supplemen-
tary proclamation by U. S. President, 481.
Virgin Islands: Immigration from British Virgin
Islands and St. Bartholomew into, regulations. 280.
Virginia and Texas State Teachers' Associations con-
ventions, Fort Worth, Tex. and Richmond, Va. :
Radio address by Mr. Grady, 448.
Visas, U. S. (see also Aliens; Refugees) :

Immigration, regulations, 14, 23, 31, 176, 198, 252,

280, 563.
Non-immigi'ation, temporary American Consulates
in Canada issuing, 15.
Vladivostok, U.S.S.R. : American Consulate at, 551.
Vote of thanks: Pinal Act of Habana (XXVI), 142.

Wages and hours of work in industries and agriculture,

convention (1938), 38, 456.
Wallace, Henry A. : Appointment as special representa-
tive to inauguration ceremonies of President

Camaeho of Mexico, 432.
War Department exhibit at the Second Brazilian

Dental Congress at Rio de Janeiro, 322.
Washington National Airport: Remarks of President

Roosevelt at cornerstone laying, 251.
Welles, Sumner :

Addresses, statements, etc. —

Air and naval bases in Umguay, 432, 452.

American republics, U. S. relations with, 340.

Baltic republics, territorial integrity of, 48.

Commercial agreement with U.S.S.R., 105.

Extraterritoriality in China, 36.

Foreign policy and national defense, 243.

Inter-American shipping, 461.

Latin American Lecture Series, opening address
on inter-American relations, 369'.

Press interview of Ambassador to Belgium, 108;
of President of Argentina, 453.

Welles, Sumner — Continued.
Addresses, statements, etc. — Continued.

Severance by Spain of diplomatic relations with

Chile, 48.
U. S. loan to Spain, erroneous reports, 582.
Airplane accident near Canberra, telegram to Prime

Minister of Australia, 116.
Dinners in honor of the Argentine, Brazilian, and
Uruguayan delegations to the Habana Meeting
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American Re-
publics, 104.
Luncheon honoring retiring Ambassador of Cuba

(Martinez Fraga), 584.
Regulations with respect to U. S. neutrality in war
between Italy and Greece, 429.
Western Hemisphere. See American republics ; De-
fense; and individual countries.
Whaling regulation, protocol (1938) amending agree-
ment (1937), 117.
Wheat League, Eastern Oregon : Address by Mr. Ed-
minster before, 494.
Wildlife preservation and nature protection in the
Western Hemi.si)here, inter-American convention
(1940), 308. 402, 525, 576.
Wilson, Edwin C, American Minister to Urugua.v : Ad-
dress on inter-American relations, 35.
Wilson, Hugh R.. Special Assistant to Secretary of
State :
Negotiations for revision of customs convention with
Dominican Republic, designation as special rep-
resentative of Secretary Hull in, 117.
Retirement from Foreign Service, 466.
Women: Convention on employment in mines (1935),

38.
Women's .Toint Congressional Committee: Address by

Mr. Berle before, 423.
Wool, Australian, agreement with Great Britain for

reserve in U. S., 554.
Wounded: Red Cross convention (1929), 238.

Yugoslavia :
Accidental death of American press correspondent,

454.
Debts to U. S., 572.
Treaties, agreements, etc. —

International Institute for Unification of Private

Law, Fundamental Statute, adherence, 286.
Safety of life at sea (1929), appi'oval and deposit
of instrument of adherence, 208.

PUBLISHBD WITH THE APPEOVAL OP THE DIEECTOB OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDOET

THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

BULLETIN

JULY 6, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 54 — Publication 1480

Qontents

Europe: Page
European possessions in the Western Hemisphere:
Statement by the Scqretary of State on German re-
ply to note of the United States 3

Newspaper interview of German Consul General in

New Orleans 4

The American Republics:

The Altered Economic Position of Latin America,

1931-1939: Address by Assistant Secretary Grady . 5
Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Ameriqan Re-
publics at Habana: Final agenda 11

Venezuela: National anniversary 11

General:

Control of exports from the United States of munitions,
materials, and machinery essential to national de-
fense 11

Documentary requirements for alien residents of the

United States 14

Establisliment of temporary American Consulates in

Canada for nonimmigration visa services 15

Legislation 15

Departmental Service:

Division of Commercial Treaties and Agreements:

Departmental order 16

Statement by the Secretary of State 16

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U. 8. SUffRlNTFNDfNT OF nCCIIMrNT-

AUG 7 1§40

Foreign Service of the United States: Page

Personnel changes 17

Treaty Information:
Aviation :

Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules
Relatmg to Damages Caused by Aircraft to Third
Parties on the Surface, 1933, and Additional Pro-
tocol, 1938 18

Telecommunications :

International Telecommunication Convention

(Treaty Series Nos. 867 and 948) 19

Publications 19

Regulations 19

Europe

EUROPEAN POSSESSIONS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Statement by the Secretary of State on German Reply to Note of the United States

[Released to the press July 5]

The Secretary of State, the Honorable Cor-
dell Hull, made the following statement on
July 5:

"The American Charge d'Affaires in Berlin
has communicated to the Department the text
of a note dated July 1, which he has received
from the German Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"The note in question refei-s to the note
delivered l)y tlie American Charge d'Affaires
under instructions of the Government of the
United States on June 18,^ in which this Gov-
eriuneiit informed the Government of tlie Ger-
man Reich that it would not recognize any
transfer of a geographical region of the West-
ern Hemisphere from one non-American power
to another non-American jjower, and that it
would not acquiesce in any attempt to undertake
such transfer.

"The German Minister of Foreign Affairs
states that the Government of the German
Reich is unable to perceive for what reason the
Government of the United States of America
has addressed this connnunication to the Reich
Government. He states that in contrast with
other countries, especially in contrast with Eng-
land and France, Germany has no territorial
possessions in the American Continent, and has
given no occasion whatever for the assumption
that it intends to acquire such possessions, and

' See the Bulletin of June 22, 1^0 (Vol. II, No. 52),
pp. 6fel-6S2.

he asserts that thus insofar as Germany is con-
cerned, the communication addressed to the
Reich Government is without object.

"The German Minister of Foreign Affairs
continues by remarking that in this case the
interpretation of tliQ Monroe Doctrine implicit
in the communication of the Government of the
United States would amount to conferring upon
some European countries the right to possess
territories in the Western Hemisphere and not
to other European countries. He states that
it is obvious that such an interpretation would
be untenable. He concludes by remarking that
apart from this, the Reich Government would
like to point out again on this occasion that the
nonintervention in tlie affairs of the American
Continent by I^uropcun nations which is de-
manded by the Monroe Doctrine can in princi-
ple be legally valid only on condition that the
American nations for their part do not interfere
in the affairs of the European Continent.

"The foregoing is the substance of the Ger-
man note.

"I feel that no useful purpose will be served
at this time for this Government to undertake
to make any further communication to the Gov-
ernment of the German Reich on the subject
matter of the communication above quoted.

"The fundamental questions involved are en-
tirely clear to all of the peoples of the American
republics, and undoubtedly as well to the ma-
jority of the governments and peoples in the
rest of the world.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

"The Monroe Doctrine is solely a policy of
self-defense, which is intended to preserve the
independence and integrity of the Americas. It
was, and is, designed to prevent aggression in
this hemisphere on the part of any non- Ameri-
can power, and likewise to make impossible any
further extension to this hemisphere of any
non-American system of government imposed
from without. It contains within it not the
slightest vestige of any implication, much less
assumption, of hegemony on the part of the
United States. It never has resembled, and it
does not today resemble, policies which apj^ear
to be arising in other geographical areas of the
world, which are alleged to be similar to the
Monroe Doctrine, but which, instead of resting
on the sole policies of self-defense and of re-
spect for existing sovereignties, as does the
Monroe Doctrine, would in reality seem to be
only the pretext for the carrying out of con-
quest by the sword, of military occupation, and
of complete economic and political domination
by certain powers of other free and independent
peoples.

"The Monroe Doctrine has, of course, not the
remotest connection with the fact that certain
European nations exercise sovereignty over
colonies in the Western Hemisphere and that
certain other European nation3 do not. This
situation existed before the Monroe Doctrine
was proclaimed. The Doctrine did not under-
take to interfere with the existing situation, but
did announce that further incursions would not
be tolerated. It made clear that the future
transfer of existing possessions to another non-
American state would be regarded as inimical
to the interests of this hemisphere. This has
become a basic policy of the Government of the
United States. As already stated in the com-
munication addressed to the German Govern-
ment by this Government under date of June 18,
the Government of the United States will
neither recognize nor acquiesce in the transfer
to a non-American power of geographical re-
gions in this hemisphere now possessed by some
other non-American power.

"The Government of the United States pur-
sues a policy of nonparticipation and of non-
involvement in the purely political affairs of
Europe. It will, however, continue to cooper-
ate, as it has cooperated in the past, with all
other nations, whenever the policies of such na-
tions make it possible, and whenever it believes
that such efforts are practicable and in its own
best interests, for the purpose of promoting
economic, commercial, and social rehabilitation,
and of advancing the cause of international law
and order, of which the entire world stands so
tragically in need today."

■f -f -f

NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW OF GER-
MAN CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW
ORLEANS

[Released to the press July 5]

Through the courtesy and assistance of the
Governor of Louisiana, the Depailment of
State has now received a report concerning the
interview given by Edgar Freiherr Spiegel von
iind zu Peckelsheim, German Consul General in
New Orleans, to a reporter for the New Orleans
States on June 14, 1940, excerpts from which
appeared in that news^^aper and were later re-
produced or summarized in other papers. It
would appear that the German Consul General
in this instance thought he was not speaking for
quotation, and that his statement was not for
jjublication, and that, perhaps due to a misun-
derstanding, publication was made.

The matter has been taken uji with the Ger-
man Embassy here, and it has been pointed out
that public discussion of questions relating to
this country's policies and attitudes does not
properly come within the province of foreign
government officials in the United States. It
was pointed out that i^ermission granted to for-
eign goverimaent officials to continue to remain
in this country is dei^endent on observance of
this rule.

The incident is considered closed.

The American Republics

THE ALTERED ECONOMIC POSITION OF LATIN AMERICA, 1931-1939

Address by Assistant Secretary Grady -

[Released to the press July 2]

It is a pleasure for me to have been given the
opportunity of taking part in this Conference
on International Relations of the Institute of
Latin American Studies. Such meetings not
only serve to focus public attention on the im-
portance of the general subject of our political,
economic, and cultural relations with the other
American republics, but more particularly they
bring together scholars and specialists in that
field to exchange views and define the problems
for whose solution attention needs most specifi-
cally to be directed. The objective of the Con-
ference is, I understand, the formulation of
definite proposals or plans for the prosecution
of researcli projects, rather than the discussion
of current problems alone, with a view to pro-
viding a firm foundation upon which future
discussions can be more intelligently conducted
on the basis of new information developed by
such projects. The work of such conferences
as this one, opening today, deserves every
encouragement and support.

A consideration at this time of the altered
economic position of Latin America during the
last decade has more significance than the mere
recital of a series of developments with which
a group such as is gathered here today is, to
a considerable extent, already familiar. Its
greater significance and value lie in the oppor-
tunity to analyze the effects of world-wide de-
velopments and trends during the last 10 years
on the other American republics, individually
and severally, and to examine the status of our
own relations with those countries. Only from
such an analysis can come an intelligent ap-
proach to today's problems.

" Delivered at the third session of the Conference on
International Relations of the Institute of Latin Ameri-
can Studies, at the University of Texas, Austin, Tex.,
July 2, 1940.

Although the individual nations of Latin
America possess economic personalities which
in some cases are as different from one another
as from that of the United States, and while it
is therefore difficult to indulge in generalities
applying to 20 nations, there are nevertheless
certain basic economic factors conunon to all of
tliem.

The economy of the republics of Latin Amer-
ica is closely linked with that of the world
because of the position of those countries as
producers of raw materials for export, upon the
sale of which they depend to a large extent for
means of covering the debit items in their bal-
ances of international payments. One of the
most significant developments during the last
decade has been the loss of control by many
Latin-American nations of the proceeds of a
considerable part of their exports through the
operation of bilateral agreements with Euro-
pean countries which forced such proceeds to be
utilized only for imports from sucli countries or
for specific financial purposes. Since the na-
tions of Latin America have remained to a con-
siderable extent producers of primarj- goods
for world markets, their exports have been
highly sensitive to conditions in world markets
over which those nations have had little control.
So long as the trend continues toward bilateral
trade, and controls of the proceeds of Latin-
American exports are operated as they have
been in recent years or increased by European
importing nations, the more vulnerable the
southern countries of the Western Hemisphere
will become to pressure from abroad. We can-
not fail to take note of the possibility of such
pressure being ajDplied for other than economic
ends.

Aggravating the problem just mentioned is
that of the unitary nature of Latin-American
exports : the effects of developments outside the

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

hemisphere on the production of tin in Bolivia,
copper and nitrate in Chile, coffee and cotton in
Brazil, coffee and petroleum in Colombia, and
coffee in Venezuela and in the Central American
republics, to mention but a few outstanding ex-
amples, have a profound influence on a large
part of the economy of each of the affected
countries. Although definite steps have been
taken during the last decade looking toward
diversification of agriculture and industry in a
number of countries and a certain degree of
progress has been achieved, the basic "one-crop"
situation in the majority of the Latin-American
countries remains substantially unchanged
today.

Closely allied to the problems just mentioned
has been the relationship between foreign trade
and governmental finances. Although consid-
erable headway has been made in a few of the
more economically advanced countries of Latin
America during the last decade to broaden the
tax base, it is still largely true that the most
important single source of government revenue
is customs duties. Developments in foreign
trade, therefore, are especially significant in
Latin America from the point of view of public
finance, including the servicing of foreign obli-
gations, and of the bearing of such finance on
various aspects of national economic activity
and growth.

The basic position of the Latin- American
countries as debtors on international account
has not changed during the past decade. There
is today and will be for some decades to come
a real need for the investment of new capital
in enterprises sound for both the lender and
the borrower. The movement of capital for
productive investment has in the past been
closely related to the effect upon the national
economies of sliarp fluctuations in foreign trade.
Thus, the rapid decrease in foreign trade at the
beginning of the past decade coincided with the
cessation of our foreign lending which accel-
erated the downward economic trend. I do not,
of course, mean to imply that the basis or meth-
ods of much foreign lending by this country
during the twenties was sound. Continued in-
discriminate lending to Latin America would

not have been wise and very probably could not
in any event have offset the effects upon that
area of the general world situation. Neverthe-
less, new capital carefully directed into lines
which would have increased local productive
capacity and raised living standards would have
been of value during that period to both lender
and borrower.

At the beginning of the last decade the econ-
omies of the American republics wei'e, generally
speaking, in a relatively prosperous condition
although the first rumblings were audible of
the troubled days ahead. Foreign trade, at that
time as now, one of the most obvious barometers
of general conditions, was at a high level, sup-
ported by high prices and a relative freedom of
movement. The effect of foreign borrowing,
although beginning to taper off, was still suf-
ficient to permit international payments to be
balanced and currencies to remain fairly stable.

By the middle of 1930, however, appeared the
first marked signs of the depression as raw-
material price declines gained momentum.
Falling more rapidly and to considerably lower
levels than prices of finished goods and semi-
manufactures, world prices for such important
Latin-American export commodities as copper,
wheat, coffee, sugar, and tin had declined by the
end of 1932 to hardly more than 40 percent of
the levels at the beginning of 1928. The price
index for finished goods and semimanufactures
in the United States, on the other hand, declined
during that period only to 73 and 62 percent,
respectively, of the 1928 levels. The effect on
Latin- American foreign trade, of course, and in
turn on the internal economy, was rapid and
severe. Chilean foreign trade, hardest hit, had
by 1932 declined to but 13 percent of its value
in 1929. Tlie practical cessation of foreign in-
vestments aggi-avated the difficulties resulting
from the shrinking value of exports. Govern-
ment revenues, dependent to an important ex-
tent upon customs duties, declined rapidly and
resulted not only in internal difficulties but also
in suspension of foreign debt service in various
countries. Gold stocks were depleted and cur-
rency depreciation set in. Practically all ele-
ments of the national economies were caught in
the descending spiral.

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The United States, of course, must accept its
share of the blame for the trade-strangling
measures throughout the world which have had
a particularly destructive effect on the economies
of the countries of Latin America. The
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930, the sanitary
embarjj;o imposed by that act as a protection
against foreign competition rather than against
the danger of harmful diseases, and other re-
strictive measures not only contributed directly
to economic difficulties in certain Latin-Ameri-
can countries but set in motion retaliatory or
defensive measures in many countries in other
parts of the world which in turn restricted the
trade of the nations of this hemisphere. Dur-
ing the last few years we have made some prog-
ress through the trade-agreements program in
meeting this problem but much of the task still
lies before us.

The Latin-American governments were faced
early in the depression with the necessity of
adopting drastic measures to meet the rapidly
changing situation. Since the causes of the
difficulties resulted primarily from the deteri-
oration of economic relationships with the rest
of the world, it was natural that the first de-
fensive measures should involve readjustments
in those relations. Thus, controls were estab-
lished which, although varying in their details
and manner of application from one country to
another, were designed to restrict imports with-
in reduced exchange availabilities and secondly
to control those availabilities in a manner which
would permit their most efficient use from the
point of view of what seemed to be the national
interest.

These were in the first instance the primary
objectives of increases in tariff rates and the
operation of exchange control. Increased im-
port duties were directed in a large part against
articles regarded as luxuries and, in the case of
exchange control, exchange for payments of
such articles and for noncommercial purposes
was subject to long delays or was supplied only
at unfavorable rates in order that exchange
availabilities could be utilized primarily for
essential imports.

Soon, however, the operation of exchange and

trade controls became subject to pressure from
foreign countries. The usual export surplus
of Latin-American countries presented certain
European importing nations with an oppor-
tunity to accomplish two purposes : the liquida-
tion of balances blocked in Latin-American
countries for lack of exchange and the forcing
of their own exports. Thus a large number of
bilateral clearing or compensation agreements
came into existence. This development has
presented to the United States Government one
of its most difficult problems in inter-American
economic relations.

The growth of manufacturing activities in
Latin America during the past decade has been
considerable, particularly in Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, and Mexico. This expansion of indus-
trial activity constitutes the second important
period of industrialization in Latin America,
the first having occurred during the 1914-18
war-period when manufacturing was stimulated
primarily by the loss of European sources of
supply. During the past decade, however, the
marked expansion of industrial activity may be
ascribed largely to the foreign trade situation
and its effect on foreign exchange availabilities,
together with higher import duties imposed for
protective purposes.

As the economies of the American republics
grow and mature, the trend toward industrial-
ization may be expected to increase and, insofar
as it rests on a sound economic basis, it may be
reflected in a growing volume of international
trade resulting in benefits to all countries con-
cerned. The marked trend toward industrial-
ization which has taken place in the last decade
has been due partly, however, to abnormal eco-
nomic conditions brought about by the develop-
ment of bilateralism in the trade relations of
Latin-American republics as well as of other
countries. It reflects in part the disintegration
of the international economic system on which
the prosperity of Latin America is especially
dependent.

Comprehensive statistics showing the growth
of manufacturing activity in all of the other
American republics are not available. In Ar-
gentina, however, an industrial census was

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taken in 1935 and another in 1937. The expan-
sion during this 2-year period is evidence of tlie
rapidity of growth in one of the leading coun-
tries. Between 1935 and 1937 the number of
persons engaged in manufacturing in Argen-
tina increased from 526,000 to 642,000, or by 22
percent; wages and salaries increased more than
200 million pesos, from 737 million to 948 mil-
lion pesos, or by 28.6 percent, and the value of
finished goods increased from 3.4 to 4.7 billion
pesos, or by 36.1 percent.

Similar developments in Brazil have, among
other things, placed that country on an export
basis in textiles, and manufacturing has also
expanded tremendously in many other lines.

In the light of developments over the last
decade, it is of interest to examine certain
changes in the economies of the nations of Latin
America : the apparent necessity in the majority
of countries for some form of governmental con-
trol over foreign trade or the means of inter-
national payment; the trend toward the
canalizing of foreign trade and the payments
therefor into bilateral channels; certain grad-
ual changes in the composition of both exports
and imports, brought about not only by ad-
justments in the domestic economies of the
Latin-American countries but more impor-
tantly because of trends in commercial policy in
other countries, such as the movement in vari-
ous European countries for self-sufficiency in
certain products deemed essential ; and a some-
what greater dependence on domestic sources
for new investment capital.

Continuing governmental controls over trade
and payments in Latin America is a phenom-
enon which seems attributable to two causes:
the operation of a not inconsiderable part of
Latin-American foreign trade under compen-
sation agreements largely imposed from
abroad, and the necessity of controlling the
actual or potential demand for foreign ex-
change which for all purposes considerably ex-
ceed^ ex;change availabilities in many coun-
tries. With respect to the former, it is not
possible to foretell to what extent the post-war
trade between a large part of Europe and Latin
America will be conducted on any more liberal

lines than during the last few years. In regard
to exchange, the potential demand in the na-
tions of Latin America is as great if not greater
now than it was prior to the depression, par-
ticularly if we include the demand for exchange
for noncommercial purposes. The supply of
exchange, on the other hand, is much smaller
than it was 10 years ago, largely because of a
much lower level of export values.

The trend which has developed during the
last few years to force trade and payments into
bilateral channels is, of course, to the long-run
disadvantage of the countries of Latin Amer-
ica, whose real interest is in the development
of international trade with a minimum of
restrictions or artificial controls.

The changes which have taken place in the
composition of Latin-American foreign trade
over the last decade are more noticeable in im-
ports than in exports. Kefiecting, among other
things, increased industrial activity, imports
of raw materials and semifinished goods have
in many lines of trade gradually tended to
displace to some extent semifinished goods and
manufactures, respectively, and imports of ma-
chinery have increased. On the side of exports,
noteworthy trends have included increased ex-
ports of petroleum from Colombia and of
cotton from Brazil.

The net result of the foregoing factors upon
the trade of the United States with Latin
America, and upon our financial relationships
with that area, may be summarized as follows:

Our import trade, in dollar value, has under-
gone a considerable change: in 1929 our im-
ports from the 20 republics of Latin America
amounted to $1,014,127,000. Wliile having re-
covered from depression levels, they neverthe-
less have averaged only $548,053,000 during
the last 3 years. This is similarly true in the
case of our exports to Latin America : a de-
crease from $911,749,000 in 1929 to an average
of $547,275,000 in 1937-39. These changes
might be found to be even more marked if ac-
count were taken of the change in the value
of the dollar between 1929 and the present
time. On the import side there have not been
any marked changes in the commodities enter-

JULY 6, 1940

in<r into tlio trade. On tlie export side, the
changes liave heen somewhat more marked: as
various American republics tended to become
more economically developed, there was a trend
toward greater industrialization and a result-
ant shift toward the exportation from this
country to Latin America of machinery and
oflu'r producers goods. The share of the
United States in the import trade of Latin
America has remained steady during the last
decade, amounting to 35.9 percent in 1930 and
34.6 percent in 1938. The relative importance
of Latin America as a market for our products
and as a source of imports likewise has re-
mained about the same: Latin America took
17.4 percent of our exports in 1929 and 17.9
percent in 1939, and supplied us with 22.3 per-
cent of our imports in 1939 as compared with
23.1 percent 10 years earlier.

Turning to other aspects of our economic
relations with Latin America over the past
decade, we find that most of our problems stem
from the generally lower level of foreign trade
throughout the world today than 10 years ago.
In 1929, when Latin-American exports were
at a high level and the proceeds therefrom
could be freely utilized, the excess of Latin-
American exports to Europe over imports from
that area were used as needed to meet com-
mercial and financial obligations in the United
States.

The unsatisfactory situation resulting from a
lower level of Latin-American export values has
heen aggravated by the control which various
European countries have exercised over the pni-
ceeds of Latin- American exports in order to
promote the sale of their own products or for
other purposes. Where such controls affect the
proceeds of a large part of the exports of a
particular Latin-American country, the general
result has been that the supply of exchange
available for payments to the United States has
been limited and that our exporters have re-
ceived the first call on this limited supply while
our other economic interests, chiefly our inves-
tors, have received less favorable treatment.
Although a number of Latin- American govern-
ments have made sincere efforts to resume serv-

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ice on their obligations on which service was
suspended during the depression, their efforts,
as well as the efforts of those goveriunents which
have not resumed service in any degree, have
been hampered by the exchange problem. A
substantial increase in the value of Latin-
American exports for which free foreign ex-
change can be obtained would impiove the posi-
tion of our investors as well as that of our
exporters.

This Government can contribute in consider-
able measure to the easing of exchange difficul-
ties in Latin America through the reduction of
those trade barriers which have prevented a
larger flow of imports from that area into this
country and through the maintenance of those
conditions under which goods moving freely
may continue to be imported without restric-
tions. During the last few yeais the trade-
agi-eements program has been the most effective
means utilized by this Government to create
conditions favorable to a sound and profitable
expansion of our foreign trade, imi)orts as well
as exports. We have concluded 12 agreements
with 11 of the Latin-American nations, includ-
ing a supplementary agreement with Cuba.
Negotiations are in progress with another coun-
try, Chile.

The fact is that the administration has
throughout its term been actively seeking to
promote economic relations with the other coun-
tries of this hemisphere. Our efforts have, of
course, not in all instances been successful, but
the progress has been steady. The situation
that faces us today calls for redoubled efforts
toward inter-American economic cooperation.
This is demanded, not only for sound business
reasons, but also by our common interest in
defense.

We must continue and intensify our efforts,
through our trade and other commercial poli-
cies, to develop for our conmaon benefit trade
relations within this hemisphere. At the same
time, we cannot intelligently ignore the plain
fact that the trade relations of the Americas
are not, and cannot be dealt with as if they
were, trade relations within the American hemi-
sphere alone. A large share of the trade of this

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hemisphere is, and must continue to be, with the
populous areas of the Old World, and in sig-
nificant degree we nations of this hemisphere
are not only mutual suppliers of each others'
needs, but competitors in overseas markets.
Even competitors, however, have common inter-
ests, and we should study and clarify the nature
of those interests in order to find tlie best means
of furthering them by cooperative action.

We frequently hear it proposed that produc-
tion in Latin-American countries be adjusted
so as to make it possible to substitute our mar-
kets for their markets in the Old World. It is
suggested in this connection that we assist the
development in the Americas of the production
of commodities such as rubber, cocoa, and tin,
for which our necessity provides abundant and
profitable markets and for which we are now
dependent upon sources in remote corners of the
earth.

Proposals of this sort do not of course offer
a solution to the current economic problems of
the Americas. Even if ways can be found to
surmount the difficult technical problems in-
volved in such proposals, such as the question
of labor supply, of climatic requirements, or of
transportation, substantial results will require
an extended period of persevering endeavor,
and the needs of the situation are current and
pressing. The problems of failing or block-
aded markets, of unsold surpluses, and of their
economic and political consequences among
our neighbors are problems of today's finances
and balances of payments for their govern-
ments, and of today's livelihood for their
peoples.

But while the immediate problem of export
surpluses is demanding our attention, we must
not lose sight of the long-range view of our
economic relations with the other American
republics. This includes not only their possi-
bilities of supplying more of our import needs,
but also the opportunities for furthering their
economic development which, in raising stand-
ards of living, will provide improved markets
in this hemisphere for our own products.

I have attempted to point out some of the
more important economic developments in

Latin America during the past decade. It has
been a period which has witnessed sharp fluctu-
ations between prosperity and depression in
nearly every phase of national life. If the diffi-
culties which have arisen during the last 10
years have served no other purpose, they have
at least given us an insight into the problems we
may expect to face in the near future upon a
greatly intensified scale. It is important, there-
fore, that we have a thorough understanding of
economic developments in Latin America in
the recent past in order that we may be better
equipped to solve the difficulties which lie ahead
for the nations of that area in their relations
with the rest of the world and in our own rela-
tions with them. Accordingly, it would seem
desirable in formulating projects for the study
of present and future inter-American economic
problems to give adequate attention to recent
trends and the factors involved in order that
they may be understood and dealt with
intelligently.

Pressure upon the democracies of this hemi-
sphere by the totalitarian powers, which has
begun even before the cannon in Europe have
ceased thundering, challenges directly the abil-
ity of this country to establish a basis for inter-
American economic relations which will permit
the other nations of this hemisphere to resist
trade bargains with political strings attached.
Our first task, therefore, is to be as completely
informed as possible, in the light of past de-
velopments, on the problems faced by the Latin-
American republics. To this the present gath-
ering can contribute effectively by giving the
widest possible dissemination to the results of
the research projects it initiates. In the sense
of a more positive program, groups such as this
can also aid materially by their efforts to secure
widespread supjiort for the practical measures
necessary if we are to maintain political and
defensive unity in this hemisphere through
strengthened economic cooperation. Specifi-
cally, if we are going to implement the good-
neighbor policy at a time when it faces its sever-
est test, we must be prepared to extend to the
nations of Latin America every assistance in the
solution of their export problems with a view

JULY 6, 1940

to siifej^uardinj; their interests and ours against
the totalitarian weapons of politico-economic
penetration. In a word, we must exert our-
selves in every way in order to maintain in this
hemisphere the spirit and substance of those
liberal economic and political relationships
which make life worth while.

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MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINIS-
TERS OF THE AMERICAN REPUB-
LICS AT HABANA

Final Agenda

The Governing Board of the Pan American

Union has aj^itroved the final program or
agenda for the forthcoming ctjiisultative meet-
ing at Habana of the Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs of the American Republics, oi' their repre-
sentatives. The final agenda as aj)proved is
identical with the draft agenda which appeared
on pages 705-706 of the Btdlctin of June 29.
1940 (Vol. II, \o. 53), with the exception of
paragraph 4 of section I, which reads in the
final agenda as follows:

"(4) Consideration of the humanitarian ac-
tivities which, in a coordinated manner, can be
conducted by the Governments of the American
Republics, the National Red Cross societies, and
other entities created for the purpose, for the
benefit of refugees, prisoners, and other victims
of the war."

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VENEZUELA: NATIONAL
ANNIVERSARY

[Released to the press July 5]

The following telegram was sent July 5 by
President Roosevelt to the President of Vene-
zuela, Sefior Eleazar Ij('>pez Contreras:

"July 5, 1940.

"On this aniiiveisary which the people of
Venezuela are celebrating today I take great
pleasure in extending to Your Excellency on
behalf of the people of the United States and in
my own name sincere congratulations and ear-
nest wishes for the prosperity of the Republic.

Franklin D. Roose\elt."

General

CONTROL OF EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF MUNITIONS,
MATERIALS, AND MACHINERY ESSENTIAL TO NATIONAL DEFENSE

[Released to the press by the White House July 2]

The President on July 2 signed H. R. 9850,
providing legal authority for the control of ex-
poi'ts from the L'nited States of munitions, ma-
terials, and machinery essential to our national
defense. A proclamation issued under this au-
thority sets up the controls considered neces-
sary at this time.

The items and materials listed in the procla-
mation include certain strategic materials as
well as semifinished products and machine tools
of which there are actual or prospective short-
ages as a result of the national defense program.

The Materials and Production Divisions of
the National Defense Advisory Commission are
collaborating with the Administrator of Ex-
port Control in the determination of the items
to be controlled and the extent and character of
the controls to be exercised.

'\^^lile the control of exports is primarily a
national-defense matter, the Department of
State provides the machinery for the actual
issue of licerises under which any controlled
items are released for export.

The President also signed and issued the fol-
lowing military order:

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"The administration of section 6 of the act of
Congress entitled 'An Act to expedite the
strengtheninnf of the national defense,' ap-
proved July 2, 1940, is essentially a military
function, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me as President of the United States and as
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of
the United States, I hereby designate Lieuten-
ant Colonel Russell L. Maxwell, U. S. Army,
Administrator of Export Control to administer
the provisions of the said section under the di-
rection and supervision of the President as
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of
the United States.

"FiL\NKLiN D. Roosevelt

'■^Commander-in-Chief.

"The White House,
''July 2, 19Jfi."

The text of the above-mentioned i^roclama-
tion follows :

Administration or Section 6 or the Act En-
titled, "An Act to Expedite the Strength-
ening OF the National Defense" Approved
July 2, 1940

BY the president OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

A Proclamation

Whereas section 6 of the act of Congress en-
titled "An Act To expedite the strengthening
of the national defense," approved July 2, 1940,
provides as follows :

"Wlienever the President determines that it
is necessary in the interest of national defense
to prohibit or curtail the exportation of any
military equipment or munitions, or component
parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material or
supplies necessary for the manufacture, servic-
ing or operation thereof, he may by proclama-
tion prohibit or curtail such exportation, except
under such rules and regulations as he shall
prescribe. Any such i^roclamation shall de-
scribe the articles or materials included in the
prohibition or curtailment contained therein.

In case of the violation of any provision of any
proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, is-
sued hci'eunder, such violator or violators, upon
conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not
more than two years or by both such fine and
imprisonment. The authority granted in this
Act shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the
Congi-ess shall otherwise provide."

Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt,

President of the United States of America,
acting under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the said act of Congress, do
hereby proclaim that the administration of the
provisions of section 6 of that act is vested in
the Administrator of Export Control, who shall
administer such provisions under such rules and
regulations as I shall from time to time pre-
scribe in the interest of the national defense.

And I do hereby further proclaim that upon
the recommendation of the aforesaid Adminis-
trator of Export Control, I have determined
that it is necessary in the interest of the na-
tional defense that on and after July 5, 1940,
the articles and materials hereinafter listed
shall not be exported from the United States
except when authorized in each case by a
license as hereinafter provided :

1. Arms, anmiunition, and implements of
war as defined in my Proclamation No. 2237,
of May 1, 1937.-

2. The following basic materials and prod-
ucts containing tlie same:

a. Aluminum

b. Antimony

c. Asbestos

d. Chromium

e. Cotton linters

f. Flax

g. Graphite
h. Hides

i. Industrial diamonds

j. Manganese

k. Magnesium

1. Manila fiber

m. Mercury

n. Mica

'See the Biillrtiii of Jiimiar}- 27, 1940 (Vol. II, No.
31), pp. 119-120.

JirLY 6, 1940

o. Molybdonum

p. Optical glass

q. Platinum group metals

r. Quartz crystals

s. Quinine

t. Rubber

u. Silk

T. Tin

w. Toluol

X. Tungsten

y. Vanadium

z. Wool

3. Chemicals as follows:

a. Ammonia and ammonium compounds

b. Chlorine

c. Dimethylaniline

d. Diphenylamine

e. Nitric acid

f. Nitrates

g. Nitrocellulose, having a nitrogen con-

tent of less than 12 percent
h. Soda lime

i. Sodium acetate, anhydrous
j. Strontium chemicals
k. Sulphuric acid, fuming

4. Products as follows:

a. Aircraft parts, equipment, and acces-

sories other than those listed in my
proclanuition of May 1, 1937.

b. Armor plate, otlier than that listed in

my iHoclamation of May 1, 1937.

c. Ghiss, nonshatterable or bullet proof.

d. Plastics, optically clear.

e. Optical elements for fire control instru-

ments, aircraft instruments, etc.

5. Machine tools as follows:
Metal-working machinery for —

(1^ Melting or casting

(2) Pressing into forms

(3) Cutting or grinding, power driven

(4) Welding

And I do hereby empower the Secretary of
State to issue licenses authorizing the exporta-
tion of any of the said articles and materials
the exportation of which is not already sub-
jected to the requirement that a license be ob-
tained from the Secretary of State authorizing
their exportation and I do hereby authorize and
enjoin him to issue or refuse to issue licenses
authorizing the exportation of any of the ar-

ticles or materials listed above in accordance
with the aforesaid rules and regulations or such
specific directives as may be, from time to time,
communicated to him by the Administrator of
Export Control.

And 1 do hereby admonish all citizens of the
United States and every person to abstain from
every violation of the provisions of section 6
of the act above set forth, of the provisions of
this proclamation, and of the provisions of such
regulations as may be issued thereunder, and I
do hereby warn them that all violations of such
provisions will be rigorously prosecuted.

And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the
United States, charged with the execution of the
laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing
violations of the said act, of this my proclama-
tion, and of any regulations which may be is-
sued pursuant hereto, and in bringing to trial
and punishment anj- offenders against the same.

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 2nd day
of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hun-
dred and forty, and of the Inde-
[seal] pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and sixty-
fourth, at 11 a. m.. E. S. T.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
By the President :
CoRDELL Hull,

Secretary of State.

[No. 2413]

The text of the regulations governing the ex-
portation of articles and mateiials designated
in the President's proclamation of July 2, 1940
(No. 2413) , issued pursuant to the provisions of
section 6 of the act of Congress approved July
2, 1940, appears in the Federal Register of July
4, 1940 (Vol. 5, No. 130), pages 2469-2472.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALIEN RESIDENTS OF THE

UNITED STATES

[Released to the press July 3]

Aliens already admitted into the United
States for permanent residence have not been
required under the new passport and visa regu-
lations to obtain passports from the govern-
ments to which they owe allegiance, for con-
tinued residence in the United States.

Under the Alien Registration Act of 1940,
aliens in the United States will, however, be
required to register. It is understood that ap-
propriate instructions regarding the procedure
to be followed in registering, will be given
publicity in due course.

Alien residents of the United States desiring
to proceed to neighboring countries on visits,
may, upon return to the United States, present
a reentry permit obtained from the United
States immigration authorities before depart-
ing from the United States, or a nonquota im-
migration visa obtained from an American con-
sular officer abroad. Aliens who have been ad-
mitted into the United States for permanent
residence with immigration visas and who have
been issued border identification cards, do not
require further documentation for reentry into
the United States.

The text of the regulations, effective July 1,
1940, relating to entries from Canada and Mex-
ico, follows:

Regulations Effective July 1, 1940, Relating
TO Entries From Canada and Mexico

Persons Other Than American Citizens

I. temporary VISITS TO THE UNITED STATES;
TRANSIT JOURNEYS THROUGH THE UNITED

STATES.

Passports. Citizens of Canada and citizens
of Mexico should obtain passports or similar
documents from the Canadian and Mexican
authorities. Nationals of other countries

should similarly obtain passports from the rep-
resentatives of their governments.

Visas. Application for a visitor's visa or
transit certificate should be made at an Amer-
ican consular office.

Cost of Visa. In the case of Canadian and
Mexican citizens, no charge will be made for the
visa. (The charge for visas issued to persons
of other nationalities will depend upon the
schedule of fees applicable thereto).

Validity of Visa. The visa will be valid for
twelve months if the passport is valid for this
period and may be used for any number of
entries during the period of validity.

Procedure When Entering and Departing
From the United States. The visa will be
placed upon consular form 257, which should be
presented with the passport to the immigration
authorities at the port of entry. The form will
be retained by the immigration authorities dur-
ing the holder's sojourn in the United States
and will be returned to him upon his application
at the immigration office when leaving the
United States, for use in applying for further
entries.

Depatrture Through Different Port of Entry.
If the holder of the visa intends to depart
through a different port of entry, he should so
advise the immigration authorities in order that
the form bearing the visa may be sent to the
immigration office at the proposed point of
departure.

Departure Without Awaiting Return of
Form. If the person should depart from the
United States without obtaining the form bear-
ing the visa, he should write promptly to the
immigration authorities requesting that the
form be sent to the nearest American consular
office to be returned to the person upon personal
application; or if the person expects to return
to the United States shortly through the same

JtTLY 6, 1940

port of entry, lie may write to the immigration
authorities and request that the form be re-
tained until lie shall call at the immigration
office.

Passengers on Through T ransportation Lines
which run from the territory of one country
through the territory or waters of both coun-
tries, do not require a passport or visa if pass-
ing in direcl transit under supervision of the
immigration authorities.

II. IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES.

New Immigrants. Persons desiring to immi-
grate into the United States should obtain a
passport from the Canadian or Mexican au-
thorities or from rejjresentatives of the country
to which they ow-e allegiance. Application
should be made at a consular office authorized
to issue immigration visas.

Immigrantx Refm^ing From a Temporary
Visit Abroad. Aliens admitted into the United
States for permanent residence may upon re-
turn from a temporary visit abroad, present
a reentry permit obtained from the immigra-
tion authorities before departing from the
United States, or a non-quota immigration visa
obtained from an American consular officer
abroad.

Aliens who have been admitted into the
United States for permanent residence with
immigration visas and who have been issued
border identification cards, do not require
further documentntion for reentry into the
United States.

Procedure Relating to Entries From Canada
AND Mexico

American Citizens

American citizens do not require American
passports eitlier to leave or to reenter the
United States. It is recommended, however,
that they be in possession of such personal
papers and other documents as may be helpful
in establishing that they are American citizens.

ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPORARY
AMERICAN CONSULATES IN CAN-
ADA FOR NONIMMIGRATION VISA
SERVICES

[Released to the press July 11

With reference to the Executive order issued
by tlie President on June 5, 1940,^ which re-
quires that all aliens entering the United States
on and after July 1, 1940, be in possession of
passports or other documents of identity and
nationality and have visas obtained from Amer-
ican consular officers, the Department of State
has established temporary American Consulates
for the performance of nonimmigration visa
services only, at the following places in
Canada :

Fort Erie, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Sault Ste'. Marie, Ontario
Sherbrooke. Quebec
Trail, British Columbia.

The regular consular offices in Canada will
also perform these services. For the greater
convenience of the public, the American Con-
sulate in London, Ontario, has been moved to
Sarnia, Ontario.

'Sop tliP Bitllctin of .Tunc S, IfMO (Vol. II. No. .^0),
I>I>. 622-024.

Legislation

Joint Resolution To authorize the postponement of
payment of amounts payable to the United States by
the Republic of Finland on its indebtedness under
agreements between that KepuWie and the United
States dated May 1, 1923. and May 23, 1932. (Public
Res. 84, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 1 p. 50.

Joint Resolution To amend section 4 of Public Resolu-
tion Numbered 54. approved November 4, 1939, entitled
"Joint resolution to preserve the neutrality and the
peace of the United States and to secure the safety of
its citizens and their interests." (Public Res. 87, 76th
Cong., 3d sess.) 1 p. 50.

Departmental Service

DIVISION OF COMMERCIAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS

Departmental Order

[Released to the press July 1]

The Secretary of State has signed the fol-
lowing Departmental order :

"Departmental Order

"In order most effectively to carry out the
Department's function of the protection of
American foreign commerce, there is hereby
created in the Department of State a Division
of Commercial Treaties and Agreements which
shall have general charge of the formulation,
negotiation, and administration of all commer-
cial treaties and agreements having to do with
the international commercial relations of the
United States and shall cooperate in the formu-
lation of international commercial policy. The
new division shall have general responsibility
for the Department's correspondence and con-
tacts with American export and import inter-
ests, witli our representatives abroad, and with
representatives of foreign governments in this
Country with regard to the negotiation, inter-
pretation and enforcement of the terms of com-
mercial treaties and agreements and problems
arising in connection with the importation and
exportation of goods. In carrying out these
functions, the Division of Commercial Treaties

and Agreements shall have the responsibility
of enlisting the collaboration of other interested
divisions and offices of the Department, particu-
larly those charged with functions involving
the formulation of policies, and shall maintain
effective liaison with other interested depart-
ments and agencies of the Government.

"The Division of Trade Agreements is hereby
abolished and its functions and staff transferred
to the new division.

"Mr. Harry C. Hawkins is designated Chief
of the Division of Commercial Treaties and
Agreements and Mr. Henry L. Deimel, Jr., and
Mr. William A. Fowler are designated Assistant
Chiefs.

"The Division shall function under the super-
vision of the Assistant Secretaiy of State
charged with economic, financial, tariff, and
general trade questions. The symbol designa-
tion of the Division sliall be TA.

"The provisions of this Order shall be effec-
tive on July 1, 1940 and shall supersede the
provisions of any existing Order in conflict
therewith.

"CoRDELL, Hull

"June 29, 1940."

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press July 6]

Following is a statement by the Secretary of
State :

"The recent creation of a new Division of
Commercial Treaties and Agreements was an-
other of a number of steps taken, from time to
time, for the purpose of improving and mak-
ing more effective the administrative machinery
of the Department. The new Division will
provide unified direction for carrying out im-

portant functions in the field of commercial pol-
icy formerly handled by a number of divisions.
"Far from signifying an abandonment or
weakening of the trade-agreements program,
this administrative change is intended to
strengthen and make more efficient our efforts
in the direction of the widest practicable imple-
mentation of the program and of the basic prin-
ciples of liberal commercial relations, which
underlie that program. Continued advocacy of

JULY 6, 1940

tlicse principles has been and remains our fixed
policy. The only alternative, especially after
the war, would be the destructive course of
totalitarian autarchy.

"I should like to call attention again to the
following statement made by the President on
June 21, 1940,'^ in connection with some of the
emergency features of our current work in the
field of inter- American economic cooperation:

" '. . . In some of its essential features, this
program of cooperative economic action by the
American republic-s, and possibly by other

countries, is being undertaken in response to
new — but, we hope, temporary — developments
in international relations. It is not intended to
replace the program of reciprocal trade agree-
ments which has been steadfastly pursued by the
Government of the United States. We con-
tinue to believe that the basic principles of that
program oiler the most effective basis for
mutually beneficial economic relations among
nations, and we are determined to work, as cir-
cumstances permit, for their fullest possible
application.' "

Foreign Service of the United States

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press July G]

Changes in the Foreign Service since June
15, 1940:

Erie R. Dickover, of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
Consul General at Batavia, Java, Netherlands
Indies, has been assigned as Consul General at
Melbourne, Australia.

Walter A. Foote, of Hamlin, Tex., Consul
at Me]lK)ui-np, Australia, has been assigned as
Consul at Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies.

Reginald S. Castleman, of Riverside, Calif.,
Consul at Sao Paulo. Brazil, has been assigned
as Consul at Bahia, Brazil.

Daniel M. Braddock, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., Second Secretary of Embassy at Cara-
cas, Venezuela, has been assigned as Consul at
Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Gerald A. Drew, of San Francisco, Calif.,
now serving in the Department of State, has
been designated Second Secretary of Legation
and Consul at Quito, Ecuador, and will serve
in dual capacity.

John J. Macdonald, of St. Louis, Mo., now
serving in the Department of State, has been

'See the Bulletin of June 22, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 52),
p. 675.

designated Third Secretary of Embassy at
Nanking, China.

The assignment of Wliitney Young, of New
York, N. Y., as Consul at Palermo, Italy, has
been canceled. Mr. Young has now been as-
signed for duty in the Department of State.

John Davies, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, Vice
Consul at Hankow, China, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

Elim O'Shaughnessy, of New York, N. Y.,
Third Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul
at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Natal, Brazil.

Troy L. Perkins, of Lexington, Ky., Vice
Consul at Yiinnanfu, China, has been assigned
as Consul at Yiinnanfu, China.

J. Graham Parsons, of New York, N. Y.,
Vice Consul at Mukden, Manchuria, China, has
been designated Third Secretary of Legation
and Vice Consul at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
and will serve in dual capacity.

Prescott Childs, of Holyoke, Mass., Consul
at Barbados, British West Indies, has been
designated Second Secretai-y of Embassy and
Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and will serve
in dual capacity.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Edward D. McLaughlin, of Arkansas, Sec-
ond Secretary of Embassy at Mexico City,
Mexico, has been designated Second Secretary
of Embassy and Consul at Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, and will serve in dual capacity.

Eobert English, of Hancock, N. H., Second
Secretary of Legation and Consul at Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, has been assigned as Consul
at Wellington, New Zealand.

Leys A. France, of Ohio, assigned to the De-
partment of State and detailed to the Depart-
ment of Commerce for duty, has been assigned
33 Consul at Mexico City, Mexico.

The following officers of the Foreign Service
have been detailed to the places indicated,
where American consulates have been estab-
lished for the purpose of performing nonimmi-
grant visa services only:

Lynn W. Franklin, of Bethesda, Md., to Fort
Erie, Ontario, Canada.

Norris B. Chipman, of Washington, D. C, to
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Benjamin M. HuUey, of De Land, Fla., to
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

Hedley V. Cooke, Jr., of Orange, N. J., to
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Thomas J. Cory, of Glendale, Calif., to Trail,
British Columbia, Canada.

The American Con3ulate at London, Ontario,
Canada, has been transferred to Sarnia, On-
tario, Canada. Charles E. B. Payne, of Mich-
igan, has been appointed Vice Consul at Sarnia,
Ontario, Canada.

William R. Morton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Vice
Consul at Warsaw, Poland, has been appointed
Vice Consul at Quebec, Canada.

Treaty Information

Compiled by the Treaty Division

AVIATION

Convention for the Unification of Certain
Rules Relating to Damages Caused by
Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface,
1933, and Additional Protocol, 1938

A statement regarding the ratification by
Italy of the Convention for the Unification of
Certain Rules Relating to Damages Caused by
Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface,
signed at Rome on May 29, 1933, and the Addi-
tional Protocol signed at Brussels on Septem-
ber 29, 1938, was printed in the Bulletin of
March 2, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 36), page 273.
The following is a translation of a note verhale
dated June 4, 1940, which was received in reply
to a request made to the Foreign Office regard-
ing the deposit of the instrument of ratification
by Italy :

"Witli reference to Note Verbale F. O. No.
1470 of the Embassy of the United States of
America, the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
has the honor to state that Italy has depo3ited
neither the instruments of ratification of the
International Convention for the Unification
of Certain Rules Relating to Damages Caused
by Airplanes to Third Parties on the Surface,
signed at Rome May 29, 1933, nor of the Addi-
tional Protocol to the same Convention signed
at Brussels September 29, 1938.

"Up to the present time, the following States
have deposited the instruments of ratification
of the above-mentioned Convention on the dates
indicated :

Spain— June 28, 1934
Rumania— March 23, 1935
Belgium— October 14, 1936
Guatemala— July 6, 1939

JULY 6, 1940

"Tlie Republic of Guatemala has also de-
posited, as of the same date, July 6, 1939, the
instrument of ratification of the Additional
Protocol.

"The Convention is not yet in effect since the
condition provided for in its Article 24 (Para-
graph 2) has not arisen.

"Rome, June J,, WJtO:'

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

International Telecommunication Conven-
tion (Treaty Series Nos. 867 and 948)

Cruatemdla

The American Minister to Guatemala re-
ported by a despatch dated June 21, 1940, that
the Diario de Centra America published on
June 18, 1940, a decree, No. 2456, dated April
26, 1940, by which the Guatemalan Assembly
approved with reservations the Interna-
tional Telecommunication Convention and Tele-
graphic Regulations signed at Madrid on
December 9, 1932, as well as the General Radio
Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations
signed at Cairo on April 8, 1938.

Publications

Department of State

Allocation of Tariff Quota on Heavy Cattle During the
Calendar Year 1940: Proclaniatiou by the President of
the United States Issued on November 30, 1939, Pursu-

ant to Article III of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement
Between the United States of America and Canada
Signed November 17, 1938 (Executive Agreement Series
No. 140). Executive Agreement Series No. 170. Pub-
lication 1474. 4 pp. 50.

Trans-Isthmian Joint Highway Board : Arrangement
Between the United States of America and Panama. —
Efifected by Exchanges of Notes Signed October 19 and
23, 1939, December 20, 1939, and January 4, 1940.
Executive Agreement Series No. 168. Publication 1475.
5 pp. 50.

Other Government Agencies

Universal Postal Union Convention of Buenos Aires
(May 23, 1939). (Post Office Dept.) 246 pp., tables.
250.

Regulations

Government regulations of interest to readers
of the ''BvZUtin":

Anchorage Regulations : Regulations for the Control
of Ves-^els in the Territorial Waters of the United
States [issued under authority of the President's
proclamation, No. 2412, of June 27, 1940]. (Treasury
Department: Bureau of Customs.) T. D. 50182.
Federal Kcyister, Vol. 5, No. 128, July 2, 1940, p. 2442
(The National Archives of the United States).

Delegation of Powers and Definition of Duties [relating
to the administration of the Immigration and Natural-
ization Service]. (Department of Justice.) [Order
No. 38S8.] Federal Register, Vol. 5, No. 129, July 3,
1940, pp. 2454-2455 (The National Archives of the
United States).

U. S. GOVERNUENT PR[HTINS OFFICE: 1940

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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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JULY 13, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 55 — Publication 1 485

Qontents

Europe:

Immigration of British refugee children to the United Page

States 23

Regulations relating to travel in combat area .... 24

Repatriation of American citizens 24

Greenland:
Visit of the Governor General of North Greenland to

the United States 25

The American Republics:

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American

RepubUcs at Habana 25

Legislation 25

Departmental Service:

Central Translating Office ' . . . . 26

Personnel changes 26

Treaty Information:
Postal :

Universal Postal Convention of 1939 27

Publications:
Agreement with Brazil for the Exchange of Official

Publications 27

Social :

Convention and Statute Establishing an International

Relief Union 27

U. S. SOPERINTENDENT OF DOCIIMFNTS

AUG 7 ..-x^

Europe

ENTRY OF BRITISH REFUGEE CHILDREN INTO THE

UNITED STATES

[Relpased to the press July H]

Officials of the Department of State have co-
operated whole-heartedly and enthusiastically
with other officials of this Government charged
with the control of immigration and also with
interested private organizations, including the
United States Committee for the Care of Euro-
pean Children, which has its headquarters in
New York City. The fact is that all the red ta{)e
has been cut and all of the non-essential require-
ments have been eliminated, and this has been
eflFective to the extent that up to today no visa
has been refused to any qualified child in Eng-
land. The American Embassy at London has
provided every facility for the prompt issuance
of visas, and no delay whatever exists in acting
in these cases. Within the last 24 hours the
Department of State has been on several occa-
sions in contact with Ambassador Kennedy at
London by telegraph and telephone, in addi-
tion to numerous communications to and from
him since the subject of British refugee children
first came up. The fact is that the United States
is prepared to take children under its present
requirements in much greater nimiber than have
been made available by the British authorities.
Under the present arrangements for visas,
13,000 children can leave Great Britain for the
United States by August 1. Only a fraction
of that number have arrived in the past few
weeks, though our officers jn England have
offered every facility at their command for this

246486 — 10

purpose. The issuance of visas in greater num-
ber than now authorized would not appear to
be necessary until the present quota has been
approximated.

Any delay that may be occurring in the emi-
gration from England of children refugees for
the United States or Canada is not attributable
in any way to American regulations or to failure
of American officials to cooperate.

The following excerpt of a telegi-am from
Ambassador Kennedy to the Department of
State last night is indicative of the situation in
London :

"I note in the press and elsewhere a disposi-
tion to blame red tape for the small number of
British children thus far sent to America.
There is nothing to this charge. I dislike red
tape more than most people, but I must admit
that in this instance children are being passed
by the American Consulate General faster than
the British are able to find shipping accom-
modations for them. As a mutter of record,
many applicants who have received appoint-
ments for visa interviews report that they have
not yet been able to procure their British pass-
ports. Visas for 1,735 additional children are
now in process of issuance. The number who
have actually been able to secure shipping ac-
commodations is estimated to be around 600.
In view of this situation, any discussion about
cutting the red tape is purely academic at the
moment."

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRAVEL IN COMBAT AREA

The following regulation has been codified
under Title 22 : Foreign Relations ; Chapter I :
Department of State; and Subchapter A: The
Department, in accordance with the require-
ments of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations:

Part 55C— Travel

By virtue of the authority vested in me by
the President's proclamation numbered 2410/
of June 11, 1940, to promulgate such rules and
regulations not inconsistent with law as may
be necessary and proper to carry out the pro-
visions of section 3 of the joint resolution of
Congress approved November 4, 1939, as
amended June 26, 1940, as made effective by
that and previous proclamations, I hereby
amend 22 CFR 55C.4 (c) to read as follows :

§ 55C.4 American vessels in combat areas —
(c) Vessels authoHzed' to evacuate American
citizens and those under direction of Ameri-
can Red Gross. The provisions of the procla-
mation do not apply to any American vessel
which, by arrangement with the appropriate
authorities of the United States Government,
is commissioned to proceed into or through this
combat area in order to evacuate citizens of the
United States who are in imminent danger to
their lives as a result of combat operations in-
cident to the present war, or to any American
vessels proceeding into or through this area,
unarmed and not under convoy, under charter
or other direction and control of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, on a mission of mercy only and
carrying only Red Cross materials and per-
sonnel: Provided, That where permission has
not been given by the blockading power, no
American Red Cross vessel shall enter a port
where a blockade by aircraft, surface vessel,
or submarine is being attempted through the
destruction of vessels, or into a port of any

country where such blockade of the whole
country is being so attempted. (Sees. 3, 4,
Public Res. 54, 76tli Cong., 2d sess., approved
Nov. 4, 1939, as amended by Public Res. 87,
76th Cong., 3d sess., approved June 26, 1940;
Proc. No. 2410, June 11, 1940)

[SEiiL] CORDELL HuLL,

Secretary of State.
JuLT 5, 1940.

[Released to the press July 8]

Regulation Under Section 3 of the Joint
Resolution of Congress Approved NoxTiM-
ber 4, 1939, as Amended June 26, 1940

The Secretary of State announces that the
S. S. McKeesport has, by arrangement with
the appropriate authorities of the United
States Government, been commissioned to pro-
ceed into and through the combat area defined
by the President in his proclamation, num-
bered 2410,= of June 11, 1940, under charter by
the American Red Cross. The provisions of
the President's proclamation of June 11, 1940,
therefore, shall not apply to the voyage which
the S. S. McKeesport has been commissioned
to undertake under the aforesaid auspices.
Cordell Hull,
■ Secretary of State,

July 5, 1940.

REPATRIATION OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS

[Released to the press July 13]

The American steamship Manhattan sailed
from Lisbon, Portugal, for New York at 4 : 35
p. m., Lisbon time, July 12. She embarked

'5 F. E. 2209.

"See the Bulletin of June 15, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 51),
pp. 641-643.

JULY 13, 1940

approximately 800 American citizens and mem-
bers of their families at Lisbon.

All belligerent governments have been in-
formed of the date of sailing and the course
I he vessel will follow and that the vessel is
returning to the United States with Americans
evacuated from Europe. She carries no cargo
taken aboard in Europe. She carries Ameri-
can flags prominently displayed, is proceeding
fully lighted at night, is imarmed, and is mov-
ing without convoy. The belligerent govern-
ments have also been informed that the Gov-
ernment of the United States expects the ves-
sel to make its return voyage without inter-
ruption or molestation by the air, naval, or
military forces of any belligerent.

The Manhattan is due at New York on
JmIv 18.

Greenland

VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
OF NORTH GREENLAND TO THE
UNITED STATES

[Roloaseil to the press .Inly !1]

Tlie Governor of North Greenland, Mr. E.
Brun, with a gi'oup of Danish officials connected
with the administration of (Jreenland, will
arrive in Boston July 9 on board the U. S.
Coast Guard cutter Campiell. They will be
accompanied by Mr. James K. Penfield, the
American Consul to Greenland, and will be
met by a representative of the Secretary of
State.

Governor Brun and his associates are visiting
( he United States for the purpose of discussing
economic matters pertaining to the trade and
commerce of Greenland, which for the time
being has been diverted from Denmark by the
interruption of direct communication with the
mother country. After meeting Danish officials
in New York, the Greenland delegation will
visit Washington, where they will confer with
American officials.

An American Consulate was recently tem-
porarily established in Greenland for the pur-
pose of facilitating commerce between the
United States and that Danish colony.

The American Republics

MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINIS-
TERS OF THE AMERICAN REPUB-
LICS AT HABANA

[Released to the press July IS]

Following is the delegation of the United
States of America to the Second Meeting of the
Foreign Ministers of the American Republics,
Habana, July 20, 1940 :

Delegate:

Tlio Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of
State

Advisers :

The Honorable Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of State

The Honorable William Dawson, Ambassador
to Panama

Mr. Green H. Hackworth, Legal Adviser, De-
partment of State

Mr. Leo Pasvolsky, Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State

Mr. Laurence Duggan, Chief, Division of the
American Republics. Department of State

Mr. Harry D. White, Director of Monetary
Research. Department of the Treastiry

Mr. Grosvenor M. Jones, Assistant Director,
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce, Department of Commerce

Mr. Leslie A. \\lieeler, Director, Office of
Foreign Agricultural Relations, Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

Legislation

An Act To provide for exercising the right with re-
spect to red cedar shingles reserved in the trade agree-
ment concluded November 17, 1938, betveeen the United
States of America and Canada, and for other purposes.
(Public No. 698, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 1 p. 50.

Departmental Service

CENTRAL TRANSLATING OFFICE

(Released to the press July 12]

The Secretary of State, on July 9, issued the
following depnif mental order establishing a
Central Translating Office in the Department
of State:

"Departmental. Order No. 862
"For the purpose of further implementing the
program of cooperation with the other Amer-
ican Republics, there is hereby established a
Central Translating Office in the Department of
State.

"The Office shall have general charge of
translating from English for distribution in the
other American Republics certain publications
of this Government, such as those of an educa-
tional, scientific, and technical character and
those relating to public health, commerce, and
conservation. In cooperation with Divisions
and Offices of the Department of State and the
Interdepai'tmental Committee on Cooperation
with the American Republics, it shall have re-
sponsibility under the general supervision here-
inafter indicated for the initiation and formu-
lation of policy with respect to the adaptability
of publications for distribution; and it shall
have general charge of the administration of
jn-ograms adopted for the distribution of trans-
lated material.

"The Central Translating Office shall func-
tion under the general supervision of the Under
Secretary of State and shall maintain effective
liaison with the Divisions of the American Re-
publics, Cultural Relations, and International
Communications of the Department of State,
and with interested Divisions and Offices of

other Departments and Agencies as well. The
symbol designation of the Office shall be TC.

"The Director of Personnel shall provide the
necessary personnel and equipment for the new
Office within the limitations of appropriated
funds.

"The provisions of this Order shall be effec-
tive on July 9, 1940, and shall supersede the
provisions of any existing Order in conflict
( herewith.

Cordell Hull"

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press July 12]

By departmental order, the Secretary has
appointed Mr. Bryton Barron as Assistant
Chief of the Division of Research and Pub-
lication, and Mr. Henry S. Villard as an As-
sistant Chief of the Division of Near Eastern
Affairs. I

The Secretary has designated Mr. Edgar P.
Allen as Acting Assistant Chief of the Divi-
sion of Controls. Mr. Leonard H. Price has
been designated to serve as Acting Assistant
Chief of the same division in the absence of
the Chief, the Assistant Chief, or the Acting
Assistant Chief.

Mr. Philip W. Bonsai has been designated
Acting Assistant Chief of the Division of the
American Republics.

Mr. Richard Pattee has been designated Act-
ing Assistant Chief of the Division of Cultural
Relations.

Treaty Information

Compiled by the Treaty Division

POSTAL

Universal Postal Convention of 1939

Philippine Islands

The American Ambassador to Argentina re-
ported by a despatch dated June 28, 19-10, that
the instrument of ratification by tlie Govern-
ment of the Commonwealth of tlie Philippines
of tlie Universal Postal Convention, the regu-
lations for its execution, the provisions for air-
mail transportation, and their final protocols,
all signed at Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939,
was recorded by the Argentine Ministry for
Foreign Affairs on May 13, 1940.

PUBLICATIONS

Agreement With Brazil for the Exchange
of Official Publications

An agreement effected by an exchange of
notes undertaking a complete exchange of offi-
cial publications between the United States and
Brazil entered into force on June 24, 1940.

The agreement provides that the exchange
office for the transmission of the publications
of the United States is the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and that the exchange office on the part
of Brazil is the Instituto Nacional do Li\TO.
Each Government agrees to furnish to the
other a full set of the official publications of
its several branches, departments, bureaus, of-
fices, and institutions. It also provides that
publications of any new instrumentalities
which may be created by either Government
in the future shall be included without tlie
necessity of subsequent negotiation. Neither
Government is obligated by the agreement to
furnish confidential publications, blank forms,
or circular letters not of a public nature. Each

party agrees to bear the postal, railroad, steam-
ship, and other charges arising in its own
country.

SOCIAL

Convention and Statute Establishing an
International Relief Union

Bui^na

According to a circular letter from the
League of Nations dated May 29, 1940, the
British Government has notified the Secretary
General of its desire that the Convention and
Statute Establishing an International Relief
Union, signed at Geneva on July 12, 1927, in
which Burma formerly participated as a part
of India, should be regarded as applying to
Burma as a British overseas territory as fi"om
April 1, 1937, the date on which Burma was
separated from India and acquired its new
status.

The letter adds that the notification which
was received by the Secretariat on May 10,
1940, states that the declaration made at the
time of the adherence of Great Britain, ex-
cluding from the operation of the Convention
His Britannic Majesty's colonies, protectorates,
or territories under suzerainty or mandate,
should not be regarded as applying to Burma.

According to information received from the
League of Nations the following countries have
ratified or adhered to the convention: Albania,
Belgium, Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
New Zealand, India, Bulgaria, China, Cuba,
Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran,
Iraq, Italy and Italian colonies, Luxemburg,
Monaco, Poland and Free City of Danzig,
Rumania, San Marino, Sudan, Switzerland,
Turkey, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia.

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Europe:

Admission of refugee children from the war zones . .
Property of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in the

United States

American Republics:

Habana Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:

Statement by the Secretary of State

United States delegation

Address by the American Minister to Uruguay ....
The Far East:

Extraterritoriality in China: Comment by the Acting

Secretary of State

Burma trade route to China

Importation of Japanese cotton goods into the Philip-
pines

General:

Immigration at Canadian and Mexican borders : ; :
Treaty Information:

Arbitration and Judicial Settlement:

Permanent Court of International Justice . ; ; : ;
Commerce:

Importation of Japanese cotton goods into the

Philippines

Refugees:

Conventions and Additional Protocol Concerning

Refugees

Labor:
Conventions of the International Labor Conference .

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ADMISSION OF REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM THE WAR ZONES

[Released to the press July 14)

The Department of State and the Depart-
ment of Justice announced on July 14 the
adoption of simplified procedure which -will
make possible the admission of refugee chil-
dren from the war zones in whatever numbers
shippinij facilities and private assurances of
support will permit.

It is contemplated that visas and the neces-
sary travel papers shall at all times during the
period of the emergency be in the hands of at
least 10,000 children in excess of those for
whom shipping facilities are currently avail-
able. The plan is designed to facilitate evac-
uation of children regardless of their financial
circumstances.

The new regulations apply only to children
under 16 years of age who seek to enter the
United States to escape the dangers of war.
The regulations authorize issuance of visitors'
visas to such children upon a showing of inten-
tion that they will return home upon the ter-
mination of hostilities. For children travel-
ing u[)()n either visitors' visas or quota visas
the regulations provide for acceptance of a
corporate affidavit that they will not be per-
mitted to become a public charge, to be given
by such charitable corporations as the United
States Committee for the Care of European
Children.

The corporate affidavit will be backed by
affidavits in greatly simplified form to be given
to the corporation by individuals willing to
care for children. It will be supported also by
a trust fund equal to 50 dollars for each child

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brought to the United States under the cor-
poration's auspices. This fund will be in the
nature of an insurance fund to meet all con-
tingencies respecting tlie care and departure of
the children which may arise from failure of
individual assurances of support.

Formalities in the issuance of visas and other
travel papers have been cut to the legal mini-
mum. American Consuls abroad will be noti-
fied through the Department of State that
visas may be issued to named children or to a
certain number of children for wjiom means of
support are available. In the latter case the
particular children will be selected by aiTange-
ment with representatives abroad of the United
States Committee for the Care of European
children, or other such charitable corporation
acting imder the plan. Arrangements have
been made to assure that there will be no delay
in giving medical examinaticms. The form of
the various papers to be issued has been mate-
rially simplified.

Any charitable corporation acting under the
new regulations must be organized for the pur-
pose of assuring the care and support of
refugee children and must be approved by the
Attorney General for such purpose. The cor-
poration must furnish the Attorney General
with a general affidavit covering all children
admitted under its auspices, assuring that they
will be in proper custody during their stay in
the country and that they will be cared for in
conformity with the standards of the Chil-
dren's Bureau of the Department of Labor.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The corporation itself will receive from indi-
viduals wishing to help refugee children either
money, promises to pay money to support a
child, or promises to receive a child and sup-
port it directly. The 50 dollars for each child,
which is to be placed in a trust fund, will be
used solely to meet contingencies arising after
the child's initial placement. Children will be
placed in private homes only after investiga-
tion by child-welfare agencies approved by the
Children's Bureau and acting in accordance
with the standards of the Children's Bureau.

The new procedure is set forth in the fol-
lowing regulation adopted by the Commis-
sioner of Immigration and Naturalization with
the approval of the Attorney General :

Order

By virtue of the authority conferred by Sec-
tion 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917 and all
other authority conferred by law upon the
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion and the Attorney General, the following
rule is issued governing the admission of alien
children under sixteen years of age who seek to
enter the United States to be safe from the
dangers of war.

1. Such children, when presenting visitors'
visas and when otherwise admissible under this
rule and under other applicable provisions of
the immigration laws and regulations, may be
admitted for a period of two years subject,
however, to the power of the Attorney General
to shorten or extend the period of admission.

2. Such children, whether presenting visitors'
visas or quota visas, shall not be excludable on
the ground that, being under sixteen years of
age, they are unaccompanied by or not coming
to one or both of their parents, pi'ovided that
they are admissible under the provisions of
Paragraphs 4 or 5 of this rule.

3. Such children, when presenting visitors'
visas, shall not be excludable on the ground
that their ticket or passage has been paid for
by any corporation, association, society, munici-
pality, or foreign government, nor, when pre-
senting quota visas, on the ground that their
tickets or passage has been paid for by any

corporation not for profit and not operated,
directly or indirectly, for profit.

4. Such children, when presenting visitors'
visas, shall not be excludable as likely to be-
come a public charge, provided either that they
would be admissible independently of the pro-
visions of this rule or that the following condi-
tions have been satisfied :

That a corporation not for profit organ-
ized for the purpose of assuring the care and
support of refugee children, and approved by
the Attorney General for such purpose, has
given the Attorney General, with such sup-
porting evidence as he may require and in
such form as he may require, the following
assurances: first, that an identified child or
a child for whom pi'ovision for identification
has been or will be made will not become a
public chai'ge; second, that arrangements
have been or will be made for the reception
and placement of such child in accordance
with the standai-ds of the Children's Bureau
of the Department of Labor; and third, that
the sum of fifty dollars for each such child
has been or, upon the initial placement of the
child, will be deposited in a trust fund estab-
lished by and to be used by the corporation
to meet all ct)ntingencies, not otherwise met
or provided for, arising after such initial
I>lacement respecting either the care of the
child while in the United States or its de-
parture therefrom. Every corporation ap-
proved by the Attorney General to act under
the provisions of this rule shall furnish the
Attorney General with an affidavit contain-
ing an undertaking that the children
admitted under the provisions of this para-
graph will be under continuous supervision,
during the period of their stay in the coun-
try, assuring that they are in proper custody
and are being cared for in conformity with
the standards of the Children's Bureau of the
Department of Labor, and a further under-
taking to comply with such directions as the
Attorney General shall make respecting the
admission, care and support, and departure
of the children.

JULY 20, 1940

5. Such children, when presenting quota visas,
shall not be excludable, as likely to become a
public charge, provided either that they would
be admissible independently of the provisions
of this rule or that the following conditions
have been satisfied :

That a corporation not for profit, approved
by the Attorney General as provided in Para-
graph 4 of this rule, has given the Attorney
General, with such supporting evidence as he
may require and in such form as he ma}' re-
quire, the following assurances : first, that an
identified child or a child for whom provision
for identification has been or will be made
will not become a public charge; second, that
arrangements have been or will be made for
the reception and placement of such child in
accordance with the standards of the Chil-
dren's Bureau of the Department of Labor;
and third, that the sum of fifty dollars for
each such child has been or, upon the initial
placement of the child, will be deposited in
the trust fund hereinbefore mentioned to be
used by the corporation to meet all contingen-
cies, not otherwise met or provided for, aris-
ing after such initial placement respecting the
care of the child while in the United States.
Every corporation approved by the Attorney
General to act under the provisions of this
rule shall furnish the Attorney General with
an aflBdavit containing an undertaking that
the children admitted under the provisions of
this paragraph will be under continuous super-
vision, untn they have reached the age of
eighteen and for such further period as the
Attorney General may require assuring that
they are in proper custody and are being
cared for in conformity with the standards of
the Children's Bureau of the Department of
Labor, and a further imdertaking to comply
with such directions as the Attorney General
shall make respecting the admission, care and
support of the children.

6. Trust funds established in accordance with
the provisions of this rule shall be subject to

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such terms, including terms respecting the ter-
mination of the trust and distribution for the
benefit of American children of any balance re-
maining in the trust, as the Attorney General
shall approve.

7. This rule shall not be construed as modify-
ing any provision of existing regulations re-
specting the admission of aliens sixteen years
of age or more, nor the provisions of existing
regulations not inconsistent with this rule re-
specting the admission of aliens under sixteen
years of age.

Edwahd J. Shaughnesst,

Acting Commissioner of Immigration

and Naturalization

Approved :

Lemuel B. ScHomaiD
Special Assistant in Charge,
Immigration and Naturalization Service

Francis Biddle
Acting Attorney General

July 13, 1940.

PROPERTY OF LATVIA, ESTONIA,
AND LITHUANIA IN THE UNITED
STATES

On July 15, 1940, the President signed Execu-
tive Order No. 8484, extending all the provi-
sions of Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10,
1940, as amended,^ to "property in which Latvia,
Estonia or Lithuania or any national thereof
has at any time on or since July 10, 1940, had any
interest of any nature whatsoever . . ." The
text of Executive Order No. 8484 appears in the
Federal Register for July 17, 1940 (Vol. 5, No.
138), page 2586, and the regulations of the
Treasury Department, issued on July 15, 1940,
under authority of this order, appear in the same
issue of the Federal Register, page 2593.

' See the Bulletin of May 11, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 46),
p. 493, and June 22, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 52), p. 682.

American Republics

HABANA MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press Jnly 18]

Following is a statement by the Secretary of
State made upon leaving Washington to attend
the Second Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the
American Republics which wUl convene at
Habana, Cuba, on July 21 :

"The 21 American republics, pursuant to
procedures agreed to at the Buenos Aires,
Lima, and Panama conferences, are once again
about to meet in conference through their For-
eign Ministers or their representatives. A
major purpose of the Habana Meeting is full
and free consultation among the American
republics with respect to the conditions, prob-
lems, difficulties, and dangers confronting each
of them. The complete exchange of informa-
tion enables each government thoroughly to
understand the problems, needs, and viewpoints
of the others. The ground will thus be pre-
pared for the adoption of basic and concrete
measures, having common support, for the
common benefit of each and all of the republics.

"The agenda of the forthcoming Meeting
calls for the consideration of certain immediate
problems of economic and political security.^
The American republics approach their task in
a spirit of complete friendliness toward all
nations demonstrating their will to conduct
international relations on the basis of peace
and friendship. The American republics will
deal with their problems realistically in the
light both of emergency needs and broad
objectives.

"I am looking forward with great pleasure
to meeting again the representatives of our sis-

ter republics, many of whom are old friends
and colleagues with whom it has been my privi-
lege to be associated at previous inter- American
gatherings."

United States Delegation

[Released to the press July 15]

Following is an additional list ' of the per-
sonnel of the United States of America who
will attend the Habana Meeting:

Secretary General:

Dr. Warren Kelchner, Chief, Division of In-
ternational Conferences, Department of
State

Assistants to the Secretary of State:

Mr. Cecil W. Gray, Assistant to the Secre-
tary of State

Mr. Birney Imes, Editor and Publisher,
Commerci-al Dispatch, Coliunbus, Miss.

Press Officer:

Mr. Michael J. McDermott, Chief, Division
of Current Information, Department of
State

Secretaries:

Mr. Ellis O. Briggs, Assistant Chief, Di-
vision of the American Republics, Depart-
ment of State

Mr. Emilio G. Collado, Division of the
American Republics, Department of State

Assistant Secretary:
Mr. Guillermo Suro.

'See the Bulletin of June 29, 1940 (Vol. II, No. 53),
pp. 705-706, and July 6, 1940 (Vol. Ill, No. 54), p. 11.

" For the previous list, see the Bulletin of July 13,
1940 (Vol. Ill, No. 55), p. 25.

JULY 20, 1940

ADDRESS BY THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO URUGUAY

[Excerpt]

As we look back over developments in inter-
American relationships in the last few years, we
can find, I believe, reason for quiet confidence.
We have placed the relationships between our
countries on a basis of law, not force. We recog-
nize the juridical equality of every nation of
this hemisphere, without regard to size or power.
At the conference held here in Montevideo in
1933 we reached agreement on tlie essential prin-
ciples of what might be termed an inter- Ameri-
can Bill of Rights, including complete respect
for the sovereignty of every country, the elim-
ination of intervention, and the perfecting of the
mechanisms by which disputes can be solved by
peaceful means.

Three years later, in 1936, when the danger
of warfare overseas was becoming apparent, the
21 American republics met at Buenos Aires at
the Conference for the Maintenance of Peace
and concluded certain agreements for the pur-
pose of making possible common action by all
of the republics in the event that peace was
threatened.

During the next two years affairs in other
parts of the world continued to deteriorate, and
there were indications that foreign governments
were interesting themselves unduly in the affairs
of the American Continent. The Eighth Inter-
national Conference of American States, which
met at Lima in 1938, therefore conceived its task
to be that of setting up the principles and the
mechanics for defending the peace of the New
World against any attempt to subvert it by any
outside power or force. By the Declaration of
Lima the 21 American republics agreed that
they would defend and maintain the integrity
of tlie republican institutions to which the New
World is committed ; that they would regard an
attack on any one of these nations as an attack
on all ; and that they would consult together to
take measures for the common defense in the

' Delivered by the Minister, Mr. Edwin C. Wilson, at
an official luncheon in honor of Captain Wickham of the
U. S. S. Quitwy, at Montevideo, Uruguay, June 23, 1940.

event of a threat to peace or attack on any one
of the American republics.

On the outbreak of the war last September
the machinery of consultation was set in mo-
tion, and a great demonstration of the imity
and solidarity of the Americas took place at the
Conference in Panama, where the first inter-
American meeting was held over a himdred
years ago.

The striking advances made by the American
republics in the attainment of this ideal of
inter-American solidarity must not be endan-
gered through carelessness or laxity. In con-
fronting the dangers which threaten us all, we
can work more effectively if we work together.
For over 100 years the American republics have
happily been able to maintain themselves free
from the threat of foreign aggression. They
oppose all intervention in their internal or ex-
ternal affairs. They are earnestly desirous of
preserving the libei-ty for which they fought in
tlie early days of their independence. Today
these liberties are gravely menaced. We of the
Americas must accordingly reaffirm our strong
determination to defend ourselves against any
intervention coming from abroad and to pro-
tect ourselves against poorly concealed activi-
ties which threaten our very sovereignty. I am
authorized to state that it is the intention and
avowed policy of my Government to cooperate
fully, whenever such cooperation is desired,
with all of the other American governments in
crushing all activities which arise from non-
American sources and which imperil our politi-
cal and economic freedom. Here in the Amer-
icas we have abundant resources and abundant
man power to cope with the task. We are
proud of the free and independent spirit of our
virile peoples ; we are confident of our power to
meet and repel any attack.

Gentlemen, I invite you to raise your glasses
to the health of His Excellency President Bal-
domir, to the prosperity of the noble Republic
of Uruguay, to the progress of the Uruguyan
armed forces, and to the solidarity of our 21
American republics.

DEPABTMENT OF STATE BTJLLETIN

The Far East

EXTRATERRITORIALITY IN CHINA
Comment by the Acting Secretary of State

[Released to the press July 19]

In response to inquiries from press corre-
spondents with regard to the British Prime
Minister's comments upon the question of ex-
traterritoriality in China included in his state-
ment of July 18,° the Acting Secretary of State,
Mr. Sumner Welles, commented as follows :

"The most recent statement of this Govern-
ment on this subject is contained in a note
presented on December 31, 1938,° to the Japanese
Government, which mentions inter alia the
progress made toward the relinquishment of
certain rights of a special character which the
United States together with other countries
has long possessed in China. In 1931 discus-
sions of the subject between China and each of
several other countries, including the United
States, were suspended because of the occurrence
of the Mukden incident and subsequent disrupt-
ing developments in 1932 and 1935 in the rela-
tions between China and Japan. In 1937 this
Government was giving renewed favorable con-
sideration to the question when there broke out
the current Sino-Japanese hostilities, as a result
of which the usual processes of government in
large areas of China were widely disrupted.

"It has been this Government's traditional
and declared policy and desire to move rapidly
by process of orderly negotiation and agreement
with the Chinese Government, whenever condi-
tions warrant, toward the relinquishment of ex-
traterritorial rights and of all other so-called
'special rights' possessed by this country as by
other countries in China by virtue of interna-
tional agreements. That policy remains un-
changed."

BURMA TRADE ROUTE TO CHINA

[Released to the press July 16]

The Secretary of State, in reply to inquiries
by press correspondents for comment in regard
to reports that, at the instance of the Japanese
Government, the British Government would
prohibit temporarily the movement of certain
commodities through Burma into China over
what is known as the Burma Route, said that
this Government has a legitimate interest in
the keeping open of arteries of commerce in
every part of the world and considers that
action such as this, if taken, and such as was
taken recently m relation to the Indocliina rail-
way would constitute unwarranted interposi-
tions of obstacles to world trade.

IMPORTATION OF JAPANESE COTTON
GOODS INTO THE PHILIPPINES

[Released to the press July 15]

The Department of State and the Japanese
Embassy at Washington have arranged the
continuance for a further period of one year,
beginning August 1, 1940, of the existing
arrangement relating to the importation of
Japanese cotton piece goods into the Philippine
Islands, which will expire on July 31, 1940.
Under this arrangement the Association of
Japanese Exporters of Cotton Piece Goods into
the Philippine Islands agrees to limit the
annual importation of Japanese cotton piece
goods into the Philippines to 45,000,000 square
meters.

General

° Not printed.

'See the Press Releases of December 31, 1938 (Vol.
XEX, No. 483), pp. 490-493.

IMMIGRATION AT CANADIAN AND
MEXICAN BORDERS

[Released to the press July 15]

The Department of State has been closely
watching developments along the Canadian
and Mexican borders arising from the recently
imposed immigration regulations which require

JULY 20, 1940

Canadian and Mexican visitors to obtain pass-
ports from their governments and visas from
American consular officers.' Consuls have been
submitting reports every few days in order that
the personnel needs of the various consular
establishments may be given the fullest con-
sideration.

At a number of posts in Canada and in
Mexico the added burden occasioned by the
closer supervision of persons coming to the
United States has been cushioned by the ina-
bility of prospective visitors to obtain pass-
ports on short notice from their governments.
At others, there has been an unprecedented
demand for visas, and consular officers have
labored long hours daily and on holidays and
week-ends in order that jiersons who have been
accustomed to cross our borders frequently will
be subjected to as little inconvenience and de-
lay as possible. The Department of State has
substantially augmented the personnel of all
such offices and is prepared to authorize addi-
tional assistance where needed. Representa-
tions have been made to the Department to
open a number of new consular establishments.

'.See the lUiIlitin of June 15, 1040 (Vol. 11, No. 51),
pp. CC6-CG7.

Several such offices have already been opened
at border points at which traffic converges upon
entering the United States. While it is not
possible to open consular offices at points op-
posite every port of entry into the country,
every effort is being made to meet the situa-
tion.

The Department is assigning consular offi-
cers for temporary duty at various points along
both borders. Vice Consul Frederick E. Farns-
wortli at Montreal has been ordered to proceed
to Cornwall, Ontario, for temporary duty in
order to deal with the visa applications of
Canadian visitors residing in the area of Corn-
Mall and Prescott. After dealing with urgent
cases in that area, Mr. Farnsworth or some
other officer will be assigned temporarily to
other points along the Canadian border at
which there is urgent need for similar work.

Vice Consul James G. Byington, now at Tor-
reon, Mexico, is being ordered to proceed to
Matamoros and thence to Reynosa in order to
handle urgent visa cases at Reynosa. After a
short period at Reynosa, Mr. Byington or some
officer will be assigned to other points along the
Mexican border for similar duty. Both Mr.
Byington and Mr. Farnsworth are proceeding
immediately to their new assignments.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

ARBITRATION AND JUDICIAL
SETTLEMENT

Permanent Court of International Justice

Thailand

There is printed below the text of a letter
received by the Secretary General of the
League of Nations on May 22, 1940, from the
Government of Thailand concerning the atti-
tude of certain governments in regard to the
Optional Clause- of the Statute of the Perma-
nent Court of International Justice :

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs has the
honour to acknowledge the receipt of several
communications from the Secretary-General of
the League of Nations relative to notifications
from the Governments of the French Repub-
lic. Great Britain, India and certain of the
Commonwealth, that they will not regard their
acceptance of the Optional Clause as covering
disputes arising out of events occurring during
the present hostilities.

"His Majesty's Government in taking note of
these communications desires to state that, hav-
ing itself accepted the Optional Clause, it
reserves its point of view."

COMMERCE

Importation of Japanese Cotton Goods Into
the Philippines

An announcement regarding the continua-
tion of the arrangement relating to the impor-
tation of Japanese cotton piece goods into the
Philippine Islands appears in this Bulletin
under the heading "Treaty Information."

REFUGEES

Conventions and Additional Protocol
Concerning Refugees

British Defendencies

According to the League of Nations' publica-
tion Registration of Treaties, No. 224, for May
1940, the instriunents of adherence by certain
British dependencies to the Convention Relating
to the International Status of Refugees, signed
October 28, 1933 ; the Convention Concerning the
Status of Refugees Coming From Germany,
signed February 10, 1938; and the Additional
Protocol to the Provisional Arrangement and to
the Convention (signed July 4, 1936, and Feb-
ruary 10, 1938, respectively) Concerning the
Status of Refugees Coming From Germany,
signed September 14, 1939, were registered with
the Secretariat on May 30, 1940. These depend-
encies are: Aden Colony, Bahamas, Basuto-
land, Bechuanaland Protectorate, British
Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon
Islands Protectorate, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland
Islands and Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia (Colony
and Protectorate), Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Colony, Gold Coast (Colony, Northern Terri-
tories, Ashanti, Togoland under British
mandate). Hong Kong, Kenya (Colony and
Protectorate), Leeward Islands (Antigua,
Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, Virgin
Islands), Federated Malay States (Negri Sem-
bilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor), Unfederated

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Malay States ( Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perils,
Trengganu, and Brunei), Mauritius, Nigeria
(Colony, Protectorate, Cameroons under Brit-
ish mandate), Nyasaland Protectorate, St.
Helena and Ascension, Sierra Leone (Colony
and Protectorate), Somaliland Protectorate,
Straits Settlements, Swaziland, Trinidad and
Tobago, Uganda Protectorate, Windward Is-
lands (Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vin-
cent) , and Zanzibar Protectorate.

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Conventions of the International Labor
Conference

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According to circular letters received from
the League of Nations dated June 12, 1940, the
instruments of ratification by Switzerland of
the following conventions adopted by the
International Labor Conference at various ses-
sions were registered with the Secretariat on
May 23, 1940 :

Convention concerning the rights of associa-
tion and combination of agricultural workers
(third session, Geneva, October 25-November
19, 1921)

Convention concerning forced or compulsory
labor (fourteenth session, Geneva, June 10-28,
1930)

Convention concerning employment of
women on underground work in mines of all
kinds (nineteenth session, Geneva, June 4r-25,
1935)

Convention concerning safety provisions in
the building industry (twenty-third session,
Geneva, June 3-23, 1937)

Convention concerning statistics of wages
and hours of work in the principal mining and
manufacturing industi-ies, including building
and construction, and in agriculture (twenty-
fourth session, Geneva, June 2-22, 1938) .

In regard to the last-named convention the
ratification excludes parts III and IV of the
convention in accordance with the first para-
graph of its article 2.

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Qontents

American Republics: ^"^

Export-Import Bank of Washington: Message of the
President regarding increase in capital and lending

power 41

Habana Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Address by

the Secretary of State 42

Severance by Spain of diplomatic relations with Chile . 48

Europe:

Baltic Republics: Statement by the Acting Secretary

of State, Mr. Welles 48

General:

Control of exports in national defense 49

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, etc.:

Monthly statistics 50

The Foreign Service:

Personnel changes 60

Treaty Information:
Postal :

Universal Postal Convention of 1939 62

Telecommunications :

International Telecommunication Convention

(Treaty Series Nos. 867 and 948) 62

Publications 62

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American Republics

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON

Message of the President Regarding Increase in Capital and Lending Power

[Released to the press by the White House July 2'J)

To THE Congress of the Umted States:

As a result of the war in Europe, far-reach-
in;; clianges in world affaii-s have occurred,
w hich necessarily have repercussions on the eco-
nomic life both of the United States and of the
other American republics. All American re-
publics in some degree make a practice of sell-
ing, and should sell, surplus products to other
parts of the world, and we in the United States
export many items that are also exported by
other countries of the Western Hemisphere.

The course of the war, the resultant blockades
and counterblockades, and the inevitable disor-
ganization is preventing the flow of these sur-
plus products to their normal markets. Neces-
sarily this has caused distress in various parts
of the New World, and will continue to cause
distress until foreign trade can be resumed on
a normal basis and the seller of these surpluses
is in a position to protect himself in dispos-
ing of his products. Until liberal commercial
policies are restored and fair trading on a com-
mercial plane is reopened, distress may be
continued.

I therefore request that the Congress give
prompt consideration to increasing the capital
and lending power of the Export-Import Bank
of Washington by $500,000,000, and removing
some of the restrictions on its operations to
the end that the Bank may be of greater assist-
ance to our neighbors south of the Rio Grande,
including financing the handling and orderly
marketing of some part of their surpluses.

It is to be hoped that before another year
■world trade can be reestablished, but, pending
this adjustment, we in the United States should
join with the peoples of the other republics of
the Western Hemisphere in meeting their prob-
lems. I call the attention of Congress to the
fact that by helping our neighbors we will be
helping ourselves. It is in the interests of the
producers of our country, as well as in the
interests of producers of other American coun-
tries, that there shall not be a disorganized or
cut-throat market in those commodities which
we all export.

No sensible person would advocate an at-
tempt to prevent the normal exchange of com-
modities between other continents and the
Americas, but what can and should be done is
to prevent excessive fluctuations caused by dis-
tressed selling resulting from temporary inter-
ruption in the flow of trade, or the fact that
there has not yet been reestablished a gystem
of free exchange. Unless exporting countries
are able to assist their nationals, they will be
forced to bargain as best they can.

As has heretofore been made clear to the
Congress, the Export-Import Bank is operated
by directors representing the Departments of
State, Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce,
and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
and is under the supervision of the Federal
Loan Administrator, so that all interested
branches of our Government participate in any

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loans that are authorized, and the directors of
the Bank should have a free hand as to the
purposes for which loans are authorized and
the terms and condition^ upon which they are
made.

I therefore request passage of appropriate
legislation to this end.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House,
July 22, 1940.

HABANA MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS
Address by the Secretary of State ^

[Released to the press July 22]

Mr. Chairman, Fellow Representatives of the
American Republics:

Permit me, first of all, to express my deep
personal pleasure in setting foot once more on
the soil of the gi'eat nation whose guests we are
at this time. Forty years have passed since my
first visit to these shores, when I had the honor
to serve with my regiment in the cause of
Cuba's liberation. I doubly welcome the pres-
ent opportunity to re-visit this country — both
because of the personal gratification which it
affords me and because of the vital importance
of the purpose which has brought us together
in this beautiful city of Habana.

We are here as representatives of the 21 free
and independent American republics. We meet
when world conditions are perhaps graver than
they have ever been before. Our purpose is to
devise concrete measures by which a number of
pressing problems may be met. Our objective
is to safeguard the mdependence, the peace, and
the well-being of the American republics.

For nearly a year now, a new major war has
raged with inci'easing fury over important
areas of the earth. It came as a culmination of
a process of deterioration of international con-
duct and international morality, extending over
a period of years, during which forces of ruth-
less conquest were gathering strength in several
parts of the world.

These forces, now at work in the world,
shrink from no means of attaining their ends.
In their contempt for all moral and ethical val-

' Delivered by Mr. Hull at Habana, July 22, 1940.

ues, they are bent on uprooting the very foim-
dations of orderly relations among nations and
on subverting, undermining, and destroying
existing social and political institutions within
nations. They have already left in their wake
formerly sovereign nations with their inde-
})endence trampled into dust and millions of
proud men and women with their liberties
destroyed.

Our American republics had no part in
kindling the tragic conflagration which has thus
been sweeping across the world. On the con-
trary, severally and jointly, we did everything
in our power to stay its outburst. Once the con-
flict had begun, we did everything we could to
limit its spreading. But it has been increas-
ingly clear that in the vast tragedy which has
befallen large portions of the earth there are
dangers to the American nations as well which
it would be suicidal not to recognize in time
and not to prepare to meet fully and decisively.

It has been increasingly clear that our nations
must not blind themselves into fatal compla-
cency— as so many nations have done to their
mortal sorrow — regarding the possibility of
attack against them from without or of exter-
nally directed attempts from within to under-
mine their national strength and to subvert their
cherished social and political institutions, or
both. Too many nations have only recently
paid a tragic price for confidently placing re-
liance for their safety and security solely upon
clearly expressed desire to remain at peace, upon
unequivocally proclaimed neutrality, upon
scrupulous avoidance of provocation. Con-

JULY 27, 1940

querors, invaders, and destroyers ignore or
brush aside reasons such as these.

Looming ominously on our horizon is the
danger that attempts may be made to employ
against our nations, too, the same means of sub-
ordinating their destinies to control and dicta-
tion from abroad that have already been notori-
ously employed elsewhere against numerous
other countries. We must recognize the serious
possibility that no eflFort or method may be
spared to achieve, with respect to some of us,
economic domination and political penetration,
and to sow, among our nations, the seeds of sus-
picion, dissension, and discord — the frequent
prelude to even more menacing action.

Lest our nations, too, suffer the fate that has
already befallen so many other peace-loving and
peace-seeking nations, wisdom and prudence re-
quire that we have in our hands adequate means
of defense. To that end, in the face of common
danger, our nations are already working to-
gether, in accordance with their firmly estab-
lished practice of free consultation among equals
and of voluntary cooperation with regard to
problems which are of comnum concern to all
of us. It is to examine such of these problems
as are immediately pressing and to seek for
them most effective solutions that the repre-
sentatives of the 21 American republics have
come together at this time.

I should like to consider first the situation
which confronts us in the economic sphere.

The war now in progress has brought with it
a disruption in the channel^ of international
commerce and a curtailment of foreign markets
for the products of the Western Hemisphere.
This has meant to many American nations a
diminution of foreign-exchange resources and
a loss of purchasing power sufficiently serious
to place severe strains on their national econo-
mies. In some cases, stagnant surpluses of com-
modities, the exportation of which is essential
to the economic life of the countries concerned,
have accumulated and continue to accumulate.
Their existence is a matter of present and
future concern to farmery, workers, business-

men, and governments throughout the conti-
nental area.

We must assume that these difficulties will
continue certainly as long as the war exists.
We must anticipate that these problems, and
possibly others, will continue for some time
after the war ends.

If the standards of living of the American
peoples are to be maintained at levels already
achieved, and particularly if they are to be
raised in accordance with the legitimate aspira-
tions of these peoples, production and distribu-
tion must expand, not only in this hemisphere,,
but throughout the world. This same condition
is essential to the well-being of all other areas.
For no nation or group of nations can hope to
become or to remain prosperous when growing
poverty stalks the rest of the earth.

Under existing conditions, the problem is
singularly pressing. Though war now is in
progress, we must contemplate its eventual
end. At that time, perhaps 80 millions of
people in Europe, and many millions in other
parts of the world, who have been entirely
engaged in war-work, must find a new place
for themselves in the economics of peace. At
the same time, it is to be assumed that, once
the pressures of war are ended, there will be
a general demand that reasonable conditions
of life may be restored. To effect this transi-
tion, and to supply the world with what it then
needs, will necessitate a great increase in pro-
duction, distribution, and exchange of goods.
Failure to achieve this can only mean that the
tragedy of war would be followed by the still
greater horror of disintegration in great areas.

It is plain that international commerce is
indispensable if economic rehabilitation is to
be achieved. It is also plain that the only
available means of doing this is to resume, as
soon as circumstances permit, the normal cur-
rents of world trade. I have no doubt that
the American republics are ready and indeed
anxious to do their part in bringing this about ;
though the extent to which we can thus play
our part must depend materially on the eco-
nomic methods and policies pursued by other
countries.

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We are confronted with two opposite trading
methods. Oi^en trade, freed as rapidly as may
be practicable from the obstruction and regi-
mentation of excessive restrictions, can accom-
plish the necessary task. Prosperity for the
American republics or for any part of the world
cannot be achieved — even the necessities of the
war-torn areas of the earth cannot be met — by
regimented or restricted trade, especially di-
rected under a policy of national or regional
autarchy. We recognize the need for a transi-
tion period; but we are convinced that there
can be only one satisfactory permanent policy.

We have long known from experience that
international trade inevitably declines in vol-
ume and usefulness when it is conducted on a
basis of exclusive bilateralism, or is pressed to
unfair advantage, or is used to attempt eco-
nomic domination. Eventually, such methods
destroy the trade and the trader alike. In the
present situation, they are totally unable to pro-
vide that volume and distribution of goods
which alone can save great areas from intense
distress. Only where equal treatment, fair
practices, non-discrimination, and peaceful mo-
tives lie beneath trade, can it develop to the de-
gree needed to rehabilitate a shattered world
and to provide a foundation for further eco-
nomic progress.

Today, in spite of what has occurred in other
parts of the world, the American nations con-
tinue to adhere to liberal trade prmciples and
are applying them in their relations with each
other as fully as the present state of affairs per-
mits. They should be prepared to resiune the
conduct of trade with the entire world on this
basis as rapidly as other nations are willing to
do likewise.

In the meantime, the American nations must
and should do everything in their power to
strengthen their own economic position, to im-
prove further the trade and other economic
relations between and among themselves, and to
devise and apply appropriate means of effective
action to cope with the difficulties, disadvan-
tages, and dangers of the present disturbed and
dislocated world conditions. To accomplish
these purposes, the nations of the Western Hem-

isphere should undertake the fullest measure of
economic cooperation, so designed and so con-
ducted as to serve the best interests of each na-
tion and to bring injury to none.

Progress has already been made toward the
forging of new tools to carry out certain phases
of economic cooperation on an inter-American
basis. The Inter-American Financial and Eco-
nomic Advisory Committee, which was estab-
lished last November pursuant to a resolution
of the Panama Meeting, has proven itself to
be an efficient body for considering and work-
ing out such mechanisms. It has recently
created the Inter-American Development Com-
mission to carry out the work of planning and
promoting the development of new productive
facilities in the American republics. In addi-
tion, it prepared the framework for the estab-
lishment of an Inter-American Bank to foster
cooperation in the spheres of long-term devel-
opment and of money and foreign exchange.
The Government of the United States is taking
steps to implement the Inter-American Bank
Convention and urges that the Governments of
the other American republics give their cooper-
ation so that this important institution may be
placed into operation as rapidly as possible.

Useful as these organizations can be in the
long run, there remains the immediately press-
ing situation confronting the American repub-
lics as a result of the curtailment and changed
character of important foi'eign markets. Fully
realizing that under present disturbed condi-
tions no nation can expect to maintain a normal
economic situation, and in order to meet the
emergencies which confront their nations, the
Governments of the American republics, it is
believed, should give consideration to the
following program of immediate cooperative
action :

1. Strengthening and expansion of the
activities of the Inter-American Financial
and Economic Advisory Committee as an
instrument for continuing consultation with
respect to trade matters, including especially
the situation immediately confronting the
American republics as a result of the curtail-

JULY 27, 1940

ment and changed character of important
foreign markets.

2. Creation of facilities for the temporary
handling and orderly marketing of accumu-
lated surpluses of those commodities which
are of primary importance to the mainte-
nance of the economic life of the American
republics, whenever such action becomes
necessary.

3. Development of commodity agreements
■with a view to assuring equitable terms of
trade for both producers and consumers of
the commodities concerned.

4. Consideration of methods for improv-
ing the standard of living of the peoples of
the Americas, including public-health meas-
ures, nutrition studies, and suitable organi-
zations for the relief distribution of some
part of any surplus commodities.

The Government of the United States of
America has already utilized its existing
agencies to enter into mutually advantageous
cooperative arrangements with a number of
American republics in connection with pro-
grams for the development of their national
economies and by way of assistance to their
central banks in monetary and foreign-exchange
matters.

It is now taking steps which will make pos-
sible the extension of both the volume and
character of the operations of such agencies.
When these steps have been completed, the
Govermnent of the United States of America
will be in a position to expand its cooperative
efforts with other American nations in the fields
of long-term development and of monetary and
exchange matters.

It will also be able to participate in immedi-
ate joint action with other nations of this
hemisphere to meet pressing trade situations
which may arise before the program outlined
has come into operation.

Finally, it wiU be enabled to enter effectively
into the cooperative program as it proceeds,
assisting in the temporary handling and orderly
marketing of the important commodities of
the hemisphere; implementing, on its part, the
commodity agreements which are developed;

and carrying out other operations involving
such export products.

A^liile the proposed measures are being de-
veloped, consideration should be given to the
desirability of a broader system of inter- Ameri-
can cooperative organization in trade matters
to complement inter- American cooperative or-
ganizations in the field of long-term economic
development and of money and foreign ex-
change.

By helping each other, by carrying out with
vigor, determination, and loyalty whatever de-
cisions are reached, the American nations can
build a system of economic defense that will
enable each of them to safeguard itself from the
dangers of economic subordination from abroad
and of economic distress at home. It is no part
of our thought to obstruct in any way logical
and natural trade with Europe or with any
other portion of the woi'ld, but rather to pro-
mote such trade with nations willing to meet us,
in good faith, in a spirit of friendly and peace-
ful purpose, and on a plane of frank and fair
dealing. Against any other kind of dealing,
we naturally will protect ourselves.

The solution of our economic problems alone
is not enough to preserve the peace and security
of this hemisphere. There exist also other jjrob-
lems, which are of an altogether different
character but the solution of which is of no less
importance to our freedom and independence.

I refer to the threat to our security arising
from activities directed from without the hemi-
sphere but which operate within our respective
borders. A new and evil technique has been
invented which seeks by devious methods to cor-
rupt the body politic in order to subject it to
alien purposes. With cynical effrontery, sanc-
tuary within the generous citadels of free
speech and freedom of assembly is demanded by
agents whose masters would obliterate those in-
stitutions and foment instead dissension, preju-
dice, fear, and hatred.

Make no mistake concerning the purposes of
this sinister campaign. It is an attempt to ac-
quire domination of the American republics by

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foreign governments in their own interest. Al-
ready we have seen the tragic results abroad
w^hen governmental structures have been under-
mined and the fabric of established institutions
riddled by the termites of alien propaganda.

We long ago recognized the sources and ex-
tent of this infection and have already taken
some steps to eradicate it. At Lima we declared
that it was incompatible with the sovereignty of
any American republic that persons or groups
within our countries should be controlled by any
outside government for its own purposes. It
is now urgently incumbent upon us to take de-
cisive remedial action to the end that the inde-
pendence and political integrity of each of the
American republics may be fully safeguarded.

To this, no friendly government can legiti-
mately object. The inter- American system
carries no implication of aggression and no
threat to any nation. It is based solely on a
policy of self-defense, designed to preserve the
independence and the integrity of each of the
American nations. It implies no hegemony on
the part of any member of the inter- American
group; but it equally rejects the thesis of he-
gemony by anyone else. It resembles in no way
regional policies recently pursued in other parts
of the world, which pretend to invoke our inter-
American system as precedent. The difference
is that our sole purpose is self-defense, while
these other policies seem instead to be pretexts
for conquest by the sword, for military occupa-
tion, and for complete economic and political
domination of other free and independent
peoples.

Ill

There are other pressing political problems
arising out of the vast changes which have taken
place on the Continent of Europe. The prin-
ciples on which we act with respect to these
problems have been forged by the American re-
publics through years of discussion and practice.
They are applied entirely without discrimina-
tion, solely for the purpose of assuring that the
security of the American hemisphere shall not
be impaired by the repercussions of warfare
elsewhere.

Specifically, there is before us the problem
of the status of European possessions in thi^
hemisphere. These geographic regions have
not heretofore constituted a menace to the
peace of the Americas; their administrations
were established, for the most part, many gen-
erations ago and, in our time, have acted as
congenial neighbors. We have no desire to
absorb these possessions or to extend our sov-
ereignty over them or to include them in any
form of sjjhere of influence.

We could not, however, permit these regions
to become a subject of barter in the settlement
of European differences or a battleground for
the adjustment of such differences. Either sit-
uation could only be regarded as a threat to
the peace and safety of this hemisphere, as
would any indication that they might be used
to promote systems alien to the inter-American
system. Any effort, therefore, to modify the
existing status of these areas — whether by ces-
sion, by transfer, or by any impairment what-
soever in the control heretofore exercised —
would be of profound and immediate concern
to all the American republics.

It is accordingly essential that we consider
a joint approach to this common problem. We
must be in a position to move rapidly and with-
out hesitation.

It has been suggested that out action take
the form of the establishment of a collective
trusteeship, to be exercised in the name of all
of the American republics. The Government
of the United States endorses this suggestion
and is prepared to cooperate, should occasion
arise, in its execution.

The establishment of a collective trusteeship
for any region must not carry with it any
thought of the creation of a special interest by
any American republic. The purpose of a col-
lective trusteeship must be to further the inter-
ests and security of all of the American nations,
as well as the interest of the region in question.
Moreover, as soon as conditions permit, the
region should be restored to its original sover-
eign or be declared independent when able to
establish and maintain stable self-government.

JtTLY 27, 1940

Seldom has a meeting of friendly nations
opened in an atmosphere of more widespread
misconception and more flagrant misrepresen-
tation as to its aims and purposes than has
emanated in recent weeks, from responsible
and irresponsible quarters, in connection with
this meeting.

We have met to consult together regarding
our own pressing problems. We covet nothing
anywhere in the world. We are free from the
spirit of enmity toward any nation. But we
cannot fail to be acutely conscious of the dan-
gers which confront us as a result of present
world conditions and against which we are
taking and intend to take fully adequate meas-
ures of defense. National life itself today im-
poses as an absolute obligation the will to na-
tional defense, should national institutions or
integrity ever be threatened. Achievement of
this requires that we call out anew the endless
energ}', the complete spirit of sacrifice, the iron
will, which characterized the pioneers, the liber-
ators, and the defenders to whom we owe our
present freedom. Let no man say that in the
world of today any nation not willing to de-
fend itself is safe. The fortitude and resolution
of our forefathers won for us our free insti-
tutions. We proudly have inherited them and
proudly are prepared to maintain them.

At the same time, while meeting the impera-
tive needs of emergency conditions we must —
and, I am certain, we will — continue our abiding
faith that what is happening today is but a
temporary interruption in the progress of civili-
zation. Mankind can advance only when human
freedom is secure; when the right of self-gov-
ernment is safeguarded ; when all nations recog-
nize each other's right to conduct its internal
affairs free from outside interference; when
there exist among nations respect for the
pledged word, determination to abstain from
the use of armed force in pursuit of policy, and
willingness to settle controversies by none but
peaceful means; when international economic

relations are based upon mutual benefit, equal-
ity of treatment, and fair-dealing.

In 1937, in an attempt to prevent the impend-
ing catastrophe of a new war, the Government
of the United States addressed a communication
to all nations, reciting these basic principles of
orderly international relations under the rule of
law as the foundation of its foreign policy and
inviting comment thereon. More than 50 na-
tions expressed on that occasion their belief in
the validity of these principles. At Monte-
video, at Buenos Aires, at Lima, at Panama,
the 21 American republics proclaimed their
acceptance.

I am confident that, sooner or later, the entire
world must return to a system of international
relations based on those principles. They are
the only possible foundation stones of an or-
ganized society assured of enduring peace and
of sustained prosperity. The price of their
abandonment is the chaos of international
anarchy and the inexorable impoverishment of
nations and individuals, such as we witness
today in Europe and in Asia.

In a system of cooperative peace such as we
envisage there is no exclusion. Its underlying
principles are universal in their applicability;
they can be accepted by all nations to the bene-
fit of each and all ; they must be accepted by all,
if the light of modern civilization is not to be
extinguished. Any nation which in good faith
accepts and practices them automatically shares
in the vast benefits they confer.

At this time, when these principles and these
ideals are being widelj' challenged, when insti-
tutions based on them are being crushed by force
over large areas of the world, it is doubly es-
sential that our nations keep them alive and re-
dedicate themselves to the cause of their
preservation.

It is in this spirit, and in this spirit alone, that
the Government which I have the honor to
represent approaches the tasks that are before
our present meeting — in complete confidence
that in this vital respect all of the American
nations stand today as united as ever.

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SEVERANCE BY SPAIN OF DIPLO-
MATIC RELATIONS WITH CHILE

The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner
Welles, made the following statement at his
press conference on July 23, 1940 :

"The Chilean Ambassador came yesterday by
instruction of his Government to communicate
to me the declaration made to the Government
of Chile by the Government of Spain and the
reply made by the Government of Chile.^ I

think that the constitutional, democratic, and
elected Government of Chile, with which this
Government maintains the closest and most
friendly relations, is amply capable of making
such public statement in regard to this incident
as may be necessary. I think, however, that I
can add that any attempt on the part of any
foreign government to interfere by direction or
by indirection in the domestic concerns of any
American republic will be unanimously resented
by all of the American peoples."

Europe

BALTIC REPUBLICS

Statement by the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Welles

[Released to the press July 23]

During these past few days the devious
processes whereunder the political independ-
ence and territorial integrity of the three
small Baltic republics — Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania — were to be deliberately annihilated
by one of their more powerful neighbors, have
been rapidly drawing to their conclusion.

From the day when the peoples of these
republics first gained their independent and
democratic form of government the people of
the United States have watched their admir-
able progress in self-goverimient with deep
and sympathetic interest.

The policy of this Government is univer-
sally known. The people of the United States
are opposed to predatory activities no matter

'Not printed herein.

whether they are carried on by the use of force
or by the threat of force. They are likewise
opposed to any form of intervention on the
part of one state, however powerful, in the
domestic concerns of any other sovereign state,
however weak.

These principles constitute the very founda-
tions upon which the existing relationship be-
tween the 21 sovereign republics of the New
World rests.

The United States will continue to stand
by these principles, because of the conviction
of the American people that unless the doc-
trine in which these principles are inherent
once again governs the relations between na-
tions, the rule of reason, of justice, and of
law — in other words, the basis of modern
civilization itself — cannot be preserved.

General

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

Administration of Section 6 of the Act
Entitled, "An Act To Expedite the
Strengthening of the National Defense"
Approved July 2, 1940

BY THE president OF THE UNITED STAINES OF
AMERICA

A Proclamation

Whereas section 6 of the act of Congress
entitled ''An Act To expedite the strengthen-
ing of the national defense," approved July 2,
1940, provides as follows :

"Whenever the President determines that it
is necessary in the interest of national defense
to prohibit or curtail the exportation of any
military equipment or munitions, or compo-
nent parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or ma-
terial or supplies necessary for the manufac-
ture, servicing or operation thereof, he may by
})roclamation prohibit or curtail such exporta-
tion, except under such rules and regulations
as he shall prescribe. Any such proclamation
shall describe the articles or materials included
in the prohibition or curtailment contained
therein. In case of the violation of any pro-
vision of any proclamation, or of any rule or
regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or
violators, upon conviction, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprison-
ment for not more than two years or by both
such fine and imprisonment. The authority
granted in this Act shall terminate June 30,
1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise
provide."

And whereas by my proclamation No. 2413
of July 2, 1940,* entitled "Administration of

'For monthly statistics on the traffic in arms, tin-
plate scrai), etc., see post. pp. 50-60.

'See the BuUetin of July 6, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 54),
pp. 12-13.

Section 6 of the Act Entitled 'An Act To
Expedite the Strengthening of the National
Defense' Approved July 2, 1940," I proclaimed
that upon the recommendation of the Admin-
istrator of Export Control I had determined
that it was necessary in the interest of the
national defense that certain listed articles and
materials should not be exported from the
United States except when authorized in each
case bv^ a license as provided for in the said
proclamation.

Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Koosevelt,
President of the United States of America,
acting under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the said act of Congress, do
herebj' proclaim that upon the recommendation
of the aforesaid Administrator of Export Con-
trol I have determined that it is necessary in
the interest of the national defense that on and
after August 1, 1940, the additional materials
hereinafter listed shall not be exported from
the United States except when authorized in
each case by a license a^ provided for in the
aforesaid proclamation :

1. Petroleum products

2. Tetraethyl lead

3. Iron and steel scrap

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 26th
day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and forty, and of the Independence
of the United States of America
[seal] the one hundred and sixty-fifth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
By the President :
Sumner Welles

Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 2417]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

regtj1.ati0ns governing the exportation of
Aeticles and Materials Designated in the
President's Proclamation of July 2, 1940,
Issued Pursuant to the Provisions of Sec-
tion 6 of the Act of Congress Approved
July 2, 1940

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
provisions of section 6 of the Act of Congress
approved July 2, 1940, entitled "An Act to
expedite the strengthening of the national de-
fense"', I hereby prescribe the following addi-
tional regulations governing the exportation of :

1. Petroleum products

2. Tetraethyl lead

3. Iron and steel scrap

1. As used in my proclamation of July 26,
1940,^ issued pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tion 6 of the Act of Congress approved July 2,
1940, and in these regulations, the following
terms shall be construed as defined herein :

A. Petroleum Products. — (a) Aviation Motor
Fuel, i. e. high octane gasolines, hydro-
carbons, and hydrocarbon mixtures (in-

cluding crude oils) boiling between 75° and
350° F. which with the addition of tetra-
ethyl lead up to a total content of 3 c. c. per
gallon will exceed 87 octane number by the
A. S. T. M. Knock Test Method; or any
material from which by commercial distil-
lation there can be separated more than 3%
of such gasoline, hydrocarbon or hydro-
carbon mixture, (b) Aviation Lubricating
Oil, i. e. any lubricating oil of 95 or more
seconds Saybolt Universal Viscosity at 210°
F. with a viscosity index of 85 or more.

B. Tetraethyl Lead. — Pure tetraethyl lead,
etliyl fluid, or any mixture containing more
than 3 c. c. of tetraethyl lead per gallon.

C. Iron and Steel Scrap. — Number 1 heavy
melting scrap.

2. Regulations Nos. 2 to 12, inclusive, of the
regulations issued on July 2, 1940, pursuant to
the Act of July 2, 1940, are applicable to the
exportation of aviation motor fuel, tetraethyl
lead, and aviation lubricating oil.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The White House
Jvly 26, Wlfi.

MONTHLY STATISTICS

[Released to the press July 22]

Note: The figures relating to arms, the licenses for
the export of which were revoked before they were
used, have been subtracted from the figures appear-
ing in the cumulative column of the table below in
regard to arms-export licenses issued. These latter
figures are therefore net figures. They are not yet
final and definitive since licenses may be amended or
revoked at any time before being used. They are,
however, accurate as of the date of this press release.

The statistics of actual exports in these releases are
believed to be substantially complete. It is possible,
however, that some shipments are not included. If
this proves to be the fact, statistics in regard to such
shipments will be included in the cumulative figures
in later releases.

In certain cases shipments of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war included in the tabulation of ex-
ports were not, in fact, shipped to the country in-
dicated in the table. By reason of lack of accurate
information it has been found impossible to correct in
all cases the tabulation of exports to take into account
the diversion of some shipments licensed for exporta-
tion to certain countries when the governments of
those countries, due to conditions resulting from the
European war, decided, after exportation had taken
place, to divert the shipments to other destinations.

' Supra.

' For text of the proclamation of July 2, 1940. for the
control of exportation of certain munitions, materials,
and machinery essential to national defense, see the
Bulletin of July 6, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 51), pp. 12-13.
For text of the proclamation of July 26, 1910, specifying
additional materials, see ante, p. 49.

JULY 27, 1940

Arms-Export Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of destination of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war li-
censed for export by the Secretary of State dur-
ing the year 1940 up to and including the month
of June :

Country o( destination

Category

Value of export licenses
isiiued

June 1940

6 months end-

ine June 30,

1940

Albania

(1)
(I

(2)

$67.00

Angola - - .. .. .-..

24.00

3,200.00
605.00

Total

3,729.00

IV
V

VII

(2)
4)
(6)
(2)
(1)

\!^

(1)

(2)

Argentina ..... .......

23,211.60

$S,24S.00

6,415.00
2,300.00

5 141 84

4, 212 OO

3,761.00
3, 625. 00
3,250.00
2,500.00

6,481.00

34,025.00

165, 232. 71

40,937.50

10.00

23, 952. 00

87,961.51

Total

42,333.00

361. 92a 06

(1)
(4)

(2)
(3)
(1)

Australia

446.53

39.14

458.08
1, 509. 520. 00

13.680.00

13, 680. 00
271.55

509 00

8, 348 00

251.074.00

844. 746. 10
1, 409. 705. 00

18, 274. 88

Total

2M, 793. 14

3,805 959.12

(1)

(4)
(2)

136.00

nplgian Congo

17.29

1.87

19.16

ra
rv

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

217.00

103, 200, 00

28, 779. 00

2, 292, 000. 00

69.00

20, 745. 00

243, 957. 00

419,400.00

Total

3, 108, 367. 00

(4)
(1)

16.00

4,000.00

8,000.00

Total

4,000.00

8, 016. 00

(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)

\f^
(2)

Bolivia . . .

1. 161. 00

1, 285. 00

6,500.00

64.60

45,3*1.00

751. 36
1.50

1,953.68
1.50

Total.

762.86

66,349.78

Country of destination

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

June 1940

6 months end-
ing Jur.e 30,
1940

Braiil

IV
V

(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(!)
(2)
(3)

$224.00

$829.00

6,438 00

1,472.00

5,570.00
978, 200. 00

493.00
108.14

290. 400. 00
13.750.60

100,122.00

6, 812. 75

19, 836. 14

345,153.00

103, 105, 06

239,009.50

Total-

406, 569. 74

1,703,963.46

IV
V

(2)

6.82

2,500.00
317 68

Total. . ..

2,824.50

VII

[J]

British Honduras

129.20

108 30

Total

237.60

I
rv

(4)

(4)
(1)
(2)

British North Borneo

2.43

73.02

472.00

43 22

Total

588 2i

I
in

IV
V

VI
VII

(1)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
2)
U)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Canada

10,779.87

38.605.47

3, 889. 41

30. 306. 36

39. 205. 47
133. 812. 35
90,000 00

24.600.00

16,481,500.00
3,791 00

6.013.72

49. 703. 72

772. 055. 57

1,289.027.84

1, 002, 398. 00

9, 639. 40

60,553.81

1,048,876.57

1,489,443.78

1,656,181.85

36 000.00

31.433.08
7.019.00

87,031.41
40. 751. 75

Total

3,234,425.68

20, 196, 993. 75

IV
V

(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
CD
(2)

Chile

2, 970. 00

338.00

5, 460 00

47 365 00

372.26

6, 484. 26
3 500 00

3. 272. 50

29,732.00

16.00

3.382.50

30, 535. 00

15.00

12 607 15

Total

33,391.76

111,646.91

I
m

(2)

P^
(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

China

3,210.00

352. 440. 00

2, 529, 106. 22

97, 277. 94

...

178.60

6.00

94,600.00

2, 222, 676. 44

2, 196, 955. 35

346,370.56

1,018.225.56
361,000.00

Total ...

349.580.66

8, 872, 465. 11

I
rv

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
C2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

21.38

10.90

46.00

4.90

225,500.00

300.00

9,100.00

21.38

55.90

1,757.90

416. 66

333, 750. OO

1, 492. 00

43,995.00

1, 027. 31

1,965 00

Total

234,983.18

384, 481. 15

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,
1940

I
IV

V
VII

(4)
(1)
C2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

$4.00

137. 30

16.25

$25,000.00

25,000.00
2, 967. 62

13, 104. 70

164. 20

1, 646. 26

Total.-

25, 164. 20

42. 876. 13

IV
V

VII

(2)
(4)

^1)
(2)

(1)
(2)
(3)

(2)

70.00

43.00

2,428.00

980.00

70.00

489. 00
2. 445. 50
7,731.00
1, 700. 00

2, 700. 00

2, 000. 00

2,267.62

2, 961. 80
751.00

6, 778. 62

20, 848. 30

IV
V

VII

(2)
(1)
(2)
3)
(2)

6.00

307, 425. 00

1, 798. 76

18, 700. 00

67,960.00
17.50

Total

18,700.00

367, 197. 26

V
VII

(3)

(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)

2, 040. 00

357. 00

615. 00

600. 00

iro.oo

1,501.80

Total -

170. 00

2, 973. 80

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

4172

169. 72

201.00

123. 00

3.636.00

18, 483. 00
226. 00

900. 00

Total

3,680.72

20, 102. 72

(2)
(3)

\^
(2)
(1)
(2)

Egypt

837.60

837. 50

3, 310. 00

1, 664. 00

1, 680. 21
388. 00

752. 31

16, 993. 00

60.00

Total

2. 491. 60

24, 021. 02

V
VII

(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(2)

El Salvador

52.00

1. 091. 00

18, 200. 00

76.00

6. 436. 00

375. 00

3, 400. 00

8, 350. 00

Total

3. 400. 00

34, 680. 00

(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Finland

17, 676. 00

19, 660. 00

638, 569. 60

3, 806. 493. 89

951. 50

22, 334. 25

60, 000. 00

620,000.00

Total -

77, 675. 00

4,908,009.24

I
m

(1)
(2)
C3)
(4)
(5)

201, 150. 00
4, 259, 380. 71
1, 658, 124. 00
6, 903, 273. 00

909. 000. 00

2, 940. 000. 00

4, 600. 00

201,488.00

4,887,420.71

1, 700, 195. 00

7,321,998.50

909. 000 00

35, 83.5. 933. 00

10. 337. 00

30.00

i2,250.60

741, 065. 00

Country of destination

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

June 1940

6 months end-
ing Junp 30,
1940

France— Continued.

V
VII

(1)

(2)
(3)

(1)

(2)

$184. 000, 00

11,674,178,34

368, 470, 00

2.00

$730. 000. 00

13, 723, 180. 85

4, 905, 514. 00

2.00

56. 693. 00

Total

29, 114, 328. 05

'■71. 022, 767. 06

I
IV

(1)

(4)

(1)

(2)

78.60

61.00

3, 836. 00

11.00

Total

3. 976. 60

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)

III (1)
C2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (I)
(2)
(3)

VII (I)
(2)

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

6. l.'i,^370 00
14, ,'i83, 707. 19

2. 919. 124. 52

18, 479. 099 10

212. 600. 70

16, 373, 713. 86

5. 155, 370. 00

15,121.415.94

3,088,624.52

27, 029, 221. 90

213. 301. 60

71, 766. 613. 85

36. 000. 00

1,028,946 86
1, 979, 575. 06

1, 075, 666, 36

1,970.675 06

8, 000, 00

623, 5f;0 29

188, 944. 60

7, 882. 880. 94

1, 640, 615. 00

1, 147. 957. 54
906. 666 20

8. 838. 798. 94

2, 040, 615. 00

Total

70,968,038.11

138. 407, 826. 91

(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)

Greece

150. 00

60.00

90, 900. 00

21.00

Total--- -

91,121.00

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

1,016.48

678. 30

6, 674. 65

1, 731. 67

Total -

10, 000. 00

IV
VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Guatemala

186.00

1, 340. OO

226. 80

3, 064. 00

Total

4,816.80

V
VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)

Haiti

1,090.00

1, 366. 06

23.00

7,000.00

24.30

Total

1, 090. 00

8, 412. 36

V
VII

(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(2)

Honduras

106. 00

432. 00

388. 00

661.00

1, 528. 00
4, 238. 00

131.00

Total

798. 00

6, 717. 00

IV
V

0)
(4)

(2)
(2)
(3)
(2)

2,017.75

1, 123. 10

7, 363. 00

67.75

13, 370. 00

21, 332. 00
16, 500. 00

120. 00

Total

13, 370. 00

48, 623. 60

" The apparent discrepancy between the values reported for the arms,
ammunition, and implements of war authorized to be exported to France
during the period Jan. 1-June 30, 1940. and the corresponding figures for
the period Jan. 1-Mav 31. 1940. published in the press release issued on
June 17, 1940 (see the Bulletin of June 22. 1940. vol. 2, no. 52, page 691), is
due to the large number of lif^enpcs authorizing the exportation of arms,
ammunition, and implomenis of war to France which were canceled
during June at the request of the licensees.

JULY 27, 1940

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination Category -

6
June 1940

months end-
ing June 30,
1940

rv (1) .

(2) .
VII (2)

$1,920.00

94.00

7,890.00

763. 00

$65.00

65.00

Totnl

65.00

10, 732. 00

I (1) '
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VI (2

VII (2)

456.60

1,919.20

224. 75

98.26

47.000.00

84.40

2,442.49

6. 245. 06
3, 540. 64
780. 55
67, 500. 00
1,496.40
1,000.00

180.00

882 00
65.00

Total

49,963.11

83.952.14

Iran

V (1)
in (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

112,000.00

112.000.00

Iraq

27, 165. 00

116,823.00

3, 270 60

21,221.00

Total

141,314.60

Italy

V (2)

rv (1)

(2)

13, 610. 00

123 00

41.45

Total

164.45

I (1)

rv h)

107.00
133.00
102 00
46.00

107 OO

23.V0O
198 00
191.00

Total

3S8.00

731.00

Leeward Islands

vn (2)

I (2)
I (4)

I (1)

(5)

rv (1)

(2)

V h)

(2)

(3)

VI (2)

VU (1)

(2)

162.45

Macau

555.00

Mauritius

137.00

108.85

112.50

6, 970. 00

10,84S 00
;12 00

1,600.00

1,358.00

23,375.00

362,782.40

7. \0X 00

37,255.00

112.50

1,770.25
2,850.00

8,040.25
32. 762. 00

Total..

36,823.25

459,336.50

I (1)

(4)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

116.00

154.61

282, 000. 00

3,224.00

15, 464. 00
46. 620. 00

Total

3,224.00

344.354.61

. I (2)

(4)

(5)

V (2)

(3)

12,866.00

47.50

155. 00

20,411.43

63,300.00

96,779.93

. I (2)

(4)

(5)

ra (1)

rv (1)

(2)

72,050.00

658. 74

825,000.00

920, 200. OO
. 1,472,250.10

4,912.00
,,^98.00

50, 694. 90
711.00

rategory -

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination <

6 months end-
June 1940 ing June 30,
1940

Netherlands Indies— Contd.

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

$417,106.12

$4,685.00

154,698.00
213, 510. 7«

338.80

Total

835,033.80

3, 302, 218. 48

New Caledonia

I (4) "

I (I)
(4)

rv (1)

(2)

923.82

118.50

13.00

1, 250. 00

164. 90

95.24

1,913.50

195. 90

Total

1,427.90

2, 323. 14

New Guinea, Territory of

rv (2)

V (2)

17.25

1,250.00

1, 250. 00

Total

1,250.00

1, 267. 25

in (1)

IV h

V (2)
(3)

vn (1)

1,916,870.00

202.00

158, 017. 00
127, 840. 00

159, 617. 00

130, 230 00

6, 125. 00

Total

285, 857. 00

2, 213, 044. 00

V (2)
(3)

vn (1)

480.00

870. 00

1, 292. 00

Total

2, 642. 00

I (4)

rv (1)
I m

(2)
(4)

in (1)

(2)

rv (1)

(2)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

21.00

25.50

70.00

450.00

36, 645. 00

712, 000. 00

280.00

222.00

121.00

2,200.00

39, 604. 00

1, 515. 00

Total.-

793,007.00

Palestine

V (3)

I (1)
(2)
(4)

rv (1)

(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

400.00

12,500.00

3,900.00

4,500.00

6,600.00
8,792.00

1,207.00

2,866.00

2,866.00
74.00

580.00

2,2.S7.60

Total -

7,366.00

38,776.60

I (4)

rv (2)

28.3.00

1,876.70

9, 705. 70

Total

1, 876. 70

9, 988. 70

Pera . .

rv (1)

(2)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

vn (1)

(2)

7, 276. 00
240.00

7,361.00

240.00
393, 138. 50

1,526.00
12, 019. 00

5, 761. 00

62,209.00

1,000.00

1, 130. 50

Total

21,091.00

470,840.00

. I (1)

(4)

IV ca

61.80

44.00

80.00

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BITLLETIN

Country of destination

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,
1940

Portugal — Continued.

V
VII

(1)

(2
(.3)
(1)

$4, 300. 00

$16,650.00

60. 699, 94
33, 125.00

841. 76

Total

16,650.00

99, 142. 50

V
V
I

(2)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)

PilTTiftnij^

2, 500. 00

760.00

760. 00

180. 00

227. 60

69.00

333. 00
82.00

Total

69.00

822. 50

(1)

(2)
(4)
(2)

9.12

Surinam

11,644.50

11, 644 50

1.64

2.47

Total

11, 644. 60

11, 648. 61

I
in

IV
V

(2)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(2)

Sweden

108, 000. 00

128. 047. 00

4. 000. 00

269, 640. 00
6, 226. 90

503, 265. 00

486, Oil. 20

3, 334, 380. 00

Total

275, 866. 90

4, 663, 703. 20

I
m

(1)

(1)
0)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)

20,00

Thailand-

16, 750. 00

449, 280. 00

1, 543. 84

1, 121. 93

14,861,89
5. 300. 00

15. 953. 84

156. 000. 00

Total

17, 871. 93

659. 689. 67

V
VII

fl)
(2)
(3)
(1)

Trinidad

153. 00

294.00

12,625.00
852.00

18, 625. 00
852. 00

Total

13, 630. 00

19, 924. 00

in
rv

(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Turkey -. --

5,610.00
33.00

6.20

116, 760. 00

Total

121,409 20

IV
V

VII

(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

49.20
272. 00

308, 00

620. 93
173, 600. 00

189, 757. 70

69.00

1,614.608,00

21.384.00

248, 000. 00

66.00

1,624,161.00

42, 641. 83

264,000.00

1,56. 00

40, 228. 00

Total

1,884,372.20

2, 326, 439. 46

IV
V

(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Uruguay

260. 00

345.00
1,068.00

1, 622. 00
6, 378. 00
8, 600. 00

100. 40

Total

1, 413, 00

16, 860. 40

I
ni

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)

91 20

226.00

42 55

40,850.00

163,970.00

Country of destination

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,
1940

Venezuela— Continued.

V
VII

(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

$162. 00

$4,814.00
191.45

93, 060, 00

22, 497, 66

36, 660. 00

1,696.35

42. 809. 00

92, 270. 00

7. 496. 27

19.277.40

Total . ,

101,845.35

424 246.87

(2)

(2)
(3)

27.07

9,411.75

30, 780. 00

Total

40, 191. 75

108,486,019.73

270,060.420.24

During the month of June, 513 arms-export
licenses were issued, making a total of 2,224
such licenses issued during the current year.

Akms Exported

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of destination of
the arms, ammunition, and implements of war
exported during the year 1940, up to and in-
cluding the month of June under export li-
censes issued by the Secretary of State:

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

6 months

ending June

30, 1940

I (4)

V (1)

(2)

$24. 00

$3,200.00

3,200.00
495. 00

Total...

3,200.00

3,719.00

I (2)
(4)
(5)

rv (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(3)

Argentina

23 211.60

240. 00

2,418.00

3,610.00

4. 252. 00
2, 743. 00

23, 800. 00

24. 678. 00
15. 137. 50

52, 992, 48

255, 653. 50

10.00

1.98

41.61

Total

43,427.48

365, 261, 99

I (1)
(4)

in (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

816.63

20.26

418,94
7, 806, 135. 00

136.55

509. 00

13. 296. 00

26, 145. 00
58, 500. 00

249. 297, 00

468. 621, 00

18. 274, 86

Total..

84, 665. 26

8, 667, 604, 88

JXJLY 27, 1940

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

months end-
ing June 30,
1940

Bahrein Islands

rv (1)

$136.00

I (4)
IV (2)

17.29

1.87

19.16

I (1)
(2)
(4)

III (1)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
<3)

217.00

$32,250.00
2S, 598. 00
687,600.00

49. 460. 00

28.809.79

1,146,000.00

69.00

344.66'

20, 745. 00

6, 807. 00

119,997.00

Total

748,792.00

1,371,094.79

I (1)

(4)

V (1)

48,00

16. IK)

4,000.00

Total

4,004.00

Bolivia

I (4)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

97.00
240.00

1,161.00

1,285.00
19,000.00

1,041.69

58,741.00

578.00
1.50

1.528.00
1.60

Total

916.50

82, 768. 19

I (1)
(2)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

224.00

829.00

6,438.00

3,407.00

8,181.00
349, 750. 00

96.06'

152,41500

2,547.68

16,044.00

6,962.75

2U. U72. 00

294, 970. IX)

71. 2.58. 43

135, 095. 75

2.00

Total

174, 727. 68

891,664.93

IV (2)
VU (1)

6.82
317.63

6.82

317.68

Total.--

324.50

324.60

IV (1)
(2)

VU CI)
(2)

15.00

laoo

129.20

10S.30

Total -

270.60

I (1)
(4)

IV CI)
(2)

90.00

169. 02

472.00

49.22

Total

780.24

Canada.

1 (1)
(2)
C4)
(5)

III CD
(2)

IV (1)
(21

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VI (2)
VU (1)

C2)

7,181.60

20. 816. 74

10.00

34, 043. 95

95. 936. 92
94. 500. 00

206,000.00

17,670.85

1, 36S. 62

244.46

470, 572. 07

20, 485. 24

31, 252. 40

2. 620, 466. 00

248.231.31

6.010.22

971.44

740, 334. 57

138. 764. 28

535. 467. 90

36, 000. 00

24, 336. 56
6, 427. 00

77,533.68
69, 307. 35

Total

819. 582. 75

4, 684. 340. 29

Chile

I (4)
(5)

1 386 00

3.025.66

' 6, 300. 00

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

f months end-
ing June 30,
1940

Chile— Continued.

IV CD
C2)

V (1)
C2)
(3)

VII C2)

$12,866.00
79.00

$48,856.00
5, 322. 00
3,500.00

110 00

22, 946. 00

12 607 16

Total -

16.969.00

99, 027. 15

China

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

III CD
(2)

IV CD
(2)

V CD
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

1.344.00

166,472.00

468, 005. 00
850.00

23, 753 00

1,148,6,54. .W

11,374 00

78.00
6.00

268.60

6,649.00

114,600.00

266.889.00

17, 760. 00

334.724.00

342,000.00

93.5,646.00
162, 818. 00
334, 724. 00
342,000.00

Total

1.127,928.00

3. 649, 686. 17

I C4)

IV (D
(2)

V CD
C2)
C3)

VII Cl)
(2)

65.00

1,629.20

1. 793. 76

120,750.00

31.00

9,000.00

233, 350. 00

5, 870. 00

19,230.00

1,027 00

1, 966. 00

Total

129,781.00

264,929.96

Pnfitn Tllra

I («

IV Cl)
C2)

V C2)
C3)

VII CD
(2)

4.00

137 30

16.25

22, 057. 00

200.00
103.20
61.00

27, 376. 00

2,235.26

51.00

Total

354.20

51,876.81

Cuba

I C4)
IH CD

IV CD
C2)

V CD
(2)
C3)

VU CD
(2)

182.00

501.00

43, 350 00

17.60

1,670.00

9, 667. 00
1,700.00

200.00

6.555.00
12 876 00

1,500.00
11.00

4,620.20
7.-1.00

Total

3,463.00

79.937.70

IV (2)

V Cl)
C2)
C3)

VII (2)

6.00

Luravao

103. 975. 00

768.00

32, 750. 00

17.50

137, 516. 60

IV (1)
C2)

V C2)
VU (1)

Dominican Republic

344.00

515.00

600.00

618.80

344.00

2,077.80

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

VU C2)

125.00

226.00

191.00

2,163.00

12,758.00
900.00

Total

2.163.00

14,200.00

I C3)
Cl)

IV CD
(2)

V (2)

Egypt

2, 680. 00

26.21

26.21
3, 519. 00

436. 51

989.31
60.00

Total -

462.72

7, 274. 52

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,

1940

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (2)
VII (2)

$52. 00

149. 00

18, 200. 00

"'"'$3,'466.'6o"

76.00

375. 00

8, 350. 00

Total -- ---

3, 400. 00

27,202.00

I (2)
C3)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (2)

Finland

17,676.00
306,704.00
154,420.89

184, 310. 00

436, 694. 00
1,364,078.89
2, 321, 49fi. 00

18.60

5,386.00

80, 808. 00

193, 969. 00

961.60

93,861.00

1,084,623.00

369, 864. 00

Total ---

7.59,041.39

5, 866, 878. 39

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

III (1)
(2)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

201, 150. 00

4, 409, 520. 71

466, 484. 00

7, 216, 227. 00

499,000.00

11,806,499.00

5, 837. 00

51, 450. 00

201, 228. 00

4,841,072.71

506, 047. 00

7,463,300.60

499, 000. 00

53,364,001.00

20, 845. 00

368,316.00

546, 000. 00

434, 400. 60

2,147,855.00

2.00

66,593.00

3,661,078.50

9,849,886.00

2.00

66,593.00

Total

27, 293, 018. 21

81,377,368.71

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

French Indochina

61.00

3, 836. 00

11.00

Total --

3, 898. 00

I (4)

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

33.83

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland,

1,341,000.00
2,899,481.00

363, 733. 20
3, 818, 769. 80

150, 832. 00
2, 600, 285. 00

126,980.06

1, 341, 000. 00

3,098,761.75

413, 467. 20

4,096,228.80

151,632.90

12,796,886.00

127,112.06

8, 000. 00

186, 514. 00

148, 996. 00

4, 297, 687. 04

836,900.00

1,011, 620. .50

1, 804, 586. 00

4, 301, 065. 04

966, 900. 00

Total . .

16,770,078.10

30, 105 159 26

I (3)
(4)

Greece .-_. ..

160 00

50.00

200 OO

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Greenland. - ..

1,016.48
678. 30

6, 674. 66
1, 731. 57

Total ..-

10,000.00

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

VII (1)
(2)

37.00

12.00

1,59 00

56.00
32.40

1, 336. 00

226 80

3,064 00

Total -

88.40

4, 834. 80

IV (1)

(2)

VII (1)

(2)

Haiti

54. 75
16.00

312 55

23.00
24.30

6.00

Total

70.75

365. 86

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,
1940

I
IV

VII

(4)

(I)

(2)

(1)

(2)
(2)

$180. 00

$303. 00

388. 00

983. 00

1,092.00
100, 000. 00

3,213.00

131.00

301.00

Total

1, 294. 00

105, 387. 00

(1)

(2)

JIous Kone

7,363.00

4,364.00

4, 354. 00

Total

4, 364. 00

11, 717. 00

IV
V

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

1, 920. 00

83.00

7,890.00
763. 00

Total

10, 656. 00

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

944. 53

362.00
161.00
128.00

5, 582. 56

3, 148. 49

1,049.31

20, 600. 00

1, 252. 00

1,000.00

749. 00

Total

631. 00

34, 226. 89

III

(1)

(2)
(1)
(2)

694, 963. 00

6, 693. 00

27, 166. 00
94.37

26.85

Total

6, 693. 00

722, 248. 22

V
IV

(1)

(1)
(2)

Ireland

116, 823. 00

Jamaica

346.00

27.60

Total. .-

373. 50

(2)

(1)

(3)

(1)
(4)

4, 143. 00

102. 00

18, 077. 00

261. 46

48.00

337. 28

Total

48.00

688. 73

I
rv

VI
VII

(1)
(5)
(1)
(2)

^»
(2)

(3)

(2)

(1)

(2)

Mexico. .

66. 00

112.60

638. 00

212, 00

61, 600. 00

206. 00

4,600.00

4, 878. 00

212. 00

326, 840. 00

2, 759. 00

11, .380. 00

112,60

724. 50
2,832.00

14, 842. 26
28,901.00

Total

60,612.60

390, 093. 25

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)

Mozambiciue---

116.00

154. 61

282,000.00

3, 224. 00

116.00

164. 61

282, 000. 00

3,224.00

Total

285, 494. 61

285,494.61

I
III

(2)
(4)
(6)
(2)
(1)

Netherlands ._.

26,663.00
47.60

165. 00

9, 674. 00

107, 740. 00

163, 472. 50

187, 137. 50

Total...

494, 879. 60

JULY 27, 1940

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

B months end-
ing June 30,
1940

IV
V

(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
0)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

$75, 678. 00

$428.00

1. 247. 77
281,075.00

55, 133. 00
16,200.00

1, 509, 798. 00
15,200.00
35, 782. 40

400.00

1, 135. 17
129, 727. 00

35,285.00

137,708.00
130, 749. 00

138, 000. 00

Total

106,446.00

2, 456. 100. 34

I
I

(4)

(1)

(*)
(i)
(2)

203.00

118.50

13.00

96.24
663.60

4.90

35.90

Total .

17.90

913. 14

(2)
(2)

New Guinea, Territory of -

17. 2S

1,600.00

Total

1, 617. 28

(1)
(2)
(3)
CD

New Zealand

202.00

1.971.18

2; 640. 00

^ 991. 00

10. 704. 18

IV
V

VII

(4)
(2)
(2)
(3)

(1)

1,264.00

4,035.00

480.00
870.00

480.00

870.00

1,292.00

Total

1, 350. 00

7, 941. 00

I
ni

IV
V

(4)

(1)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Nigeria

33.00

Northern Rhodesia

26.60

Norway

70.00

286.00

36. 493. 20

1,354, 114.00

280.00

30.00

137.00

2,200.00

644.00

Total

1, 394, 253. 20

IV
V

VII

(3)

a',
'<^

(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

400.00

Panama.. . .

12, 500. 00

3, 900. 00

4,200.00

8, 769. 00

1, 207. 00

1, 441. 13

74.00

647.00

730.00

2, 915. 60

Total

13, 230. 00

35, 653. 73

(4)
(2)

283.00

1, 860. 00

6, 894. 00

Total

1,860.00

7, 177. 00

IV
V

(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

Peru

85.00

387. 810. 00

350.00

14, 696. 00
50,568.00

1,000.00

1, 131. 00

Total.

350.00

455, 290. 00

Category

Value of actual eiports

Country of destination

June 1940

B months end-
ing June 30,
1940

I (1)

(4)

in (1)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)

vn (1)

$51. 80

44.00

$147, 500. 00

447, 500. 00
80.00

4, 663. 00

369.00

355. 76

Total

147, 600. 00

453, 063. 56

V (2)

I (1)
C2)
(4)

rv (1)

(2)

Rnmnntn

600.00

180.00

227.50

264.00

82.00

60.62

Total

814. 02

I (I)

I (2)

(4)

IV (2)

vn (1)

9.12

Surinam ,

11,644.60

11,644.50

1.64

2.47

193.80

Total

11,644.50

11, S42. 41

I (2)

(4)

ni (1)

(2)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

108.000.00

6, 125. 00

l,036,2.'i0.00

4,000.00

22,250.00

6.5, 307. 00

3,724.925.00

4.000.00

44.501.00

65. 000. 00

28,374.00
138.316.00

215. 346. 95
247. 267. 00

Total

1, 236, 315. 00

4,474,316.95

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

Thailand

17.65

1.93

1,513.93

15,307.89
6,300.00

2,637.00

193, 120. 00

Total

1,513.93

216, 384. 47

rv (2)

V (2)
(3)

vn (1)

18.00

3,094.00

12,615.00
852.00

18.625.00
852.00

Total

13, 477. 00

22,589.00

I (2)
(5)

in (J)

(2)

rv (1)

(2)

V (2)

(3)

Turkey

148, 135. 00

158, 750. OO

1,191.084.00

17. 070. 00

14. 236. 00

1.306.20

104. 875. 10

70. 344. 00

Total

1, 705. 800. 30

I (1)

(4)

m (1)
rv (1)

(2)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

vn (I)

(2)

Union of South Africa

111.00

36.18

173.06
173, 600. 00

567. 70

7.00

8. 103. 00

7,155.93

10, 653. 89
6,000.00

156. 00

40, 064. 00

Total

7,192.11

239. 426. 65

V (3)
I (4)

rv (1)

(2)

Union of Soviet Socialist Re-

120, 512. 00

publics.

Uruguay . .

68.00
345.00
428.00

299.00

1. 522. 00

2, 569. 00

DEPAETMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Catrgory

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

June 1940

6 months end-
ing June 30,
1940

Uruguay— Continued.

(1)

(2)

$2, 000. 00

$5, 949. DO
80.00

Total

2,841.00

10, 419. 00

III

(1)
C2)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

61.40

246.00

39.00

28, 000. 00

250. 76

3, 143. 00
191.45

12, 923. 00
2, 035. 00

28, 800. 00
1, 746. 23

27. 823. 00
24, 884. 00
78, 131. 00
9, 192. 32
15, 890. 40

Total

45, 764. 98

187,601.57

(1)
(2)
(3)

63, 000. 00

23, 315. 00

31, 080. 00

Total

117,395.00

49, 929, 619. 47

151,679,128.97

Arms-Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of origin of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war
licensed for import by the Secretary of State
during the month of June 1940:

Country of origin

Category

Value

Total

Brazil --

V (2)
I (1)

(2)
(4)

V (2)

V (1)
I (2)

(4)
III (2)
I (3)

(4)
III (2)
I (4)

V (2)
(3)

$9, 800. 00

45. 00

1, 000. 00

9.00

60.00

100, 000. 00

6, 000. 00

1, 005. 30

697. 00

1, 044, 52

1,494.00

1.00

16.00

200.00

1, 500. 00

$9, 800. DO

1,101.00
100, 000. 00

France

Great Britain

[ 7, 702. 30

2, 639. 62
16.00

} 1, 700. 00

Total

122,860.82

During the month of June, 19 import licenses
were issued, making a total of 107 such licenses
issued during the current year.

Categories of Arms, Ammunition, and
Implements of War

The categories of arms, ammunition, and im-
plements of war in the appropriate column
of the tables printed above are the categories
into which those articles were divided in the
President's proclamation of May 1, 1937, enu-
merating the articles which would be consid-
ered a^ arms, ammunition, and implements of
war for the purposes of section 5 of the joint
resolution of May 1, 1937, as follows:

Category I

(1) Rifles and carbines using ammunition in
excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those
weapons ;

(2) Machine guns, automatic or autoloading
rifles, and machine pistols using ammunition in
excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those
weapons;

(3) Guns, howitzers, and mortars of all cali-
bers, their mountings and barrels ;

(4) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for
the arms enumerated under (1) and (2) above,
and cartridge cases or bullets for such ammuni-
tion; filled and unfilled projectiles for tlie arms
enumerated under (3) above;

(5) Grenades, bombs, torpedoes, mines and
depth charges, filled or unfilled, and apparatus
for their use or discharge;

(6) Tanks, military armored vehicles, and
armored trains.

Category II

Vessels of war of all kinds, including aircraft
carriers and submarines, and armor plate for
such vessels.

Category III

(1) Aircraft, unassembled, assembled, or
dismantled, both heavier and lighter than air,
which are designed, adapted, and intended for
aerial combat by the use of machine guns or of
artillery or for the carrying and dropping of
bombs, or which are equipped with, or which
by reason of design or construction are pre-
pared for any of the appliances referred to in
paragraph (2) below;

(2) Aerial gun mounts and frames, bomb
racks, torpedo carriers, and bomb oi' torpedo
release mechanisms.

JULY 27, 1940

Categary IV

(1) Revolvers and automatic pistols using
anununition in excess of caliber .22 ;

(2) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for
the arms enumerated under (1) above, and
cartridge cases or bullets for such ammunition.

Categoiy V

(1) Aircraft, unassembled, assembled or dis-
mantled both heavier and lighter than air,
other than those included in Category III;

(2) Propellers or air screws, fuselages, hulls,
wings, tail units, and under-carriage units;

(3) Aircraft engines, unassembled, assem-
bled, or dismantled.

Category VI

(1) Livens projectors and flame throwers;

(2) a. Mustard gas (dichlorcthyl sulphide);

b. Lewisite {chlorvinyklichlorai-sine and

dichlordivinylchlorarsine) ;

c. Methyldichlorarsine;

d. Diphenylchlorarsine;

e. Diphenylcyanarsine;

f. Diphenylamincchlorarsine;

g. Phenyldichlorarsine;
h. Ethyldichlorarsine;

i. Phcnyldibromarsinc;

j. Ethyidibromarsine;

k. Phosgene;

1. Monoclilormethylchlorformate ;

m. Trichlormethylclilorformate (diphos-

gene);
n. Dichlordimethjd Ether;
o. Dibromdimethj'l Ether;
p. Cyanogen Chloride;
q. Ethylbromacetate;
r. Ethyliodoacetate;
s. Brombenzylcyanide;
t. Bromacetone;
u. Brommethylethyl ketone.

Category VII

(1) Propellant powders;

(2) High explosives as follows:

a. Nitrocellulose having a nitrogen con-

tent of more than 12%;

b. Trinitrotoluene;

c. Trinitroxylene;

d. Tetryl (trinitrophenol methyl nitra-

mine or tetranitro methylaniline) ;

e. Picric acid;

f. Ammonium picrate;

g. Trinitroanisol ;

h. Trinitronaphthalcne;

i. Tetranitronaphthalene;

j. Hexanitrodiphenylamine;

k. Pentaerythritetetrauitrate (Penthrite

or Pen trite);
1. Trimethylenetrinitramine (Hexogen or

T4);

m. Potassium nitrate powders (black
saltpeter powder);

n. Sodium nitrate powders (black soda
powder) ;

o. Amatol (mixture of ammonium nitrate
and trinitrotoluene);

p. Ammonal (mixture of ammonium ni-
trate, trinitrotoluene, and pow-
dered aluminum, with or without
other ingredients) ;

q. Schneiderite (mixture of ammonium
nitrate and dinitronaphthalene,
with or without other Ingredi-
ents).

Special Statistics in Regard to Abms Exports
TO Cuba

In compliance with article II of the conven-
tion between the United States and Cuba to
suppress smuggling, signed at Habana, March
11, 1926, which reads in part as follows :

"The High Contracting Parties agree that
clearance of shipments of merchandise by water,
air, or land, from any of the ports of either
country to a port of entry of the other country,
shall be denied when such shipment comprises
articles the importation of which is prohibited
or restricted in the country to which such ship-
ment is destined, unless in this last case there
has been a compliance with the requisites de-
manded by the laws of both countries."

and in compliance with the laws of Cuba which
restrict the importation of arms, ammunition,
and implements of war of all kinds by requiring
an import permit for each shipment, export
licenses for shipments of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war to Cuba are required for the
articles enumerated below in addition to the
articles enumerated in the President's proclama-
tion of May 1, 1937:

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

(1) Arms and small arms using ammunition
of caliber .22 or less, other than those classed as
toys.

(2) Spare parts of arms and small arms of
all kinds and calibers, other than those classed
as toys, and of guns and machine guns.

(3) Ammunition for the arms and small arms
under (1) above.

(4) Sabers, swords, and military machetes
with cross-guaid hilts.

(5) Explosives as follows : explosive powders
of all kinds for all purposes ; nitrocellulose hav-
ing a nitrogen content of 12 percent or less;
diphenylamine; dynamite of all kinds; nitro-
glycerine; alkaline nitrates (ammonium, potas-
sium, and sodium nitrate); nitric acid; nitro-
benzene (essence or oil of mirbane) ; sulphur;
sulphuric acid ; chlorate of ]:)otash ; and acetones.

(6) Tear gas (CH^COCH^Cl) and other
similar nontoxic gases and apparatus designed
for the storage or projection of such gases.

The table piinted below indicates, in respect
to licenses authorizing the exportation to Cuba
of the articles and commodities listed in the
preceding paragraph, issued by the Secretary
of State during June 1940, the number of
licenses and the value of the articles and com-
modities described in the licenses :

Number of licenses

Section

Value

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

C5)

$925. 00

59.00

8, 350. 50

20, 296. 95

$29. 631. 45

The table printed below indicates the value
of the articles and commodities listed above ex-
ported to Cuba during June 1940 under licenses
issued by the Secretary of State :

(1)

(2)
(3)
(6)

Value

$876. 30

32.00

6, 437. 00

26, 734. 75

Total

$34, 080. 05

Tin-Plate Scrap

The table printed below indicates the number
of licenses issued during the year 1940, up to
and including the month of June, authorizing
the export of tin-plate scrap under the provi-

sions of the act approved February 15, 1936,
and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, to-
gether with the number of tons authorized to be
exported and the value thereof :

Country of destination

June 1940

6 months ending June
30, 1940

Quantity in
long tons

TotBl value

Quantity in
long tons

Total
value

182

$2,977.32

2,966

$56, 457. 70

During the month of June, 4 tin-plate scrap
licenses were issued, making a total of 47 such
licenses issued during the current year.

Heuum

The table printed below gives the essential
information in regard to the licenses issued
during the month of Jime 1940, authorizing
the exportation of helium gas under the pro-
visions of the act approved on September 1,
1937, and the regulations issued pursuant
thereto :

Applicant for license

Purchaser in
foreign country

Country of
destination

Quan-
tity in
cubic
feet

Total
value

Bureau of Srientific
Research of French
Air Ministry.

Bureau of Scien-
tific Research
of French Air
Ministry.

France

90.000

$1,680

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press July 27]

Changes in the Foreign Service' since Jvly
6, 1940:

James Hugh Keeley, Jr., of California,
Consul at Salonika, Greece, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

Thormod O. Klath, of Sioux City, Iowa,
Foreign Service officer, designated Commercial
Attache at Oslo, Norway, has been designated
Commercial Attache at Bern, Switzerland.

JULY 27, 1940

Jesse F. Van Wickel, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Foreign Service officer, designated Commercial
Attache at The Hague, Netherlands, has been
assigned as Consul at Batavia, Java, Nether-
lands Indies.

Miss Frances E. Willis, of Redlands, Calif.,
Second Secretary of Embassy at Brussels, Bel-
gium, has been designated Second Secretary
of Embassy and Consul at Madrid, Spain.

Thomas J. Mnleady, of Fall River, Mass.,
Second Secretary of Embassy and Consul at
Bogota, Colombia, has been designated Second
Secretary of Embassy at Caracas, Venezuela.

Paul S. Guinn, of Pennsylvania, Foreign
Service officer, designated Assistant Commer-
cial Attache at Brussels, Belgium, has been
assigned as Consul at Vienna, Germany.

James C. H. Bonbright, of Rochester, N. Y.,
Second Secretary of Embassy at Brussels, Bel-
gium, has been designated Second Secretary of
Legation at Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Robert Janz, of Norman, Okla., now serving
in the Department of State, has been assigned
as Consul at Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Donald D. Edgar, of Metuchen, N. J., Con-
sul at Geneva, Switzerland, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

John J. IMacdonald, of St. Louis, Mo., Third
Secretary of Embassy at Nanking, China, has
been designated Second Secretary of Embassy
at Nanking, China.

Guy W. Ray, of Wilsonville, Ala., Vice Con-
sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

Howard Elting, Jr., of Chicago, 111., Third
Secretary of Legation at The Hague, Neth-
erlands, has been assigned as Vice Consul at
Geneva, Switzerland.

The assignment of Boies C. Hart, Jr., of
Mystic, Conn., as Vice Consul at Genoa, Italy,
has been canceled. Mr. Hart has now been
assigned as Vice Consul at Shanghai, China.

John Hubner, II, of Baltimore, Md., Vice
Consul at Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been assigned
as Vice Consul at Florianopolis, Brazil.

Wallace W. Stuart, of Greeneville, Tenn.,
Vice Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,
has been assigned as Vice Consul at Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico.

The assignment of William O. Boswell, of
New Florence, Pa., as Vice Consul at Vienna,
Germany, has been canceled. Mr. Boswell has
now been assigned as Vice Consul at George-
town, British Guiana, where an American Con-
sulate will be established.

Shiras Morris, Jr., of Hartford, Conn., Vice
Consul at Montevideo, Uruguay, has been des-
ignated Third Secretary of Legation at Monte-
video and will serve in dual capacity.

Hector C. Adam, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., Vice
Consul at Montevideo, Uruguay, has been desig-
nated Third Secretary of Legation at Monte-
video and will serve in dual capacity.

V. Harwood Blocker, of Hondo, Tex., Vice
Consul at Mexico City, Mexico, has been ap-
pointed Vice Consul at Martinique, French
West Indies, where an American Consulate will
be established.

Compiled in the Treaty Division

POSTAL

Universal Postal Convention of 1939

Costa Rica

The American Minister to Costa Rica re-
ported by a despatcli dated July 11, 1940, that
the Diario Ojicial for July 6, 1940, publishes
a decree whereby the Government of Costa
Rica approves the Universal Postal Convention
and annexes, the Parcel Post Arrangement and
annexes, and the Money Order Arrangement
and annexes, all signed at Buenos Aires on May
23, 1939.

Japan

The American Ambassador to Japan reported
by a despatch dated June 19, 1940, that the
Official Gazette for June 15, 1940, publishes the
ratification by Japan of the following acts
signed at Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939:

Universal Postal Convention, with final pro-
tocol, provisions relating to transportation
of air mail, and final protocol

Arrangement Concerning Insured Letters and
Boxes, with protocol

Arrangementt Concerning Parcel Post, with
protocol

Arrangement Concerning Money Orders, with
protocol

Arrangement Concerning Postal Checks

Arrangement Concerning Collection Orders.

Universal Postal Convention, with final pro-
tocol, regulations of execution, provisions re-
lating to transportation of air mail, and
final protocol
Arrangement Concerning Insured Letters and

Boxes
Arrangement Concerning Parcel Post
Arrangement Concerning Money Orders
Arrangement Concerning Postal Checks
Arrangement Concerning Collection Orders
Arrangement Concerning Subscriptions to
Newspapers and Periodicals.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

International Telecommunication Conven-
tion (Treaty Series Nos, 867 and 948)

ParagvMy

The American Minister to Paraguay re-
ported by a despatch dated July 2, 1940, that
accoi-ding to an announcement by the Ministry
of Government and Labor on June 27, 1940, the
Government of Paraguay has ratified the Inter-
national Telecommunication Convention signed
at Madrid on December 9, 1932, and the follow-
ing acts signed at the International Telecom-
munication Conference at Cairo, April 1938 :

Telegi-aph Regulations, and final protocol (re-
vision of Cairo, 1938)

Telephone Regulations, and final protocol (re-
vision of Cairo, 1938)

General Radio Regulations, and final protocol
(revision of Cairo, 1938)

Additional Radio Regulations (revision of
Cairo, 1938).

Paragxmy

The American Minister to Paraguay reported
by a despatch dated July 2, 1940, that the Gov-
ernment of Paraguay had ratified the follow-
ing acts signed at Buenos Aires on May 23,
1939:

Publications

Department of State

Diplomatic List, July 1940. Publication 1481. ii, 91 pp.
Subscription, $1 a year ; single copy 100.

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Qontents

AUGUST 3, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. ^8 — Publication I^gi

American Republics:

Habana Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs: p«ge

Statement of the Secretary of State 65

Final Act and Convention 68

Luncheon in honor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of

Paraguay 69

United States naval and aviation missions to Peru ... 69
Europe:

Contributions for rehef in beUigerent countries:

List of registrants 69

Tabulation of contributions 70

Repatriation of American citizens 80

Commercial Policy:

The National Foreign Trade Convention:

Message of President Roosevelt 81

Address by Assistant Secretary Grady : Taking Stock

of Our Foreign-Trade Position 81

Address by Raymond H. Geist: Reorganization
Changes in the Foreign Service of the United

States 87

Statement by Raymond H. Geist: Administration of

the Export Control Act 93

Export of aviation gasoUne 94

The Foreign Service:

Personnel changes 95

Publications 95

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„OtNT OF DOCUMEl».'T«

AUG 27 1940

Treaty Information:

Commerce : Page
Treaties and agreements of the United States contain-
ing the most-favored-nation clause 96

Naval Missions:

United States naval and aviation missions to Peru . . 98

Legislation 99

American Republics

HABANA MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Statement of the Secretary of State ^

[Released to tlie press July 30]

The Habana Meeting of Foreign Ministers
of the American Kepublics faced unprece-
dented problems and conditions.

Possibilities of danger to the peace, security,
and welfare of the continent have been increas-
ingly apparent in recent months and weeks.
To meet them successfully it has been clear that
the American nations must strengthen further
their already strong ties of unity and solidaritj'
and devise a constructive program for imple-
menting, through consultation and cooperative
action, effective means of continental protection
and defense.

We are confronted in this respect with three
sets of problems and conditions:

The first relates to the possible transfer of
sovereignty at any time over certain islands
and regions from one non-American state to
another non-American state.

The second involves the threat of subversive
activities in the American nations directed
from outside the continent.

The third comprises extremely grave eco-
nomic difficulties and dislocations resulting
from war.

With regard to all three of these sets of
menacing conditions, the American govern-
ments have manifested their full recognition of
the dangers which confront them in common
and have created machinery for common ac-

' Delivered bv Mr. Hull at the close of the Meeting,
Habana, July 30, 1940.

251432 — 40 1

tion. Instead of faltering and abandoning the
spirit of unity and concerted steps for safety,
they have demonstrated to the world their
unalterable determination to preserve and
strengthen the spirit and the system of conti-
nental unity and solidarity. They have thus
cleared the decks for effective action whenever
such action may become necessary.

The situation with respect to possessions
in this hemisphere controlled by European
powers for many years has for the first time
become most acute by reason of the fact that
the European territory of some of these powers
is now under military occupation, and there
exists the danger that change in sovereignty
or control of any of these regions might make
them objects of barter or a battleground for the
settlement of differences between European na-
tions. There also exists the danger that these
regions might be used as a base for the carry-
ing on of activities of a subversive character
in the American countries.

I cannot too strongly emphasize at this point
that at no time has any American nation had
the slightest thought of taking advantage of
the European situation for the purpose of
grabbing territory. Quite the contrary; the
thought has been to protect the peace and
safety of this continent.

At the beginning of the meeting at Habana
there was some difference of view as to the
modus operandi for achieving the desired end
in relation to the island possessions. In cer-
tain quarters there was a feeling that until a

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

transfer of sovereignty or control had actually
taken place it would be sufficient to have no
more than a general declaration reasserting the
principle of solidarity and consultation agreed
upon at previous conferences.

On the other hand, there was a strong feeling
on the part of other delegations, including that
of the United States, that having in mind the
situation now obtaining in Europe, the fact
that a transfer of sovereignty might be made
overnight with or without formality and that
activities in these regions detrimental to the
peace and safety of the Americas might be
begim momentarily, it was necessary to formu-
late at this meeting definite methods of pro-
cedure to cope with any situation that might
thus arise.

It was realized that provision should be
made for prompt action in any emergency
situation and that delay pending later con-
sultation might be disastrous to the mainte-
nance of peace and order in the Western Hemi-
sphere. Happily, such differences of view as
at first appeared to exist were reconciled, with
the result that the Meeting of the Foreign Min-
isters has unanimously agreed upon two docu-
ments designed to take care of any situation
that may arise. These documents consist of
(1) a convention and (2) a declaration and
resolution referred to as the Act of Habana.

The convention contains definite provisions
for the administration of any region which it
may be found necessary for the American
republics to administer. It has the twofold
purpose of protecting the peace and safety of
the American republics and of safeguarding
and advancing the interests and welfare of
the inhabitants of the region.

The administration, which will be under an
"Inter-American Commission of Territorial
Administration", is to be provisional in char-
acter and is to continue only until such time as
the region is in a position to govern itself or is
restored to its former status — whenever the
latter is compatible with the security of the
American republics — whichever of these al-
ternatives shall be found to be the more prac-
ticable and just.

The convention condemns all violence,
whether under the form of conquest, of stipu-
lations imposed by belligerents in treaties, or
by any other process, and states that no trans-
fer or attempt to transfer or to acquire any in-
terest or right in any such region shall be rec-
ognized or accepted by the American repub-
lics, regardless of the form that may be
employed to attain such purposes.

Temporary provisions in the Act of Habana
are designed primarily to cover situations that
may arise prior to the coming into force of
the convention, which will require ratifica-
tion by the various governments. They au-
thorize the creation of an emergency committee
composed of a representative of each of the
American republics, which is to be regarded as
constituted when two thirds of the members
shall have been appointed. The appointments
are to be made promptly. Should the com-
mittee be under the necessity of administering
any region before the effective date of the
convention, it will utilize the applicable pro-
visions of the convention.

The act also recognizes the possibility of
emergency situations and the right of any of
the American republics, acting singly or jointly
with others, to proceed in any manner required
in its own defense or in the defense of the con-
tinent. If action is taken as an emergency
measure, the matter is to be placed before the
committee as soon as practicable in order that
it may adopt appropriate measures.

The spirit of unity and solidarity has been
likewise strengthened by the action of the con-
ference on projects relating to subversive ac-
tivities. I refer especially to the attitude
toward propaganda designed on the one hand
to stir up dissension in the Western Hemi-
sphere by beguiling and misleading the people,
and, on the other hand, to intimidate them by
express or implied threats of what may happen
if the American republics fail to recognize and
to take into account the foreign purposes and
policies of certain foreign governments. These
activities at times have been in the nature of
oral or written representations and at other
times in the form of a promiscuous circulation

AtTGXTST 3, 1940

of literature. In pursuing these policies, the
personnel of diplomatic and consular missions
has been increased out of all proportion to the
needs for legitimate functions of such missions.
It is well known that members of diplomatic
missions have well-recognized functions and
that the members of such missions are clothed
with special immunities. When they engage
in activities foreign to those that are recog-
nized, they abuse their immunities, and the
govei-nment tiiat has received them may well
be concerned. Likewise, the functions of con-
sular officers are generally defined in interna-
tional law and practice, and the officers
themselves enjoy certain special consideration
by the local authorities. But when such offi-
cials engage in activities divorced from the
customary consular functions, they abuse the
hospitality of the state in which they serve.

That situations of the foregoing character
have developed in many of the American re-
publics, has been generallj' known for some
time past.

This Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
has taken cognizance of these matters in sev-
eral resolutions, particularly the one relating
to activities directed from abroad against do-
mestic institutions and that relating to inter-
American development of standards on diplo-
matic officers.

The first-mentioned resolution recites that
the American republics have equal concern and
equal responsibility for the preservation of
peace and security of this hemisphere, and that
each shall adopt all necessary measures to pre-
vent and suppress activities directed, assisted,
or abetted by foreign governments or foreign
groups or individuals which tend to subvert
the domestic institutions or to foment disorder
in the internal political life of the Americas.
It also provides for immediate consultation in
the event that the peace of any of the Ameri-
can republics is menaced by such activities and
for a full interchange of information regard-
ing subversive activities within their respective
jurisdictions.

In a word, there is in the resolution a defi-
nite recognition by the American governments

of an intrusion upon their hospitality and a
disregard of their desire to live in peace, freed
from systems of government and of interna-
tional policies which are foreign to the pre-
cepts of free and liberal mstitutions upon
which the democracies of this hemisphere are
based. The Habana Meeting recognized the
common interest of all of the American repub-
lics in these mattei'S and showed determination
to maintain a solid front against any incur-
sions. The resolution concerning improper ac-
tivities of diplomatic and consular agencies sets
forth the underlying principles relating to the
functions of such missions and calls upon the
respective governments to take action to pre-
vent and suppi'ess such activities.

In these, as in other matters of a kindred
character discussed and acted upon by the Con-
ference, there has been demonstrated not only
a desire but a zeal and determination to face
movements of a subversive character with a
solid and united front. The American repub-
lics have resolved that the political institutions
and aggressive practices of other nations shall
not be imposed upon the free and independent
peoples of this hemisphere.

In the economic field, too, we set out to
examine together the dangers and difficulties
confronting all of the American nations and
to consult as to the best means of meeting them.
The task was approached with a strong con-
viction shared by all that the present state of
affairs, as well as the outlook for the future,
imperatively calls for the creation of instru-
mentalities of economic defense that must nec-
essarily gain in effectiveness in proportion to
the degree of common action and cooperative
effort which they represent.

All of our nations are faced today with the
distressing consequences of war-created disrup-
tion of world trade. Surpluses of commodi-
ties, the exportation of which is essential to the
economic life of the American republics, have
accumulated and continue to accumulate be-
cause Europe at war is unable to absorb them.
Their existence is a matter of serious concern
throughout the continent. In addition, we
must envisage the possibility that, after the

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BTTlXiETIN

termination of hostilities, many important
European markets for these commodities may
be directed and controlled by governments
•which regard international commerce as an
instrument of domination rather than as a
means of enabling all nations to share fully
and on a basis of equality in a mutually bene-
ficial exchange of their surplus products.

The resolution on economic cooperation
adopted by the Habana Meeting is designed to
create and set into operation machinery of
action to deal with and meet both of these
situations.

In that resolution the 21 American republics
reafiu'med their adherence to liberal principles
of international trade — those of equal treat-
ment, of fair practices, and of peaceful motives.
They declared their determination to apply
these principles in their relations with each
other as fully as present circumstances permit
and their readiness to conduct trade in accord-
ance with these principles with any non-Ameri-
can country prepared to do likewise.

At the same time, they announced their pur-
pose "to devise and apply apf)ropriate means
of effective action to cope with the difficulties,
disadvantages, and dangers arising from the
present disturbed and dislocated world condi-
tions".

It was the unanimous opinion of the Habana
Meeting that continuing consultation among
the American republics is essential to the at-
tainment of these pressing objectives. Accord-
ingly, it was decided to strengthen and expand
the activities of the existing Inter-American
Economic and Financial Advisory Committee
as an agency of such consultation. The
Habana Meeting sjiecifically instructed the
Committee to proceed at once with the prepa-
ration of detailed plans for cooperative tempo-
rary handling and orderly marketing of
existing and prospective surpluses; for the
development, where feasible, of commodity

production and marketing agreements and ar-
rangements; and for the promotion among the
American nations of mutually beneficial trade.
The Committee was also instructed to devise
methods of increasing consumption in the
American re^jublics, through relief and in other
ways, which would aid in the disposal of sur-
plus commodities. Finally, the Committee was
instructed to consider, while these measures
and plans are being developed, the possibility
of a broader system of inter- American coopera-
tive organization in matters of trade, credit,
money, foreign exchange, et cetera.

Some of the measures proposed can be put
into operation very quickly. Some will re-
quire a certain amount of time for the matur-
ing and execution of appropriate plans. Taken
in its entirety, the program of action which is
envisaged is flexible enough to apply to any
emergency and effective enough to make it pos-
sible for each of the American republics to
meet moi-e fully the difficulties resulting from
war-disrupted trade and to safeguard itself
from possible dangers of economic subordina-
tion from abroad.

It is a system of economic defense under
which the American republics will be prepared
to trade with any nation willing to meet them
in good faith, in a spirit of friendly and peace-
ful purpose, and on a plane of frank and fair
dealing; and under which they will be fully
equipped to protect themselves against any
other kind of dealing.

Final Act and Convention

The Final Act and Convention of the Sec-
ond Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs of the American Republics at Habana,
which were released to the press August 3,
1940, will not be printed in the Bulletin until
the certified copy of official texts has been
received.

AUGUST 3, 1940

LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF THE MIN-
ISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF
PARAGUAY

[Released to the press August 3]

The following guests attended the luncheon
given on August 3, 1940 by the Secretary of
State in honor of the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs of Paraguay, Seiior Dr. Don Tomas A.
Salomon! :

The Secretary of State

The Under Secretary of State

His Excellency Sefior Dr. Don Tomfts A. Salomoni,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay

The Honorable Sefior Dr. Uoracio A. Fernfindez, the
Minister of Paraguay

His Exopllency Seiior Don Alberto Cabero, the Am-
bassador of Cliile

The Honorable Dr. Oscar Schnake, Chairman of the
Chilean Delegation to the Habana Conference

Senator Rodolfo Michels, Member of the Chilean
Delegation to tlie Habana Conference

The Honorable Kenneth McKellar

The Honorable Arthur Capper

The Honorable Claude Pepper

The Honorable Hamilton Fish

The Honorable Sol Bloom

The Honorable Jesse Jones

The Honorable Green H. Hackworth

The Honorable George T. Summerlin

Mr. Leo Pasvolsky

The Honorable L. S. Rowe

Mr. W. L. Pierson

Mr. Thomas H. MacDonald

Mr. Laurence Duggan

Mr. Michael J. McDermott

Mr. Hobart Montee

Mr. J. C. Stark

Mr. James H. Baird

UNITED STATES NAVAL AND AVIA-
TION MISSIONS TO PERU

An announcement regarding the agreements
between the United States and Peru, signed
July 31, 1940, providing for the renewal by the
United States of a naval mission and for the
furnishing of an aviation mission to cooperate
with the Ministry of Marine and Aviation of
Peru, appears in this Bulletin under the head-
ing "Treaty Information".

Europe

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF IN BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

List of Registrants

[Released to the press August 1]

The following persons and organizations have
registered with the Secretary of State for the
solicitation and collection of contributions pur-
suant to section 8 of the Neutrality Act of
1939 to be used in belligerent countries for med-
ical aid and assistance or for food and clothing
to relieve human suffering (the countries to
which contributions are being sent are given in
parentheses) :^

' For prior registrants, see the Bulletin of April 27,
1940 (Tol. U, no. 44), pp. 443-450, and June 8, 1940
(vol. II, no. 50), p. 626.

331. Vincennes, France, Committee of Vincennes,
Ind., 112 North Seventh Street, Vincennes, Ind.
(France)

332. Soci6t^ Israelite Frangaise de Secours Mutuels
de New York, care of Mr. Gaston Meyer, Secre-
tary, 2305 Grand Avenue, New York, N. Y.
(France)

333. Belgian War Relief Fund, care of Mr. L. V.
Casteleyn, 344 Regina Building, Manila, P. I.
(Belgium)

334. British American Ambulance Corps, 420 Lexing-
ton Avenue, New York, N. Y. (Great Britain and
France)

335. Allied Food Relief Committee,' 46 Cedar Street,
New York, N. Y. (England and France)

'Revoked at request of registrant.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

336. Tbe Seventh Column, Inc., West Fairlee, Vt.
(France and England)

337. Fi-iends of Children, Inc., 38 West Forty-fourth
Street, New York, N. Y. (Great Britain, France,
Belgium, and the Netherlands)

338. Belgian Relief Fund, Inc., Room 426, Graybar
Building, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y.
(Belgium, France, and England)

339. United British War Relief As.soelation, 16
Sargent Avenue, Somerville, Mass. (Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)

340. Independent British War Relief Society of
Rhode Island, Columbia Hall, 24S Weybosset
Street, Providence, R. I. (Great Britain)

341. St. Andrews (Scottish) Society of Washington,
D. C, care of Robert A. Grahame, Inc., 1524 K
Street, NW., Washington, D. C. (Scotland)

342. French War Relief Fund of Nevada, 210 South
Center Street, Reno, Nev. (France)

343. Ukrainian Relief Committee, 78 St. Marks Place,
New York, N. Y. (Germany, France, England, and
Italy)

344. The New Canaan Workshop, New Canaan, Conn.
(British Empire)

345. Nicole de Paris Relief Fund, 23 East Fifty-fifth
Street, New York, N. Y. (France)

346. International Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Women, Hotel Biltmore, Madison Avenue
and Forty-third Street, New York, N. Y. (Poland,

Czechoslovakia, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and
France)

347. American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc.,
27 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. (France, Bel-
gium, and Germany)

348. Great Lakes Command, Canadian Legion of the
British Empire Service League, care of Walter
Keith, Adjutant, 1492 Hurlbut Avenue, Detroit,
Mich. (Great Britain and Canada)

349. Scottish Games of New Jersey Association, Box
23, Fairhaven, N. J. (Great Britain)

350. Franco-American Federation, Corner of Salem
and Dow Streets, Salem, Mass. (France)

351. Refugees of England, Room 607, 511 Fifth Ave-
nue, New York, N. Y. (Great Britain)

352. American Friends of German Freedom, 342
Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. (England and
France)

353. The Louisiana Guild for BriHsh Relief, 4534 St.
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La. (Briti-sh Em-
pire)

354. The American Hospital in Brit^iin, Ltd., 321
East Forty-second Street, New York, N. Y. (Great
Britain)

355. Czechoslovak Relief, 4049 West Twenty-sixth
Street, Chicago, 111. (Czechoslovakia, Great
Britain and dominions, France, and Belgium)

Tabulation of Contributions

[Eelcased to the press July 31]

The following tabulation shows contributions
collected and disbursed during the period of
September 6, 1939, through June 30, 1940, as
shown in the reports submitted by persons and
organizations registered with the Secretary of
State for the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions to be used for relief in belligerent
countries, in conformity with the regulations
issued pursuant to section 8 of the act of Novem-
ber 4, 1939, as made effective by the President's
proclamation of the same date.

This tabulation has reference only to contri-
butions solicited and collected for relief in bel-
ligerent countries (France; Germany; Poland;
the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa ;
Norway; Belgimn; Luxemburg; the Nether-
lands ; and Italy) or for the relief of refugees

driven out of these countries by the present
war. The statistics set forth in the tabulation
do not include information regarding relief ac-
tivities which a number of organizations reg-
istered with the Secretary of State may be
carrying on in nonbelligerent countries, but for
which registration is not required under the
Neutrality Act of 1939.

The American National Red Cross is required
by law to submit to the Secretary of War for
audit "a full, complete, and itemized report of
receipts and expenditures of whatever kind".
In order to avoid an unnecessary duplication of
work, this organization is not required to con-
form to the provisions of the regulations
governing the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions for relief in belligerent countries, and
the tabulation does not, therefore, include
information in regard to its activities.

AUGUST 3, 1940

Contributions fob Relief in Belligebent Countries

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

afifairs.

campaigns,

etc.

Unespended
balance as of
June 30, 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

Estimated
value of

contribu-
tions in

kind sent
to coun-
tries
named

Estimated
value of

contribu-
tions in

kind now
on hand

Accion Democrata Espafiola, San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 29, 1940.
France - -

Allied Food Relief Committee, New York, N. Y., June 12, 1940.«

England and France -- -

Allied Relief Ball, Inc., New York, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1940. Great Britain

and France - -

Allied Relief Fund (formerly French and British Relief Funds,

registered Oct. 1939; combined June 4, IMO), New York. N. Y. The

United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway. .
American Association for .\ssistance to French Artists, Inc., New

York, N. Y.. Jan. 3, 1940. France -

American Association of Teachers of French— Washington Chapter,

Washington, D. C, Apr. 24, 1940.' France -.

American Association of University Women, Washington. D. C. May

23, 1940. France and Great Britain -

American Auxiliary Committee de I,*Union des Femmes de France,

New York, .N. Y. Nov. 8, 1939. France _.

American Civilian Volimtcers, South Sudbury, Mass. May 27, 1940.

France -

.\mcrican Committee for Christian Refugees, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Sept. 20, 1939. Germany and France

American Committee for the Gorman Relief Fund, Inc., New York,

N, Y. Mar. 27, 1940. Germany and Poland -..

American Committee for the Polish .\uil>ulance Fund, Chicago, HI.

Feb. 12, 1910. France and Poland

American Denial .\mbulance Committee, New York, N. Y. Mar. 12,

1940. United Kingdom

American Emeruoncy Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc^ New York,

N. Y. Jan. 26, 1940. Great Britain and Franco

American Employment for General Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.

May 1, 1910. England, France, Norway, i'oland, Belgium, Luxem-
burg and the Netherlands

American Field Service, New York, N. Y. Sept. 27, 1939. France and

Great Britain - -

American and French Students' Correspondence Exchange, New

York.N.Y. Dec. 20, 1939. France - - --.

American- French War Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 14, 1939.

France. -

American Friends of Czechoslovakia, New York, N. Y. Nov. 2,

1939. Great Britain, France and Bohemia-Moravia

American Friends of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, New York,

N. Y. Dec. 1, 1939. Great Britain

American Friends of France, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1939.

France

American Friends of a Jewish Palestine, Inc., New Y'ork, N. Y. May

9, 1940. Palestine, Germany. Poland, France, and United Kingdom.
American Friends Service Committee. Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 9,

1939. United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Norway, Bel-
gium, and the Netherlands.

The American Fund for Breton Relief, New York, N. Y. Oct. 31,

1939. France ---

American Fund for French Wounded, Inc., Boston, Mass. Jan. 3,

1940. France -

American Fund for Woimded in France, Inc., Worcester, Mass. Dec.

15, 1939. France.--- - --

American-German Aid Society, Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 16, 1939.
Germany _

$204.09
None

.W. 889. 35

522, 49fi. 49

11,007.94

310.86

1,208.90

12, 916. 31

None

11,801.86

24, 995. 00

26. 346. 16

3, 039. 62

None

1. 953. 50

239, 975. 51

7, 079. 09

33,861.93

22, 456. 99

1, 357. 00

263. 222. 74

2,209.22

53, 618. 13
6, 080. 17

II, 168. 88

200.00

3, 767. 06

$12,1. 00

None

34. 184. 00

324, 807. 03

7, 236. 80

212.00

225.00

6, 188. 61

None

11,801.86

None

2, 179. 76

None

78,624.86

3, 024. 85

16, 938. 73

13,231.32

1,357.00

146. 680. 94

329.02

49,571.10
3, 786. 50
7, 325. 36

None
None

$3.1. 51

None

12, 179. 29

27, 665. 85

2, 675. 82

98.85

45.50

1, 054. 98

None

3,316.27

1, 454. 04

81.60

None

764 11

5, 462. 69

494.68

3, 307. 78
3, 665. 5S

None

17, 232. 48

1. 423. 77

4, 047. 03
263.11
326. 42
None
998.67

$43.58

None

4, 526. 06

170, 123. 61

1,095.32

None

938.40

6, 672. 72

None

21, 678. 73

24, 892. 12

778. 27

None

1, 189. 39

165. 987. 96

3, 669. 66

13. 606. 42

6.680.09

None

99, 309. 32

456.43

None

1, 030. 56
3, 507. 10

200.00

2, 768. 38

None
None
None

$18,323.75

1.605. 15

None

2, 593. 87

None
None
None
None
None
None

None

39, 329. 82

18, 440. 00

None

11.256.11

None

12, 473. 42
4,611.60

3, 660. 62

None
None

None
None
None

$13, 242. 82
None
None
None
197. 87
None
None
None
None
None
None

None
None
None

1,553.00
None
None

2, 291. 96
None

None
None
1, 183. 00
None
None

• The registration of this organization was revoked on June 30. 1940, at the request of registrant.
' The registration of this organization was revoked on May 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Codntries — Contmued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs,

campaigns,

etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc., New York,

N. Y. Sept. 29, 1939.' All belligerent countries.

American McAIl Association. New York, N. Y. Jan. 3, 1940. France-
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps, New York, N. Y. Dec. 12,

$1,344,5,84. 11
637. 32

220, 497. 55
1,027.11

2, 409. 72
1,031. 10
6. 663. 83

10. 239. 68

1, 138. 26

15,371.88
17, 869. 16

10,808.14

3, 163. 56

2, 799. 27

8, 576. 89
273. 60
187.83

1,912.46

9, 787. 94
1. 089. 16

1. 203. 40

4, 677. 25
3,109.96

$1, 250, 852. 82
417. 45

98, 296. 82
139. 59

1,700.00
625.00
161.06

6, 000. 00

386.88

7. 664. 08
16,983.14

7. 000. 00

60.00

2, 600. 00

6, 766. 46

225.00

133. 30

1, 000. 00

3,97.3.00

612.00

975. 00

1,835.00

1,700.00

$93, 731. 29
None

10, 430. 25
265. 07

41.47

317.07

5,464.64

216. 18

289. 22

260.83
450. 76

288.46

201. 00

7.50
453. 10
None

6.33

85.67
542.31
97. IB

117.65

I, 287. 60

433.88

None
$219. 87

111,770.48
622. 46

068.25

189. 09

1, 048. 24
4,023.50

462. 16

7, 446. 97
429. 26

3, 619. 69

2, 912. 55
101.77

1,357.34

48.60

49.20

826. 79

5, 272. 63

480. 00

110.75

1, 464. 65

976. 08

$51.00
760.00

1,500.00
None

None

4, 807. 15

650.00

164.00

873. 26
None

None

1,430.00

None

932. 18

30.00

None

1, 800. 00

None
$200.00

None

American War Godmothers, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mar. 6, 1940. France,
American Women's Hospitals, New York, N. Y. Sept. 14, 1939.

2.45
None

American Women's Unit for War Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Jan.
1.5 1940 '' France - - -

None

American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc., New York, N. Y. Feb.

Les Amis de la France k Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R. Dec. 20, 1939.

7.77

hes Araitifes F6minines de la France, New York, N. Y. Dec. 19,
1939. France - --

None

Les Anciens Combattauts Fran^ais de la Grande Guerre, San Fran-
cisco, Calif. Oct 26, 1939. France -

None

Mrs Larz \nderson Boston, Mass Dec 12, 1939. France

None

Anthracite Relief Committee, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sept. 8, 1939.

Anzac War Relief Fund, New York, N. Y. May 23, 1940. Australia

None

Associated Polish Societies Relief Committee of Webster, Mass.,
Webster, Mass Sept 21, 1939. Poland . . ..

None

Associated Polish Societies' Relief Committee of Worcester, Mass.,

None

Association of Former Juniors in France of Smith College, New York,
N y. Dec. 18, 1939. France -

Nod

Association of Former Russian Naval OflBcers in America, Now York,

None

Association of Joint Polish-American Societies of Chelsea, Mass.,
Chelsea Mass. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland

None

I,' Atelier, San Francisco, Calif. Jan. 29, 1940. France -

Mrs. Mark Baldwin, New York, N. Y. Mar. 4, 1940. France

Basque Delegation in the United States of America, New York,N. Y.

1,190.00
None

None

Belgian Relief Fund, fnc, New York, N.Y. June 14, 1940. Belgium,
France, and England -

Belgian Relief of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. May 27.
1940 Belgium _ . -

None
1,200.00

The Benedict Bureau Unit, Inc., New York, N. Y. Nov. 29, 1939.
France -

5,471.17

2. 739. 16

7,211.65

334, 834. 74

6, 177. 10

846. 74

463.65

5, 892. 20

1S6, 324. 31

4, 770. 50

929.33

2, 072. 51

1, 237. 35

46.23

728.69

3, 695. 10

203.00

82.10

178, 464. 20

677.91

None
None
None
None

None

Beth-Lechem, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland,

None

Bethel Mission of Poland, Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minn. Nov.
27,1939. Poland

None

Bishops' Committee for Polish Relief, Washington, D. C, Dec. 19,
1939. Poland

None

Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, New York, N. Y. Sept. 26, 1939. Great Britain.
France, and Germany ,

None

< It will be noted that the figures for receipts and disbursements here reported are less than those appearing for this organization in the Department's
press release- of June 24 f^ee the Bulletin of June 29, 1940, vol. II. no. 53, p. 709). This is due to the fact that the organization, at the request of the De-
partment, has segreeated its records uf receipts and disbursements in belligerent countries for medical aid and assistance and for food and clothing to relieve
human suffering from its records of receipts and disbursements for other relief. The figures reported by the organization are as of Apr. 30, 1940. Reports
for the montlis (if May and June are still in course of preparation.

"* No report for the month of June has been received from this organization.

* No complete reports for the months of May and June have been received from this organization.

/ No report has been received from this organization.

AUGUST 3, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, dato of roi^istration, and destination of
contributions

Britlsli-American Ambulance Corps, Now York, N. Y. June 11, 1940.

England and France .-. -

British- American Comfort League, Quincy, Mass. Feb. 21, 1940.

England -

BrltishAmcrican War Relief Association, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 17,

1939. United Kingdom and allied countries-

British Sailors' Book and Relief Society, New York, N. Y. May 2,

1940. Burmuda, Canada, ami the British West Indies

British War Relief .Association of Northern California, San Francisco,

Calif. Oct. 20, 1939. Oreat Britain and France

The British War Relief Association of the Philippines, Manila, P. I.

Apr. U, 1940. • All belligerent countries

The British War Relief Association of Southern California, Los

Angeles, Calif. Dec. 8, 1939. Great Britain

British War Relief Society, Inc., Now York, N. Y. Dec. 4, 1939.

Oreat Britain

Bundles for BritaUi, New York, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1939. Oreat Britain

and Dominions

Caledonian Club of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Jan. 25, 1910. Scotland

Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc., New York, N. Y. Jan. 17,

1940. India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of

South .\(rica -

The Catholic Student War Relief to Pat Romana, Washington, D. C.

Dec. 13, 1939. Poland, France, Germany, and Great Britain

Central Bureau for Relief of the Evangelical Churches of Europe,

New York. N.Y. May 14. 1940 .\11 belllaerent countries

Central Committee Knesseth Israel, New York, N. Y. Get. 27, 1939.

Palestine

Central Committee for Polish Relief, Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 29, 1940.

Poland -

Central Committee of the United Polish Societies, Bridgeport, Conn.

Sept. 14, 1939. Poland

Central Council of Polish Organizations, New Castle, Pa. Nov. 7,

1939. England, Poland, and France

Central Council of Polish Organizations in Pittsburgh, Pa., Pittsburgh,

Pa. Sept. 14, 1939.' Poland.. .-.

Centrala, Passaic, N. J. Oct. 12, 1939. Poland

Cercle Franfais de Seattle, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 2, 1939. France and

Oreat Britain.

Chester (Delaware Co., Fa.) Polish Relief Committee, Chester, Pa.

Sept. 15, 1939. Poland and France

Children's Crusade for Children, Inc., New York, N. Y. Feb. 3,

1940. France, Poland, and Germany _

Commission for Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N.Y. Sept 12, 1939.'

Poland _

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Inc., New York, N. Y. May

21, 1940. Belgium and Lu.vemburg

Committee for .\id to Children of Mobilized Men of the XX" Arron-

dissement of Paris, New York, N. Y. Jan. 15, 1940. France

Committee of French-American Wives, New York, N. Y. Nov. 15,

1939. France

Funds
received

$54, 092. 67

818.04

7, 803. 97

104.30

28, 685. Ti

64,415.20
189,031.67

42,358 48
477.64

1, 074. 25
945. U

6,944.47

22. 656. 94

707.00

6, 673. 72

2. 190. 38

28, 746. 57
1, 412. 57

1, 982. 34

6,361.37

175, 535. 49

308, 744. 43

42, 075. 92

4, 923. 40

15, 087. 08

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$11,500.00

110.00

4, 196. 40

30.00

22, 182. 12

46, 126. 12
45, 477. 65

8, 692. 48
300.30

None

704.50

1, 709. 00

13, 322. 58

600.00

5, 319. 70

1,754.00

23, 9.56. 09
1, 300. 75

658.28

5, 455. 46

None

245,817.31

4.165.00

3, 365. 63

9,414.33

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs,

campaigns,

etc.

None

$14S. 72

961.04

55.00

1,032.48

5, 448. 58

18, 108. 67

12, 889. 04
184.57

None

109.91

1, 101. f6

9, 334. 36

98.14

48 40

37.00

367.22
11.65

427. 33

530.47

52,419.35

41, 945. 66

131.21

None

1,343.01

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30, 1940,

including
cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

$42, 592. 67

559. 32

2, 646. 53

19.30

5, 470. 62

12, 810. 50
1 A 445. 35

20, 796. 96
12.77

1, 074. 25
131.43

4.073.91

None

108.80

305. 62

399.38

4, 423. 26
100.17

996.73

375. 44

123, 116.14

20,981.46

37, 779. 71

1, 557. 77

4, 329. 74

Estimated
vahie of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

None
None
$85.00
250.00
6, 064. 41

3, 040. 07
11,241.05

25, 958. 44
None

2, 510. 00
None
None
None
None

1, 461. 95

None

23, 321. 69
1,900.00

525.00

1,677.30

None

1,500.00

None

3, 012. 84

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
band

None
None
None
None
None

None
$1,250.00

8, 036. 60
None

1, 050. 00

None

950.00
None

1,215.00

None
None
None
None
None
572. 75

• No report has been received from this organization.

» The registration of this organization was revoked on May 31, 1910, at the request of registrant.

* This registrant serves primariy as a clearingh?use for the distribution abrcid of contributions received from other registrants; these receipts and
disbursements are not included in the figures here given, since they are shown elsewhere in this tabulation followmg the names of the original collecting
registrants.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

aflfairs,

campaigns,

etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Juno 30, 1940,

including
cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

Committee of Mercy, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 16, 1939. France,
Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and their allies_.

Committee for Relief in Allied Countries, Washington, D. C. Feb.
2, 1940. France, Great Britain, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Lux-

$44,048.16

4, 623. 03
2, 426. 23
7, 359. 48

197. 00

29. 379. 64

4,806.10

18, 104. 56

225. 00

5, 003. 37
4, 244. 77
5,397.85
4,641 05

615. 92

579. 21
125. 55

197, 28.1. 17

74, 259. 90

6, 760. 22

2, 743. 58

729. 07

33, 609. 80

$24, 566. 41

2, 716. 00

2. 162. 72
6, 142. 39

197. GO

12, 696. 23

None

12, 788. 84

None

4, 409. 75

1,892.49

801. 09

3, 770. 76

647. 44

531. 21
123. 60

123, 222. 74

41,414.67
3, 920. 00

971. 53

306. 34

20, 175. 49

$4, 922. 34

1, 805. 60
256.71
725. 91

None

5. 207. 16

2, 226. 69
1, 036. 92

None
250.48
405. 15
368. 63
376. 14

68.48

None
2, 05

28, 015. 44

15,793.06

2, 685. 02

161.32
112.96

3, 500. 27

$14,659.41

2.43

7.80

491. 18

None

11, .576. 25

2, 578. 51

4,278.80

225.00

343. 14

1,947.13

4, 228. 23

494. 16

None

48.00
None

46, 046. 99

17, 052. 17
255. 20

1,610.73

309. 77

9, 934. 04

$510. 00

None

4, 000. 00

None

5,009.61
None
6, 104. 63
None
2, 100. 00
277. 55
664.70

7, 661. 43

None

None
None

None

None
None

8, 296. 75
531. 17

None

None
None

Committee for the Relief for Poland, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 24, 1939.
Poland

None

Committee for the Relief of War Sufferers in Poland, St. Louis, Mo.
Oct ifi 1939 ' Poland

None

Committee Representing Polish Organizations and Polish People in

The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 13,
1939. Great Britain, France, Norway, Belgium, Luxemburg, and

None

Emergency Relief Committee for Kolbuszowa, New York, N. Y.
Mar 13 1940 Poland

None

English-Speaking Union of the United States, New York, N. Y.
Dec 26 1939 Great Britain possibly France, and Canada

$50.00

Erste Pinchover Kranken Unterstuzungs Vereiu, Inc., Brooklyn,

None

Federated Council of Polish Societies of Grand Eapids, Mich., Grand
Rapids Mich Sept 15,1939. Poland - - _-

100.00

Federation of Franco-Belgian Clubs of Rhode Island, Woonsocket,
R I Nov 15 1939 France

40.25

Federation of French Veterans of the Great War, Inc., New York,
N Y Oct 11,1939. France

100.00

Federation of Polish Jews in America, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept.
14 1939 Poland

6, 000. 00

The Federation of Polish Societies, Little Falls, N. Y. Oct. 9, 1939. >'
Poland

None

FellowshipofReconciliation,NewYork,N. Y. Jan. 20,1940. France,

None

Fortra, Incorporated, New York, N. Y. Mar. 7, 1940. Germany and
Poland - -- -

None

Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept.

None

French Committee for Relief in France, Detroit, Mich. Oct. 17, 1939.

3, 655. 65

French Relief .^.ssociation, Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 3, 1940. France-.
French War Relief, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 16, 1939. France-
French War Relief Fund of Nevada, Reno, Nev. June 21, 1940.'

530. 83
None

French War Veterans, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 5, 1939. France

Friends of Children. Inc., New York, N. Y. June 13, 1940. Great

822. 81

1, 514. 00

10. 290. 60

2. 415. 50

1, 288. 90

514. 53
894. 45

2, 413. 01

407. 75

None

997. 60

1. 50O. 00

600. 00

96.15

400. 00

1, 726. 40

171. 66

None

4,651.15
160. 00
96.87

6.10

325. 04

42.11

243. 40

1, 514. 00

4. 741. 85
755. .50
592. 03

412. 28

169. 41

644.60

None

None
None
None

None

80.00

None
None

The Friends of Israel Refugee Relief Committee, Incorporated, Phila-

None

The Friends of Normandy, New York, N. Y. Dec. 18, 19.39. France-
Friends ol Poland, Chicago, 111. Dec. 6, 1939. Poland. .--

Fund for the Relief of Men of Letters and Scientists of Russia, New
York, N. Y. Apr. 29, 1940. France, Czechoslovakia, and Poland-.
General Qustav Orlicz Dreszer Foundation for Aid to Polish Chil-
dren Washington, D. C. Nov. 3, 1939. Poland . .

None
None

None

General Taufflieb Memorial Relief Committee for France, Santa
Barbara. Calif. Nov. 17, 1939. France and England..

None

( The registration of this organization was revoked on June 30, 1940, at the request of registrant.
» No report lor the month of June has been received from this organization.
' No report has been received from this organization.

AUGUST 3, 19 40

CoNTKiBUTioNs FOR RELIEF IN Belligerei^t Coontries — ConUuued

Funds

Uneipended

Estimated

Estimated
value of
contrl-

hill inns

spent for

balance as of

value of

Funds spent

adminis-

June 30. 1940.

contri-

Name of regL'itrant, location, date of registration, and destination of

Funds

for relief in

tration.

including

butions

contributions

received

countries

publicity.

cost of goods

in kind

now on

hand

named

aflairs.

purchased

sent to

campaigns.

and still on

countries

etc.

hand

named

German American Relief Committee for Victims of Fascism, New

York, N. Y. Apr. 18, 1940. France and Great Britain

$1,046.57

$276. 30

$367. 80

$402. 47

None

Golden Rule Foundation, New York, N. Y. Nov. 2, 1939. Poland

and Palestine

None

The Grand Duke Vladimir Benevolent Fund Association, New York,

N. Y. Jan. 8, 1940. France - -

411.18

370. 79

16.14

24.25

None

Grand Lodge. Daughters of Scotia, Hartford, Conn. Feb. 16, 1940.

Scotland.- -

6,007.50

2, 501. 50

None

3,506.00

None

Greater New Bedford British War Relief Corps, New Bedford, Mass.

Dec. 19, 1939. Great Britain

3,165.93

2, 435. 16

338. 13

392.64

$34. 93

None

Margaret-Oreblo Qrecnough (Mrs. Carroll Grecnough), Washington,

D. C. Nov. 21, 1939. France

1,073.00

445.00

None

628.00

None

Hadassah, Inc., New York, N.Y. Nov. IS, 1939. Palestine

875, 150. 67

544, 247. 24

24, 580. 82

306, 322. 61

47,016.85

$1,073.40

Hamburg-Bremen Steamship Agency, Inc., New York, N. Y. Mar.

21, 1940. Oermanyand Poland- - -

67, 756. 74

51,349.46

17,781.01

None

Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, Chicago, HI. Jan. 3, 1940.

Kngland Germany and Poland -. -,.- .--..-..

78.89

75.00

3.89

None

Holy Rosary Polish Roman Catholic Church, Passaic, N. J. Sept.

15, 1939. Poland

1, 126. 17

1,049.00

None

77.17

None

A. Seymour Houghton, Jr., et al.. Now York, N. Y. Nov. 27, 1939.

France. . .

17, 469. 17

2, 722. 12

104.19

14.642.88

448. 03

None

Humanitarian Work Committee, Glen Cove, N. Y. Bept. 30, 1939.

Poland- -

3, 360. 73

2,200.00

61.63

1,099.10

150.00

None

Independent British War Relief Society of Rhode Island, Providence,

R.I. June 14, 1940. Great Britain

123.35

108.00

None

15 35

None

Independent Kinsker Aid Association, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jon. 3, 1940.

Poland

469.64

None

469. »4

None

International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations,

New York, N. Y. Sept. 22, 1939. Poland, France, and India

30.662.00

24, 492. 50

647.96

5, 521. 54

None

International Relief Association for Victims of Fascism, New York,

N.Y. Sept. 25, 1939. France. England, and Germany ---

8,147.85

4, 207. 08

3, 427. 30

513.47

1,970.00

40.00

Joint Committee of the United Scottish Clans of Greater New York

and New Jersey, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 30. 1940. Scotland

2. 706. 25

2,000.00

606.50

99.76

None

Junior Relief Group of Tejtas, Houston, Tex. May 29, 1940. United

Kingdom, France, Netherlands. Belgium, and Norway

2. 895. 13

None

32.43

2, 862. 70

None

Marthe Th. Kahn. New York, N. Y. Apr. 16, 1940. France

202.25

25.00

6.81

170.44

None

The Kindergarten Unit, Inc., Norwalk, Conn. Oct. 3, 1939. France,

Poland, United Kingdom, India. Australia, and New Zealand

372.21

42.85

329.36

None

The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 24, 1940.

Poland --

1,669.12

2, 100. 00

124.99

None

Kuryer Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 16, 1939.

Poland -

5,978.90

5,965.34

13.56

None

Der Kyflhacuscrhund. League of German War Veterans in U. S. A.,

Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. 27, 1939. Poland and Germany

26, 844. 51

21, 575. 00

1, 465. 83

3.803.68

None

Lackawanna County Committee for Polish Relief, Scranton, Pa.

Sept. 15, 1939. Poland -

8. 626. 54
1.952.50

7, 225. 56
1. .540. 00

831.80
None

569.18
412.50

None
None

None

Lafayette Fund, New York, N. Y. Jan. 2, 1940. France

None

LaFayette Preventorium, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1939.

France

15,437,72

8, 597. 13

3, 339. 29

3,501.30

None

La France Post American Legion, New York, N. Y. Feb. 7, 1940.

France

1,585.32

None

366.61

1. 218. 71

None

Mrs. Nancy Bartlett Laughlin, New York, N. Y. Jan. 31, 1940.

Franco - --

309.50

306.00

None

3.50

None

League of American Writers, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 6, 1940.

France, England, Poland, and Norway -

1,913.60

338.60

346.12

1,228.88

None

League of Polish Societies of New Kensington, Arnold and Vicinity,

New Kensington, Pa. Nov. 17, 1939. Poland

1, 812. 45

1, 304. 67

78.19

429.59

1, 846. 05

403.95

Legion of Young Polish Women, Chicago. Hi. Oct. 2, 1939. Poland- -

15, 459. 54

9,642.00

2, 404. 30

3,413.24

None

Uvy Maxime, ManUa, P. I. May 1, 1940." France -

• No report has been received from this organization.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

The Little House of Saint Pantaleon, Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 30,

1939. France -..

The Maple Leaf Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y. Apr. 19, 1940. Can-
ada, United Kingdom, and France

The Maryland Committee tor the Relief of Poland's War Victims,

Baltimore, Md., Oct. 21, 1939. Poland

Massachusetts Relief Committee for Poland, Worcester, Mass. Nov.

9, 1939. Poland--

Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pa. Feb. 13, 1940. Great

Britain, Poland, Germany, and France- _ -

Milford, Conn., Polish Relief Fund Committee, Milford, Conn. Nov.

6, 1939. Poland .--

Kate R. Miller, New York, N. Y. Feb. 19, 1940. France

Mobile Surgical Unit, Inc.. New York, N. Y. Jan. 13, 1940." France-
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,

U. S. A., Boston, Mass. Apr. 25, 1940. Canada, France, and the

United Kingdom '..__

Fernanda Wanamaker Munn (Mrs. Ector Munn), New York, N. Y.

Nov. 25, 19.39. France

National Christian Action. Inc., New York, N. Y. May 23, 1940.

Norway and Denmark --

Netherlands War Relief Committee, Manila, Philippine Islands.

May 27, 1940.« Netherlands .-.

New Jersey Broadcasting Corporation, Jersey City, N. J. Sept. 13,

1939. Poland--.

North Side Polish Council, Relief Committee of Milwaukee, Wis.,

Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. 5. 1939. Poland

Norwegian Relief, Inc., Chicago, 111. May 1, 1940. Norway

Nowe-Dworer Ladies Benevolent Association, Inc., New York, N.Y.

Ort. 25, 1939. Poland

Nowiny Publishing Apostolate, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 20, 1939.

Poland.-

Nowy Swiat Publishing Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 11,

1939. Poland and Franco

Order of Scottish Clans, Boston, Mass. Jan. 25, 1940. Scotland

Paderewski Fund for Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Feb. 23,

1910. Poland ---

Le Paquot au Front, New York, N. Y. Oct. 6, 1939. France-

The Paryski Publishing Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland -
The Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley British Relief Society of Rhode

Island, Pawtucket, R. I. Feb. 26, 1940. Great Britain

Polish Aid Fund Committee of Federation of Elizabeth Polish Organ-
izations, Elizabeth, N. J. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland

Polish Aid Fund Committee of St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church

of the City of Albany, N. Y., Albany. N. V. Jan. 22, 1940. Poland.
Polish-American Associations of Middlese.\ County, N. J., SajTeville,

N.J. Jan. 22, 1940. Poland _

Polish-American Citizens Relief Fund Committee, Shirley, Mass.

Dec. 16, 1939. Poland

Polish-American Council, Chicago, m. Sept. 16, 1939. Poland

Polish-American Forwarding Commitlee, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Mar. 2.S, 1940. Poland and Germany

Polish-American Volunteer Ambulance Section (Pavas), New York,

N.Y. Feb. 13, 1940. France.

Polish Broadcasting Corporation, New York, N. Y. Sept. 23, 1939.

Poland ._ ._

Polish Business and Professional Men's Club, Los Angeles, Calif.

Nov. 17, 1039. Poland

Polish Central Committee of New London, Conn., New London,

Conn. Oct. 13, 1939. Poland _.

Funds
received

$20, 936. 71

4, 317. 71

9, 170. 48

5,211.50

9, 219. 00

405. 33

111.00

1,113.00

46, 283. 76
10. 985. 81
1, 539. 89

1,210.65

1.427.82
206, 342. 53

593. 88

5, 086. 46

25. 832. 41
2, 321. 64

86,224.92
60,214.80

6, 397. 65

2. 178.38

8, 648. 05

1,916.70

1, 057. 05

427. 01
351.8,54.68

407. 86

27, 540. 00

2, 067. 08

474. 60

1, 264. 40

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$14, 029. 98

None

6, 774. 01

6. 209. 75

8, 445. 61

250.20
111.00
None

1, 502. 60

3, 788. 69

None

1, 400. 28
None

None

4, 589. 86

24. 212. 00
None

,50. 000. 00
42.119.26
6,112.70

258. 36

7, 946. 85

176.32

800.00

350. 31
204, 2.S8. 50

268. 35

19, 094. 06

None

314.23

994. 24

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs,

campaigns,

etc.

$36. 26

2, 142. 10

2, 396. 47

1.75

708. 14

84.62
None
None

415. 49

4, 236. 22

341.17

19.18
5, 463. 63

92. .50

None

103. 39

None

28,697.17

28, 848. 95

None

146, 35

None

7.00

80.82

21.67
7, 743. 64

1,081-42

33,71

35. 30

158. 27

148. 57

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30, 1940,

including
cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

$6, 870. 47

2, 175, 61

None

65.25

70.51

None

1,113,00

44, 36,5. 77
2, 960. 90
1, 198. 72

None

8.36
200, 878. 90

601. 38

495. 60

1, 517. 02
2,321.64

7, 527. 75

None
284. 95

1. 773. 68

701. 20

1, 733. 38

176. 23

5,5.03
139,822,64

None

8, 412. 24

2, 031. 78

2,00
111.69

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

$10,160.05

None

5,461.60

None
None
,500. 00

None

2, 851. 27

None

1, 300. 00
None

None

None
None

None

2, 707. 75

None

None
1, 500. 00
1, 200. 00

None

350.00
73, ,500. 00

None

245. 40

None

75.00

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

■ No complete report for the month of June has been received from this organization.
• No report has been received from this organization.

CoNTRIBtlTIONS FOR RELIEF IN BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES Continued

Name o( registrant, location, date of t«RlJtratloD, and destination of
contributions

Polish Central Council of New Haven, New Haven, Conn. Sept. 29,

1939. Poland

Polish Civic League of Mercer County, Trenton, N. J. Sept. 19, 1939.

Poland -

PolL'hClvUlanRelietFund, Passaic, N.J. Oct. 27, 1939. Poland..
Polish Falcons Alliance of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 20, 1939.

Poland

Polish Inter-Ori!;iiiizatlon "Centrala" of Waterbury, Waterbury,

Conn. Feb. 28, 1940. Poland -

Polish Literary Guild of New Britain, Conn., New Britain, Conn.

Septembi>r21. IflW. Poland

The Polish National .Alliance of Brooklyn, United States of America,

Brooklyn, N. Y. Sejit. 19, 1939. Poland

Polish National .\lliaDie of the United States of North America,

Chicago, 111. Sept. 27, 1939. Poland

Polish National Council of Montgomery County, Amsterdam, N. Y.

Oct. 12, 1939. Poland

Polish National louncll of New York, New York, N. Y. Sept. 14,

1939. Poland and France

The Polish Ntidirali/atlon Independent Club, Worcester, Mass.

Sept. 20, 1939. Poland .

PollshRelicfof Carteret, N.J. , Carteret, N.J. Oct. 11, 1939. Poland-
Polish Relief Committee of Boston, Boston, Mass. Sept. 14, 1939.

Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Brockton, Mass., Brockton, Mass. Sept.

25, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass.

Sept. 16, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Columbia County, Hudson, N. Y. Mar.

16, 1940. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Delaware, Wilmington, Del. Sept. 22,

1939. Poland _. __

Polish Relief Committee, Detroit. Mich. Sept. 11. 1939. Poland
Polish Relief Committee of Fitchburg, Fitchburg, Mass. Mar. 29,

1940. Poland

Polish ReliefCommittee, Flint, Mich. Sept. 18, 1939. Poland

Polish ReliefCommittee of Gardner, Mass., Gardner, Mass. Sept. 26,

1939. Poland ---.

Polish Relief Committee of Holyokc, Mass., Holyoke, Mass. Nov. 4,

1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Jackson, Mich., Jackson, Mich, Nov. 9,

1939. Poland. - - - -.-

Polish Relief Committee, New Bedford, Mass. Oct. 31, 1939. Poland-
Polish Relief Committee of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Philadelphia,

Pa. Sept. 12, 1939. Poland -... --

Polish Relief Committee of the Polish National Home Association,

Lowell, Mass. Nov. 27, 1939. Poland - -

Polish Relief Committee, Rochester, N. Y. Nov. 8, 1939. r Poland...

Polish Relief Committee. Taunton, Mass. Dec. 13, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Fall River, Mass., Fall River, Mass. Nov. 8,

1939. Poland -- ---

Polish Relief Fund, Jersey City, N.J. Sept. 12, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund, Jewett City, Conn. Oct. 3, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Meriden, Meriden, Conn. Oct. 12, 1939.

Poland

PoiishRellefFund, Middletown, Conn. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Oct. 26, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Palmer, Mass., Three Rivers, Mass. Oct. 20,

1939. Poland -

Polish ReUef Fund of Syracuse, N. Y., and Vicinity, Syracuse, N. Y.

Oct. 31, 1939. Poland -

Funds
received

S3, 482. 99

6. 865. 90
3, 966. 12

9, 883. 24

742. 2.5

2. 678. 8-1

7, 659. 68

282. 416. 93

3, 107. 76

m, 706. 03

2, 428. 64
1,230.15

7, 810. 58

1, 708. 24
2, 198. 24

None

7, 360. 16

1 II), 767. 63

749. 80
4,350.80

3, 862. 03

5, 316. 32

1.472.28
8, 789. 31

41, 382. 53

2, 813. 84
5.060.25
2, 682. 60

1,083.31

58, 245. 40

1, 188. 90

1. 772. 69
4, 539. 45

2, 635. 72

1,328.79
9. 078. 66

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$3,131.00

6. 392. 86

3, 025. 00

9, 022. 23

607. 76

2,000.00

4,000.00

231, 065. 00

2, 610. 00

.54, 762. 24

2,200.00
800.00

61, 101. 19

1,201.27

1,142.30

None

6, 813. 42
98, 603. 14

446.00
3,300.00

2.979.20

4, 728. 06

572.60

7, 397. 24

32, 479. 00

1, .500. 00
4,473.38

2, 257. 00

1,000.00

53, 108. 59

1,086.90

1,500.00
2.968.85
2, 500. 00

620. 46

6,869.00

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs,

campaigns,

etc.

$51. 26

.89
207.90

20.00

25. .50

13,00

None

1, 399. 29

89.16

10, 806. 35

8 65
13.00

418.95

236.04

116.89

None

230.07
5. 637. 23

41.09
813.31

710.11

203. 35

112.49
595. 39

687.54

481.28
57.06
23.17

30.10
1,840.30

101.08

27.90
18.20
21.80

86.92

422.41

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30, 1940,

including
cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

$300. 73

472. 15
733.22

841.01

108 99

665. 84

3. 0.59. 68

49, 952. 64
408.60

20, 137. 44

219.99
417. 15

1,290.44

270.93

939. 05

None

316. 67
42, 527, 26

262. 71
237.49

172. 72

384.91

787. 19
796.68

8, 215. 99

812.56
,529. 82
402.43

53.21

3, 296. 61

.92

244.79

1, 5.52. 40

113.92

621.41

1, 787. 25

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
In kind
sent to

countries
named

$800.00

4.000.00
None

None

6,000.00

289, 633. 60

None
4.5. OO

l.SOO. 00

3.50. 00

600.00

None

3,850.00
51,974.00

7.5, 00
None

1,307.05

050.00

7,50, on

3, 8.50, 00

None

None
1,6.5,3.00
1,37.5.00

None

1, 575. 00

400.00

None
None
None

4, 004. 95

1,850.00

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

$1,000.00

None
None

None

None
None
None
None
None
172,871.00

None

None
None
None
None

600.00

None

5.5.00
None

None

None
None

None

None
None
None

None

» The registration of this organization was revoked on May 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions tor Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant. location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Polish Relief Fund Committee, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 13, 1939.

Poland -

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Milwaukee, Wis., Milwaukee,

Wis. Sept. 2r., 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Passaic and Bergen Counties, Inc.,

Passaic, N. J. Sept. 22, 1939. Poland

Polish Union of the United States of North America, Wilkes-Barre,

Pa. Sept. 8, 1939. Poland

Polish United Societies of Holy Trinity Parish, Lowell, Mass. Sept.

20, 1939. Poland

Polish War Sufferers Relief Conmiittee (Fourth Ward), Toledo,

Ohio. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

Polish Welfare Association, Hyde Park, Mass. Sept. 16, 1939.«

Poland _

Polish Welfare Council, Schenectady, N. Y. Sept. 22, 1939. Poland,
Polish White Cross Club of West Utica, Utica, N. Y. Oct. 20,

1939. Poland..,.

Polish Women's Fund to Fatherland, Lawrence, Mass. Sept. 23,

1939. Poland

Polish Women's Relief Committee, New York, N. Y. Nov. 24, 1939,

France, Poland, and Germany

Polski Komitct Ratunkowy (Polish Relief Fund), Binghamton, N. Y.

Sept. 25, 1939. Poland

Polsko Narodowy Komitet w Ameryce, Scranton, Pa. Sept. 8, 1939.

Poland

Pulaski Civic League of Middlesex County, N. J., South River, N. J.

Sept. 30, 1939. Poland

Pulaski League of Queens Comity, Inc., Jamaica, N. Y. Oct. 21,

1939. Poland

Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 17, 1940.

Netherlands, France, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia,

New Zealand, Canada, Union of South Africa, Norway, Belgium, and

Luxemburg _.

Relief Agency for Polish War Sufferers, WUlimantic, Conn. Sept. 29,

1939. Poland

Relief Committee of United Polish Societies, Chicopee, Mass. Oct.

21, 1939. Poland

Relief Fund for Sufferers in Poland Committee, Kenosha, Wis. Sept.

25, 1939. Poland

Relief Society for Jews in Lublin, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 13, 1939.

Poland

Russian Children's Welfare Society, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 29,

1939. Germany, France, and Poland

The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Little Falls, N. Y., Little

Falls, N. Y. Nov. 2, 1939. Poland.

St. Andrews (Scottish) Society of Washington, D. C, Washington,

D. C. June 18, 1910. Scotland

St. Stephens PoIishRelief Fund of Perth Amboy, N. J., Perth Amboy,

N. J. Sept. 27, 1939. Poland

The Salvation Army, New York, N. Y. May 23, 1940. England,

France, Norway, Belgium , and the Netherlands

Save the Children Federation, Incorporated, New York, N. Y. Sept.

8, 1939. England, Poland, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Schuylkill and Carbon Counties Relief Committee for Poland,

Frackville, Pa. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland

Scots' Charitable Society, Boston, Mass. May 9, 1940. Scotland

Secours Franco-Amerieain— War Relief, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 20,

1939. France

The Seventh Column, Inc., West Fairiee, Vt., June 12, 1940. France

and England

Share A Smoke Club, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. Nov. 14, 1939. England,
France, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Funds
received

$785. 89
14. 594. 38
12, 024. 79
2, 053. 21

4, 075. 39

5, 294. 27

434. 8S

5, 516. 18

6, 222. 28

5, 650. 56
6, 929. 19
3, 430. 50

26, 364. 46

507. 63

7, 376. 78

197, 261. 04

2, 747. 06

6, 316. 97

3, 366. 19
811.33

6, 610. 43

239.95

None

2, 684. 46

26, 773. 64

9, 330. 96

6, 363. 74
100. 00

1, 547. 63

None

276. 66

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$448. 00

12. 232. 72

9,173.92

2, 000. 00

1, 788. 31

5, 177. 18

350.00
4,941.55

4, 962. 70

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs.

campaigns,

etc.

1,821.10

269. 72

2, 354. 04

24, 507. 67

None

6, 700. 00

CO, 930. 00

2, 080. 28

4, 682. 99

2, 560. 00

175.00

3, 848. 67

200.00

None

21, 164. 00

6, 758. 25

4, 460. 71

None

162. 11

None

100.00

$112.17

532. 96

1,014.51

None

162.71

117.09

None
57.32

275.36

642. 34

2, 336. 56

247. 13

345. 76

86.00

159. 65

13. 636. 64
176. 72
None
343. 69
280.82

1, 279. 69

1.00

None

1, 062. 79

2, 392. 40

None
None

90.02

None
71.86

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30. 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

$225. 72

1,828.70

1, 836. 36

53.21

2, 124. 37

None

84.86
617. 31

984.23
3, 187. 12
4, 322. 91

829. 33
1,511.03

422. 53
1,617.13

122, 796. 40

491. 06

633. 98

472.50

365. 61

482. 17

38.96

None

2, 684. 45

4, 546. 76

180.31

903, 03
100. 00

1. 295. 60

None

104.80

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

$160.00

11, 607. 40

2, 990. 50

None

1, 240. 00

None

None
6,160.00

I, 600. 00

1,800.00

859.00

780. 00

20. 685. 00

None

None
637. 10

1, .886. 00

1, 000. 00
None

1,166.20
None
None
None

2. 306. 00

None

None
None

386.00

None

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

None

$600.00

None

3, 000. 00
None

None

850.00

1,209.80

None

1, 274. 70

None

None
None

1.236.60

None

« The registration of this organisation was revoked on May 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

AUGUST 3, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

coi'ntries

named

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

aftairs,

campaigns,

etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Juno 30. 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still on

hand

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

$1,214.24

None

$706. 13

$508.11

None

31, 199. 12

$30,240.87

958.25

None

$200.00

653.07

373.49

57 56

222. 02

None

217.00

None

2. SO

214.20

None

9,037 13

4, fiOO. 00

4, 052. 92

384.21

None

6,41,V30

1,995.07

202. 10

4, 218. 13

$7, 894. 40

None

1,084.92

135.81

20.91

928.20

700.00

None

58.00

None

58.00

None

•

None

34, 195. 97

10,024.01

21,978.46

2, 193. 60

16,486.00

None

1, 078. 19

1,000.00

21.25

56.94

None

310.00

None

500.00

5,0.M.65

4, 5.')0. 00

213. 20

291.45

None

18, 550. 50

10. 575. 64

2, 997. 24

4, 977. 62

None

388. 10

362. SI

3.95

21.34

None

3,017 48

3,017 46

None

2. 293. 41

400.27

539. 76

1,353.38

315.00

None

14,291.04

7,321.01

990.50

5, 979. 53

None

3, 001. 74

2, 400. 00

136. 94

461.80

None

2.134.46

938. 85

1,108.54

87.07

None

1.091.97

None

146. 27

945. 70

None

530.66

300.00

161. 10

69.56

None

32. 142. 13

I(i. 796. 90

15. 485. 72

None

95. 138. 61

3.5, 517. 94

6, :is.\ 34

63.237.33

4.711.49

2.666.23

2,139.62

I..=i00.0n

130. 24

.509. 38

None

832. 96

84.70

191.96

5.56. 30

None

677. 15

None

.3.5. 21

641.94

None

8. 999. 77

7. 019. 62

231.94

1,748.21

4, 845. 00

None

1. 576. 75

1,3,50.00

212. 16

14.59

None

2, 489. 72

1. 965. 27

437. 91

86.54

595.00

None

1,211. 19

576.80

26.75

607.64

300.00

None

720.55

450.00

23.20

247,35

None

Noo9

at the request

;of registrant,

Sociedades Hispanas Aliadas, San Francisco, Calll. Mar. 29, 1940.

France

Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 22, 1940.

France

Soci«t« Fran^aise de St. LouLs, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 15, 1939.

France

SoclCt6 Israelite Franjaisc de Secours Mutuels de New York, New

York, N. Y. June 4, 1940. France

Society of the Devotees of Jerusalem, Inc., New York, N. Y. Dec. 18,

1939. Palestine

The Somerset Workroom, Far Hills, N. J. Apr. 25, 1940. France and

Great Britain

Southbridge Allied Committee for Relief in Poland, Southbridge,

Mass. Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Le Souvenir Fransais, Detroit, Mich. May 1, 1940. France and Bel-
gium

Spanish Committee Pro-Masonic Refugees in France, Now York,

N. Y. Feb. 20, 1910. France

Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign, New York, N. Y. Sept. 20, 1939.

France —

Springfield and Vicinity Polish Relief Fund Committee, Springfield,

Mass. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland --.

Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, New York,

N. Y. Apr. 5, 1940, France

Toledo Committee for Relief of War Victims. Toledo, Ohio. Sept.

19, 1939. Poland

Tolstoy Foundation for Russian Welfare and Culture, New York,

N. Y. Oct. 17, 1939. France. Poland, and England

Mrs. Walter R. Tuckernian, Bethesda. Md. Nov. 24, 1939. Great

Britain ,

Edmund Tyszka, Ilamtramck, Mich. Sept. 19, 1939. Poland

L'Union Alsacienne, Inc., Now York, N. Y. Oct. 2.S. 1939. France..
Unitarian Service Committee of the American Unitarian Association,

Boston, Mass. May 23, 1940. France

United American Polish Organizations, South River, N. J., South

River, N.J. Oot. 20, 1939. Poland --.

UnitedAmcrlcan Spanish Aid Committee, New York, N. Y. Apr. 29,

1940. United Kingdom and France -

United Bilgorayer Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Mar. 21, 1940.

Poland - - -

United British War ReUef Association, Somcrville, Mass. June 14,

1940. Great Britain and Northern Ireland..-

United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem, New York. N. Y. Oct. 13,

1939. Palestine.- - --- --

United Committee for French Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Oct. 26,

1939. France - - --

United German Societies, Inc., Portland, Oreg., Portland, Oreg., Jan.

8,1940. Germany

United Nowy Dworer Relief Committee, New York, N. Y. Jan 3,

1940. Poland

United Opoler Relief of New York, New York, N. Y. Dec. 9, 1939.

i^ Poland - -

United Polish Central Council of Connecticut, Bridgeport, Conn.

Oct. 16, 1939. Poland -

United Polish Committees in Racine, Wis., Racine, Wis. Nov. 2,
1939. Poland - - -

United Polish Organizations of Salem, Mass., Salem, Mass. Oct. 20,
1939. Poland --- - -

United Polish Societies of Bristol, Conn., Bristol, Conn. Sept. 29,
1939. Poland --- ---

United Polish Societies of Immaculate Conception Church, Southing-
ton, Conn. Oct. 13, 1939.' Poland- -

' The registration of this organization was revoked on Apr. 30, 1940,
251432—40 3

DEPARTMEKT OF STATE BULLETIN

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destination of
contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds
spent for
adminis-
tration,
publicity,

affairs,

campaigns,

etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
June 30, 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and stil! on

hand

Estimated
value of

contri-
butions
in kind

sent to
countries

named

Estimated
value of
contri-
butions
in kind
now on
hand

United Polish Societies of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 21,
'1939 Poland

$2, 6.11. 21

7. 146. 79
18, 574. 63
4,207.41

None
1, 691. 44

1,316.12

5, 436. 98

143, 087. 16

$2. 262. 10

r>. 600. 14
14, 327. 20
3,897.31

None
1, 184. 80

1,218.62

1,632.48

124,074.11

$330. 82

138.34
526. 07
40.46

None
96.31

13.67

8.02

22,181.64

$58. 29

1, 408. 31

3, 720. 76

269. 65

None
410.33

83.83

3,796.48

None

None
$3, 159. 10
3, 282. 00

None
1, 600. 00

None

3,851.45

16, 247. 20

None

United Reading Appeal for Polish War Suflerers, Heading, Pa. Sept.

None

Urgent Relief for France, Washington, D. C. Dec. 26, 1939. France. .

Mrs. Paul Verdier Fund, San Francisco, Calif. Oct. 11 , 1939. France.

Vincennes, France, Committee of Viccennes, Ind., Vincennes, Ind.,

May 31, 1940 France . .

$1, 66S. 05
None

None

Ware Polish Relief Fund, Ware, Mass. Nov. 4, 1939.' Poland

Woman's Auxiliary Board of the Scots' Charitable Society, Inc.,
Waverlev, Mass. Feb. 28, 1940. Scotland

None
None

Women's Allied War Relief Association of St. Louis, Clayton, Mo.
Dec. 18, 1939. Great Britain and France

None

Registrants whose registrations were revoked prior to June 1, 1940, and

None

Total ' " .

8,384,095.30

5,156,025.30

698, 719. 79

2, 546, 284. 22

887,541.69

235,834.54

• The registration of this orp;anization wa^ revoked on Feb. 29, 1940. nt the request of rec^istrant.

' It is not possible to strike an exact balance in these published totals, since some registrants have included in their expenditures moneys available from
loans or advances, which are not considered by the Department to be "funds received" and hence are not reported as such.
«* See footnote s page 72, on the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

REPATRIATION OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS

[Released to the pres.s July 2!)]

The Acting Secretary of State announces
that the United State.s Army transport Ameri-
can Legion has, by arrangement ■with the ap-
propriate authorities of the United States
Government, been commissioned to i>roceed

into and througli tlie combat area defined by
tlie President in his proclamation, numbered
2410, of June 11, 1940,^ in order to evacuate
citizens of the United States who are in im-
minent danger to their lives as a result of
combat operations incident to the present war.

*See the Bulletin of June 15, 1940 (vol. II, no. 51),
Ijp. 041-643.

Commercial Policy

THE NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION

Message of President Roosevelt

The, Xatioiial Foreign Trade Council, Inc.,
has made puhlic a message wliicli, at the Coun-
cil's invitation, tlie President sent to its Twenty-
seventh National Foreign Trade Convention at
San Francisco and which was read at tlic World
Trade dinner on July 30.

The text of the President's message to tlie
convention follows :

It is a great pleasure to offer my warm greetings
to the delegates assembled for the Twentj'-Seventh
National Foreign Trade Convention at San Francisco.
I an» confident that your deliberation.s, which are
characteristic of our democracy at work, will con-
tribute substantially to the successful solution of
your connnon i)rol(lcms — problems which are today of
grave concern to the entire nation.

Producers and workers in our exjwrt industries,
both agricultural and industrial; consumers of im-
ported products ; foreign traders ; banks, insurance
and shipping companies; all of the millions of our
IM'ople who have a vital stake in tlie nation's foreign
trade, realize the .seriou.sness and tlie difliculty of
the problems confronting us in this held today. You
are all aw-are of the dislocations sulTcred by our
foreign trade as a result of armed conllict in other
parts of the world. Established trade channels
have been disrupted, our exports of many important
products, particularly agricultural, have been se-
verely curtailed, our trade with virtually the entire
Euro])eaii continent has dwindled to a small frac-
tion of its former volun>e, and the weakening of the
international economic structure has necessitated the

imposition by many countries of even more drastic
trade-control measures than existed before the war.

Nevertheless, the substantial progress made during
the past six years in our efforts to maintain trade
between free nations on the basis of the liberal and
democratic principles which underlie our trade agree-
ment program lias not by any means been lost. In
order to safegtiard the progress made thus far,
and to meet any external threat to our economic
security, we must redouble our efforts to bring about,
by every practicable means, the closest jMssible eco-
nomic cooperation with other countries, particularly
with those in the western hemisphere. It is my
profound conviction that such a vigorous program
of economic defense is an essential part of our
national defense program.

It has been suggested or implied by a few faint-
hearted defeatists in rt'cent weeks that we should
abandon our efforts to conduct our foreign trade
on the basis of liberal and democratic principles.
The logic of such implications, if they be true, would
lead us to embark upon a course of action which
would subject our producers, consumers, and foreign
traders, and ultimately the entire nation, to the
regimentation of a totalitarian system. For it is
naive to imagine that we could adopt a totalitarian
control of our foreign trade and at the same time
escape totalitarian regimentation of our internal
economy. I, therefore, reject any implication that
we have been defeated in our efforts to maintain
liberal trade principles and, to the end that our
continued efforts to maintain those principles uia.v
be crowned wifli lasting success, I pledge you the
whole-heart e<l cooperation of your Government.

Address by Assistant Secretary Grady: Taking Stock of Our Foreign-Trade Position ■

[Released to tlie press July .'!1]

In taking stock of our foreign-trade position,
it is important for all of us to realize that, from
the national point of view, foreign trade is not

" Delivered at the final session of the Twenty -seventh
National Foreign Trade Convention, San Francisco,
JiUy 31, 1&40.

an independent field of economic activity nor
an end in itself but an integral part of our na-
tional economy and of our international rela-
tions. It is in this broad perspective that the
commercial policy of the administration was
formulated and is being carried out. Its ob-
jective is to promote above all else the welfare

DEPABTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

of the Nation as a whole, which can be achieved
in the fullest measure only under conditions
of world peace. It was anticipated that such
a policy, being based on the principles of reci-
procity and equality of opportunity in interna-
tional relations, would tend to reduce the causes
of economic friction between nations and to
make it possible for all nations to realize more
fully their economic potentialities and would
thereby facilitate the establishment of a sound
and lasting peace in the international
community.

Such a peace did not materialize. Our fail-
ure to adapt our commercial policy after the
last world war to the change in our position
from a debtor to a creditor country was in part
responsible for the severity and long duration
of the 1930-32 depression which affected the
course of international events which followed.
Our present commercial policy has been in effect
for only six years and has in that short time
contributed in an outstanding measure toward
the restoration of sanity in international com-
mercial relations. Nevertheless, owing to the
direction which international developments had
already taken by the time of its adoption, tlie
cause of liberal trade was not advanced far
enough to block the course of impending dis-
aster. One factor making its progress less than
it might have otherwise been was the strong
opposition at home from those who regarded
liberal trade principles as inimical to their
privileges of exploitation under the excessive
tariffs of 1930. Furthei-more, in its path lay
a tangled undergrowth of false doctrines and
blind prejudices deeply rooted in more than 50
years of American high-protectionist tradition.
Nevertheless, disaster having overtaken the
world, our hope now is to pull through the
troubled days ahead with strength to preserve
for ourselves, if not for the world, the freedom
and liberty which are possible only under the
institutions of a democracy. That hope depends
upon our subordinating immediate and selfish
interests to the national welfare, on which all
our interests ultimately depend, and vieM'ing
our domestic problems in relation to world
problems of which they are a part.

I am sure that many people who have not
realized the importance of this before, do now.
The realization has been brought home to them
suddenly by recent events in Eurojje and by
their concern now for their country's security.
The first hysterical impulse following such a
belated realization is frequently to demand new
and drastic measures. However, before throw-
ing over basic pruiciples, such as those embod-
ied in the trade-agreements program, which
have been tried and tested, we should consider
what the situation calls for, especially from the
point of view of war conditions, the require-
ments of national defense, and the outlook for
trade in the post-war j^eriod.

The war in Europe has had a pronounced
effect on our foreign trade, as may be observed
from official figures for the first five months of
this year. Both our exports and imports
greatly increased in this jjeriod compared to
those of the corresponding periods of the two
previous years. Large percentage increases in
our export sales between the fii-st five months
of 1939 and 1940 were accounted for by the
United Kingdom and France, 92 percent; Can-
ada, 54 percent ; and South America, 70 pei'cent.
One would not expect to find, of course, that
these export increases occurred largely in re-
sjiect of commodities on which concessions have
been obtained abroad in peace time as the result
of trade agreements. As a matter of fact, our
export trade with many of the countries in
Europe with which we have trade agreements
has been seriously disrupted by the war, and,
in the case of the United Kingdom and France,
the benefits of the concessions obtained from
them have in a large measure been offset by
wai'-time trade controls which are permitted
under the terms of agreements in the event of
a national emergency. The type of goods
which have been exjjorted in increased amounts
to the United Kingdom, France, and Canada
has been determined chiefly by their war needs,
and our increased sales to South America have
consisted in a large part of goods which that
continent previously purchased from Europe.

Nevertheless, trade agreements have been a
factor of significance in our foreigii-trade posi-

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tion under war conditions. It is important to
note in this connection tliat, altliough our im-
ports increased also in the first five months of
this year over tlie correspondinjr period of last
year, they have not increased as nmch as have
our exports, indicating on the part of the for-
eign purchasei-s of our goods a drain on their
sources of dollar exchange. This has in part
caused the belligerents to limit their purchases
from the United States to essential items in
order to conserve their dollar funds for war
materials. The American trade in agricultural
products, many of which have not come under
the category of essentials, has especially suffered
as a result of this policy. Furthermore, the
using up of dollar exchange now by the foreign
countries concerned may mean, in the case of the
belligerents, that their ability to buy American
products required by post-war reconstruction
will be impaired and, in the case of other coun-
tries, that we shall not be able to hold onto the
trade gains which have been made.

The drain, however, on the doihir-exchange
resources of foreign countries, the consequences
suffei'ed as a result thereof by American agricul-
ture, and its possible effects on future trade
might be greater than is now the case were it
not for the existence of trade agreements. The
lowering of our tariffs as the result of these
agreements has afforded foreign countries the
opportunity of exchanging larger amounts of
their goods for American products than would
otherwise be possible and thus has relieved in
some measure the pressure on their potential
dollar-exchange reserves.

In preparing in the present crisis to defend
our interests, our homes, and our liberties, we
must take into account the fact that foreign
trade is regarded by totalitarian governments
as a source, not of national prosperity, but of
political and military power and is employed as
an instrument of aggression. Wliereas we have
sought in foreign trade a means for providing,
i-eciprocally, for the fuller employment of labor
and for raising living standards of the people
in general, the dictators have used their trade-
bargaining power to increase the dependence of
small countries on totalitarian economy in order

that such countries might, one at a time, be
isolated from their friends and neighboi-s and
more easily brought under their domination.
That we may not, as the result of such methods,
find ourselves without friends among our neigh-
bors in this hemisphere and surrounded on all
sides by the forces of aggression, tyranny, and
persecution, we must press forward vigorously,
but calmly and sanely, with our good-neighbor
policy in the Americas.

Tiie chief source of livelihood of our southern
neighbors is the production of raw materials
for world markets. Nearly half of their exports
in 1937 was sold to Europe, but that trade is now
disrupted as a result of the war. If the burden
on Latin America of accumulating stocks of ex-
poi't surpluses is permitted to grow, it may be
expected that the resistance of the American
republics to economic penetration from the Old
World will be undermined and weakened. This
problem of Latin-American export surpluses is
one of immediate importance to which, as you
know, this Government is giving serious atten-
tion. Its solution is highly important to the
security of this hemisphere.

The basic need, however, of the defense and
prosperity of the Americas is the continued de-
velopment of closer economic relations among
the American republics. There is need of each
opening wider its markets to the products of the
other republics, of developing industries to sup-
ply those markets, and of lending financial and
technical assistance for this and other purposes.

I am sure that you are aware of the marked
advance which has already been made in this
direction under the administration's good-
neighbor policy. Of outstanding importance in
this connection are the trade agreements which
this Government has entered into with 11 Amer-
ican republics, containing mutual guaranties
of fair treatment and providing reciprocally for
increased market opportunities through a low-
ering of import barriers. Even opponents of
the trade-agreements program who have
shouted "wolf, wolf" the loudest have benefited
from its stimulus to foreign trade and the re-
sulting expansion of the domestic market for
their products. Nevertheless, the opposition of

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sectional and special interests has constituted a
serious threat to the very existence of the trade
program. Thanks to their short-sighted greed
and also perhaps to the activities of similar
privilege-seeking groups abroad, the trade-
agreements program has not been advanced as
far in our relations with the other American
republics as might be desired, especially in view
of the present need of American economic
solidarity which the protection of conunon in-
terests demands. In this connection attention
may be called to our prohibition, under the guise
of sanitary laws, against meat imports from
certain areas of South America not aii'ected by
the disease against which sanitary safeguards
are sought. The failure of this Government to
provide warranted relief from such sanitary
regulations and the indifference which would
appear to be evidenced thereby toward the de-
velopment of closer mter- American relations do
not inspire the cooperation which is necessary
to the building up of an adequate hemispheric
defense.

Although the people of this country are on
guard against fifth-column activities, they do
not appear to be alert yet to the more subtle
danger of the existence within our midst of a
sixth column composed of special interests who,
out of blind selfishness, would sacrifice the
common good for personal gain.

What the nature of our international trade
i-elations will be after the war, no one of course
knows. We are in a position however to exert
a positive influence on such relations in this
hemisphere. If the divided interests of this
country would realize that their welfare is bas-
ically dependent upon the welfare and strength
of the Nation as a whole and would by united
and vigorous efforts urge full cooperation with
the other American republics, including recip-
rocal reductions in trade barriers and mutual
assurances of fair and equitable commercial
treatment, we should be able not only to lay
the economic foundations of hemispheric de-
fense but also to secure compensation in larger
inter-American trade for ourselves and other
American republics for possible losses in trade
■with other parts of the world.

The future of our trade with other parts of
the world depends in part, it appears, on fac-
tors beyond our immediate control. Whatever
the developments in this field may be, they are
apt to bring home to the American businessman
with a jolt the basic truth reflected in our trade-
agreement policy ; namely, that exports depend
ultimately on imports.

For nearly two decades, American business,
representing both agriculture and industry, has
been trying to increase its sales abroad while
at the same time seeking to restrict its foreign
purchases. One of the factors making possible
our large excess of exports over imports in the
decade of the twenties was foreign loans. In
the early years of the thirties, a large part of
these loans were in default, and we virtually
discontinued lending and investing abroad.
We continued nevertheless to maintain an ex-
cess of exports over imports, and foreign coun-
tries were thus forced to balance their payments
with us by large shipments of gold to this
country until they have become largely drained
of their gold reserves while we have accumu-
lated a useless surplus.

If we are to receive payment from abroad on
account of goods exported, services rendered,
and funds invested, it appears that we must be
prepared to receive a lai'ger jjart of it in the
form of goods for feeding, clothing, and shel-
tering our population.

The sooner we recognize that trade is essen-
tially barter, an exchange of goods for goods,
the better position we shall be in to safeguard
our international commerce and protect Amer-
ican agriculture and industry whose prosperity
is dependent on world mai'kets and access to
world supplies of raw materials. By what
methods this exchange of goods is to be effected
is, however, a matter of great concern to us.
Shall it be conducted on a liberal most-favored-
nation or multilateral basis, or on a preferential
and restricted basis of bilateral trade-balancing?
For instance, shall we, as has been possible under
a most-favored-nation system of world trade,
accept raw materials from southeastern Asia as
payment in part for our exports to Europe, or
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to accept instead European products for wliicli
we may liave less need.

I suspect that those wlio advocate the adop-
tion by this Government of barter or clearing
urranpements are really at heart high-protec-
tionists who mistake such streamlined trade
controls as miracle-working devices for promot-
ing exports without increasing imports. If our
trade with southeastern Asia, for example, in
which our imports far exceed our exports, were
subject to such arrangements, efforts to bring
about a more evenly balanced trade might con-
ceivably result in a serious curtailment of our
imports of essential raw materials. But assume
for the sake of argument that we were able by
such efforts to force southeastern Asia to in-
crease its purchases of American products.
This would necessitate naturally a curtailment
of its imports from other countries, especially
European countries, whose purchases of Amer-
ican products exceed for the most part their
sales to us. On the basis of actual experience
of various countries with bilateralistic controls,
it might be expected that the loss of European
markets in southeastern Asia would lead the
European countries eventually to seek a more
evenly balanced ti-ade with us; in other words,
to increase their sales in this market or to re-
duce their imports of American products.

Suppose that we should be trading after the
war on a bilateralistic basis and should have
open to us under a clearing arrangement a large
European market for American products. Un-
der such an arrangement, the American export-
er would receive, in payment for their
merchandise, credits abroad in terms of a for-
eign currency. In order to convert the proceeds
of their export sales into dollars, they would
either have to use these credits themselves for
the purchase of foreign goods for sale in this
country or, directly or indirectly, sell them to
American importers for the same purpose or
to other Americans having financial obligations
to meet abroad. But since the foreign funds
could not be spent in any foreign market except
the one employing the foreign currency in ques-
tion, the American demand for the i^roducts

available in that market or obligations to be
met in that particular curi-ency might not be
great enough to provide for the disposal of the
blocked funds. In order that the American ex-
porters might finally obtain dollars for their
goods, import duties on certain foreign products
might be substantially reduced to encourage
their sale in this country or, if the American
exporters were permitted to do so under the
terms of the clearing agreement, they might
sell their foreign credits to American importers
at a discount, which would also stimulate im-
ports but at the expense of the exporters and
domestic producers. It is more likely, however,
that great pressure would be brought to bear
on the Government to relieve the American
exporters of their blocked funds and that the
Govei-nment would come to possess a frozen
supply of assets abroad in addition to its buried
stocks of gold in Kentucky.

Even if our foreign trade, in order to meet
the demand in some quarters for further
streamlining, were turned over to a Govern-
ment-owned "Amtorg" corporation or any other
new-model trade set-up. the necessity of accept-
ing imports in payment for exports covM not
he avoided. This necessity is the essence of
trade, but, if the exchange of exports for im-
ports were effected through bilateralistic chan-
nels, we should not be free to buy where or what
we pleased, nor to buy nor to sell in the best
markets. Consequently, the benefits to be de-
rived from such an exchange under bilateralism
tend to disappear and trade, exports as well as
imports, is discouraged.

Incidentally, I might point out that merely
the administrative requirements and compli-
cated procedures arising in connection with
trade controls would in themselves constitute
a heavy burden on foreign commerce. Many of
you have probably shared with us the recent
experience which throws some light upon the
nature of the administrative and regulatory
problems which stem from any measure of trade
control. I refer to the problems which attended
the setting up of the export-licensing system
required under the National Defense Act which

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went into effect at midniglit, July 4, 1940, to con-
trol exports of military equipment and muni-
tions and certain related manufactures and
materials, which might be needed for our own
defense purposes.

I can well understand the difficulties which
faced those of you who had to obtain at short
notice licenses to cover shipments about to be
loaded aboard the steamer; perhaps you can
understand the difficulty which faced the admin-
istrative officials in dealing with a sudden flood
of thousands of applications at the very time
that the entire set-up for examining applica-
tions and issuing licenses had to be thought out
and organized. Many of these problems are, of
course, solved after the initial period is passed
and the system settles down to a routine operat-
ing basis, but let me remind you that each new
control and each new regulation involves, first,
some initial period of confusion and, secondly,
additional routine and the inevitable prospect of
recurrent problems of definition and interpre-
tation, all of which is reflected in delay and
expense.

Control over the exports of a limited number
of products for national-defense purposes is a
comparatively simple matter. You can well
imagine how complicated and burdensome the
administrative problems and regulations might
be in the event that our trade were conducted on
the basis of barter transactions, clearing agree-
ments, or exchange control.

It is not because of fidelity to noble sentiments
or of an allegiance to so-called old-fashioned
doctrines that we must continue to uphold the
multilateral principles of the trade-agreements
program, but because practical considerations
and hard-headed business sense leave no other

course open. The basic proposition underlying
our commercial policy is that foreign trade is a
vital factor in the prosperity, strength and peace
of the Nation ; our policy is to foster such trade.
So long as we hold the national interests above
those of any economic group or section of the
country, no change in that policy is possible.

We must, of course, be prepared to effect any
adjustment in our trade program, or to adopt
any supplementary measures, which conditions
in a war-torn and chaotic world may require,
and, possibly, as in other fields of our national
life, to resort temporarily to measures for which
we basically have no liking. A realistic ap-
proach, however, to emergency problems of
international commercial relations should not
obscure from view the importance of taking
now wliatever action is possible to preserve and
strengthen the principles of liberal trade.

The trade-agreements program is at this time
a factor of vital significance to the future of
our economic relations with the other countries
of this hempisphere and also to the New-World
defense of freedom and democracy. As long
as we remain a free people, the question of
whether this program shall be relegated "to
the heaven of lost causes" will be decided, not
bj' Mr. Hitler, but by you, through the demo-
cratic right to vote, to make representations to
your Government, and to speak freely. I can
not believe that the cause of libei'al trade is
lost any more than that the cause of liberalism
and democracy itself is lost. It is my convic-
tion that, notwithstanding the machinations of
special interests, whether represented by petty
lobbyists or power dictators, democracy will
finally triumph in its struggle for prosperity,
equality, and freedom.

AUGUST 3, 194 0

Address by Raymond H. Geist : Reorganization Changes in the Foreign Service of the United

States «

[Released to the press July 29]

I have been asked to present at this session
of the Twenty-seventh National Foreign Trade
Convention a statement regarding the recent
reorganization changes in the Foreign Service
of the United States.

Under the President's Reorganization Plan
No. II, which went into effect July 1, 1939, the
Foreign Services of the Departments of Com-
merce and Agriculture were combined with the
Foreign Service of the United States. It will
be recalled that, according to tliis plan, all com-
mercial attaches and agricultural attaches be-
came Foreign Service officers and, consequently,
officers of the Department of State, functioning
at our missions abroad under the direction of
the Secretary of State. This plan has now been
in effect over a year. These changes were
brought about after mature deliberation by re-
sponsible officers not only in the Department of
State, but also in the Departments of Commerce
and Agriculture. It was not a plan hastily de-
vised. Tlie advantages inherent in effecting a
well-unified organization in our Foreign Serv-
ice, especially in connection with those factors
having directly to do with the all-important task
of promoting the foreign trade of the United
States, have been recognized for many years.
However, such changes are not readily brought
about; they pass through a process of evolu-
tion, which process is sometimes accelerated by
the exigencies and imperative needs of the times.
But such changes, when they are effected
through the need of reaching a state of greater
efficiency, represent a definite step forward.

It is well known that one of the tendencies
in government generally is to create overlap-
ping and duplication of effort, and there must
be a steady alertness at all times to counteract
this. "We are always prone to add something

"Delivered before the Twenty-seventh National For-
eign Trade Convention, San Francisco, July 29, 1940.
Mr. Geist is Chief of the Division of Commercial
Aflfaii's, Department of State.

new to what already exists, believing that a
new or supplementary organization will take up
the loose ends of the old. It is a far better prac-
tice to strengthen existing organization and
bring about efficient miiiication. This was the
primary object of the reorganization recently
put into effect in the Foreign Service. By this
consolidation three separate organizations,
under three different departments of the Gov-
ernment, with three independent services and
corps of officers, became one.

These changes were not made, as must be em-
phasized, solely for the sake of good adminis-
tration. That alone would be sufficient reason
for effecting unification, and much could be said
from that point of view, but the primary reason
has been to afford the commercial and agricul-
tural interests of the United States the most
effective and efficient Foreign Service i^ossible.
This was the chief aim in view; this aim has
been achieved.

I may say briefly that at a time like this,
when foreign affairs become so important to
our national interests, it is highly important
that no confusion exist in the organization of
the machinery of government through which we
conduct our foreign relations. Nearly all de-
partments of our Government have some inter-
ests abroad and are in need of information of
one sort or another from other countries. The
Foreign Service, uniting the abilities, talents,
and energies of trained officers, is equipped to
serve our national interests on the widest scale
and to satisfy these demands to the fullest
extent. It is not necessary except, probably,
on temporary assignment, to send specialists
abroad to supplement the qualifications of
officers permanently on duty. With the addi-
tion of the commercial and agricultural attaches
to the staffs of diplomatic and consular offices
stationed abroad, our Foreign Service is pre-
pared to fulfill every task which circumstances
and emergencies may impose upon it. We may
congratulate ourselves that owing to the fore-
sight of those officers in our Government who

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were willing to devote their energies, wisdom,
and untiring elforts to these problems, our
country faces the threatening international
situation with a well-unified and splendidly
organized and equipped Foreign Service, second
to none.

It is unnecessary at this time to go into the
impelling reasons which prompted the Govern-
ment to effect the consolidation of the various
services abroad. The events which are now
taking place on the international stage afford
sufficient argimient to establish unity wherever
it may be attained. It is singularly fortunate
that at least on the diplomatic front our organ-
izations have been adequately prepared to meet
the added tasks and responsibilities which in-
ternational events impose; the Foreign Service
of the United States is ready to meet these
emergencies. No one will deny that the conduct
of foreign relations today is a matter of primary
importance to any government. Hasty efforts
to set up an efficient diplomatic and consular
service might indeed prove more disappointing
and difficult than putting the countiy in a state
of adequate military defense. Both require
time and a great wealth of experience and
knowledge. The Foreign Service of the United
States has been in process of formation foi- at
least a hundred and fifty years. During the last
generation great advances have been made, and
only a year ago the last step toward luiity and
completeness of organization has been achieved.
In these times when international events have
become not only the preoccupation of the Gov-
ernment but of every American citizen, it will
be some comfort to know that we have a strong
Depai'tment of State and a strong and vigorous
Foreign Service. It is of vital importance for
the commercial and industrial interests of this
country to know that our diplomatic and con-
sular establishments abroad are efficiently or-
ganized and adequately staffed ; that the officers
from the ambassadors and ministers down
through the ranks are experienced and compe-
tent. But no matter how competent the officers
are and how well qualified to undertake the im-
portant tasks entrusted to them, it is well known
that division of responsibility and lack of unity

may well frustrate the most sincere and earnest
efforts. It may be that this lack of unity in pre-
vious years did not even then prevent a good
job of trade promotion being done. The fine
record of our commercial attaches and Foreign
Service officers during the more normal years of
international commercial intercourse, I believe,
will sufficiently prove this. Let me quote from
a memorandum prepared in the Department of
State on the question of consolidation :

"The first reason for consolidation arises
from the fact that the fundamental factors
involved in foreign-trade promotion have
profoundly changed. After the passage of
the M'ar yeai's there was a certain decrease in
American shipments abroad, due to the reen-
try of competing countries in world markets,
but our exports increased annually until 1929,
due largely to three factors: the quality of
American goods, mass production in the
United States, and the enormous amount of
capital funds lent abroad by this country.
The problem facing the consular officers of
tlie Department of State and the commercial
attaches of the Department of Commerce was
in those day of I'elative simplicity. They
were asked to find competent distributors in
good standing with no competing lines for
jn-oducts in which the American exporters
were interested. A wealtli of information of
a commercial natui'e was accinnulated ; exteii-
sive lists of the importers of all kinds of proil-
ucts in all countries in the woi'ld were com-
piled ; thousands of reports on distribution,
competition, and standing of foreign firms
were written by our officers, until today the
World Trade Directory file, largely prepared
by consular officers, in the Department of
Connnerce, contains the names of almost 700
thousand firms. Under the old technique of
exporting this would be all that the exporter
would need to have. With the knowledge
(hat he could compete with his merchandise
and with precise information as to the stand-
ing of a prospective distributor in a given
country, he was ready to do business. In
many instances the only obstacle to further

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advanceincnt of American expoi-tiiif; in a
given market was the limit of the purchasing
power of the population for imported goods.

"This picture has completely and rapidly
changed in the last few years and may be ex-
pected to continue to change. In many mar-
kets, the questions whether the American ex-
porter is on a competitive basis, whether his
goods are of better quality, or whether the
importer and (he public in general are de-
manding his merchandise, are of no conse-
quence in the face of a local quota policy
barring all imports of that connnodity in
order to protect some incipient national in-
dustry, or ill the presence of a clearing or
barter agreement. On the otlier hand, the
importer may be faced by an excliange-control
policy so devised that if the American ex-
porter is not actually precluded by it from
entrance into the market he can only sell goods
in that market with the realization that the
proceeds of his sale may be tied up indefinitely
in a central bank awaiting issuance of dollar
exchange by the government authorities in
sole charge of this function.

"We must realize that the essence of this
situation is that the old technique of trade
promotion does not meet our present needs.
The problem today of furthering our foreign-
trade interest is in a large measure one of
keeping open the channels of trade by nego-
tiating with the central government through
the medium of the Foreign Service of the
Department of State, that is, ambassadors,
ministers, and Foreign Service officei-s with
representative capacities."

I would not assume that the gentlemen who
have come here as delegates to the Twenty-
seventh Annual Convention of the National
Foreign Trade Council are interested alone in
the effectiveness of the Foreign Service of the
United States from the point of view of trade
promotion. Our interests today are broader and
more vital than that. If we are threatened,
the first onslaught may be against our economic
security and the position of our trade in the
markets of the world, against which eventuali-

ties we shall need to avail oui-selves of every
measure of protection. The task of defending
our economic and commercial interests abroad is
one of the paramount duties of the Department
of State and the Foreign SerA-ice of the United
States. Today this has become a major job, and
according to the present outlook will become
more imperative as time goes on.

In every process of recession in the course of
time there sets in a countermovement. Recov-
ery of the position of our foreign trade may be
achieved only through extraordinary effort
which we must be prepared to put forth when
the time comes. The Foreign Service has been
organized to do its part not only in promoting
our foreign trade, in protecting it, but is also
ready and equipped to battle ahead in the
struggle for its recovery.

It will not be surprising to you to learn that
during the last 12 months an unprecedented
strain has been placed upon our officers in the
field. Not only is this the fact with respect
to nearly every office in the Service from the
point of view of work and multiplicity of re-
sponsibilities and duties, but also with regard
to the Service as a whole. During this period
the Government has closed 5 missions in vari-
ous capitals of the world and 14 consular offices.
During the same period 1 new mission has been
opened and 17 consular offices. Diplomatic rep-
resentation was withdrawn from Tirana, Al-
bania, on September 16. 1939; from Brussels,
Luxemburg, Oslo, and The Hague on July 15,
1940. Since then the new mission at Canberra,
Australia, has been opened. The Consulate
General at Warsaw has never formally been
closed, but it is no longer functioning. The
Consulates have been closed at Strasbourg,
Havre, Lille, Calais, and Cherbourg in France.
The office at Danzig has been removed to
Konigsberg in East Prussia. Breslau in Ger-
many was closed a few days after the outbreak
of war in Europe. We have closed our offices
at Hull, England, and Dimdee, Scotland. In
this hemisphere we have closed the Consulates
at Saltillo, Mexico, and St. Pierre-Miquelon.
The Consulate at Ensenada, Mexico, has been
transferred to Tijuana, and that at London,

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Ontario, to Sarnia. We have opened Consu-
lates in Iceland and in Greenland. Additional
consular establishments have been set up in
certain jilaces in Canada, Colombia, West In-
dies, British Guiana, and Brazil. These
changes indicate the strain which the interna-
tional crisis has placed upon diplomatic and
consular activity in various parts of the world.
Nevertheless, in spite of these grave events our
Foreign Service establishments have continued
to f miction at top speed ; and where our officers
have had to carry on sometimes in the midst of
invasions they have not failed to extend every
protection and aid to American i^iterests
affected by the course of the war.

The Department, however, has not inter-
rupted the program which has now been in
progress for some time of combining the various
governmental establishments at the capitals
into unified offices. At present there are 33
missions in the world where all the activities
of the governmental agencies are under one
roof, and where a single administration under
the supervision of the Ambassador or Minister
has been established. This scheme of uniting
all governmental activities in one mission has
made it possible to carry out effectively the pro-
visions of the Reorganization Plan by which
the commercial and agricultural attaches be-
came officers of the Foreign Service of the
United States. There have been established at
the missions where we have combined offices
sections which have been designated reporting
units. These reporting units have been placed
everywhere in charge of the commercial at-
taches, whose duties are to direct the reporting
work done primarily for the Department of
Commerce, carry on trade promotion on behalf
of the business interests of the United States,
superintend the work of answering trade in-
quiries, the preparation of World Trade Direc-
tory Reports, trade lists, and other related
activities. Besides, in order that as much unity
may be achieved as is practicable, the reporting
work of all consular establishments within the
jurisdiction of the mission has been likewise
placed under the supervision of the commercial
attaches. This plan has now been in effect since

July 1, 1939 ; but in certain cases the reporting
units were not set up immediately, and the full
scheme of coordination has been delayed owing
to the sudden occurrence of events brought
about by the war. Nevertheless the physical
amalgamation of our agencies abroad under
one roof in the various capitals where the De-
partment has been able to carry the plan
through has afforded almost everywhere in the
Service the immediate opportunity of setting
up the reporting units I have just described.
The first year of this new organization has dem-
onstrated the soundness of the plan, particu-
larly from the administrative point of view.
We have been able under this new arrangement
to maintain fully unified organizations at a
time when single administration was essential.
Due to world conditions a large volume of re-
ports from the field is being interrupted
through lack of transportation and by the fact
that certain offices abroad are having their re-
porting work temporarily interfered with by
events caused by the war, as in France and other
countries now under military occupation.
Nevertheless, the statistics of reporting work
show a considerable increase during the first
six months of 1940 compared to the same period
in 1939.

Volume of Work Increase *
(6-months period from Jan. 1 to June 30)

Type of work

1939

1940

Percent of
increase

Economic reports

13, 977

17, 124

22}^

for reading, distribution,

grading, and filing.

Telegraphic reports

1,371

2, 154

for reading and distribution .

Letters from Dept. of Com-

5,011

6, 144

merce for transmittal, etc.

Letters from firms

291

437

for reply and action.

" Partial statistics of work performed in the Division of Commercial
Affairs, i>epartment of State.

Tlie volume of trade letters transmitted from
the field in reply to trade inquiries from Amer-
ican business interests is not included in the
abo\'e figures, owing to the new system of reply-
ing to certain types of trade inquiries prepared

AUGUST 3, 1940

ill tlie form of reports whicli have been desig-
nated as market surveys.

The changes which have been made in the
manner of transmitting certain material from
the field are as follows: replies to trade in-
([iiiries from American firms or individuals
concerning an agency connection, or a market
survey involving the recommendation of an
agent or distributor, are eniliodied in the form
of a report and transmitted in envelopes direct
to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce for transmission to the American in-
quirer; World Trade Directory Reports, of
which the automatic annual revision has been
discontiiHied, are transmitted direct to the
Bureau, likewise all trade lists, trade disputes
and complaints, and invitations to alien busi-
nessmen.

It lias been, and will continue to be, the pri-
mary duty of officei-s of the Foreign Service to
further the agricultural and commercial inter-
ests of the United States. They conduct care-
ful studies and report on the potentialities of
their districts as a market for American ])rod-
ucts or as a competitor of American products in
international trade. They investigate the stand-
ing of firms and their distributing capacity and
incorporate this information in World Trade
Directory Reports which are sent to the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce where they
are available to American interests. Officers
throughout the Service compile and submit
upon request trade lists of conmiercial firms in
their districts. They are constantl}- on the alert
for concrete trade opportunities which are
promptly submitted by mail or telegraph.
There is, besides, a constant endeavor to create
within the scope of the duties of officers sta-
tioned abroad a demand for American prod-
ucts in the countries where such officers are
assigned. American interests are also pro-
moted by taking appropriate steps to facilitate
the promotion of such import trade into the
United States as the economic interests of the
United States may require. These duties are
in accordance with the requirements laid down
in the Foi'eign Service regulations.

There are, moreover, certain rules to be ob-
served in replying to trade inquiries. I mention
this because I understand that certain exporters
are desirous of having more information as to
the procedure followed in this respect by the
commercial attaches and consuls abroad. The
regulations provide that officers shall answer
trade inrjuiries promptly and with their replies
enclose trade-information sheets describing the
commercial and economic aspects of their dis-
trict. These answers are to be specific and com-
plete. It happens sometimes that it is not pos-
sible to complete an investigation at once, and
in such cases acknowledgments are sent to the
inquirer advising that the complete reply will
follow. It may be pointed out, however, that if
the inquiry concerns a subject on which the
officer has already rendered an adequate report,
he may confine his reply to a brief synopsis of
the information contained in the report and also
make the statement in his reply to the effect
that current and comj^lete information may be
obtained upon application to the Bureau of For-
eign and Domestic Commerce or to the nearest
district office. Firms seeking information con-
cerning the markets for their goods in foreign
countries should bear in mind that a large vol-
ume of data and commercial information has
been already made available in Washington;
and it is possible tliat all the information re-
quired is on file in the Bureau of P'oreign and
Domestic Commerce. In any case when a report
has been sent in on a specific commoditj', sub-
sequent inquirers will be advised to address
themselves to the Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce.

In view of the present condition of world
trade in many countries today it would be a
waste of tune for officers to undertake to make
investigations and prepare market surveys for
commodities and articles which cannot be im-
ported. Owing to trade restrictions which exist
in certain countries, such as import licenses, or
lack of exchange, or the application of a com-
mercial policy which temporarily prevents the
importation of American goods, or the export
of certain classes of material, it would be pur-

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poseless for the commercial attaches or con-
sular officers to go farther in their replies to
trade inquiries than to state the pertinent facts.
It is obvious that no real purpose can be served
in furnisliing complete market information
when conditions beyond control render the ex-
port of goods from the United States to certain
countries impossible.

Let lue also, in this connection, make an ex-
planation about World Trade Directory Re-
ports. American firms receive inquiries from
foreign firms and individuals who are in no
position to enter into contracts for the importa-
tion of goods or make agency arrangements.
Often tlie names of such inquirers are not con-
tained in local directories or known even to
existing credit-rating agencies. Their places of
business are not infrequently situated in out-
lying provincial towns outside of commercial
centers to which a visit by a consular repre-
sentative is impracticable and, from the point
of view of expense, prohibitive. World Trade
Directory Reports on such firms are unobtain-
able. It would be better policy for American
firms to refrain from seeking to do business with
firms of this standing and character and con-
fine their efforts to houses or individuals of
establislied reputation and on whom credit
information is readily available.

Under the Economy Act of June 30, 1932, the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has
been obliged to make a charge, the amount to
be fixed on a reasonable basis by the Secretary
of Commerce, for certain services rendered to
American business firms and individuals. Since
the first of May 1940 a charge has been col-
lected by the Bureau not only for World Trade
Directory Reports, which charge has been fixed
at $1.00, but also for trade lists compiled by
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce for distribution to American business
firms desiring such lists. In connection with
this service a new procedure has been adopted
in replying to certain types of trade inquiries.
On receipt of an inquiry from an American firm
or individual concerning an agency connection,
or a market survey involving the recommenda-

tion of an agent or a distributor, prompt
acknowledgments are made by the commercial
attache or by the consular officer receiving tlie
inquiry. In these acknowledgments it is stated
that suitable connections are being investigated
and that appropriate recommendations will be
transmitted through the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. After tlie commercial
attache or consul has made the necessary inves-
tigation and a personal canvass has been made
of prospective agents or distributors, a reply in
the form of a repoit is prepared and trans-
mitted direct to the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce for transmission to the
original inquirer. In connection with such re-
port a list is transmitted of the names of agents
or distributors who have expressed an interest
in the goods offered.

A new system has also been inaugurated with
regard to the handling of trade opj^ortunities
forwarded to the Bureau of Foreign and Dom-
estic Commei-ce by the commercial attaches and
consular officers. Trade opportunities are di-
vided into two classes: those dealing with the
outright purchase of goods and those affording
opportunities for agency or distributor connec-
tions. Those offering the outright purchase
of goods are published, and those from firms
seeking to act as agents or distributors are filed
and furnished to American firms only on re-
quest. A charge is made for this service. I
may also add in summing up the activity of the
Foreign Service in connection with the promo-
tion of the trade of the United States that com-
mercial attaches and consular officers whose
positions abroad have afforded them unusual
opportunities for becoming familiar with trade
conditions in the countries where they have
been stationed will be available for trade-con-
ference work in the United States as heretofore
when they return on leaves of absence.

The Departments of State, Commerce, and
Agriculture maintain tlie closest liaison in order
to coordinate evei'y phase of tlie work of the
Foreign Service on behalf of the agi-icultural
and commercial interests of the United States
carrying on foreign trade. I have given a de-

AUGUST 3, 1940

scription of the present status of oui- problems
and efforts. It is impossible to foresee what
changes may be necessary in organization or
metliod to meet tlie situations wliicli the steadily
shifting scene in mternational trade may create.
It appears reasonable to expect, however, that
any schemes which we may develop to further
our interests abroad or any plans which may
be elaborated to fortify and extend the com-
mercial and economical prestige of the United
States in international trade will have to be
organized on a basis which takes into consid-
eration the existing structure of the Foreign

Service, which is composed of officers possess-
ing wide and extensive knowledge of the prob-
lems involved in international trade.

While studying and acting upon the grave
political problems facing us in the international
field, we must, above all, continue to establish
our foreign trade and our economic position in
the world on a sound and strong basis. What
we must do will be courageously and boldly
determined and carried out. The next step is
to consider ways and means of organizing our-
selves further, and then to determine how to
strengthen and perfect the uistrunients of gov-
ernment to meet these tasks.

Statement by Raymond H. Geist: Administration of the Export Control Act^

[Released to the press July 30]

For the benefit of those who might have ques-
tions to ask regarding the procedure to be fol-
lowed in making applications for licenses to
export articles and materials (other than arms,
anuininition, and implements of war and tin-
plate scrap) designated by the President as nec-
essary to the national defense pursuant to
.section G of the act of Congress approved July 2,
194U, and known generally as the "Export Con-
trol Act", I might opportunely make a few
suggestions.

It must first of all be borne in mind that the
provisions of the act went into effect on July 5,
only three days after its api)roval, and that the
Fourth of July, a national holiday, came in
between. It was necessary during this period
to have the text of the act made available to
exporters as well as the regulations prescribed
by the President and the forms of application.
Though the forms and all the necessary ex-
planatory material were rushed through the
printers as fast as possible, it was not possible
to get the forms into the hands of the exporters
during the first few days before the Department
of State was overwhelmed with requests for

' Delivered before the Twenty-seventh National For-
eign Trade Convention, San Francisco, July 29, 1940.
Mr. Geist is Chief of the Division of Commercial
Affairs, Department of State.

information. As you know, tlie administration
of the provisions of section 6 of the act is vested
in an Administrator of Export Control to which
office Colonel Maxwell, an Army officer, has been
appointed. The mechanical work of handling
tlie applications and acting upon them under
t he direction of the Administrator of Controls is
centralized in the Division of Controls in the
Di'partment of State. The machinery thus set
up must of necessity be centralizi'd in Wash-
ington, and, therefore, any wish on the part of
business interests of the country to have the
procedure decentralized throughout various re-
gions of the country is not feasible.

The forms and texts and explanatory mate-
rial have been sent out generally to those firms
in the country who it was believed might be
directly interested. Forms have also been
made available at the New York Customhouse.
They are immediately available now at the De-
partment of State, Division of Controls. A
few suggestions in coimection with the pro-
cedure may be given :

It would be in the interest of certain firms
who are regularly engaged in export business
to appoint a competent person to handle these
applications, so that he can familiarize himself
with the procedure and the details in making
out the forms of applications for licenses. This

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will avoid the necessity of frequent long-
distance calls and special trips to Washington
by a representative of the company. An over-
whelming majority of the questions which are
asked would not be necessary if a representa-
tive of the company would make it his special
task to be familiar with the text of the procla-
mation, the regulations, and the form of appli-
cation. The fonns, regulations, and instruc-
tions are clear enough; but, as in all matters,
a certain amount of experience and familiarity
with the procedure is valuable and contributes
to the smooth and easy and prompt working
of the whole process.

In this connection it may be suggested that
it is not necessary for export houses to engage
the services of lawyers in Wasliington to make
out these applications for a fee. No lawyers,
agents, or intermediaries are necessary.

By the end of the first week after the act
had been signed, the Department had received
10 thousand letters and telegrams asking ques-
tions of various sorts, and it is easy to imagine
to what degree the existing organization, which
was rapidly being expanded, was overburdened
and deluged beyond capacity. Tliese inquiries
are now coming in at the rate of about 800
a day.

Exporters are asking many questions by tele-
gram, by long-distance telephone, and letter, of
which the following is typical, "Does the expor-
tation of a patent medicine which has a drop of
chlorine in it require an export license?" It is
much better, and exporters are urged, to make
out the application on the form provided for
that pui'pose, giving a very careful description
of the article or materials to be exported, and
to send the application in to the Division of
Controls in the Department of State as a test
case. If directions are carefully followed as
indicated in (c) of the General Instructions on
the form of application, where it states, "Arti-

cles and materials appearing under (7) below
should be designated clearly and specifically,
the type and model designation being included
whenever applicable", it will be much easier
for the Administrator of Export Control to act
speedily on the application itself than to give
information in advance without having all the
details as required on the form of application.
Finally, let me say that the attention of ex-
porters is directed especially to the second from
the last paragraph on page three of the mimeo-
graphed regulations which reads:

Except as otherwise iuclieated tbe terras used in
these regiUations shall not include completely fab-
ricated articles or materials which are ready for
ultimate consumption.

However, wherever there is legitimate doubt
as to whether or not the article requires an ex-
port license the question should be settled by
making the application on the prescribed
printed form. If no license is required, the form
will be returned in a few days plainly stamped
"No license required". The mechanics of han-
dling these applications, granting or refusing
the licenses, will presently be working smoothly,
and it is believed that as a rule applications can
be handled in Washington within a week's time.
In all cases, it is advisable to make the applica-
tion as much in advance of contemplated manu-
facture or shipment as possible.

EXPORT OF AVIATION GASOLINE

[Released to the press by the White House July 31]

Col. R. L. Maxwell, Administrator of Export
Control, recommends, and the President ap-
proves, the issuance of the following announce-
ment:

In the interests of the national defense the export
of aviation gasoline is being limited to nations of the
Western Hemisphere, except where such gasoline is
required elsewhere for the operations of American-
owned companies.

AUGUST 3, 1940

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 3]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since July 27, 1940:

Orme Wilson, of New York, X. Y., Coun-
selor of Embassy at Bioissels, Belgium, has been
assigned for duty in the Department of State.

S. Walter Washington, of Charles Town,
W. Va., Second Secretary of Legation and
Consul at Riga, Latvia, has been assigned as
Consul at Stockholm, Sweden.

W. Leonard Parker, of Syracuse, N. Y., Vice
Consul at Rangoon, Burma, has been assigned
for duty in tlie Department of State.

Wales W. Signor, of Ypsilanti, Mich., Vice
Consul at Guadalajara, Mexico, has been as-
signed as Vice Consul at Merida, Mexico.

The assignment of Martin J. Hillenbrand, of
Chicago, 111., as Third Secretary of Legation
and Vice Consul at Baghdad, Iraq, has been
canceled. Mr. Hillenbrand has now been as-
signed as Vice Consul at Rangoon, Burma.

The following have been appointed Foreign
Service officers, uncla.'^sified ; vice consuls of ca-
reer; and secretaries in the diplomatic service
of the United States; and they have been as-
signed as vice consuls at the posts indicated :

Leonard J. Cromie, New Haven, Conn. ; Montreal
W. William Duff, New Castle, Pa. ; Habana
Richard E. Gnade, Oil City, Pa. ; Vancouver
John M. McSweeney, Boston, Mass. ; Montreal
Claude G. Ross, Huntington Park, Calif. ; Mexico

City
Robert Rossow, Jr.. Culver, Ind. ; Vancouver
John W. Tuthill, Cambridge, Mass. ; Windsor
Andrew B. Wardlaw, Jr., Greenville, S. C. ; Toronto
Frazer Wilkins, Baltimore, Md. ; Halifax
Elwood Williams, 3d, New York, N. T. ; Winnipeg

U. Alexis Johnson, of Glendale, Calif., Vice
Consul at Keijo, Chosen, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Mukden, ^Manchuria, China.

Stephen C. Worster, of Maine, Vice Consul
at Merida, Mexico, has been appointed Vice
Consul at Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, where
an American Consulate will be established.

Publications

Department of State

The American Foreign Service: General information for
applicants and sample entrance examination questions
Revised to June 1, 1940. Publication 1483. iv, 142
pp. I'OV.

Publications of the Department of State (A list cumu-
lative from October 1, 1929). July 1, 1940. Publication
14^. 23 pp. Free.

Other Government Agencies

Trade of United States with Belgium in 1939. (Depart-
ment of Commerce: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Divisions of Regional Information and
Foreign Trade Statistics.) May 1940. 7 pp. (proc-
essed). 10<t.

Trade of United States with France in 1939. (Depart-
ment of (Commerce: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Divisions of Regional Information and For-
eign Trade Statistics.) March 1940. 11 pp. (proc-
essed ) . KV.

Trade of United States with Germany in 1939. (De-
partment of Commerce : Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce, Divisions of Regional Information and
Foreign Trade Statistics.) April 1940. 11 pp. (proc-
essed), icy.

Japan's trade in 1939, with special reference to trade
with United States. (Department of Commerce: Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Division of
Regional Information, Far Eastern Section.) Special
Circular 403. May 1940. 17 pp. (processed). 50.

Trade of United States with Mexico in 1939. (Depart-
ment of Conmierce : Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Divisions of Regional Information and For-
eign Trade Statistics.) April 1940. 7 pp. (processed).

100.

Trade of United States with Netherlands in 1939.
(Department of Commerce: Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Divisions of Regional Information
and Foreign Trade Statistics.) May 1940. 7 pp. (proc-
essed). 100.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

COMMERCE

Treaties and Agreements of the United
States Containing tlie Most-Favored-Na-
tion Clause

The following countries are those with which
there were in force on July 31, 1940, treaties and
other agreements of the United States contain-
ing the most-favored-nation clause governing
customs duties, regulations, and facilities and
other charges affecting commerce : *

Treaties in Force Containing Unconditional
Most-Fa vobed-Nation Clause •

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

China

June 20, 1929

(T. S. 773)

nation.

Danzig, Free

Mar. 24, 1934

Six months after notice by either party.

City of.

(T. S. 865)

El Salvador....

Sept. 5,1930

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 827)

but not before Sept. 5, 1940.

Estonia

May 22, 1926

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 736)

Tbeaties in Force Containing Unconditional
Most-Favoeed-Nation Clause " — Continued

Country

Date

in force

When and how terminable

Finland

Aug.

10, 1934

Six months after notice by either party.

(T. S. 868)

Honduras

July

19, 1928

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 764)

Hungary

Oct.

4, 1926

Do.

(T. S. 748)

19, 1940

(T. S. 960)

but not before June 19, 1943.

Latvia

July

25, 1928

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 765)

Liberia.

Nov.

21, 1939

One year after notice by either party

(T. S. 956)

but not before Nov. 21, 1944.

Morocco.

Jan.

28, 1837»

Twelve months after notice by either

(T. S. 244-2)

party.

Muscat

Sept.

30, 1835"

Contains no provision regarding ter-

(In force also

mination.

with Zanzi-

bar ■<).

(T. S. 247)

Norway

Sept.

13, 1932

One year alter notice by either party.

(T. S. 852)

*» The numbers in parentheses in this and the following tables refer to
United States Treaty Series and Executive Agreement Series.

* Date of ratification by the President of the United States; no date is
specified in treaty for its entry into force and no ratification by Morocco
was necessary.

« Date of exchange of ratifications; the treaty does not specify the date
of its entry into force.

' Accepted by Zanzibar after separation from Muscat, Oct. 20. 1879.

' The instruments listed are reciprocal, that is, the
most-favored-nation clause applies equaUy to each party
to the contract, except in the two cases of Morocco and
Muscat, in which the clau.se is obligatory on the other
party but not on the United States. Under the most-
favored-nation clause in a bilateral treaty or agree-
ment concerning commerce, each of the parties under-
takes to extend to the goods of the country of the other
party treatment no less favorable than the treatment
which it accords to like goods originating in any third
country. The unconditional form of the most-favored-
nation clause provides that any advantage, favor, privi-
lege, or immunity which one of tlie parties may accord
to the goods of any third country shall be extended
immediately and unconditionally to the like goods
originating in the country of the other party. In this
form only does the clause provide for complete and
continuous imndiscriminatory treatment. Under the
conditional form of the clause, neither party is obli-
gated to extend immediately and unconditionally to
the like products of the other party the advantages
which it may accord to products of third countries in
return for reciprocal concessions; it is obligated to
extend such advantages only if and when the other
party grants concessions "equivalent" to the concessions
96

made by such third countries. When one part of a
treaty may be terminated in a different manner from
other parts, the reference is to the part containing the
most-favored-nation clause. Where such a clause is
contained in more than one treaty or agreement with a
country, the reference is to the later in date.

Instruments are classified as treaties when they are
ratified with the consent of the Senate ; as Executive
agreements when they are acts of the Executive with-
out reference to the Senate.

The treaties of the United States relating to A and
B mandates, with countries mandatories under the
League of Nations, provide that the commerce of the
United States shall receive in the mandated areas the
treatment accorded to the commerce of countries mem-
bers of the League of Nations. This is essentially most-
favored-nation treatment. These treaties are with
Belgium, for Ruanda-Urundi ; France, for Syria and the
Lebanon, the Cameroun, and Togoland ; and Great Brit-
ain, for Palestine and Tran.s-Jordan, the Cameroons,
Tanganyika, and Togoland. The United States has
not entered into treaties relating to C-mandated terri-
tories except with Japan, which provides for the same
treatment in the mandated area that is accorded in
Japan under existing treaties.

AUGUST 3, 1940

Treaties in Force Containing Unconditional
Most-Favored-Natioit Ciacse " — Continued

Executive Agreements in Force Containing Uncon-
ditional Most-Favored-Nation Clause — Continued

Country

Date

in force

When and how terminable

July

9, 1933

Six months after notice by cither party.

(T. S. 862)

Thailand (Si-

Oct.

1, 1938

One year after notice by either party.

am).

Initial period Ave years.

CT. S. WO)

Turkey

Apr.

22, 1930

One year after notice by cither party.

(T. S. 813)

YUROsIavia

Nov.

15, 1882

Do.

(T. S. 319)

Zanzibar

(Sec Muscat)

Executive Agreements in Force Containing Uncon-
ditional JIost-Favored-Natidn Clai'se

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

Albania

July 28, 1922-

Contains no provision regarding termi-

(not printed)

nation.

Bulgaria _

Aug. 18,1932

Three months' notice by either party

(E. A. S. 41)

or by legislative action of cither party.

Chile »

Feb. 1, 1938

Until superseded by a more compre-
hensive commercial agreement or by

(E. A. S. 119)

(provision-

ally)

a definitive treaty of friendship, com-

Jan. 6, 1940

merce, and navigation, or 30 days'

(definitively)

notice by either party.

Dominican Re-

Sept. 2.5, 1924

Thirty days after notice by either

public.

party, or by legislative action of

(T. S. 700)

either party.

Egypt

May 24, 1930

Ninety days after notice by either
party, or by legislative action of

(E. A. S. 6)

either party.

Greece

Jan. 1, 1939

Until superseded by a more compre-
hensive commercial agreement or by

(E. A. S. 137)

a definitive treaty of commerce and

navigation, or 30 days' notice by

either party.

Iran

May 10, 192S'

Thirty days after notice by either
party, or by legislative action of

(E. A. S. 19)

either party.

Italy

Dec. 16,1937

Thirty days' notice by either party.

(E. A. S. 116)

Lithuania

July 10, 1926

Thirty days after notice by either

(T. S. 742)

party, or by legislative action of
either party.

Rumania _.

Sept. 1.1930

Thirty days after notice by either

(E. A. S. 8)

party, or by legislative action of
either party.

Saudi Arabia.-.

Nov. 7,1933

Upon entry into force of a definitive

(E. A. S. 53)

treaty of commerce and navigation,
or by legislative action of the United
States.

Spain •*

Nov. 27, 1927

Three months* notice by either party.

(T. S. 758-A)

" Date of official recognition by the United States.

* This ap-eeraent wns continued prorisionally in effect by qd exchange
of notes signed Feb. 20 and 'J4. 1939 (Executive Agreement Series H4).
By legislative action of the Chilean Government it was brought into
definitive force as of Jan. 5, 1930.

* Retroactively.

"* Extending previous regime.

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

Union of Soviet

Aug. 6,1939

Effective for 12 months.

Socialist

Republics.

(E. A. S. 105

and 151)

Venezuela

Dec. 16,1939

Until supplanted by the entry Into
force of the reciprocal trade agree-
ment signed Nov. 6, 1939.

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Signed Under the
Trade Agreements Act of 1934"

Country

Belgo-Luxemburg Eco-
nomic Union.
(E. A. S. 75)

Brazil

(E. A. S. 82)
Canada

(E. A. S. 149)

Date In force

Canada ^..

Colombia

(E. A. S. 89)

Costa Rica

(E. A. S. 102)

Czechoslovakia ■
(E. A. S. 147)

Ecuador'

(E. A. S. 133)

El Salvador

(E. A. S. 101)

Finland

(E. A. S. 97)
France' and Its colonies,
dependencies, and
protectorates other
than Morocco.

(E. A. S. 146)

May 1, 1935

Jan. 1, 1936

Jan. 1, 1939
(provisionally)
June 17, 1939
(definitively)
Jan. 1, 1940
(provisionally)
May 20, 1936

Aug. 2, 1937

Apr. 16, 1938
(provisionally)

Oct. 23,1938

May 31,1937

Nov. 2,1936

Jtme 15, 1936
(provisionally)

When and how terminable

Six months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice.

Do.

Six months* notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod until Dec. 31, I94I.

Six months' notice, or In spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice.

Six months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod three years.

Six months' notice, or In spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod one year.

Six months' notice.

Six months' notice, or In spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod three years.
Do.

Six months' notice, or In spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice.

"The trade agreement with Cuba (E. A. S. 67), effective Sept. 3, 1934,
does not contain a most-favored-nation clause. It is the only agreement
in force for the United States which provides for preferential treatment.
A supplementary trade agreement entered into force Dec. 23, 1939 (E. A.
S. 165).

» Supplementary trade agreement re: certain foxes, fox furs, and fox-fur
articles.

'The rates of duty proclaimed in connection with this agreement have
been terminated effective Apr. 22, 1939, by Presidential proclamation of
Mar. 23, 1939. The agreement remains in effect but its operation has
been suspended.

■iUnder the provisions of art. VII Ecuador Imposed quantitative re-
strictions on certain articles as a temporary measure.

•This agreement supersedes the agreement on quotas of May 31, 1932,
modified Jan. 21, 1935.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BtTLLETIN

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Signed Under the
Trade Agi:;;ements Act of 1034 — Coutiuued

Treaties in Force Containing Conditional Most-
Favored-Nation Clause — Continued

Country

Guatemala

(E. A. S. 92)

Haiti

(E. A. S. 78)
Honduras.-

(E. A. S. 86)

Netherlands, including
Netherlands Indies,
Netherlands Guiana,
and Netherlands
West Indian Islands.
(E. A. S. 100)

Nicaragua^

(E. A. S. 95)

Sweden...

(E. A. S. 79)
Switzerland

(E. A. S. 90)

Date in force

Turkey

(E. A. S. 163)

United Kingdom..
(E. A. S. 164)

Venezuela ».

June 15,

June 3, 1935

Mar.

Feb. 1, 1936
(arts. I-XVI)
May 8,1937
(entire agree-
ment)

Oct. 1, 1936

Aug. 5, 1935

Feb. 15, 1936
(arts.I-XVII)
June 6. 1936
(entire agree-
ment)
May 5, 1939
(provision-
ally)
Nov. 20, 1939
(definitively)

Jan. 1, 1939
(provision-
ally)
Dec. 24,1939
(definitively)

When and how terminable

Sii months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod three years.

Six months' notice.

Six months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice.
Do.

Six months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial pe-
riod three years.
Do.

Six months' notice, or in spe-
cial circumstances on
shorter notice.

Two months' notice on Dec.
31, 1939, Dec. 31, 1940, or
Dec. 31, 1941. SU months'
notice, or in special cir-
cumstances ;on (Shorter
notice.

Six months' notice, or in
special circumstances on
shorter notice. Initial
period until Dec. 31, 1941.

/On Mar. 10, 1938, reciprocal tariff concessions ceased to be effective:
remainder of agreement in force.

• Signed Nov. 6, 1939, effective 30 days after the exchange of the proc-
lamation by the President of the United States of America and the
instrument of ratification by Venezuela.

Treaties in Force Containing Conditional Most-
Favoeed-Nation Clause "^

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

Argentina

(T. S. 4)
Belgium

(T. S. 28)

Dec. 20, 1851 '
June 11,1875
Nov. 9, 1862
July 11,1863'

Contains no provision regarding termi-
nation.

Twelve months after notice by either
party.

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 32)
Borneo

Contains no provision regarding termi-

(T. S. 33)

nation.

« In accordance with a provision of the Trade Afrreements Act of 1934,
which gives elTect to the unconditional most-favored-nation principle,
the United States extends the benefits of concessions granted in trade
agreements to all countries which do not discriminate against the trade
of the United States, regardless of the nature or existence of obligations to
extend most-favored-nation'treatment to them.

f> Date of exchange of ratifications.

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

Colombia _

June 10, 1848 »

Twelve months after notice by either

(T. S. 54)

party.

Costa Rica

May 26, 1852 >

Contains no provision regarding termi-

(T.S.62)

nation of covering most-favored-
nation clause; 12 months after notice
by either party, vii-a-vis other equal-
ity-of-treatment provisions.

Denmark '

Apr. 26, 1826 ''

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 65)

Ethiopia

Sept. 19, 1914

One year after notice by either party.

(T. S. 647)

but not before Sept. 19. 1948.

Great Britain v

July 3,1816''

Twelve months after notice by '^'ther

(In force also

party.

with Ire-

land)

(T. S. 110)

(See Great

Britain)

Paraguay

Mar. 7,1860

Twelve months after notice by either

(T. S. 272)

party.

' Date of exchange of ratifications.

• Abrogated by notice, Apr. 15, 1856; renewed by convention of which
ratifications were exchanged Jan. 12, 1858.

<• The date given is that of signature. Though subject to ratification,
the treaty provides that it shall be in force from its signature.

• Extended by conventions of Oct. 20, 1818 (T. S. 112) and Aug. 6, 1827
(T. S. 117).

Executive Agreement in Force Containing Condi-
tional Most-Favored-Nation Clause "

Country

Date in force

When and how terminable

Portugal

(T. S. 6MH)

June 28, 1910

Contains no provision regarding termi-
nation.

•■ In accordance with a provision of the Trade Agreements Act of 1934,
which gives effect to the unconditional most-favored-nation principle,
the United States extends the benefits of concessions granted in trade
agreements to all countries which do not discriminate against the trade
of the United States, regardless of the nature or existence of obUgations
to extend most-favored-nation treatment to them.

NAVAL MISSIONS

United States Naval and Aviation Missions
to Peru

In response to the request of the Government
of the Eepublic of Peru agreements were signed
on July 31, 1940, providing for the renewal by
the United States of a naval mission and for the
furnishing of an aviation mission to cooperate
with the Ministry of Marine and Aviation of
the Republic of Peru. The two missions will

AUGUST 3, 1940

function iii an advisory capacity to the Peru-
vian Navy and Naval Aviation Force respec-
tively.

The naval mission will be composed of four
officers and certain enlisted men headed by a
captain, while the aviation mission will be made
up of two officers from the United States
Marine Corps, a colonel and a major. The term
of each contract is for four years. Other pro-
visions follow the general lines of previous
agreements between the Government of the
United States and the governments of certain
other American republics.

Legislation

Draft of proposed provision portaiiiing to supplies for
the relief of refugees : Communication from the Presi-
dent of the United States transmitting a draft of a
proposed provision pertaining to the appropriation for
the purchase, transportation, and distribution of agri-
cultural, medical, and other supplies for the relief of
refugee men, women, and children contained in section
■10 (B) of the Emergencv Relief Appropriation Act,
fiscal year 1941 [making available $125,000 to the
Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, for expenses
incident to tlie establishment and maintenance of stand-
ards for the care of children obtaining refuge in the
United States from the European warj. (H. Doc. 889,
76th Cong,, 3d sess.) 2 pp. 50.

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BULLETIN

Qontents

AUGUST lo, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 5p — Publication l^gj

General: Page

Statement by the Secrptary of State 103

Licenses under the Export -Control Act 104

American Republics:

Dinners in honor of delegations to the Hahana Meeting
of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs:

Brazilian delegation 104

Argentine and Uruguayan delegations 104

Commercial Policy:

Agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 105
The Foreign Service:

Press interview by the American Ambassador to Bel-
gium: Statement of the Acting Secretary of State,

Mr. Welles 108

Personnel changes 108

Treaty Information:
Opium :

International Opium Convention (1925) 109

Commerce :

Agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lics 109

International Law:

International Institute for the Unification of Private

Law 109

Legislation HO

Publications HO

U, S, SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMF'.'T;
AUG ?.7 194C

General

STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

[Released to tlie press August 6]

The strong belief of the representatives of
the 21 American nations at the recent Hubana
Meeting was that the military and other sinister
activities on the part of some nations in other
large areas of the world present real possi-
bilities of danger to the American republics.
It was universally recognized that a threat to
any important part of the Americas means a
threat to each and all of the American nations.
It was, therefore, agreed that full and adequate
preparations for continental defense could not
be taken too soon if the threatened danger from
abroad was to be checked and terminated. It
was also the unanimous view at Habana that
the prompt strengthening of unity and
solidarity for the purpose of continental defense
and for its implementation by concrete pro-
grams supported by the 21 nations was indis-
pensable to the safety, security, peace, and wel-
fare of this hemisphere.

There was general agreement that if the
peaceful nations of Europe had thus promptly
organized themselves for self-defense on the
most effective cooperative basis, the chances are
that their situation and that of Europe would
be vastly different today. Instead, many of
those countries complacently relied upon utter-
ances of iseaceful purpose and upon their own
neutrality to safeguard them against the mighty
forces of invasion, conquest, and destruction.
Some of them have been overrun and destroyed
by the ruthless invader. Their fate should be a
tragic lesson to us.

The vast forces of lawlessness, conquest, and
destruction are still moving across the earth
like a savage and dangerous animal at large.
By their very nature, those forces will not stop

253067 — 40

unless and until they recognize that there exists
unbreakable resistance.

At Habana we forged new instrumentalities
of continental defense. These will be of vast
importance to our Nation and to every Ameri-
can nation. But there are other and immense
tasks still before us.

I would greatly prefer to say that we are safe
in this country and in this hemisphere from
outside danger. But I am firmly convinced that
what is taking place today in many areas of the
earth is a relentless attempt to transform the
civilized world as we have known it into a world
in which lawlessness, violence, and force will
reign supreme, as they did a thousand years ago.
The people of this country cannot recognize too
soon this fact and its overwhelming significance
for our national safety and for the maintenance
of our national institutions.

The one and only sure way for our Nation to
avoid being drawn into serious trouble or actual
war by the wild and destructive forces now
abroad elsewhere in the world and to command
respect for its rights and interests abroad is for
our people to become thoroughly conscious of
the possibilities of danger, to make up their
minds that we must continue to arm, and to
arm to such an extent that the forces of con-
quest and ruin will not dare make an attack on
us or on any part of this hemisphere. To this
end, each citizen must be ready and willing for
real saci'ifice of time and of substance and for
hard personal service. In the face of terrific
problems and conditions, and until the present
serious threats and dangers have disappeared,
we cannot pursue complacently the course of
our customary normal life.

103

104

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BtlLLETIN

I feel constrained thus to offer my views in
(lie light of what is alreadj' a dangerously wide-
spread movement for world conquest and for
the destruction of most of the worthwhile things
which civilization has given the human race.

LICENSES UNDER THE EXPORT-
CONTROL ACT

[Released to the press August 9]

During the period July 5-31, 1940, inclusive,
the Division of Controls received 6,242 applica-
tions for license to export articles or materials
listed in the President's proclamation of July
2, 1940,^ establishing export restrictions under
the authority of section 6 of the act of Congress
ajjproved the same day. Of this number, 5,397
applications were disposed of on or before July
31, and 845 remained pending at the end of the
month. Of the applications disposed of, 4,361
were granted, 236 were rejected on the ground
that the articles or materials in question were
essential to tlie national defense, 104 were re-
turned with the request that further data be
submitted, and 696 were returned with the
statement that no license was required for the
contemplated exportation.

American Republics

DINNERS IN HONOR OF DELEGATIONS
TO THE HABANA MEETING OF THE
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Brazilian Delegation

[Released to the press August 6]

The following guests attended the dinner
given on August 6, 1940, by the Acting Secre-
tary of State, the Honorable Sumner Welles,
at his home, Oxon Hill, Md., in lionor of the
Brazilian delegation to the Habana Meeting of
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs:

His Excellency Carlos Martins, Ambassador of Brazil
His Excellency Dr. Maurieio Nabuco, Chairman of the

Brazilian Delegation and Undersecretary of State

for Foreign Affairs of Brazil

'See the Bulletin of July 6, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 54),
pp. 12-13.

The Honorable Dr. Antonio Camillo de Oliviera, Mem-
ber of Brazilian Delegation

Dr. Abelardo Bueno do Prado, Member of Brazilian
Delegation

The Honorable Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agri-
culture

The Honorable Key Pittman, United States Senate

The Honorable Sol Bloom, House of Representatives

The Honorable Charles A. Eaton, House of Representa-
tives

The Honorable James A. Shanley, House of Repre-
sentatives

The Honorable Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Adminis-
trator

Mr. Drew Pearson

Argentine and Uruguayan Delegations

[Released to the press -August 7]

The following guests attended the dinner
given at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, Au-
gust 7, 1940, by the Acting Secretary of State,
the Honorable Sumner Welles, in honor of the
Argentine and Uruguayan delegations to the
Habana Meeting of tlie Ministers of Foreign
Affairs :

His Excellency SeiJor Don Felipe A. Espil, Ambassador

of .Argentina
His Excellency Dr. Leopoldo Melo, Chairman of the

.Argentine Delegation to the Habana Conference
The Honorable J. Richling, Minister of Urtiguay
His Excellency Dr. Pedro Manini Rios, Chairman of
the Uruguayan Delegation to the Habana Conference
The Honorable Dr. Jos^ A. Mora Otero, Member of the

Uruguayan Delegation to the Habana Conference
The Honorable Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy
The Honorable Tom Counally, United States Senate
The Honorable Elbert D. Thomas, United States Senate
The Honorable Guy M. Gillette, United States Senate
The Honorable Luther Johnson, House of Representa-
tives
The Honorable Ed. V. Izac, House of Representatives
The Honorable Foster Stearns, House of Representa-
tives
General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff
Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations
The Honorable Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of

State
The Honorable Breckinridge Long, Assistant Secretary

of State
Mr. Felix Beluir, Jr.
Mr. Constantine Brown
Mr. Ernest Lindley

Mr. Philip \V. Bonsai, Department of State
Mr. H. Charles Spruks, Department of State

Commercial Policy

AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

[Released to the press August 7]

The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner
Welles, made the following statement regarding
the commercial agreement with the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics :

It may be noted that notes were exchanged August
6, 1940, between this Government and the Soviet Gov-
ernment extending until August 6, 1941, the commercial
agreement which in its present form was first con-
cluded between the two countries on August 4, 1937.
The present agreement is similar to those in effect dur-
ing the previous tliree years in all respects except that
there has been added a proviso to the note referring
to the minimum amount of purchases ($40,000,000) to
be made in the United States by the Soviet economic
organizations. This proviso taljes into account the
possibility that various export restrictions imposed by
the United States in the course of its national-defense
program may malve it impossible for these organiza-
tions to carry out their intentions.

It is a source of deep gratification that we are able
by means of this agreement to continue our commercial
relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
on the present basis, and it Is to be hoped that during
the coming year they will develop In a manner advan-
tageous to both parties.

(Released (o the press Aupu.st 6]

The commercial agreement between the
United States of America and the Union of So-
viet Socialist Republics which was proclaimed
and became eti'ective on August 6, 1937, and
which was renewed for successive periods of
one year on August 5, 1938, and August 2, 1939,
was continued in force for another year, that
is until August 6, 1941, by an exchange of iden-
tic notes at Moscow on August 6, 19-40, between
the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Mi-.
Walter C. Thurston, and the People's Commis-
sar for Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union, Mr.
A. I. Mikoyan.

As in the previous three agi-eements, the So-
viet Government has informed the American
Government that the Soviet economic organi-
zations intend to purchase during the next 12
months American goods to the value of at least
$40,000,000. The agreement takes into account
the possibility that various export restrictions
imposed by the United States in carrying out its
national-defense program may make it impos-
sible for these organizations to carry out their
intentions.

The Government of the United States under-
takes in the agreement to continue to accord to
the commerce of the Soviet Union unconditional
most-favored-nation treatment, with a reserva-
tion in respect of coal, deemed necessary be-
cause of the nature of the coal-tax provisions of
the Revenue Act of 1932. Under this agree-
ment, therefore, the Soviet Union will continue
to receive the benefits of concessions granted
by the United States in trade agreements with
countries other than Cuba entered into under
the authority of the Trade Agreements Act.

The Soviet Government has renewed in a
note accompanying the agreement its commit-
ment to export to the United States in the next
12 months not more than 400,000 tons of Soviet
coal which was approximately the quantity of
Soviet coal exported to the United States in the
calendar year 1936. While there were imports
of coal during each of the first three agreement
years, such imports did not in any such year
amount to as much as one half the 400,000-ton
limitation. Since October 1939 there have been
no imports of Soviet coal.

The following table gives the value in dollars
of United States exports to and imports from
the Soviet Union in the agreement years :

10.5

106

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Agreement year (Aug.-July)

1935-36..

1936-37

1937-38 - - —

1938-39....

1939-^0 ■■ (first 11 months)

U. S. do-
mestic ex-
ports to
U.S. S. R.
(thousands
of U. S.
dollars)

33,286
31,018
64, 224
60, 255
67, 779

V. S. im-
ports for
consump-
tion from
O. S. S. R.
(thousands
of U. S.
dollars)

21,200
23, 210
22, 874
24,761
23,916

" Preliminary.

The text of the identic notes exchanged at
Moscow between the American Charge, Mr.
Walter C. Thiir-ston, and the People's Com-
missar for Foreign Trade of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, Mr. A. I. Mikoyan,
is as follows :

Moscow, August G, 19'iO.

EXCEHXENCY :

In accordance with the conversations which have
taken place, I have the honor to confirm on behalf ot
my Government the agreement which has been reached
between the Governments of our respective countries
that the agreement regarding commercial relations be-
tween the United States of America and the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics recorded in the exchange of
notes of August 4, 1937, between the Ambassador of
the United States of America and the People's Com-
missar for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet So-
cialist Republics, which cam'e into force on August 6,
1937 on the date of proclamation thereof by the Presi-
dent of the United States of America and approval
thereof by the Council of People's Commissars of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and which was re-
newed on August 5, 1938, and August 2, 1039, shall
continue in force until August 6, 1941. The present
agreement should be proclaimed by the President of the
United States of America and approved by the Council
of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics.

Accept [etc.] 'Walter C. Thurston

The following text is that of the agi'eement
of August 4, 1937:='

With reference to recent conversations which have
taken place in regard to commerce between the United
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, I have the honor to confirm and to make of

' Executive Agreement Series No. 105.

record by this note the following agreement which has
been reached between the Governments of our respec-
tive countries:

One. The United States of America will grant to the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unconditional and
unrestricted most-favored-nation treatment in all mat-
ters concerning customs duties and charges of every
kind and in the method of levying duties, and, further,
in all matters concerning the rules, formalities and
charges imposed in connection with the clearing of
goods through the customs, and with respect to all laws
or regulations affecting the sale or use of imported
goods within the country.

Accordingly, natural or manufactured products hav-
ing their origin in the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lics shall in no case be subject, in regard to the matters
referred to above, to any duties, taxes or charges other
or higher, or to any rules or formalities other or more
burdensome, than those to which the like products hav-
ing their origin in any third country are or may here-
after be subject.

Similarly, natural or manufactured products exported
from the territory of the United States of America and
consigned to the territory of the Union of Soviet Social-
ist Republics shall in no case be subject with respect to
exportation and in regard to the above-mentioned mat-
ters, to any duties, taxes, or charges other or higher, or
to any rules or formalities other or more burdensome,
than those to which the like products when consigned
to the territory of any third country are or may here-
after be subject.

Any advantage, favor, privilege or immunity which
has been or may hereafter be granted by the United
States of America in regard to the above-mentioned
matters, to a natural or manufactured product origi-
nating in any third country or consigned to the territory
of any third country shall be accorded immediately and
without compensation to the like product originating in
or consigned to the territory of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.

It is understood that so long as and in so far as
existing law of the United States of America may
otherwise require, the foregoing provisions, in so far as
they would otherwise relate to duties, taxes or charges
on coal, coke manufactured therefrom, or coal or coke
briquettes, shall not apply to such products imported
into the United States of America. If the law of the
United States of America shall not permit the complete
operation of the foregoing provisions with respect to the
above-mentioned products, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics reserves the right within fifteen days after
January 1, 1938, to terminate this agreement in its
entirety on thirty days' written notice.

It is understood, furthermore, that the advantages
now accorded or which may hereafter be accorded by

AUGUST 10, 1940

107

the United States of America, Its territories or pos-
sessions, tlie Philippine Islands, or the Panama Canal
Zone to one another or to the Republic of Cuba shall
be excepted from the operation of this agreement.

Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to pre-
vent the adoption of measures prohibiting or restrict-
ing the exportation or importation of gold or silver,
or to prevent the adoption of such measures as the
Government of the United States of America may see
fit with respect to the control of the export or sale
for export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war,
and, in exceptional cases, all other military supplies.
It is understood that any action which may be taken
by the President of the United States of America under
the authority of Section 2 (b) of the Neutrality Act
of 1937 in regard to the passage of title to goods shall
not be considered as contravening any of the provisions
of this agreement relating to the exportation of natural
or manufactured products from the territory of the
United States of America.

Subject to the requirement that no arbitrary dis-
crimination shall be effected by the United States of
America against importations from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and in favor of those from any third
country, the foregoing provisions shall not extend to
prohibitions or restrictions (1) imposed on moral or
humanitarian grounds. (2) designed to protect human,
animal, or plant life, (3) relating to prison-made goods,
or (4) relating to the enforcement of police or revenue
laws.

Two. On its part the Government of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics will take steps to increase
substantially the amount of purchases in the United
States of America for export to the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics of articles the growth, produce, or
manufacture of the United States of America.

Three. This agreement shall come into force on the
day of proclamation thereof by the President of the
United States of America and of approval thereof by
the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, which proclamation and
approval shall take place on the same day. It shall
continue in effect for twelve months. Both parties
agree that not less than thirty days prior to the
expiration of the aforesaid period of twelve months
they shall start negotiations regarding the extension
of the period during which the present agreement shall
continue in force.

Tlie following communications, exchanged
between the American Charge and the People's
Commissar for Foreign Trade, concern the
amount of purchases which the Government of

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics intends
to make in the United States during the next 12
months in connection with the commercial
agreement entered into between the United
States and the Soviet Union on August 6, 1940:

Moscow, August 6, 19^0.

EXCEIXENCY :

I have the honor to refer to our recent conversations
in regard to the commerce between the United States
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
and to ask you to let me know the value of articles,
the growth, produce or manufacture of the United
States of America, which the Government of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics intends to purchase in the
United States of America during the next twelve
months for export to the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics.

Except [etc.] Walter C. Thubston

[Translation]

Moscow. August 6, Wf/O.
Mr. CHARofi d'Affaihes :

In reply to your inquiry regarding the intended pur-
chases by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in
the United States of America in the course of the next
twelve months, I have the honor to inform you that
the economic organizations of the Union of Soviet So-
cialist Republics intend to buy in the United States of
America in the course of the next twelve months Ameri-
can goods to the value of at least $40,000,000.

If, however, restrictions imposed on exports by the
Government of the United States should render it diffi-
cult for Soviet economic organizations to .satisfy their
needs in the United States, it may be impossible for
the.se organizations to carry out their intentions. The
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
is therefore not in a position at the present time to
guarantee the above-mentioned value of its purchases
in the United States.

Accept [etc.] Watter C. Thubston

[Released to the press August 10]

The commercial agreement between the
United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, signed on August 6, 1940, was pro-
claimed by the President on August 7. On the
same day, the agreement was approved by the
Council of People's Commissars of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The Foreign Service

PRESS INTERVIEW BY THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM

Statement of the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Welles

[Released to the press August 9]

I have now received from the American Em-
bassy in London a transcript of the notes of the
press interview given by Ambassador Cudahy
in London on Tuesday, August 6, last.

From tlie transcript it would appear that Am-
bassador Cudahy received at an informal gath-
ering some American correspondents and rep-
resentatives of the British press who had re-
quested interviews with him.

As I previously stated, the Ambassador's in-
terview was given without prior authorization
from, or without prior notification to, the De-
partment of State.

I am sure that no one will question the sin-
cerity of the Ambassador's sym^Dathetic inter-
est in the future well-being of the Belgian peo-

ple, an interest which is shared by the people of
the United States. Nevertheless, the interview
given was in violation of standing instructions
of the Department of State, and certain of the
views expressed by the Ambassador are not to
be construed as representing the views of this
Government.

The incident illustrates once again the impor-
tance which must be attributed by American
representatives abroad to the Department's in-
structions to refrain at this critical time from
making public statements other than those made
in accordance with the instructions of the De-
jjartment of State.

By direction of the President, Ambassador
Cudahy has been requested to return to the
United States immediately for consultation.

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 10]

The following changes have occvirred in the
Foreign Service since August 3, 1940 :

Leiand B. Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa., Con-
sul General at Vienna, Germany, has been desig-
nated Counselor of Embassy and Consul General
at Beilin, Germany, and will serve in dual
capacity.

The assignment of James J. Murphy, Jr., of
Pennsylvania, as Consul General at Rotterdam,
Netherlands, has been canceled. Mr. Murphy
has now been assigned as Consul General at
Hamburg, Germany.

Hugh S. Fullerton, of Springfield, Ohio,
First Secretary of Embassy and Consul at Paris,
108

France, has been assigned as Consul at Marseille,
France.

Samuel H. Wiley, of Salisbury, N. C, Con-
sul at Havre, France, has been assigned as
Consul at Lisbon, Portugal.

George J. Haering, of Huntington Station,
N. Y., has been assigned as Consul at Vigo,
Spain.

The assignment of Joseph F. Burt, of Fair-
field, 111., as Consul at Prague, Bohemia, has
been canceled. Mr. Burt has now been assigned
as Consul at Valparaiso, Chile.

Thomas C. Wasson, of Newark, N. J., Consul
at Vigo, Siaain, has been assigned as Consul at
Dakar, French West Africa, where an American
Consulate will be established.

AUGUST 10, 1940

109

Jacob D. Beam, of Princeton, N. J., Third
Secretary of Embassy at Berlin, Germany, has
been assigned for duty in the Department of
State.

Maurice Pasquet, of New York, N. Y., Vice
Consul at Dairen, Manchuria, has been assigned
as Vice Consul at St. Pierre-Miquelon, where
an American Consulate will be reopened.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

OPIUM
International Opium Convention (192.5)

Switzerland

AA'ith refeience to the circular letter from the
League of Nations dated October 25, 1939,^ com-
municating for information the text of a letter
addressed to the states parties to the Interna-
tional Opium Convention of February 14, 1925,
concerning the acceptance by certain states, in-
cluding Switzerland, of a new resolution of the
Health Committee applicable to the prepara-
tions based on Indian-hemp extract or tincture,
the Secretary General of the League transmitted
to the Secretary of State with a circular letter
dated May 27, 1940, the following letter from the
Swiss Federal Political Department dated
November 18, 19:^9:

In a circular letter dated October 25th last, the Sec-
retariat uf the League of Nations informed the Federal
Political Department that, several countries, including
Switzerland, having accepted the Health Committee's
resolution of May 1939 concerning the application of
Article 10 of the Convention of February 14th, 1925, to
preparations based on Indian hemp extract or tincture,
the provisions of that agreement had become imme-
diately applicable to the preparations referred to by the
said resolution in relations between States. This com-
munication was immediately transmitted to the Federal
Public Health Service.

In agreement with this Service and referring to its
note of August 7th, 1939, the Political Department has
the honour to draw the Secretariat's attention to the
fact that, as Indian hemp extract and tincture are not

' See the Bulletin of December 9, 1939 (vol. I, no. 24),
pp. 680-681.

yet subject to the supervision instituted under the
Swiss legislation on narcotics now undergoing revision,
the acceptance by the competent Federal authorities of
the Health Committee's resolution cannot take effect
within Switzerland until the new Federal law comes
into force.

Requesting the Secretariat to bring the foregoing to
the attention of the Governments concerned, the
Department has the honour, etc.

Berne, November ISth, 1939.

To the Secretariat of the

League of Nations, Geneva.

COMMERCE

Agreement With the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics

An announcement regarding the commercial
agreement between the United States and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed
August 6, 1940, appears in this Bulletin under
the heading "Commercial Policy".

INTERNATIONAL LAW

International Institute for the Unification
of Private Law

The American Ambassador to Italy trans-
mitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch
dated May 16. 1940, a copy of tlie new Funda-
mental Statute of the International Institute
for the Linification of Private Law. The Insti-
tute which is now established in Rome was for-
merly a part of the League of Nations with
headquarters in Geneva.

According to information furnished by the
Italian Foreign Office the statute, which is dated

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

March 15, 1940, entered into force on April 21,
1940. The follo^Ying countries have adhered
to the statute : Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Fin-
land, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Nicaragua,
Kumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and
Uruguay.

Two Supplemental Estimates of Appropriations for
State Department, 1941 : Comnmiuication from the
President of the United States transmitting two supple-
mental estimates of appropriations for the Department
of State, for the fiscal year 1941, amounting to $305,500.
(H. Doc. 892, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 2 pp. 5^^

Publications

Department of State

Reciprocal Recognition of Load Line Regulations for
Vessels Engaged in International Voyages on the Great
Lakes : Arrangement between the United States of
America and Canada. — Effected by exchanges of notes
signed April 29, 1938, August 24, 1938, October 22, 1938,
September 2, 1939, October 18, 1939, January 10, 1940,
and March 4, 1940. Executive Agreement Series No.
172. Publication 1482. 9 pp. 5^.

Achievements of the Second Meeting of the Foreign
Ministers of the American Republics : Statement of the
Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, at the close
of the Meeting, Habana, July 30, 1940. Conference
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Vol. Ill: No. 60 — Publication I^gj

Qontenfs

The Foreign Service: ^"**
Representation of foreign interests by American diplo-
matic and consular offices 113

Personnel changes 114

American Republics:

Exchange of telegrams between the Secretary of State

and Dr. Leopoldo Melo of Argentina 115

Convention with Dominican Republic concerning

customs revenue 115

Europe:

Repatriation of American citizens 115

Canada :

Suspension of tonnage duties 116

Australia:

Airplane accident in Austraha 116

Treaty Information:
Agriculture:

Convention with Great Britain for the Protection of
Migratory Birds (Treaty Series No. 628) and Con-
vention with Mexico for the Protection of Migra-
tory Bu'ds and Game Mammals (Treaty Series

No. 912) 116

Special Assistance:

Convention with the Dominican Republic Concern-
ing Collection and Apphcation of Customs Reve-
nue (Treaty Series No. 726) 117

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Fisheries :

Protocol Amending the Agreement for the Regulation
of Whaling of June 8, 1937 (Treaty Series No.

944) 117

Commercial Policy:

Agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics 117

Publications 117

Legislation 117

Regulations 118

The Foreign Service

REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN INTERESTS BY AMERICAN
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICES

[Released to the press August 16]

Since the outbreak of hostilities, American
diplomatic and consular offices have assumed,
or have been authorized to assume, the repre-
sentation of foreign interests as indicated in
the following list:^

(1) Ami'rican Emha.ssy at Berlin (covering

Germany and German-occupied Poland.
Bohemia, and Moravia) :

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions and mandated territories

(h) Australia

{d) Canada

{e) France

(/) Belgium

{g) Luxemburg

{h) Union of South Africa "

(2) American consular offices in Belgium:

{a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions
{h) Union of South Africa

(d) Australia

(e) Canada

(/) Luxemburg
(g) Netherlands^
(A) New Zealand

' For a previous list see the BuUrtin of May 18, 1940
(vol. II, no. 47), pp. 54.3-544.

^Turned over by the Swedish Legation on Aug.
1, 1940, at 4 p. m.

^To be turned over to the Swedish representative as
soon as arrangements can be perfected.
254808 — 40

(3) Ameriran consular offices in the Nether-

lands:

(a) (ireat Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(0) Australia

(d) France
((■) Belgium
(/•) Egypt*
(g) Canada

(4) American Legation at Copenhagen:

(a.) Great Britain, including ovei'seas posses-
sions
{b) Australia

(<l) Union of South Africa

(f) France
(/') Belgium

{g) New Zealand

I.")) American considar offices in Norway:

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Australia
{c) Canada

(d) Union of South Africa

(e) France
(/) Belgium

(g) New Zealand

(6) American Consulate at Luxemburg:
(ff) Belgium
(6) France

* To be turned over to the Iranian representatives as
soon as arrangements can be perfected.

113

114

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

(7) American Embassy at Paris (for occupied

France) :

(a) Australia

{b) Belgium

{(1) Canada

(<?) Luxemburg

(/') New Zealand

(17) Union of South Africa

(8) ATnerican Embassy at Vichy (for unoccu-

pied France and Monaco) :

{a) Australia

{h) Great Britain, including overseas pos-
sessions

{d) New Zealand

(9) American Enibassy at Rome:

(a) Austi'alia

(b) Belgium

(d) Canada

(e) EgjTt

(/) France (not for Sardinia, Libya, or the

Islands of the Aegean)
(g) New Zealand
(h) Norway
(?) Union of South Africa

(10) American Consulate at Lagos:
(a) Italy

(11) American Consulate General at Casa-

blanca :

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Canada

(12) Amerieam, Considate Genercd at Algiers:

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Canada

(13) ATnerican Consulate at Tunis:

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Canada

(14) American Considate at Martinique:

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Canada

(15) American Consulate at Papeete, Tahiti:
{a) Great Britain, including ovei^seas posses-
sions

(ft) Canada

(16) American Considate at Saigon:

(a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions

(b) Canada

(17) American Consulate at Dakau' (when

opened for business) :
{a) Great Britain, including overseas posses-
sions
{b) Canada
{c) New Zealand

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 17]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since August 10, 1940:

Career Officers

John Carter Vincent, of Macon, Ga., Consul
r.t Geneva, Switzerland, has been assigned as
Consul at Shanghai, China.

Walter A. Foote, of Hamlin, Tex., Consul at
Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies, has been as-
signed as Consul General at Batavia, Java,
Netherlands Indies.

Renwick S. McNiece, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, Consid at Valparaiso, Chile, has been as-
signed as Consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Leonard G. Dawson, of Staunton, Va., Con-
sul at Lille, France, has been assigned as Consul
at Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel (St. Michael),
Azores.

James G. Carter, of Brunswick, Ga., Consul
at Calais, France, has been assigned as Consul
at Funchal, Madeira.

AUGUST 17, 1940

115

Jolin Goodyear, of Springfield Center, N. Y.,
Vice Consul at Guatemala, Guatemala, has been
assigned as Vice Consul at Panama, Panama.

Adrian B. Colquitt, of Savannali, (ia., Tliinl
Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at I'an-
ama, Panama, has been assigned as Vice Consul
at Cayenne, French Guiana, where an American
Consulate will be establislied.

Roger L. Heacock, of Baldwin Park, Calif.,
Third Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at
I\io de Janeiro, Brazil, lias been assigned as
Vice Consul at Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ivan B. White, of Salem, Oreg., Vice Consul
at Yokohama, Japan, has been assigned for duty
in the Department of State.

NONCAREER OfTICERS

Francis M. Witliey, of Michigan, Vice Consul
at Florence, Italy, lias been appointed Vice
Consul at Palermo, Italy.

T. Monroe Fisher, of Strasburg, Va., Vice
Consul at Leghorn, Italy, has been appointed
Vice Consul at Florence, Italj".

Foster H. Kreis, of Minnesota, Vice Consul
at Funchal, ^ladeira, has been appointed Vice
Consul at Horta, Azores, where an American
Consulate will be established.

The appointment of Donn Paul Medalie, of
Illinois, as Vice Consul at Niagara Falls, On-
tario, Canada, has been canceled. Mr. Medalie
has now been appointed Vice Consul at Manila,
Philippine Islands.

American Republics

EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS BE-
TWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AND DR. LEOPOLDO MELO OF AR-
GENTINA

[Released to the press August 13]

The following telegrams were exchanged be-
tween the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, and
Dr. Leopoldo Melo, Chairman of the Argentine
delegation to the Habana Meeting of the Minis-
ters of Foreign Affairs of the American Repub-

lics, upon Dr. Melo's departure from New York
on board the S. S. Argentina:

"Please accept my cordial gi'eetings and this
parting expression of my hope that the common
endeavors of the Habana meeting may serve to
strengthen still further the friendly relations
between our jDeoples.

Leopoldo Melo"

"I am sincerely appreciative of your cordial
message and regret that, prior to your depar-
ture, I was unable once more personally to ex-
press to you the pleasure which I derived from
our association at Habana as well as my grati-
tude for your constant and sympathetic
cooperation.

Cordell Hull"

CONVENTION WITH DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC CONCERNING CUSTOMS
REVENUE

An announcement regarding the negotiations
in Ciudad Trujillo for revision of the Conven-
tion with the Dominican Republic concerning
collection and application of customs revenue,
appeal's in this Bulletin under the heading
"Treaty Information".

Europe

REPATRIATION OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS

[Released to the press August 16]

The Acting Secretary of State on July 25,
1940, announced that the Army transport
American Legion was being sent to the port of
Petsamo, Finland, in order to evacuate as many
American citizens as possible who were stranded
in the Baltic and Scandinavian areas and who
could not return in any other safe way.

The American Legion was directed to sail
August 16 on her return voyage. This ship is
filled to capacity with a total of 897 passengers
from the following countries: Finland, 138;
Estonia, 22; Latvia, 18; Lithuania, 102;

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Sweden, 250; Norway, 182; Denmark, 84; Ger-
many, 88 ; and the Netherlands, 13. The Crown
Princess Martha of Norway and her three chil-
dren are among the passengers.

Canada

SUSPENSION OF TONNAGE DUTIES

On August 8, 1940, the President signed
Proclamation No. 2419, which provides that
"the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage
and imposts within the United States are sus-
pended and discontinued so far as respects the
vessels of Canada and the produce, manufac-
tures, or merchandise imported in said vessels
into the United States from Canada or from any
other foreign country; the suspension to take
effect from the date of this proclamation, and to
continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of
vessels belonging to citizens of the United
States and their cargoes shall be continued, and
no longer. . . ."

The text of this proclamation appears in full
in the Federal Register for August 13, 1940,
vol. 5, no. 157, page 2813.

Australia

AIRPLANE ACCIDENT IN AUSTRALIA

[Released to the press August 14]

The following telegram was sent by the Act-
ing Secretary of State, the Honorable Sumnei'
Welles, to the Prime Minister of Australia, the
Honorable R. G. ^lenzies, K.C., P.C., regarding
the plane crash near Canberra which took the
lives of 10 persons, including the Australian
Army Chief of Staff, the Minister of Air, the
Minister of Defense, and the Vice President of
the Executive Coiuicil:

"August 13, 1940.

"I am shocked and deeply distressed to learn
of the tragic airplane accident as the result of
which the Commonwealth of Australia has suf-
fered so great a loss.

"On behalf of my Government and in the
name of the people of the United States, I de-
siie to express my profound sympathy.

Sumner Welles"

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division
AGRICULTURE

Convention With Great Britain for the Pro-
tection of Migratory Birds (Treaty Series
No. 628) and Convention With Mexico for
the Protection of Migratory Birds and
Game Mammals (Treaty Series No. 912)

On August 9, 1940, the President issued
Proclamation No. 2420,= amending certain of

° I'roclfimation No. 2420 is printed in the Federal
Register of August 13, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 157), pp. 2813-
2816.

the regulations approved by Proclamation No.
2345 of August 11, 1939 (4 F. R. 3621), as
amended by Proclamation No. 2367 of Septem-
ber 28, 1939 (4 F. R. 4107) , permitting and gov-
erning the hunting, taking, cajiture, killing,
possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transporta-
tion, carriage, exportation, and importation of
migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs
thereof, included in the terms of the Conven-
tion between the United States and Great
Britain for the protection of migratory birds
concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention

117

between the United States and the United Mexi-
can States for the protection of migratory birds
and game mammals conchided February 7, 1936.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

Convention With the Dominican Republic
Concerning Collection and Application of
Customs Revenue (Treaty Series No. 726)

Negotiations have been proceeding at Wash-
ington for several years with a view toward
the revision or modification of the Convention
between the United States and the Dominican
Republic of December 27, 1924, to Replace the
Convention of February 8, 1907, Providing for
the Assistance of the United States in the Col-
lection and Application of the Customs Rev-
enue of the Dominican Republic. It has been
decided to continue these negotiations at
Ciudad Trujillo.

For this purpose, Mr. Hugh R. Wilson, for-
mer Ambassador to Germany, has been desig-
nated as the special representative of the
Secretary of State with rank of Ambassador,
and he is sailing from New York to Ciudad
Trujillo August 15 on the S. S. Borinquen of the
Puerto Rican Line.

Mr. Wilson will be accompanied by Mr. Har-
old D. Finley, Assistant Chief of the Division
of the American Republics, Department of
State.

FISHERIES

Protocol Amending the Agreement for the
Regulation of Whaling of June 8, 1937
(Treaty Series No. 944)

Ireland

By a note dated July 30. 1940, the British Am-
bassador at Washington informed the Secretary
of State that the instrument of ratification by
Ireland of the Protocol Amending the Agree-
ment for the Regulation of Whaling of June 8,
1937, which was signed on June 24, 1938, was
deposited with the British Government on Jime
20. 1940.'

Commercial Policy

AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION OF
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

On page 107 of the Bulletin for August 10,
1940 (vol. Ill, no. 59), the signature of the
translated note of August 6, 1940, addressed to
the American Charge d'Affaires by the People's
Commissar for Foreign Trade of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, should read A.
Mikovan and not Walter C. Thurston.

Publications

Department of State

Military Aviiition Mission : .\Kreeint'iit Between tlie
United States of America and Cliile. — Signed April 23,
1940: effective April 23, 1940. Executive Agreement
Series No. 169. Publication 1473. 8 pp. .')('.

Certificates of Airworthiness for Export : Arrange-
ment Between the United States of America and New
Zealand. — Effected by exchange of notes signed Janu-
ary 30 and February 28, 1940; eftective March 1,
1940. Executive Agreement Series Xo. 1G7. Publica-
tion 1479. 17 pp. 5^.

Exemptions From Exchange Control Measures ;
Agreement Between the United States of America and
Canada. — Effected by exchange of notes signed June
18, 1940: effective June 18, 1940. Executive Agree-
ment Series No. 174. Publication 1-S87. 3 pp. of.

Legislation

'See the Bulletin of August 12, 1939 (vol. I, no. 7),
p. 115.

Communication from the President of the United
States transmitting a draft of a proposed provision
liertaining to the appropriation for the State Depart-
ment for cooperation with the American republics,
contained in the Second Deficiency .Appropriation Act,
1940, approved June 27, 1940 [making the appropria-
tion available for compensation and traveling ex-
I^enses of educational, professional, and artistic lead-
ers in connection with the program of cooperation].
(H. Doc. 015, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 2 pp. 5(t.

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Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bulletin:

Regailations Governing the Registration and Finger-
printing of Aliens in Accordance With the Alien Regis-
tration Aft, 1940. (Department of Justice: Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service.) [General Order No.
C-21, August 8, 1940.] Federal Register, vol. 5, no.
I.'jS, August 14, 19-10, pp. 2836-2841 (The National Ar-
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Qontents

General : Page

Address by the American Ambassador to France, the

Honorable William C. Bullitt 121

American Republics:

Habiina ]\Ieeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs:

P'inal act and convention 127

Exchange professors and students 149

Office for Coordination of Commercial and Cultural

Relations between the American Republics 151

Death of Leon Trotsky 152

Europe :

Note to Germany on the course of the American

Legion 152

Canada :

Permanent Joint Board on Defense, United States

and Canada 154

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, etc. :

Monthly statistics 155

Commercial Policy :

Coal, coke, and briquets from the Union of Soviet So-
cialist Republics 167

Publications 167

The Foreign Service:

Personnel changes 168

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SEP 18 1940

Treatt Information : Page

Arbitration and Judicial Settlement :

Permanent Court of International Justice 170

Consultation :
Final Act and Convention of the Habana Meeting
of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Amer-
ican Ke^jublics 170

Permanent Joint Board on Defense, United States

and Canada 170

Mutual Guaranties :

Non-aggression Treaty between Great Britain and

Thailand 170

General

ADDRESS BY THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE,
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM C. BULLITT '

[Released to the press August 18]

Fellow Citizens of Mt Country; Men and
Women ; Americans :

There are times, rare and infrequent, when
a man feels he has a right to ask his fellow
citizens to hear him. Here tonight, in my own
city, in this Square where our Republic was
created, I feel I have that right.

For nearly four years I have sensed as Am-
bassador of our Republic to the French
Republic. That Republic, like our own, fol-
lowed the gleam of liberty, equality, and fra-
ternity for all men and all races. That
Republic, like our own, strove for peace.

I have seen the French Republic destroyed.

As your emissary, as the representative of
American democracy, I have witnessed the acts
which destroyed the French democracy. I
know of my own knowledge what blows were
struck, what devices of intrigue and treachery
and force were employed. I know who are
the enemies of freedom because I have seen
them at their work. I know how dangerous
they are and by what means they are dangerous.

Because I have seen these things and know
them of my own knowledge, I know that dan-
gers beset free institutions everywhere, and I
know what those dangers are. The strategy
of destruction by which the free nation of
France was overthrown is the strategy of de-
struction by which the enemies of freedom hope

'Delivered at the invitation of tlie American Pliil-
osophical Society in Independence Square, Philadelphia,
Aug. 18, 1940.

to overthrow liberty in this, the greatest of the
nations that freedom has created. Because I
have seen these things with my own eyes, heard
them with my own ears, and felt them in my
own body, I ask you, my fellow, fi-ee Ameri-
cans, to hear what I feel it my duty to say.

America is in danger.

It is my conviction, drawn from my own expe-
rience and from the information in tlie hands
of our Government in Washington, that the
United States is in as great peril today as was
France a year ago. And I believe that unless
we act now, decisively, to meet the threat we
shall be too late.

The dictators are convinced that all democra-
cies will always be too late. You remember
Hitler's statement :

"Each country will imagine that it alone will
escape. I shall not even need to destroy them
one by one. Selfishness and lack of foresight
will prevent each one fighting until it is too
late."

Control of government by public opinion is
the essence of democracy. And it has always
been our belief that free speech and a free press
and free education would enable us to form and
express our opinions sutEcientl}' swiftly not only
to permit but to compel our Government to act
quickly and effectively. But the problems of
world affaii-s have become so complex, in this
day of volcanic change, that the average citizen
has the greatest difficulty in understanding them
and judging what is best for his country before
it is too late.

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The dictators have developed a strategy of
attack that is based on this difficulty. To pre-
pare the way for military attack on a democ-
racy they employ every possible variety of
agent and propaganda to befuddle the public
so that the democracy will not prepare in time.
They succeeded in befuddling public opinion
in France and England to such an extent that
they were able to conquer France in a few
days and are now striving to conquer an
England which awakened late.

They are not yet in a position to attack
America by military means; but their cam-
paign of befuddlement, their preparatory
assault, is following the same lines in America
that it followed in France. Do not imagine
that the French citizen was less intelligent or
cared less about his country than the American
citizen. The honest French patriot did his
best, but he just could not see through the
smokescreens of bribery, propaganda, lies, and
threats which the dictators spread in his coun-
try. For every Frenchman who acted as the
conscious agent of a foreign dictator, there
were a thousand who, with good intentions and
high patriotism, unwittingly played the dicta-
tors' game.

How many Americans today are playing the
dictators' game without knowing it?

In France, as in the United States today,
there were many honest pacifists. There were
many because after 1918 every Frenchman be-
came in one sense a pacifist. The French
wanted no more war. And when the German
propagandists told the French that they could
buy peace with Germany by making one con-
cession after another, the French believed
them.

The French, who were much stronger at the
time than were the Germans, let the Germans
reconstruct an army, a navy, and an air force,
let them reoccupy the Rhineland and the Saar,
then Austria, then the Sudeten areas of
Czechoslovakia, then the whole of Czechoslo-
vakia. After that the Germans said that the
price of peace was Danzig and Poland's outlet
to the sea. By that time the French had
learned that the lie, the solemn pledge given

and broken, had become Germany's normal
weapon in international affairs. Yet today
there are Americans who argue that we should
believe the dictators when they say that they
have no intention of extending their conquests
to the Western Hemisphere and certainly not
to the United States. France believed.
Where now is France?

There are also Americans who argue that if
Hitler should conquer Great Britain he would
be content to stop there and tliat the United
States would be able to cooperate happily with
the Hitler Empire of Europe. To believe this
is to misunderstand the entire nature of the
Nazi system. It is not organized to develop an
empire in peace. It is organized as a dynamic
military machine. The ruthless hold of the
Nazi leaders on the German people is based on
the gearing of all energies for the sacrifices
necessary to wage war. The continued sacri-
fices by the great mass of the people which the
Nazi system demands cannot be obtained except
by maintaining a supercharged war tempera-
ture. The German Nation has been made a
predatory army of assault. Its organization is
military. Its military operations have enor-
mous momentum. It cannot stop in its tracks.
It can only be stopped.

Were Germany to try to resume the ways
of peace, the military discipline which is the
very foundation of the Nazi hiei-archy would
crumble. In order to continue in power that
hierarchy must continue to lead Germany on
new predatory adventures. The Third Reich
cannot change its objectives and methods with-
out changing its entire orgaiaization and
leadership.

The Americans who believe that the Nazis
will not have to be stopped but will stop of
their own accord are indulging in the fatal
vice of wishful thinking. They want to be-
lieve this. Therefore they believe it. There
is no other basis than their wish for their
conclusion that the Nazis suddenly will become
peace-loving men.

The men and women who tell you that the
dictators will not attack the Western Hemi-
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they may be ajrf'nts of the dictators; but in
eitlier case, by hilling you into a false feeling
of security and retarding your preparations
for defense, they are keeping the way clear
for an assault on America by the dictators.
They are enemies, consciously or unconsciously,
of our country and our liberties.

In France there were high-placed and in-
fluential German agents who circulated in
what was called society and argued, l)ccause
Hitler had said he loved France, that Ger-
many would never so much wish to invade
France as to attack the Maginot Line, which
was estimated to be such a tremendous obstacle.
[ Today, we hear Americans of the same stripe
arguing that the dictators will never so wish
to invade the Americas as to cross the At-
lantic, which is regarded as such a tremendous
obstacle. They ask us to ignore the fact that
the Atlantic is an obstacle only so long as
the European exits to the Atlantic are
controlled by a nation wliich is genuinely
friendly to us. We can remember, however,
that in the past when those exits have been
in the hands of a power unfriendly to us,
the Atlantic has become a bi'oad highway for
the invasion of the Americas. By way of the
Atlantic our own land was invaded twice:
during our Revolution and the War of 1812 —
and that with sailing ships. By way of the
Atlantic, Mexico was invaded during our Civil
War.

The truth is that the destruction of the
British Na^-y would be the turning of our
Atlantic Maginot Line. Without the British
Navy, the Atlantic would give us no more
protection than the Maginot Line gave France
after the German troops had marched through
Belgium. The soothing words "Maginot Line"
were the refrain of a lullaby of death for
France. The soothing words "Atlantic Ocean"
are being used now by the propagandists of
the dictators in the hope that they may become
a lullaby of death for the United States.

The French knew that they were outnumbered
two to one by the Germans and that all Ger-
mans— men, women, and children — had been
mobilized for war. They knew that Great Brit-

ain was unprepared for war and that little help
could come to France from England. When
they thought hard, therefore, they knew that
every French man, woman, and child ought to
be working for the national defense. The
French had, of course, universal military train-
ing for the army. Even the French priests were
trained to fight, and they fought at the front
like other good soldiers and would not have been
respected if they had not. But when the ques-
tion arose of mobilizing the whole nation for
national defense by compulsory national serv-
ice, even as a temporary measure to save the
liberties of France, the French found it more
comfortable to listen to the voices, some sincere,
some bought by the dictators, which told them
tliat their individual liberties were sacred and
must not be sacrificed for a moment even to save
the liberties of the nation; that it was more im-
portant for the individual to work only 40 hours
a week than for his country to have enough
airplanes; that the voluntary acceptance of na-
tional service as a temporary measure would be
an imitation of the dictatorships. Thus, in the
name of the preservation of individual liberty,
the national liberty of France was condemned
in advance to destruction.

Recently, in this country, we have heard men
and women arguing that we ourselves would be
imitating the dictatorships if we should create
through conscription an army adequate to de-
fend our country. They too are playing the
dictators' game.

Then there were many in France, some honest,
some agents of the dictators, who argued that
since airplane design was changing rapidly,
France should have good models but should not
manufacture planes in gi-eat quantity until
after the outbreak of war. They were promi-
nent and powerful. As a result, at one time
French plane production was allowed to sink to
37 a month while Germany was producing a
thousand a month !

Have we been wiser during the past years?
Have we built the planes or trained the aviators
to man them? Have we prepared the tanks or
the men to drive them? Have we trained and
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fense? Are there not among us many who
tliink and talk as did the Frenchmen who op-
posed adequate preparations ? Recently I heard
a Senator who is as good an American as any
of us state that while he would favor conscrip-
tion the moment we should be attacked, he
would oppose conscription until after we should
have been attacked. The ruined homes of
France, the women and children starving on the
roads, cry out to him and to every one of us
that wars are won or lost by the preparations
made or not made before they begin ; that un-
trained soldiers are not opponents but merely
\ ictims for trained men with tanks and planes.
The dictators, who are confident that all de-
mocracies will always be too late, count not only
on their agents to befuddle American opinion
but also on honorable men like that Senator.

Wliat 3tands today between the Americas and
the unleashed dictatorships ? The British fleet
and the courage of the British people. How
long will the British fleet be able to hold the
exits from Europe to the Atlantic? I cannot
answer that question nor can any man.

You have heard the appeal of General Persh-
ing for aid to the British fleet. You have heard
the appeal of Admiral Standley. You have
heard the appeal of William Allen Wliite and
his associates. If you let those appeals go
unanswered and the British fleet goes under,
do you realize what that would mean to you,
to all of the people of this country? Great
Britain and Ireland, along with the whole
Continent of Europe, would be organized into
one economic unit directed from Berlin ; a unit
which would be far stronger in productive ca-
pacity than the United States, which would
have five times our capacity to produce war-
ships; a unit whose trade would be controlled
by one trading trust directed from Berlin. No
country of North or South America would be
able to trade with Europe except on such terms
as might be pleasing to the dictators. Those
conditions for many of the countries of South
America would be the acceptance of a greater
or les3 measure of Nazi control.

For us, since we would not accept Nazi con-
trol, they would mean the cutting off of our

markets for cotton, tobacco, and other export
products. That would be so fatal to the econ-
omy of certain sections of our country that we
should face the gravest economic crisis in our
history; a crisis which it would be the task of
Nazi and Communist agents to exploit.

In the Pacific would be the Japanese Navy,
cooperating with the dictators, which would
be able to cut us off from our supplies of rubber
and tin and would compel us to leave a large
part of our fleet in the Pacific to defend Ha-
waii and the West Coast. In the Atlantic
would be combined fleets of the dictators which
would be so close to our own fleet in strength
that they would be able to cut us off from
all commerce not only with Europe but also
with Africa and would endanger even our com-
munications with the southern portion of this
hemisphere.

Are you sure that under those circumstances
the powerful Nazi and Communist movements
which already exist in various countries of
South America would not be able to seize power
and would not invite the European dictators to
organize air forces on their territories and that
those air forces would not move northward with
dive bombers to the Panama Canal and then
move against this comitry? Are you sure that
our existing fleet and air force would be able
to defend even the northern route to the United
States by way of Greenland, Newfoundland,
and Canada?

It is as clear as anything on this earth that
the United States will not go to war, but it is
equally clear that war is coming toward the
Americas.

The agents of the dictators are already here
preparing the way for their armies. They are
preparing the way in the same manner in which
they prepared the way in France.

In France much of the most terrible and
traitorous work was done by the Fascists and
Communists working together. Many honest
French democrats and liberals had been snared
by Communist propaganda and argued that,
because the Communists called themselves a po-
litical party and pretended at the time to be
in favor of democracy, it would be undemo-

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cratic to deny to the Communists the rights of
any other political party. The honest French
patriots and democrats who protected the Com-
munists did not discover until too late that the
Communists Mere acting as spies and agents
of the dictators, that the Communist Party was
merely camouflaged as a political party and was
in reality a conspiracy to commit patricide at
the direction of a foreign dictator. They dis-
covered too late that the Communi.sts were
traitors who were claiming the protection of
the -State which they intended to destroy only
in order the better to prepare for its destruction.

When the German invasion began to sweep
into Belgium and France, there were Com-
munist and Nazi agents of Germany in each
town and village who produced panic among
the civilian populations by spreading fantastic
tales of murdering by the Gemian troops of
men, women, and children. By this means 10
million civilians were harried in fear from their
homes and clogged all the roads, so that the
French, British, and Belgian Annies could not
maneuver, so that transport of supplies became
almost impossible and a magnificent fighting
force became a clotted mass of men and mate-
riel, a perfect target for bombing and machine-
gimning from the air.

At the most critical moment of the fighting
in Belgium, other German agents, this time
Communist i-ailway men, stopped all traflSc on
the Belgian railways so that there was no
transport by train for the French, Bi-itish, and
Belgian Armies.

Throughout France, especially in Paris, there
were liundreds of Communist and Nazi agents
of the dictators with extremely short-wave
portable radio-transmitting sets in their hiding
places. They kept the Germans fully informed
of the movements of the French Army and of
the intentions of the French Govenmient.
Since they could change their hiding places
daily, the French were never able to track down
more than one tenth of these spies.

The French had been more hospitable than
are even we Americans to refugees from Ger-
many. More than one half the spies captured
doing actual military spy work against the

French Army were refugees from Gennany.

Do }'ou believe that there are no Nazi and
Communist agents of this sort in America?

On the tenth day of last May, the people
of France were as confident as are the people
of the United States today that their country
could not be conquered. Three days later, on
the thirteenth day of May, the Germans had
smashed through the center of the French
Army and France was doomed.

The way had been prepared by spies, agents,
and propagandists, but it was the strength of
the German Army and the skill of its leaders
that enabled Germany to strike the fatal blow.
The blow was struck just where the French
did not expect it. The attack was made by
a new method that the French had never
imagined. Waves of bombing planes preceded
waves of tanks with perfect coordination main-
tained by radio. The tanks cut through the
French lines, then wheeled and lopped off piece
after piece of the French Ai-my.

The French soldier fought as courageously
and magnificently as any soldier has ever
fought. Division after division, cut off from
supplies of all sorts, fought on until there
were no more shells for the cannons or cart-
ridges for the gims, then charged with the
bayonet. The courage of the Fi'ench was mag-
nificent but of no avail against the tanks and
planes of the Germans. And, make no mis-
take, the GeiTuan infantiTmen were as brave
as the French.

The entire western world had been lulled by
stories of the inferiority of German equip-
ment. I have seen, myself, hundreds of thou-
sands of German soldiers with all their
motorized and mechanized equipment. I have
never seen one piece of that equipment broken
down.

The German military machine today is with-
out question the most powerful that has ever
been created. It has been used with consum-
mate skill. And you may be sure that, if the
Nazis have an opportunity to turn it against
us, it will be as strong or stronger than it
is today and will be used in the most un-
expected manner.

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I cannot tell yon where and when the at-
tack will come, any more than the French
General Staff could have told you that the
German attack would be made at Sedan on
the thirteenth of May; but I am certain that
if Great Britain is defeated the attack will
come and that all the strength of this Nation
will be needed — mobilized, organized, equipped,
and readj' — if we are to parry it and save the
independence of our country.

Why are we sleeping, Americans? When
are we going to wake up? Wlien are we
going to tell our Government that we want
to defend our homes and our children and
our liberties, whatever the cost in money
or blood? When are we going to give the
lie to those who say that the people of the
United States no longer care about their liber-
ties, that they look on the United States just
as a trough into which to get their snouts and
not as the greatest adventure in human
freedom that this earth has known?

Wlien are we going to let the world know
that in spite of all the efforts of all the propa-
gandists who call their propaganda "debunk-
ing" and ti-y to teach us to fear even truth,
we still know that when anyone tries to de-
bunk the Ten Commandments and the Sermon
on the Mount, he prepares for himself hell in
this world and in the next ?

When are we going to let legislators in
Washington know that we don't want any
more politicians who are afraid of the next
election and scared to ask us to make the sacri-
fices that we know are necessary to preserve
our liberties and our Declaration of Independ-
ence and our Constitution? When are we go-
ing to tell them that we want to know what are
our duties, not what are our privileges?
When are we going to say to them that we

don't want to hear any longer about what we
can get from our country but we do want to
hear what we can give to our country. Wlien
are we going to stand before God and say that
we know a human being is worthy of freedom
only when he serves the ideal in which he
believes ?

Do we want to see Hitler in Independence
Hall making fun of the Liberty Bell? No!

Then here, in this Square, where Washington
walked with Jefferson, where our independence
was declared, where our Constitution was
framed, I ask you and all other Americans
who hear my voice tonight to join in the fight
to keep our country free.

Write and telegraph to your Senators and
Representatives. Write to your newspapers.
Demand the privilege of being called into the
service of the Nation. Tell them that we want
conscription. Tell them that we back up Gen-
eral Pershing.

If you belong to great patriotic organiza-
tions, make them act. If you want to make
your will felt but do not know how to make it
felt, write to me and I shall try personally to
put you in touch with the men and women
who know how you can help most effectively
in your own home towns and villages.

Our defense against the enemies who are
already within our country has still to be or-
ganized. Nearly all our defense against the
enemies that are still outside our country has
still to be organized. If we won't act, our
Government can't. It is up to us.

The fighting line of the war for the enslave-
ment of the human spirit is nearing our shores.
For every American "there is no discharge in
that war." An American is a free man or he
is nothing. Our fate and the fate of our chil-
dren depends on what each one of us does — now.

American Republics

HABANA MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Final Act and Convention

The following texts of the Act and Conven-
tion of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at
Habana ai-e being i)rinted in order that they
may be generally available without further de-
lay, although the certified copies have not yet
been received. It is believed that they are
correct.

Final Act

The Governments of the American Republics,
in order that their Ministers of Foreign Affairs
or their Pei-sonal Representatives might meet
lor purposes of consultation in accordance with
agreements approved at prior Inter-American
Conferences, duly accredited the Delegates here-
inbelow expressed (following the order of
precedence determined by lot) who met in the
City of Habana during the period comprised
between the twenty-first and the thirtieth of
July, one thousand nine liundred and forty, in
answer to the invitation of the Government of
the Republic of Cuba :

HONDUKAS

His Excellency Sil\'erio Laixez. Personal Rep-
resentative of His Excellency The Minister of

Foreign Affairs

Haiti

His Excellency Leon Laleau, Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs

Costa Rica

His Excellency Luis Anderson Morua, Per-
sonal Representative of His Excellency The
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

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Mexico

His Excellency Edu^vrdo Suarez, Personal
Representative of His Excellency The Secre-
tary of Foreign Affairs

Argentina

His Excellency Leopoldo Melo. Personal Rep-
resentative of His Excellency The Minister of
Foreign Affairs

Uruguay

His Excellency Pedro Manini Rios. Personal
Representative of His Excellency The Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs

Ecuador

His Excellency Julio Tobae Donoso, Minister
of Foreign Affairs

Bolivia

His Excellency Enrique Finot, Personal Rep-
resentative of His Excellency The Minister of
Foreign Affairs

Chile

His Excellency Oscar Schnakje, Personal Rep-
resentative of His Excellency The Minister of

Foreign Affairs

Brazil

His Excellency Mauricio Nabuco, Personal
Representative of His Excellency The Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs

Cuba

His Excellency Miguel Angel Campa, Secre-
tary of State

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Paraguay

His Excellency Tomas A. Salomoni, Minister
of Foreign Affairs

Panama

His Excellency Narciso Garat, Secretary of
Foreign Relations and Communications

Colombia

His Excellency Lms Lopez de Mesa, Minister of
Foreign Affairs

Venezuela

His Excellency Diogenes Escalvnte, Personal
Representative of His Excellency The Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs

El Salvador

His Excellency Hector Escobar Serrano, Per-
sonal Representative of His Excellency The
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dominican Republic

His Excellency Arturo Despradel, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs

Peru

His Excellency Lino Cornejo, Personal Repre-
sentative of His Excellency The Minister of
Foreign Affairs

Nicaragua

His Excellency INIariano Arguello, Minister
of Foreign Affairs

Guatemala

His Excellency Carlos Salazar, Secretary of
Foreign Affairs

United States of America

His Excellency Cordell Hull, Secretary of
State

The Meeting held its inaugural session on the
twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and forty, at four o'clock in the after-
noon, in the Hall of Sessions of the House of
Representatives, in the National Capitol, in the
presence of His Excellency Dr. Federico La-
redo Brii, President of the Republic of Cuba,
under the provisional presidency of His Ex-
cellency Miguel Angel Campa, Secretary of

State, with Dr. Cesar Salaya y de la Fuente,
acting as Secretary General.

The Regulations for the Meeting were ap-
proved by the Governing Board of the Pan
American Union at a session held the twenty-
ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred
and forty, and the Agenda at a session held by
the same body on the fifth day of the current
month. -

The aforesaid Regulations and Agenda were
ratified by the Meeting in the preliminary ses-
sion held the twenty-second of July, one thou-
sand nine hundred and forty, at ten o'clock in
the morning.

At the Plenary Session held the same day at
four o'clock in the afternoon. Dr. Miguel Angel
Campa, Secretary of State of the Republic of
Cuba, was elected Permanent President of the
Meeting.

In compliance with the provisions of Articles
VII and VIII of the Regulations, the following
Committees were created : Credentials, Coordi-
nation, Neutrality, Preservation of Peace in the
Western Hemisphere and Economic Coopera-
tion. For the constitution of the latter three
Committees the division in three parts or chap-
ters of the Agenda of the Meeting was taken
into consideration.

At the same Preliminary Session at which
the Regulations were ratified, the members of
the above mentioned five Committees were ap-
pointed, as follows :

Committee on Credentials :

Their Excellencies:

Narciso Garay (Panama)

Tomas A. Salomoni (Paraguay)

Carlos Salazar (Guatemala)

Hector Escobar Serrano (El Salvador)

SiLVERio Lainez (Honduras)

Committee on Coordination :

Their Excellencies :

Leopoldo Melo (Argentina)

Mauricio Nabuco (Brazil)

Cordell Hull (United States of America)

Leon Laleau (Haiti)

= See thp Bulletin of June 29, 1940 (vol. II, no. 53),
pp. 705-706, and July 6, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 54), p. 11.

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Committee on Neutrality:
Their Excellencies:

Leopoldo Melo (Argentina)
Luis Anderson Moria (Costa Rica)
Oscar Schnake (Chile)
Pedro Manini Kios (Uruguay)
Enrique Finot (Bolivia)
Carlos Salazar (Guatemala)
SiLVERio Lai'nez (Honduras)

(Committee on Preservation of Peace in the
Western Hemisphere:

Their Excellencies :

Cordell Hull (United States of America)
Diogenes Escalante (Venezuela)
Mauricio Nabuco (Brazil)
Julio Tobar Donoso (Ecuador)
Arturo Despradel (Dominican Republic)
ToMAS A. Salomoni (Paraguay)
Narciso Garay (Panama)

Committee on Economic Cooperation:

Their Excellencies :

Eduardo Suarez (Mexico)

Luis Lopez de Mesa (Colombia)

Lino Cornjeo (Peril)

Mariano Arguelo (Nicaragua)

Leon Lai£.\u (Haiti)

Hector Escobar Serr-^no (El Salvador)

Miguel Angel Campa (Cuba)

At the same Preliniinar_v Session already
mentioned, it was unanimously resolved that the
Committee referred to in Article VI was to be
made up by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
the American Republics or their Personal Rep-
resentatives.

It was likewise resolved that the Delegations
that presented projects corresponding to mat-
ters pertaining to any of the three last men-
tioned Committees, had the right to belong to
tlie corresponding Committee, as ex officio mem-
bers.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics ap-
proved the following votes, motions, declara-
tions, recommendations and resolutions:

Inter-American Neutrality Committee

The Second Meeting of the Ministei-s of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One: To urge the Inter- American Neutrality
Committee to draft a preliminary project of
convention dealing with the juridical effects of
the Security Zone and the measures of interna-
tional cooperation which the American States
are ready to adopt to obtain respect for the said
Zone.

Two: To entrust the Inter- American Neu-
trality Connnittee. which functions at Rio de
Janeiro, with the drafting of a project of inter-
American convention which will cover com-
pletely all the principles and rules generally
recognized in international law in matters of
neutrality, and especially those contained in the
Resolutions of Panama,-' in the individual legis-
lation of the different American States, and in
the recommendations already presented bj- the
same Committee.

Three: AA^hen the aforementioned project has
been drafted, it shall be deposited in the Pan
American Union, in order to be submitted for
the signature, adhesion and ratification of the
respective Governments of the American Re-
publics.

Four: Pending the drafting, acceptance and
ratification of the project, it is recommended
that the American States adopt in their respec-
tive legislations concerning neutrality, the prin-
ciples and rules contained in the Declarations
of Panama and in the recommendations
alreadj' drafted, or which may hereafter be
drafted by the Inter- American Neutrality Com-
mittee, it being suggested that the incorpora-
tion of the said resolutions and recommenda-
tions in the respective legislations be made, in
so far as practicable, in a codified and joint
form.

Five: To direct that the aforementioned
Inter-American Neutrality Committee submit,
whenever it may deem advisable, its recom-
mendations direct to the Governments of the
American Republics, provided, however, that it

' For text of the Final Act of the Meeting of Foreign
Ministers at Panama in 1939, see the Bulletin of Octo-
ber 7, 1939 (vol. I, no. 15), pp. 321-334.

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shall report also concerning them to the Pan
American Union.

Six.- To recommend that the Pan American
Union circulate, among the Governments of the
American States the minutes of the Inter-
American Neutrality Committee of Rio de Ja-
neiro, and that the minutes be published by the
Pan American Union, when the said Committee
deems it opportune.

Seven: That the Inter- American Neutrality
Committee may function with the attendance of
a minimum of five members, and that, whatever
be the number of members present at the meet-
ings, resolutions shall be adopted with the
favorable vote of at least four members.

Eight: That even though the Committee is
permanent in nature, it is authorized to hold
periodical meetings and to adjourn for a speci-
fied time, without pi-ejudice to the calling of
extraordinary sessions by the President, when
some urgent and important question is to be
considered.

Nine: To extend a vote of applause and con-
gratvdations, for its meritorious work, to the
Inter- American Neutrality Committee of Rio de
Janeiro, and to its members, Their Excellencies
Afranio de Mello Franco, L. A. Podesta Costa,
Mariano Fontecilla, A. Aguilar Machado,
Charles G. Fenwick, Roberto Cordoba, Gustavo
Herrera, ISIanuel Francisco Jimenez and S.
Martinez Mercado.

Norms Concerning Diplomatic and Consular

Functions

Whereas:

1. One of the bases of the spiritual, unity of
the Americas has its roots in the firm adherence
by the peoples of the Continent to the principles
of international law.

2. The American Republics on February 20th,
1928 signed, at llabana, a Convention on Diplo-
matic OiEcers which contains the principles gen-
erally accepted by all nations.

3. The said Convention establishes, among
others, the following principles:

a) Foreign diplomatic officers shall not
participate in the domestic or foreign poli-

tics of the State in which they exercise their
functions.

b) They must exercise their functions
without coming into conflict with the laws of
the country to which they are accredited.

c) They should not claim immunities
which are not essential to the fulfillment of
their official duties.

(d) No State shall accredit its diplomatic
officers to other States without previous
agreement with the latter.

e) States may decline to review a diplo-
matic officer from another, or, having already
accepted him, may request his recall without
being obliged to state the reasons for such a
decision.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics
Resolves:

To urge the Governments of the American
Republics to prevent, within the provisions of
international law, political activities of foreign
diplomatic or consular agents, within the terri-
tory to which they are accredited, which may
endanger the peace and the democratic tradition
of America.

Ill

Coordination of Police and Judicial Measures
FOR THE Defense of Society and Institu-
tions OF Each American State

Whereas :

1. The First Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics held at
Panama, approved on October 3, 1939 a recom-
mendation on the coordination of police and
judicial measures for the maintenance of neu-
Irality, article 1 of which states as follows:

"That action be taken, as soon as possible,
through an exchange of views between the For-
eign Offices, or through an inter- American con-
ference, for the formulation between themselves
of coordinated rules and procedure of a useful,
opportune and effective manner, that will facili-
tate the action of the police and judicial author-
ities of the respective countries in preventing
or repressing unlawful activities that Individ-

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mils, whether they be nationals or aliens, may
attempt in favor of a foreign belligerent
State." •'

2. Experience has shown that it is not only
desirable to formulate such rules and procedure
with reference to neutrality, but it has also dem-
onstrated the need to organize in the most effec-
tive manner possible the defense of society and
of the institutions of each State not only against
common crimes, but likewise with respect to cer-
tain unlawful activities which may affect tluMii;

3. Such defense nuist be undertaken by the
authorities of each State, but its efficacy de-
pends to a large extent upon a common orienta-
tion, as uniform as possible, as well as upon an
adequate and constant cooperation between such
authorities;

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One: The Governing Board of the Pan
American Union shall convoke the States which
are members of the Union to an international

I conference at such place and date as it may de-
termine to draft the international conventions
and recommendations which it deems necessary
to assure through the action of the proper au-
thorities in each State, and through the coordi-
nation of such action with that of other States
in the Continent, the most complete and effec-
tive defense against acts of an unlawful char-

^ acter, as well as against any other unlawful
activities which may affect the institutions of
American States.

Two : In the said conference, each State shall
be represented by a jurist with plenipotentiary
powers accompanied, if deemed advisable, by
experts on matters pertaining to the police

I authorities.

Three: Before the conference is convoked, the
Pan American Union shall undertake the jjre-
paratory work by means of an inquiry among
the Governments of the Continent with regard
to the existing legislative or administrative pro-
visions, as M-ell as with respect to their opinions

'See the Bulletin of October 7, 1939 (vol. I, no. 15),
p. 330.

on the various topics which it is deemed ad-
visable to consider.

Inter- American League of National Hed
Cross Societies

Whereas :

It is America's unavoidable duty, for reasons
of human solidarity, to contribute to the allevia-
tion of the suffering and misery of victims of
war.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Recommends :

That the Fourth Pan American Red Cross
Conference, which will meet at Santiago,
Chile next December, consider the desirability
of organizing, along the general lines of the
League of National Red Cross Societies, an
Inter-American League of National Red Cross
Societies, which shall coordinate the action of
the said Red Cross Societies of the American
countries and the cooi)eration of the Inter-
American Leagiie and its Executive Committee
with the League and the International Commit-
tee of the Red Cross.

I'ukcautionary Measures With Reference to
the Issuance of Passports

AVhkreas :

1. A passport is essentially an identification
document which accredits in foreign countries
the holder thereof as a national of the country
which issues it;

2. Such document has an eminently interna-
tional character, inasmuch as its possessor uses
it solely as a document of identification outside
the territory of his country of origin or of
adoption;

3. The States of the American Continent
must exercise the utmost care in issuing pass-
ports for the use of their respective nationals,
in order that they may find greater facilities in
traveling through the countries of America ;

4. It is their duty to prevent the use of
counterfeit passports,

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The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of tlie American Republics

Resolves:

Oiie. To recommend to the Governments of
the American Republics the adoption of the
precautionary measures in the issuance of pass-
ports which each deems appropriate.

Two. To recommend to the countries of
America the adoption of uniform punitive meas-
ures against the use of counterfeit or altered
passports or passports of more than one country.

Activities Directed From Abroad Against
Domestic Institutions

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One. That having in mind the equal concern
and equal responsibility of the American Re-
publics for the preservation of the peace and
security of the hemisphere, each one of the
Governments of the American Republics shall
adopt within its territory all necessary meas-
ures in accordance with its constitutional
powers to prevent and suppress any activities
directed, assisted or abetted by foreign govern-
ments, or foreign groups or individuals, which
tend to subvert the domestic institutions, or to
foment disorder in their internal political life,
or to modify by pressure, propaganda, threats,
or in any other manner, the free and sovereign
right of their peoples to be governed by their
existing democratic systems.

In the event that the peace of any of the
American Republics is menaced by such activi-
ties, the respective Governments agree that they
will immediately consult together, if the State
directly interested wishes to request it, taking
into account the provisions of this resolution
and the special circumstances which may affect
the peace or the tranquillity of the American
Republics.

The American Republics being juridically
equal as sovereign and independent States, each
shall act in its individual capacity in any steps
undertaken in this connection.

Tu'o. In order to make such consultation
more efficacious, the Governments of the Amer-
ican Republics further declare that the fullest
interchange of information between them is
essential with regard to the aforementioned
activities within their respective jurisdictions.

Three. The Governments of the American
Republics agree that any government which
obtains information purporting to show that
activities of the aforementioned character are
taking place, or are threatening to take place,
within the territory of one or more of the Amer-
ican Republics, shall at once communicate in
the strictest confidence to the Foreign Minister
of such nation or nations the information so
obtained.

Four. The Governments of the American Re-
publics declare that, under existing world con-
ditions, the fullest interchange between them of
all information of the character described, is
in the common interest of them all, and will
assist in the preservation of the peace and in-
tegrity of the Americas.

VII

Diffusion of Doctrines Tending To Place in
Jeopardy the Common Inter-American
Democratic Ideal or To Threaten the Se-
curity and Neutrality of the American
Republics

Whereas :

1. At the First Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs held at Panama the American
Republics once more affirmed their adherence to
the democratic ideal that prevails in this Conti-
nent, considering that this ideal might find it-
self endangered by virtue of the action of
foreign ideologies inspired by diametrically
opposed principles;

2. That the General Declaration of Neutral-
ity of the American Republics, signed at Pan-
ama on October 3, 1939,'* recognized as one of
the principles of neutrality, admitted by the
American States, that they "shall prevent in
accordance with their internal legislation, the
inhabitants of their territories from engaging

"See the Bulletin of October 7, 1939 (vol. I, no. 15),
pp. 326-328.

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133

in activities capable of affecting the neutral
status of the American Republics" ;

3. The Convention on the Rights and Duties
of States in the event of Civil Strife was signed
at the Sixth International Conference of Amer-
ican States at Habana in 1928, vrhich has been
ratified by the majority of the American
States;

4. The exclusion of foreigners from the en-
joyment and exercise of strictly political rights
is a general rule of internal public law incor-
porated in the constitutions and laws of States;

5. The Sanchez de Bustamante Code of Pri-
vate International Law, accepted and put into
force through the Convention concluded and
signed at the Sixth Inter-American Confer-
ence on February 20, 1928, establishes an iden-
tical rule excepting, of course, special provi-
sions contained in the internal legislation of the
American States;

6. The aforesaid exclusion from the enjoy-
ment of political rights implies the tacit pro-
hibition for foreigners to engage in political
activities within the territory of the State in
which they reside ;

7. The present European conflict has revealed
the existence of foreign political organizations
in certain neutral States with the deliberate
purpose of making attempts against public or-
der, the system of government and the very
personality of such States ;

8. Such foreign political organizations would
constitute in the American States a denial of
the latter's democratic institutions, a menace to
their right of self-preservation and a threat of
violation of their regime of neutrality, and

9. In order to protect the security and neu-
trality of the American Republics in so far as
they might be affected by illicit activities on the
part of individuals or associations, either na-
tional or foreign, tending to foment civil strife
or internal disturbances and to propagate sub-
versive ideologies, it is advisable to coordinate
the measures which may be adopted either in
common or individually to combat these dan-
gers.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One. To reiterate the recommendation made
at the First Consultative Meeting held at
Panama to the effect that the Governments of
the American Republics "take the necessary
measures to eradicate from the Americas the
spread of doctrines that tend to place in jeop-
ardy the common inter-American democratic
ideal'V and also that they take the measures
which may be advisable to prevent any activi-
ties susceptible of jeopardizing American neu-
trality.

Two. To recommend to the Governments of
the American Republics the following rules with
respect to civil strife, internal disturbances, or
the spread of subversive ideologies:

a. To use the necessary means to prevent
the inhabitants of their territory, nationals
or aliens, from participating in, collecting
supplies, crossing the boundary or sailing
from their territory for the purpose of start-
ing or promoting civil strife, internal dis-
turbances, or spreading subversive ideologies
in another American country;

b. To disarm and intern every rebel force
crossing their boundaries. There shall be ob-
served, in so far as they are applicable, the
rules of internment drafted by the Inter-
American Neutrality Committee at Rio de
Janeiro;

c. To forbid the traffic in arms and war
materiel, except when intended for the Gov-
ernment, unless the belligerency of the rebels
has been recognized, in which latter case the
rules of neutrality shall be ajiplied, and

d. To prevent that within their jurisdic-
tion there be equipped, armed or adapted for
warlike purposes any vessel intended to oper-
ate in favor of the rebellion.

Three. To reiterate the recommendation of
the First Consultative Meeting, held at Pana-
ma, to the effect tliat action be taken, as soon
as possible for the adoption of the rules and
procedure that may be judged useful to facili-
tate the action of the police and judicial author-

*See the Bulletin of October 7, 1939 (vol. I, no. 15),
p. 331.

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ities of the respective countries in repressing
unlawful activities that individuals, either na-
tionals or foreigners, may attempt at any time
in favor of a foreign State.

Four. To recommend to the Goverimients of
the American States that they adopt the fol-
lowing legislative or administrative norms,
without prejudice to the respect due to their
individual and sovereign right to regulate the
juridical status of foreigners:

a. Effective prohibition of every political
activity by foreign individuals, associations,
groups or political parties, no matter what
form they use to disguise or cloak such ac-
tivity;

b. Eigorous supervision of the entry of
foreigners into national territory, particu-
larly in the case of nationals of non-Amer-
ican States;

c. Effective police supervision of the ac-
tivities of foreign non-American groups es-
tablished in the American States;

d. Creation of an emergency penal sys-
tem for the offenses set forth in this article.

Five. To encourage the reciprocal communi-
cation, directly or through the Pan American
Union, of information and data concerning the
entry, rejection and expulsion of foreigners
and the adoption of the preventive and repres-
sive measures provided for in the previous
article ;

Sixth. Any of the American Eepublics di-
rectly affected by the activities referred to in
this resolution may initiate the procedure of
consultation.

vni

Project on Extension or Tereitorial Waters

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:
That the project presented by the Delegation
of Uruguay, concerning the extension of terri-
torial waters, together with the modifications in-
troduced by the present Consultative Meeting
be transmitted for study to the Committee of
Experts for the Codification of International

Law ; and that there also be requested the opin-
ion of the Inter- American Neutrality Commit-
tee at Rio de Janeiro regarding the same
project.

Project on Refugees

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resol/ves:
That the projects presented to the Meeting by
the Delegations of Argentina, Uruguay and
Mexico (Projects Nos. 35, 36 and 42) concern-
ing refugees and assistance to minors proceed-
ing from evacuated areas be referred for con-
sideration to the Pan American Union.

Transoceanic Railway Between Arica and
Santos by way of Bolivia
The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:
To recognize the importance and usefulness
for continental defense of the Arica ( Chile )-
Santos (Brazil) transoceanic railway, through
Bolivia, and to recommend to the American
nations, especially to those directly interested
in the project, the advisability of proceeding as
soon as possible with the financing of the sec-
tion still to be constructed.

Codification of International Law

Whereas :

l.-The Eighth International Conference of
American States approved several resolutions
with the purpose of coordinating, intensifying
and accelerating the work of codification of in-
ternational law in America;

2.-The said Conference also adopted other
resolutions on the coordination and improve-
ment of the inter- American peace instruments;

3.-According to historical tradition and the
most profound convictions of the American peo-
ples it is urgent at this time, when the bases of
law and of pacific relations among peoples are

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the object of serious attacks, that the nations of
America once again reaffirm their effective sup-
jiort of the principles of international law and
of the pacific settlement of international con-
troversies and prove their firm intention to
work for the maintenance and picservation of
tliose principles,

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves :

One.-To reconnnend to the Governments of
the American Republics that they adopt the
necessary measures to carry out the resolutions
approved by the Eighth International Confer-
ence of American States relative to the codifi-
cation of international law and the improve-
ment and coordination of the inter-American
peace instruments.

Tiro.-To urge the various organizations in
charge of the study of matters to which the
above mentioned resolutions refer, to submit,
as soon as possible, their recommendations and
observations so that the Governing Board of
the Pan American Union may convoke the
meeting of the International Conference of
American Jurists within the next two years.

Three.-To request the Pan American Union
to communicate the present resolution to all
Governments members of the Union, together
with a report on the present status of the work
provided for in the above mentioned resolu-
tions of the Eighth Conference.

XII

Promotion of Continental Solidaritt
Whereas :

The sentiment of solidarity between the
American Republics constitutes a genuine force
for continental defense, to which all of them
should lend unreservedly their maximum co-
operation, removing any obstacle that might
jeopardize this principle of American public
law, in order that no State of this Continent
may find itself deterred from offering its full-
est and most decided cooperation, both in the
political and economic fields, to the fulfillment
of that ideal,

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The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Besolves:
To recommend to the American States that
in any case in which internal legislation or con-
tractual acts in force constitute a hindrance to
the fullest cooperation which a State should
lend to the principle of continental solidarity,
it initiate, through legal means, the revision of
such acts, in so far as this may be possible.

XIII

Hostile Acts in Territorial Waters and in
THE Security Zone

Whereas :

l.-At the First Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Afl'airs held at Panama for the purpose
of preserving peace, the neutrality of the
American Republics was established, during the
war begun in Europe; the irrevocable purpose
was asserted of complying strictly with those
duties within the principles of international law
and the clauses of the conventions codifj'ing
them, and due respect was demanded for the
situation created by those norms;

2.-Within this purpose of maintaining secur-
ity on this Continent, a maritime zone, adja-
cent to the territorial area of each nation was
established, excluding such zone from hostile
acts from the land, sea, or air;

3.-In the hostilities, belligerency has trans-
gressed the principles of international law, has
disregarded the duties imposed by neutrality,
and has also brought about hostile acts, not only
in the zone excluded by the XV Resolution of
Panama, but also contrary to sovereignty in
the maritime zone of some of the Republics;

4. Without prejudice to the juridical proced-
ure and settlement which should be given in
each case to the claims raised because of these
transgressions, it is necessary and opportune
that the voice of the Republics of America con-
demn them and state the irrevocable purpose of
practicing and demanding respect to the fullest
extent for the norms regulating the existence of
the international community,

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The Second Meeting of the Ministers of the
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics

Declaires:

<9??€.-That it condemns hostilities within ter-
ritorial waters, as contrary to the right of sover-
eignty of the nation having jurisdiction over
them and to the tenets of international law.

T'tpo.-That it considers such hostilities within
the Security Zone to be prejudicial to the votes
and joint resolutions of the Republics of
America for the preservation of peace on this
Continent.

XIV

The Peaceful Solution of Conflicts

Whekeas :

In behalf of the closest possible unity of the
Continent, it is imperative that differences ex-
isting between some of the American nations
be settled,

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves :

To recommend to the Governing Board of
the Pan American Union that it organize, in
the American capital deemed most suitable for
the purpose, a Committee composed of repre-
sentatives of five countries, which shall have
the duty of keeping constant vigilance to insure
that States between which any dispute exists or
may arise, of any nature whatsoever, may solve
it as quickly as possible, and of suggesting, with-
out detriment to the methods adopted by the
parties or to the procedures which they may
agree upon, the measures and steps which may
be conducive to a settlement.

The Committee shall submit a report to each
Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and
to each International Conference of American
States regarding the status of such conflicts
and the steps which may have been taken to
bring about a solution.

Reciprocal Assistance and Cooperation for
THE Defense of the Nations of the Amer-
icas

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Declares:

That any attempt on the part of a non-
American State against the integrity or in-
violability of the territory, the sovereignty or
the political independence of an American State
shall be considered as an act of aggression
against the States which sign this declaration.

In case acts of aggression are committed or
should there be reason to believe that an act of
aggression is being prepared by a non-Ameri-
can nation against the integrity or inviolability
of the territory, the sovereign or the political
independence of an American nation, the na-
tions signatory to the present declartion will
consult among themselves in order to agree
upon the measure it may be advisable to take.

All the signatory nations, or two or more of
them, according to circumstances, shall proceed
to negotiate the necessary complementary agree-
ments so as to organize cooperation for defense
and the assistance that they shall lend each
other in the event of aggressions such as those
referred to in this declaration.

XVI

Maintenance of Peace and Union Among the
American Republics

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics

Declares:
One. That the Governments of the American
Republics are irrevocably determined to main-
tain and strengthen their union, in order that
America may fulfill its high mission on behalf
of civilization;

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TiDO. That they will, therefore, omit no ef-
fort to prevent any controversy which might
impair their solidarity;

Three. That tliey will also make every effort
to settle in a friendly manner and as soon as
possible the differences which exist between
them, in order that their reciprocal confidence
and their cooperation for continental defense
against any foreign aggression may be further
strengthened ;

Four. That they reaffirm their strong de-
sire to avoid the use of force in this Continent
as a means of solving differences between na-
tions and, therefore, to resort exclusively to
juridical and pacific methods;

Fh'c. That tlicy consider it essential to ex-
tend the sphere of action of these methods, so
that in all cases they may be decisively effective
for the preservation of peace;

Six. That tliey will, likewise, make every ef-
fort to the end that these principles and aspi-
rations may be adopted in the relations between
the nations of America and those of other conti-
nents ;

Seven. That during the present period of
hostilities they will strive for the maintenance
of law and justice, in accordance witli llie Decla-
rations of Panama ;

Eight. That they vehemently desire that
peace be established on bases which will be
lasting and inspired by the connnon welfare
of all peoples ;

Nine. That they are disposed to nuiintain
international relations on juridical bases rest-
ing on the solid foundation of moral forces, in
order to reestablish definitely the bonds of
human community; and

Ten. That, faithful to their ideals, they will
coordinate their own interests with the duties
of universal cooj^eration.

XVII

Pkocedube on Consultation

Whereas:

1. It is incumbent upon the present Meeting,
as provided in paragraph 3 of Chapter II of
the Agenda, to examine the functioning of the

system of consultation among the Govern-
ments of the American Republics established by
the resolutions of the Inter-American Confer-
ence for the Maintenance of Peace and of the
Eighth International Conference of American
States, for the purpose of suggesting measures
susceptible of perfecting it ;

2. The high motives which led the American
Republics to put the aforementioned system into
effect, will continue to make advisable the con-
voking of other Meetings such as those of
Panama and of Habana, whenever the lofty
interests of the Continent so require ;

3. Future Meetings, as in the case of the
present one, will have to be convoked under the
pressure of events and under emergency condi-
tions which will make it difficult and inadvis-
able to determine in advance the most appi'o-
priate time and country for the Meeting;

4. Prior to the First and the Second Consul-
tative Meetings, the experience and knowledge
of the Governing Board of the Pan American
Union was resorted to, and in convoking future
Meetings, it would be advisable to take ad-
vantage of the collaboration of that body.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One. The Government which desires to ini-
tiate consultation in any of the cases contem-
plated in the conventions, declarations and
resolutions of the Inter- American Conferences,
and to propose a Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Relations or of their representatives,
shall address the Governing Board of the Pan
American Union indicating the questions with
which it desires the consultation to deal, as well
as the approximate date on which the Meeting
should be held.

Two. The Governing Board shall immedi-
ately transmit the request, together with a list
of the subjects suggested, to the other Govern-
ments, members of the Union, and invite the
observations and suggestions which the respec-
tive Governments may desire to present.

Three. On the basis of the answers received,
the Governing Board of the Pan American

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Union will determine the date for the Meeting,
prepare the appropriate Agenda, and adopt, in
accordance with the respective Goveriunents, all
other measures advisable for the preparation
of the Meeting.

Four. The Governing Board of the Pan
American Union shall proceed to draft regula-
tions for Consultative Meetings which shall be
submitted to all the American Governments for
their ajiproval.

Five. The Third Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics
will be held at Rio de Janeiro, the capital of
Brazil.

Six. After the next Meeting, the designation
of the country where each Consultative Meet-
ing shall be held, shall be made by the Govern-
ing Board of the Pan American Union in ac-
cordance with the procedure set forth in the
present resolution.

XVIII

RiaATioNs Between the Governments of
Chile and Spain

at the Consultative Meeting at Panama in 1939,
eign Affairs of the American Republics,

Pursuant to the Declaration of Continental
Solidarity proclaimed at the Eighth Pan
American Conference held at Lima and ratified
at the Consultative Meeting at Panama in 1939,

Declares:

That it has followed with concern the conflict
which has arisen between Chile and Spain, and
that, notwithstanding its cordial sentiments to-
ward Spain, it expresses its lively sympathy
and fraternal solidarity with the attitude as-
sumed by the Government of Chile in defense
of principles fundamental for the free peoples
of America, and that it expresses its hope that
the relations between the two States will be re-
established as soon as possible.

XIX

The Question or Belize

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

To express the keen desire and wishes of the
American countries in favor of a just, peaceful,
and prompt solution of the question of Belize
between Guatemala and Great Britain.

Act of Habana Concerning the Provisional
Administration of European Colonies and
Possessions in the Americas

Whereas :

1. The status of regions in this Continent
belonging to European powers is a subject of
deep concern to all of the Governments of the
American Republics ;

2. As a result of the present European war
there may be attempts at conquest, which has
been repudiated in the international relations
of the American Republics, thus placing in
danger the essence and f)attern of the institu-
tions of America ;

3. The doctrine of inter- American solidarity
agreed upon at the meetings at Lima and at
Panama requires the adoption of a policy of
vigilance and defense so that systems or regimes
in conflict with their institutions shall not upset
the peaceful life of the American Republics,
the nonnal functioning of their institutions, or
the rule of law and order ;

4. The course of military events in Europe
and the changes resulting from them may cre-
ate the grave danger that European territorial
possessions in America may be converted into
strategic centers of aggression against nations
of the American Continent;

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Declares:
That when islands or regions in the Americas
now under the possession of non-American na-
tions are in danger of becoming the subject of
barter of territory or change of sovereignty,
the American nations, taking into account the
imperative need of continental security and the
desires of the inhabitants of the said islands
or regions, may set up a regime of provisional

AUGUST 24, 1940

administration under the following conditions:

(a) That as soon iis the reasons requiring
this measure shall cease to exist, and in the
event that it would not be prejudicial to the
safety of the American Republics, such ter-
ritories shall, in accordance with the prin-
ciple reaflirnied by this declaration that peo-
ples of this Continent have the right freely
to determine their own destinies, be organ-
ized as autonomous states if it shall appear
that they are able to constitute and maintain
themselves in such condition, or be restored
to their previous status, whichever of these
alternatives shall appear the more practicable
and just ;

(b) That the regions to which this declara-
tion refers shall be placed temporarily under
the provisional administration of the Ameri-
can Republics and this administration shall
be exercised with the two-fold purpose of
contributing to the security and defense of
the Continent, and to the economic, political
and social progress of such regions and,

Resolves :

To create an emergency committee, composed
of one representative of each of the American
Republics, which committee shall be deemed
constituted as soon as two-thirds of its members
shall have been appointed. Such appointments
shall be made by the American Republics as soon
as possible.

The committee shall meet on the request of
any signatory of this resolution.

If it becomes necessary as an imperative
emergency measure before the coming into ef-
fect of the convention approved by this Consul-
tative Meeting, to apply its provisions in order
to safeguard the peace of the Continent, taking
into account also the desires of the inhabitants
of any of the above mentioned regions, the
committee shall assume the administration of
the region attacked or threatened, acting in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the said conven-
tion. As soon as the convention comes into
effect, the authority and functions exercised by
the committee shall be transferred to the Inter-

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tration.

Should the need for emergency action be so
urgent that action by the committee cannot be
awaited, any of the American Republics, in-
dividually or jointly with others, shall have the
right to act in the manner which its own de-
fense or that of the Continent requires. Should
this situation arise, the American Republic or
Republics taking action shall place the matter
before the committee immediately, in order that
it may consider the action taken and adopt ap-
propriate measures.

None of the provisions contained in the pres-
ent Act refers to territories or possessions which
are the subject of dispute or claims between
European powers and one or more of the Re-
publics of the Americas.

XXI

IXTER-AArERICAN SANriARY COOPERATION

Whereas :

1. According to reports received by the Meet-
ing the principal epidemic diseases, such as
bubonic plague, yellow fever and malignant
malaria, which were an international menace
and could be spread through international com-
merce, have been effectively controlled to such
an extent that for all practical purposes the
danger of their international propagation is be-
lieved to have been eliminated;

2. Diseases and epidemics are intensified in
cases of alterations in the normal life of peoples,
reaching alarming degrees whenever wars be-
tween nations are unleashed ; and

3. The satisfactory results obtained have been
due to effective cooperation between various
countries, the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
and the Rockefeller Foimdation, pursuant to
the sanitary treaty known as the Pan American
Sanitary Code, which has been ratified by all
the Governments,

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:
To express its satisfaction for the efficient re-
sults obtained to date and to recommend that

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cooperation with relation to sanitary activities
continue and, as far as possible, be extended
with a view to further improving sanitary, so-
cial and economic conditions, recognized as es-
sentially interdependent and beneficial nation-
ally as well as internationally.

XXII

Project Eegarding Cooperation Between Pan
American Institutions

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Afl'airs of the American Republics

Resolves:
That the project presented by the Dominican
Delegation regarding cooperation betM'een offi-
cial Pan American institutions in defense of
the continental principles of peace and democ-
racy be transmitted for consideration to the
Pan American Union.

XXIII

Pan American Highway

Whereas :

1. It has been the invariable desire of all the
American Republics, expressed since the First
Inter-American Conference, to make effective
and practical their solidarity by means of the
construction of a network of highways to unite
all of their capital cities, and the satisfaction of
this desire, as a result of world circumstances,
has become a vital and urgent need;

2. In carrying out these aims, the American
Republics signed at Buenos Aires, on Decem-
ber 23, 1936, at the Inter- American Conference
for the Maintenance of Peace, a convention to
advance the financing, the technical studies, and
the construction of tlie highway referred to;'

3. The recommendations contained in Reso-
lution III, approved at the First Meeting of
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ameri-
can Republics, held at Panama in 1939, included
the following:

"10. To make every effort in order to com-
plete their respective sections of the Pan Ameri-
can Highway and to recommend to tlie countries

which have ratified the Buenos Aires convention
that they designate as soon as possible one or
more experts to expedite the fulfillment of the
recommendations of the Third Pan American
Highway Congi-ess." '

4. The Pan American Highway, by promot-
ing close relations and commerce between na-
tions, would benefit equally all the inhabitants
of the Americas ; and

5. The distribution of the cost of construct-
ing the Highway among the nations which it
crosses on the sole basis of the territorial ex-
tension of each country, in addition to not being
equitable, makes impossible or delays indefi-
nitely its construction ;

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:

One. To invite the American nations which
as yet have not ratified the Convention of
Buenos Aires relating to the Pan American
Highway, to do so as soon as possible.

Two. To recommend to the Financial Com-
mission created by that Convention that, in
drafting the plans for financing the construc-
tion of the Highway, it study the desirability
of taking into account, in distributing the total
cost among the nations linked by it, the fol-
lowing factors: the economic capacity of the
individual nations ; their population ; their rev-
enues; the length of the Highway in the ter-
ritory of each of them ; and the benefits which
each nation will derive ivonx the Highway.
The said Commission sliould also take into
account the right of those nations which have
constructed all or part of their respective sec-
tions to have the estimated value of the work
completed by them accepted as all or part of
the contribution which would be allocated to
the particular country as its share in the total
cost of the Pan American Highway.

Three. To recommend to the Inter-American
Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
that it collaborate fully with the Pan American
Highway Financial Commission with a view

'Tro.-ity Scrios Xo. OL'T.

' See the Bulletin of October 7, 19:^9 (vol. I, no. 15),
p. 326.

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to the prompt and efficacious accomplishment
of its task.

XXIV

Insurance and Reinsurance

Whereas :

1. The Delegation of the Dominican Re-
public has presented to this Second Meeting
a draft resolution recommending to the
American nations that they encourage by ap-
propriate legislation the development of insur-
ance, and especially of reinsurance facilities;
and

2. Because of its complex technical charac-
ter, a detailed study of the various aspects of
this recommendation is required, which tliis
Meeting is not in a position to undertake in
view of the shortness of the time at its disposal.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:
To transmit to the Inter- American Financial
and Economic Advisory Committee, at Wash-
ington, the project of the Dominican Republic
to the end that it proceed to make a study of it
and to report its conclusions to the (iovernments
of the American Republics.

XXV

Economic and Financial Cooperation
Whereas :

1. At the First Consultative Meeting held at
Panama it was resolved to declare that in view
of existing circumstances, it had become more
desirable and necessary than ever to establish a
close and sincere cooperation between the
American Republics in order that they might
protect their economic and financial structure,
maintain their fiscal equilibrium, safeguard the
stability of their currencies, promote and ex-
pand their industries, intensify their agricul-
ture, and develop their commerce ;

2. In order to attain the objectives of the pre-
ceding paragraph, it was agreed to create an
Inter-American Financial and Economic Ad-
visory Committee, in Washington;

3. The war now in progress has increased the
disruption in the channels of international com-

merce and the curtailment of markets for cer-
tain products of the Americas ;

4. The existence of surpluses of commodities,
the exportation of which is essential to the eco-
nomic life of the countries of the Americas, is
economically, socially, financially, and in other
respects a matter of great importance to the
masses of the population, and especially to
those groups participating in the production
and distribution of wealth in each country, and,
finally, to the Governments of the entire Con-
tinent ;

5. It must be anticipated that these difficul-
ties will exist as long as the war continues and
that some of them, as well as other new ones,
will exist after the war ends; and

6. It is of great importance that the economic
development of the American countries be di-
rected towards a diversification of their produc-
tion and, at the same time, towards an increase
in their consumption capacity.

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics

Resolves:
One. To declare :

(a) That the American nations continue to
adhere to the liberal principles of interna-
tional trade, conducted with peaceful motives
and based upon equality of treatment and fair
and equitable practices;

(b) That it is the purpose of the American
nations to apply these principles in their re-
lations with each other as fully as present cir-
cumstances permit;

(c) That the American nations should be
prepared to resume the conduct of trade with
tlie entire world in accordance with these
principles as soon as the non-American na-
tions are prepared to do likewise ;

(d) That, in the meantime, the American
nations shall do everything in their power
to strengthen their own economic position;
to improve further the trade and other eco-
nomic relations between and among them-
selves; and to devise and apply appropriate
means of effective action to cope with the dif-
ficulties, disadvantages and dangers arising

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from the present disturbed and dislocated
world conditions; and

(e) That the American nations consider it
necessary to maintain or improve the normal
economic situation established between them
in order to assure the preservation or im-
provement of the position enjoyed in their
respective markets.

Two. To strengthen and expand the activities
of the Inter- American Financial and Economic
Advisory Committee as the instrument, for con-
tinuing consultation among the American Re-
I^ublics with respect to economic and trade
matters and arrangements, having in mind espe-
cially the immediate situations which must be
met as a result of the curtailment and changed
character of important foreign markets. For
the purpose of dealing with special problems,
there may be organized subcommittees, com-
posed of representatives of the interested coun-
tries, which should meet at such places as may
be deemed most appropriate for their effective
functioning.

Three. Specifically, to instruct the said Com-
mittee that it proceed forthwith :

( a ) To cooperate with each counti-y of this
Continent in the study of possible measures
for the increase of the domestic consumption
of its own exportable surpluses of those com-
modities which are of primary importance
to the maintenance of the economic life of
such countries;

(b) To propose to the American nations
immediate measures and arrangements of mu-
tual benefit tending to increase trade among
them without injury to the interests of their
respective prodvicers, for the purpose of pro-
viding increased markets for such products
and of expanding their consumption;

(c) To create instruments of inter-Ameri-
can cooperation for the temporary storing,
financing and handling of any such com-
modities and for their orderly and systematic
marketing, having in mind the normal

conditions of production and distribution
thereof ;

(d) To develop commodity arrangements
with a view to assuring equitable terms of
trade for both producers and consumers of
the commodities concerned;

(e) To recommend methods for improv-
ing the standard of living of the peoples of
the Americas, including public health and
nutrition measures ;

(f) To establish appropriate organiza-
tions for the distribution of a part of the
surplus of any such commodity, as a hu-
manitarian and social relief measure;

(g) To consider, while these plans and
measures are being develoiaed, the desira-
bility of a broader system of inter- American
cooperative organization in trade and indus-
trial matters, and to propose credit meas-
ui'es and other measures of assistance which
may be immediately necessary in the fields
of economics, finance, money, and foreign
exchange.

Four. To reaffirm Resolution XIII of the
Inter-American Financial and Economic Ad-
visory Committee, and to recommend that, in
order to promote the economic development of
the American nations under the terms of said
resolution, each nation, upon its own initiative
and in consonance with the program of the
Inter-American Development Commission, es-
tablish apjjropriate enterprises with govern-
ment or private capital provided by two or
more American Republics. Such enterprises
may deal directly with the Inter-American
Bank or other official or private credit insti-
tutions, it being recommended that the said
Bank give its sympathetic consideration to the
possibility of granting them financial aid.

XXVI

Vote of Thanks

The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Afi'airs of the American Republics

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Resolves :

One. To express its gratitude to His Excel-
lency, The President of the Republic of Cuba,
Dr. Federico Laredo Bri'i, and to his illustrious
Government for all the attentions and cour-
tesies extended to all the delegations attending
the Meeting.

Two. To record its profound appreciation of
the efficacious and admirable work performed
by His Excellency, Dr. Miguel Angel Campa,
President of the Meeting and Secretary of State
of Cuba, and of the skillful and courteous man-
ner in which he has conducted the delibera-
tions of the Meeting.

Three. To congratulate the Secretary Gen-
eral, Dr. Cesar Salaya y de la Fuente, and the
personnel of the Secretariat, for their ad-
mirable contribution to the work of the Meet-
ing, and the many courtesies extended to the
members of the several Delegations.

In witness whereof, the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics or tlieir
Pei-sonal Representatives, sign and seal the
present Final Act.

Done in the City of Habana, this thirtieth
day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
forty, in texts in tlie English, Spanish, Portu-
guese and French languages, which shall be de-
posited in the archives of the Pan American
Union. The Secretary General of tlie Meeting
shall transmit the original of the present Final
Act to the Pan American Union through the
intermediary of the Department of State of
Cuba.

Reservations.

Reservation of the Argentine Delegation :
1. — As to the Declaration with reference to

the relations between the Governments of Chile

and Spain (XVIII) :

"The Delegation of Mexico adheres to the
declaration which has been approved only be-

cause it expresses its lively sympathy and
fraternal solidarity with the attitude which
the Government of the Sister Republic of
Chile has assimied in defense of principles
fundamental for the free peoples of
America".

Reservation of the Argentine Delegation:
2. — As to the Act of Habana :

"The Delegate of the Argentine Republic
in signing this Act places on record that it
does not refer to or include the Malvinas
Islands, because the latter do not constitute a
colony or possession of any European nation,
since they are a part of the Argentine terri-
tory and are included within its dominion and
sovereignty, as was stated at the Panama
meeting, which statement he considers re-
iterated hereby in its entirety, and also with
reference to other southern Argentine regions
as he has stated in the deliberations of this
Conamission. He likewise states that the
signing of this Act and Resolution does not
affect and leaves intact his Government's
powers established in the constitutional
norms which obtain in Argentina, with re-
spect to the procedure applicable in order that
tliis Act and Resolution may acquire validity,
force and effectiveness".

Reservation of the Uruguayan Delegation:
3.— As to the Act of Habana (XX) :

"The Delegation of the Republic of Uru-
guay states that the purpose of this Act is
to anticipate the carrying out of the Conven-
tion approved on this subject, in case it is
necessary to apply the Convention before the
munber of ratifications requisite for its taking
effect has been obtained.

"It wishes, therefore, to place on record a
reservation respecting the attitude of its Gov-
ernment, under the latter's express instruc-
tions, in case it should deem necessary, prior
to the application of the Act, to examine the
question of whether under the Uruguayan

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constitutional regime, prior legislative ratifi-
cation is required".

Reservation of the Bouvian Delegation :

4. — As to the Resolution conceming the Inter-
American Committe* of Rio de Janeiro (I) :

"The Bolivian delegation desires that the
peculiar situation of its country be borne in
mind, mediterranean state lacking coasts,
whose right to free transit has been recog-
nized in the Convention of Habana, of 1928,
on Maritime Neutrality and by bilateral
treaties entered into with frontier nations.

"The application of the principles suggested
by the Inter-American Committe* on Neu-
trality, in so far as respects internment,
would signify a disregard of the rights of
Bolivia on this subject, which has surely not
been in the minds of the authors of the proj-
ect, and would lead to the danger that, in the
event of war, the internment of the members
of the armed forces of its country, who were
forced to cross into neutral territory would
take place."

Reservation of the Chilean Delegation :*

5. — "The Delegation of Chile, convinced of
the need of giving practical application to
continental solidarity, approves the agree-
ments with the understanding that Chile will
only assume obligations and responsibilities
when the aforementioned agreements are
ratified by its constitutional bodies."

Reservation of the Chilean Delegation :

6. — As to the Resolution on Economic and
Financial Cooperation (XXV) :

"The Delegation of Chile, as it did at the
First Consultative Meeting of Panama, quali-
fies its vote in respect of 'liberal principles of
inteiTiational trade' to which reference is
made in paragraphs a, b and c of Section 1,
for the reasons stated before the Committee

* For additional reservation by Chile, see mfra.

which dealt with this project. It requests
that record of this qualification be made in
the appropriate document."

Reservation of the Colombian Delegation :

7.— As to the Act of Habana (XX) and the
Declaration concerning Reciprocal Assistance
and Cooperation for the Defense of the Ameri-
can Nations (XV) :

"I vote affirmatively with the statement
that I shall sign the Act of Habana and the
Declaration concerning Reciprocal Assistance
and Cooperation for the Defense of the Na-
tions of the Americas, subject to approval by
my Govermnent and to the constitutional
norms of my country."

Reservation of the Venezuelan Delegation ;

8. — As to the Act of Habana (XX) :

"The Venezuelan Delegation signs with the
understanding that the Act of Habana rela-
tive to colonial possessions is subject to rati-
fication by the Public Power of the Nation in
accordance with its constitutional provisions."

Reservation of the Peruvian Delegation:

9. — As to the Resolution on Pacific Solution
of Conflicts :

"Peru accepts the proposal of the Haitian
Delegation with the reservation that the Com-
mittee shall function only at the request of
the interested parties."

[Here follow signatures.]

Additional Reservation of the Chilean
Delegation :

As to the Act of Habana (XX) :

"The Chilean Delegation, at the time of
signing the present Final Act, makes reserva-
tion in addition to the reservation set forth
in yesterday's Private Plenary Session, of the
rights of Chile in Antarctica."

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Convention

The Governments represented at the Second
Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
American Kepublics,

Considering:

One. That the American Republics have
formulated at the Second Consultative Meeting
the Act of Habana with regard to the destiny
of colonies of non-American countries located
in this hemisphere as well as with respect to
the provisional administration of such colonies;

Two. That as a result of the events which are
taking i)lacc in the European continent situa-
tions may develop in the territories of the pos-
sessions which some of the belligerent nations
have in the Americas which may extinguish or
materially impair the sovereignty which they
exercise over them, or leave their government
without a leader, thus creating a state of danger
to the peace of the continent and a state of af-
fairs in which the rule of law, order, and respect
for life, liberty and the property of inhabitants
may disappear;

Three. That the American Republics consider
that force cannot constitute the basis of rights,
and they condemn all violence whether under
the form of conquest, of stipulations which may
have been imposed by the belligerents in the
clauses of a treaty, or by any other process;

Four. That any transfer, or attempted trans-
fer, of the sovereignty, jurisdiction, possession
or any interest in or control over any such
region to another non- American State, would be
regarded by the American Republics as against
American sentiments and principles and the
rights of American States to maintain their
security and political independence;

Five. That no such transfer or attempt to
transfer or acquire any interest or right in any
such region, directly or indirectly, would be
recognized or accepted by the American Repub-
lics no matter what form was employed to
attain such purposes ;

Six. That by virtue of a principle of Ameri-
can international law, recognized by various
conferences, the acquisition of territories by
force cannot be permitted ;

Seven. That the American Republics, through
their respective government agencies, reserve
the right to judge whether any transfer or at-
tempted transfer of sovereignty, jurisdiction,
cession or incorporation of geographic regions
in the Americas, possessed by European coun-
tries up to September 1, 1939, has the effect of
impairing their political independence even
though no formal transfer or change in the
status of such region or regions shall have taken
place ;

Eif/ht. That in the cases foreseen, as well as
any others which might leave the government
of such regions without a leader, it is, therefore,
necessarj' to establish a provisional administra-
tive regime for such regions until such time as
their definitive regime is established by the free
determination of their people;

Nine. That the American Republics, as an
international community which acts strongly
and integrally, using as a basis political and
juridical principles w-hich they have applied
for more than a century, have the unquestion-
able right, in order to preserve their unity and
security, to take such regions under their ad-
ministration and to deliberate as to their des-
tinies, in accordance with their respective de-
grees of political and economic development ;

Ten. That the pro\-isional and transitory
character of the measures agreed to does not
imply an oversight or abrogation of the prin-
ciple of non-intervention which regulates inter-
American life, a principle proclaimed by the
American Institute, recognized by the meeting
of jurists held at Rio de Janeiro and fully re-
affirmed at the Seventh International American
Conference held at Montevideo ;

Eleven. That this community has therefore
international juridical capacity to act in this
manner ;

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Twelve. That in this case, the most appro-
priate regime is that of a provisional admin-
istration ; and that this system entails no danger
because the American Republics do not enter-
tain any purpose whatsoever of territorial
aggrandizement ;

Thirteen. That the establishment of a special
provisional regime in the present convention
and in the Act of Habana concerning the pro-
visional administration of European colonies
and possessions in the Americas does not elimi-
nate or modify the system of consultation
agreed upon at Buenos Aires, confirmed at
Lima, and practiced at Panama and Habana.

Fourteen. Being desirous of protecting their
peace and safety and of promoting the interests
of any of the regions herein referred to which
may fall within the purview of the foregoing
recitations, have resolved to conclude the
following convention :

If a non-American State shall directly or in-
directly attempt to replace another non-Ameri-
can State in the sovereignty or control which
if exercised over any territory located in the
Americas, thus threatening the peace of the con-
tinent, such territory shall automatically come
under the provisions of this convention and
shall be submitted to a provisional administra-
tive regime.

The administration shall be exercised, as may
be considered advisable in each case, by one or
more American States, with their previous
approval.

Wlien the administration sJiall have been
established for any region it shall be exercised in
the interest of the security of the Americas, and
for the benefit of the region under administra-
tion, with a view to its welfare and progress,
until such time as the region is in a position

to govern itself or is restored to its former
status, whenever the latter is compatible with
the security of the American Republics.

The administration of the region shall be
exercised under conditions which shall guar-
antee freedom of conscience and of worship,
subject to the regulations which public order
and good habits may demand.

The administration shall enforce the local
laws coordinating them with the purposes of
this convention, but it may furthermore adopt
such measures as may be necessary to meet
situations in which such laws do not exist.

In all that concerns commerce and industry,
the American nations shall enjoy the same sit-
uation and benefits, and the administrator is
forbidden to establish a privileged position for
itself or its nationals or for certain states. Open
economic i-elations shall be maintained with
all countries on a reciprocity basis.

VII

Natives of the region shall participate, as
citizens, in public administration and in the
courts of justice without further qualification
than their capacity so to do.

vin

To the extent that it may be practicable,
rights of every soil shall be governed by local
law and custom, and vested rights shall be
protected in accordance with such law.

Forced labor shall be abolished in tlie regions
where it exists.

The administration shall provide facilities
for education of all kinds with the two-fold

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purpose of developing the -wealth of the region
and improving the living conditions of the
population, especially as regards public and in-
dividual hygiene and preparation for the exer-
cise of political autonomy as soon as possible.

The natives of a region under admuiistration
shall have their own Organic Act which the
administration shall establish, consulting the
people in whatever manner is possible.

XII

The administration shall submit an annual
report to the inter- American organization en-
trusted with the control of the regions under
administration, of the manner in which it has
fulfilled its functions, attaching thereto copies
of its accounts and of the measures adopted in
the region during the year.

xin

The organization referred to in the preceding
article shall be competent to take cognizance of
the petitions submitted by inhabitants of the
region through the medium of the adminis-
tration, with reference to the exercise of the
provisional admuiistration. The administra-
tion shall transmit, with this petition, such
observations as it may deem proper.

XIV

The first administration shall be granted for
a period of three years. At the end of this
period, if necessary, it shall be renewed for suc-
cessive periods not longer than ten years.

The expenses incurred in the exercise of the
administration shall be defrayed with the reve-
nues of the region under administration but
in case they are insufficient the deficit shall be
met by the State or States which act as
administrators.

XVI

A commission to be known as the "Inter-
American Commission for Territorial Admin-
istration'* is hereby established, to be composed
of a representative from each one of the States
which ratifies this convention; it shall be the
international organization to which this con-
vention refers. Once this convention has be-
come effective, any country which ratifies it
may convoke the first meeting proposing the city
in which it is to be held. The Commission shall
elect its chairman, complete its organization and
fix its definitive seat. Two-thirds of the mem-
bers of the Commission shall constitute a quo-
rum and two-thirds of the members present may
adopt decisions.

XVII

The Commission is authorized to establish a
provisional administration in the regions to
which the present convention refers ; allow such
administration to be exercised by the number
of States which it may determine in each case,
and supervise its exercise under the terms of
the preceding articles.

xvin

None of the provisions contained in the pres-
ent convention refers to territories or posses-
sions which are the subject of dispute or claims
between European powers and one or more of
the Republics of the Americas.

XIX

The present convention is open for signature
by the American Eepublics at the city of Ha-
bana and shall be ratified by the High Con-
tracting Parties in conformity with their con-
stitutional procedures. The Secretary of State
of the Republic of Cuba shall transmit at the
earliest possible date authentic certified copies
to the governments for the aforementioned
purpose of ratification. The instrument of rati-
fication shall be deposited in the archives of

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the Pan American Union in Washington, which
shall notify the signatory governments of said
deposit. Such notification shall be considered
as an exchange of ratifications.
XX

The present convention shall enter into force
when two-thirds of the American Eepublics
have deposited their respective instruments of
ratification.

Ik witness whereof, the undersigned Pleni-
potentiaries, having deposited their full powers
found to be in due and proper form, sign this
convention on behalf of their respective Gov-
ernments and affix thereto their seals on the
dates appearing opposite their signatures.

Eeservations
Eeservation of the Chilean Delegation

1. — The Chilean Delegation, convinced of
the necessity of effecting practically the con-
tinental solidarity, approves the resolution,
making clear that Chile shall only acquire
commitments and responsibilities when the
said resolutions shall have been ratified by its
constitutional organisms.

Reservation of the Argentine Delegation

2. — Tlie Delegate of the Argentine Republic
m signing this Act places on record that it
does not refer to or include the Malvinas
Islands, because the latter do not constitute a
colony or possession of any European nation,
since they are a part of the Argentine terri-
tory and are included within its dominion

and sovereignty, as was stated at the Panama
meeting, which statement he considers re-
iterated hereby in iits entirety, and also with
reference to other southern Argentine regions
as he has stated in the deliberations of this
Commission. He likewise states that the
signing of this Act and Resolution does not
affect and leaves intact his Government's
powers established in the constitutional
norms which obtain in Argentina, with re-
spect to the procedure applicable in order that
this Act and Resolution may acquire validity,
force, and effectiveness.

Reservation of the Colombian Delegation

3. — I vote in the affirmative with the sug-
gestion that I shall sign the Convention, sub-
ject to the approval by my Government and
the constitutional standards of my country.

Reservation of the Venezuela Delegation

4. — The Venezuelan Delegation signs with
the understanding that the Convention con-
cerning the colonial possessions remains sub-
ject to the public powers of the nation, in ac-
cordance with its constitutional provisions.

Additional Reservation of the Chilean
Delegation

5. — The Chilean Delegation, at the time of
signing this Convention, in addition to the
reservation set forth at yesterday's Meeting,
makes reservation of Chile's rights in Ant-
arctica.

[Here follow signatures.]

AUGUST 24, 1940

149

EXCHANGE PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS

[Released to the press August 10]

Professor and student exchanges have now
been arranged with five of the American re-
publics under the Buenos Aires Convention for
the Promotion of Inter- American Cultural Re-
lations.' In addition to two American students
who are already in Chile/" fellowships have been
awarded to students of the United States by
the Governments of Costa Rica, the Dominican
Republic, Panama, and Venezuela. The Gov-
ernment of Venezuela has agreed to receive an
exchange professor from the United States, and
negotiations are in progress concerning sim-
ilar decisions made by several other countries.
Four graduate students from Chile have been
selected by the United State3 Government for
a year's study in educational institutions in
this country. At the present time a panel of
graduate students from Paraguay is under con-
sideration by the United States. It is antici-
pated that before the commencement of the aca-
demic year in September, presentation of sim-
ilar panels will be made by several of the
other governments'.

The Government of Costa Rica has selected
Miss Edith Alida Bronson, of Evanston, Illi-
nois, as an exchange student in that Republic
Miss Bronson was chosen from a panel of five
students submitted to the Government of Costa
Rica by the United States on March 31, 1940.
For research in Costa Rica, Miss Bronson, sec-
retary of the Department of Romance Lan-
guages of Northwestern University, proposes to
study the dramatic literatures of the South and
Central American countries with special atten-
tion to Costa Rica.

' Treaty Series No. 928.

'"See the Bulletin of March 9, 1940 (vol. 11, no. 37),
pp. 279-281.

Another student selected was unable to ac-
cept, and the Costa Rican Government has been
asked for an alternative name.

The Dommican Republic has announced the
selection as exchange students of Mr. Charles
Christian Hauch, of Chicago, Illinois, and Mr.
Joseph John Montllor, of New York, New York.
I\Ir. Hauch is at piesent working for the de-
gi'ee of Doctor of Philosophy at the University
of Chicago, from which he received his Master's
degree in 1936. His field of activity has been
political science and international relations. He
plans to continue his study on the history of the
Dominican Republic since 1844. Mr. Montllor
is a gi-aduate student at Columbia University.
He plans to devote his attention during his stay
in the Dominican Republic to a study of the
history of diplomatic relations between that re-
public and the United States, using Dominican
sources.

The Govermnent of Panama has announced
the selection of one American graduate student
to pursue advanced work in that Republic. Mr.
James S. Triolo, Jr., of Alameda, California,
has been chosen for this exchange service. Mr.
Triolo holds the degree of Master of Arts from
Stanford University and has spent some time
as a teacher of the social sciences, English, and
Spanish in the secondary schools of California.
He proposes to continue his study of diplomatic
relations between the United States and Pan-
ama during the period of time that he serves
as an exchange student in that Republic.

The Government of Venezuela has chosen Dr.
George William Luttermoser of Detroit, Michi-
gan, as exchange student. Dr. Luttermoser
holds the degree of Doctor of Science from the
School of Hygiene of The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity and has spent several summers at the
biological station of the University of Michi-

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BtTLLETIN

gan. He plans to devote his attention during
his year in Venezuela to studying the nature of
the immunity developed against the blood-fiuke
disease. Dr. Luttermoser is now serving as par-
asitologist with the Bureau of Animal Hus-
bandry of the United States Department of
Agriculture.

As exchange professor from the United States,
the Government of Venezuela has selected Dr.
Charles C. Griffin, assistant professor of history
at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Dr. Griffin holds degi'ees from Harvard and
Columbia Universities. He has served as re-
search assistant of the Library of Congress and
since 1934 as a member of the faculty of Vassar
College. His principal interest in historical re-
search has been the period of emancipation of
the Spanish-American nations. In 1937 he pub-
lished a study entitled The United States and
the Disniption of the Spanish Empire, 1810-
1822. Dr. Griffin plans to leave for Venezuela
in September to take up his teaching and re-
search activities in that Republic.

The Chilean students selected by the United
States for a year of study in this country are
Sefior Jorge del Canto Schram, of Santiago;
Senora Maria Marchant de Gonzalez Vera, of
Santiago; Senor Carlos E. Salazar Justiniano,
of Santiago ; and Senor Leopoldo Seguel Fuen-
tes, of Yungay (Nuble). Senor del Canto ex-
pects to continue his studies in economic geog-
raphy and international commerce, which he
pursued during the past academic year at the
University of California. Seiiora de Gonzalez
Vera, who has specialized in English and edu-
cation, plans to do further graduate work in
these fields. Senor Salazar will continue his
studies in the field of engineering at the Uni-
versity of Indiana, while Seiior Seguel will do
graduate work hi mathematics at Oregon State
College.

Under the terms of the Buenos Aires Con-
vention, it is possible, if one country manifests
its intention of not sending students to the
United States, to award those fellowships to

another participating country. Two additional
graduate fellowships were therefore granted to
Chile, making a total of four.

The Buenos Aires Convention was signed by
each of the 21 American republics at the Inter-
American Conference for the Maintenance of
Peace held in Buenos Aires in 1936. The ex-
change program is directed toward the develop-
ment of a more realistic understanding between
the peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
Emphasizing the essential reciprocity of cul-
tural relations, the exchanges are designed to
make available to the people of the other Ameri-
can republics a more accurate knowledge of the
progress of science, the humanities, the tech-
nology, and the artistic achievements of the
United States. In receiving the visiting pro-
fessors, teachers, and graduate students from
those nations the program affords a similar dif-
fusion in this country of the intellectual attain-
ments of their people.

The expenses involved in the exchange pro-
gi'am are shared by the participating govern-
ments. The nominating government will pay
the round-trip travel costs of students, together
with other incidental expenses. The receiving
government will pay tuition, subsidiary ex-
penses, and board and lodging at the institu-
tions in which the visiting students are
enrolled.

The Department of State has been assisted
in choosing the panels of students and professors
by a Committee on Exchange Fellowships and
Professorships. This committee, in collabora-
tion with the Department and with the United
States Office of Education of the Federal Secur-
ity Agency, drew up the standards and applica-
tion forms for fellowships and professorships
under the Convention. The minimum require-
ments were designed to assure the two-fold pur-
pose of making available to the qualified student
in this country opportunity to pursue advanced
study in the other American republics and to
afford opportunity for applications from all
sections of the United States.

AUGUST 24, 1940 151

OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS

Order Establishing the Oftice for Coordi-
nation OF Commercial and Cultural Rela-
tions Between the American Repoblics

Pursuant to authority vested in it by section
2 of the Act of Aug:ust"29, 1916 (39 Stat. 649),
the Council of National Defense, with the
approval of the President, hereby establishes
as a subordinate body to the Council an office
to be known as the Office for Coordination of
Commercial and Cultural Relations between
the American Republics, at the head of which
there shall be a Coordinator of Commercial
and Cultural Relations between the American
Republics (hereinafter referred to as the Co-
ordinator). The Coordinator shall serve as
such without compensation but shall be entitled
to actual and necessary transportation, sub-
sistence and other ex))ense incidental to the
performance of his duties.

The Coordinator shall:

(1) establish and maintain liaison between
the Advisory Commission, the several depart-
ments and establishments of the Government
and with such other agencies, public or private,
as the Coordinator may deem necessary or de-
sirable to insure proper coordination of. and
economy and efficiency in, the activities of the
Government with respect to Hemisphere de-
fense, with particular reference to the commer-
cial and cultural aspects of the problem, and
shall also be available to assist in the coordina-
tion and carrying out of the purposes of Pub-
lic Resolution No. 83 — 76th Congress (H. J.
Res. 367) ;

(2) be a member and chairman of the Inter-
Departmental Committee on Inter-American
affairs, which shall include the President of
the Export-Import Bank, one designate from
each of the following Departments: State,
Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce, and
such representatives from other agencies and
departments as may be needed from time to
time, the Committee to consider and correlate

proposals of the Government with respect to
Hemisphere defense, commercial and cultural
relations and to make recommendations to the
appropriate Government departments and
agencies ;

(3) be responsible directly to the President,
to whom he shall submit reports and recom-
mendations with respect to the activities of his
office;

(4) review existing laws, coordinate research
by the several Federal agencies, and recom-
mend to the Inter-Departmental Committee
such new legislation as may be deemed essen-
tial to the effective realization of the basic
objectives of the Government's program ;

(5) be charged with the formulation and the
execution of a progi-am in cooperation with the
State Department M-hich, by effective use of
Governmental and private facilities in such
fields as the arts and sciences, education and
travel, the radio, the press, and the cinema, will
further national defense and strengthen the
Iwnds between the nations of the Western
Hemisphere.

Nelson A. Rockefeller is hereby appointed
Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Re-
lations between the American Republics.
Henry L. Stimson,

Secretary of War.
Frank Knox,

Secretary of the Navy.
Harold L. Ickes,
Secretary of the Interior.
H. A. Wallace,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Robert H. Hinckley,
Acting Secretary of Cominerce.

C. V. McLaughlin,

Acting Secretary of Labor.
Approved :

Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House,
August 16, 1940.

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DEATH OF LEON TROTSKY

[Released to the press August 24]

In response to an inquirs* from the American
Consul at Mexico City, the Dei^artment has

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

informed him that it perceives no reason for
bringing Mr. Trotsky's body to the United
States and that to do so would be inappropriate.

NOTE TO GERMANY ON THE COURSE OF THE "AMERICAN LEGION"

[Released to the press August 18]

The American Charge in Berlin, Mr. Alex-
ander W. Kirk, was instructed on the after-
noon of August 17 to deliver to the German
Foreign Office a communication, the text of
which follows:

"The Government of the United States de-
sires first to point out that the course on which
it was proposed that the American Legion
should sail from Petsamo to New York was
indicated to the German Government through
the American Embassy at Berlin on August
ninth, together with a statement of the dis-
tinguishing characteristics of the ship for her
ready identification and a statement that she
was scheduled to sail from Petsamo on Au-
gust 16, in sufficient time for the German
Government to notify the appropriate Ger-
man authorities so as to assure the vessel
against attack by the German fighting forces.
The United States Government was informed
on August thirteenth that the German For-
eign Office had stated that the appropriate
German authorities had been informed of the
date of departure, course and description of
the ATn^rican Legion, the understanding being
that the vessel would depart on August 16
and, if she should depart at a later date, then
the Foreign Office would again have to be
notified three days before the actual departure
since otherwise it would not be possible to
give informatoi-y instructions to the appro-
priate German authorities. The German For-
eign Office called attention to its previous com-
munications to the American Embassy on. the
subject of the Amencan Legion, in which the

Foreign Office had stated that instructions to
the German combatant forces with respect to
possible action against neutral ships were, in
accordance with international rules, and the
German Prize Law Codes, limited to merchant
ships. The Foreign Office had further stated
that it was, therefore, out of the question that
German forces should stop neutral vessels of
war or take any other measures against them
and that in view of those facts there was no
occasion, in the opinion of the German Gov-
ernment, to give any special assurances with
regard to a neutral war vessel. The German
Government was, however, prepared to notify
the German forces for their information in
order to avoid confusion with enemy warships
that an American war vessel (namely, the
American Legion) would travel on a specified
course at a specified time.

"Subsequently, and not until the late after-
noon of August 14, as reported to the American
Government that same day, the Foreign Office
stated that the German Air Force had pointed
out that the proposed course of the American
Legion, passing between N. Rona and Cape
Wrath, would bring the vessel into the field
of dangerous air operations, and that the Ger-
man authorities, therefore, recommended a
more northern route. LTpon inquiry of the For-
eign Office as to how much advance notice of
the change of course of the vessel would be
required by the Foreign Office in order that
it might effect complete notification of all Ger-
man combat units the vessel might encounter,
the answer was made that if 3uch notice were
received by noon, Berlin time, August 15 there
would be time to effect proper notification and

AUGUST 2 4, 1940

153

the vessel could leave Petsamo August 16 as
scheduled.

"Under instructions of the United States
Government, on August 14, the attention of the
Foreign Office was invited to the assurances
which it had given that the appropriate Ger-
man authorities had been duly informed of the
date of departure, course and description of
the Americati Legion, and it was asked to stand
by its original acceptance of the course of the
American Legion. In reply, Dr. Eitter of the
Foreign Office stated that if the American Gov-
ernment insisted on the ship following the pro-
posed course, then the German Government had
nothing to do but accept the decision, pointing
out again the great danger involved. Dr. Rit-
ter also stated that the Foreign Office liad
merely agreed to notify the appropriate Ger-
man authorities for their information of the
course and description of the vessel, and that it
had never guaranteed the safe conduct of the
vessel for assurances of safe conduct could only
be given in the cases of merchant vessels and
not in the cases of naval vessels, in which cate-
gory the American Legion falls. The United
States Government considers in that connection,
that Dr. Ritter's statement was hardly in line
with the previous commimication of the For-
eign Office, referred to above, when the Foreign
Office stated that there was no occasion, in the
opinion of the Geiman Government, to give any
special assurances with regard to a neutral war
vessel since it was out of the question that Ger-
man forces should stop neutral vessels of war
or take any other measures against them, and
that the German foi'ces would be notified in
order to avoid confusion of the American
Legion with enemy warships.

''Following the United States Govenmient's
learning of Dr. Ritter's conversation, and of the
American Charge d'Affaires' communication of
the Foreign Office s note in confirmation of the
conversation, the subject of the course to be
followed by the Ainerican Legion had the seri-
ous and protracted consideration of the United
States Government. However, it was deter-
mined that no other practical course existed for
the vessel to follow than tliat proposed, the

vessel to sail on August 16 as scheduled and
already notified to all the belligerent govern-
ments. As instructed by his Government, the
American Charge d'Affaires informed the Ger-
man Foreign Office on August 15 accordingly,
and stated that the Government of the United
States consequently reverted to its original com-
munication to the German Government on the
subject and took note of the fact that the Ger-
man Government had brought the voj'age of the
vessel to the attention of its appropriate
agencies.

"The United States Government is of the
opinion, therefore, that the German Govern-
ment received sufficient advance notice of the
sailing of the American Legion from Petsamo
on the date scheduled and the course to be fol-
lowed, to take every precaution against attack
on the vessel by the German combat forces. The
German Government acknowledged the receipt
of this notification prior to the vessel's departure
and stated that the appropriate German author-
ities had been informed of the date of departure,
course, and description of the vessel. The Ger-
man Government did not give assurance of safe
conduct for the vessel but explained that there
was no occasion to give any such assui-ance with
regard to the vessel as it was out of the question
lliat German forces should stop the vessel or
take any other measures against her. All the
ether belligerent governments have given assur-
ance of safe conduct for the vessel for her sail-
ing on the date scheduled and on the course
indicated.

"The German Government now points out
that it did not receive final notification of the
ship's departure from Petsamo on August 16
until noon of that day and that the American
Fmbassy at Berlin had been informed that
August 15 was the latest date for such notifica-
tion of tlie intended route. However, the stipu-
lation of the German Foreign Office that it be
notified by noon, Berlin time, August 15, with
respect to the vessel's course was in reply to the
I^mbassy's inquiry as to how much advance
notice of the change of course of the vessel
would be required by the Foreign Office. Since
no change was made in the course of the vessel,

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further advance notice became entirely unnec-
essary.

"Stated briefly, the Gei-man Government has
on several occasions during the conversations
about the voyage of the American Legion stated
tliat the vessel in question as a public vessel of
the United States, actually being a transport
of the United States Army, needed no safe con-
duct from the German Government because safe
conducts were reserved only for merchant ves-
sels. The German Government having repeat-
edly made tluif statement and having stated also
that they would notify their armed forces of
the route on which it was informed the vessel

would proceed and of the date of her departure
from Petsamo and of the description of the
vessel, and having assured the Government of
tlie United States that it had actually notified
its armed forces of the route, date of sailing and
description of the American Legion, and in con-
tinuing reliance upon the original statements
of the German Government, the American
Charge d'Affaires is instructed to inform the
German Government that under the circum-
stances above related the Government of the
United States expects that the vessel will not
suffer molestation by any action undertaken by
tlie German armed forces."

Canada

PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE, UNITED STATES

AND CANADA

[Released to the press by the White House August IS]

The following joint statement was issued by
President Roosevelt and the Prime Minister of
Canada, W. L. Mackenzie King :

"The Prime Minister and the President have
discussed the mutual problems of defense in
relation to the safety of Canada and the United
States.

"It has been agreed that a Permanent Joint
Board on Defense shall be set up at once by
the two countries.

"This Permanent Joint Board on Defense
shall commence immediate studies relating to
sea, land, and air problems including personnel
and materiel.

"It will consider in the broad sense the defense
of the north lialf of the Western Hemisphere.

"The Permanent Joint Board on Defense will
consist of four or five members from each coun-
try, most of them from the services. It will
meet shortly."

[Released to the press by the White House August 22]

On August 22, 1940, President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada

appointed the following members to serve on the
Joint Permanent Board on Defense, United
States and Canada, which will hold its first
meeting in Ottawa on August 26, 1940 :
For the United States :

Hon. Fiorello H. La Guardia, President,

United States Conference of Mayors
Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, Commanding the
Fourth Corps Area; Headquarters, At-
lanta, Ga.
Capt. Harry W. Hill, United States Navy,
War Plans Division, Office of Chief of
Naval Operations
Comdr. Forrest P. Sherman, United States

Navy
Lt. Col. Joseph T. McNarney, United States

Army Air Corps
Mr. John D. Hickerson, Assistant Chief, Di-
vision of European Affairs, Department of
State, to be Secretary of the American sec-
tion of the Joint Board
For Canada:

Mr. O. M. Biggar, K.C.
Brigadier K. Stuart, D.S.O., M.C., Deputy
Chief, General Staff

AUGUST 24, 1940

Captain L. W. Murray, K.C.N., Deputy Chief,

Naval StuflF
Air Commander A. A. L. Cuffe, Air member,

Air Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force

155

Mr. Hugh L. Kennleyside, Counselor, Depart-
ment of External Affairs, to be Secretary of
the Canadian section of the Joint Board

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plat e Scrap, etc.

MONTHLY STATISTICS

[Released to the press August 21]

Note: The tlgiire.s relating to arms, the licenses for
the export of which were revolied before they were
u.sed, have been subtracted from the figures appearing
in the cumulative column of the table below in regard
to arms-exixirt licenses issued. The.se latter figures
are therefore net figures. They are not yet final and
definitive since licenses may be amended or revolted
at any time before being used. They are, however,
accurate as of the date of this press release.

Abms-Export Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of destination of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war li-
censed for export by the Secretary of State
during the year 1940 up to and including the
month of July.

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Albania

I
V

(1)

(4)
(1)
(2)

$57.00

24.00

3, 200. 00

$125.00

630.00

Total-

125.00

3,854.00

(2)
(4)
(5)
(2)

Argentina

884.00

24, 095. 60

S, 415. 00

2, 300. 00

8,141.84

Category

Value of export licenses
Issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Argentina— Continued.

IV (1)

(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

(2)

$3, 550. 00

$7, 762. 00
6 481 00

6,000.00
16, 430. 00

40, 026. 00
171,662.71
40, 937. 60
29.84
87 961 61

19.84

Total

26,883.84

391,811.90

I (1)

(4)

in (1)

(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

62.69
76.01

499. 12

534.09
1, 509. 620 00

13, 680. 00

271 56

509.00

17,300.00

12,991.15

676,000.00

16,200.00

25, 648. 00

857,737.26

2,084,706.00

33,474.86

Total

720,619.76

4,626,678.87

IV (1)

I (4)
IV (2)

136.08

17.29

1.87

Total

19.14

I (1)

(2)

(4)

lU (1)

rv (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

217.00

103, 200. 00

28, 779. 00

2, 292, 000. 00

69.00

20, 745. 00

243,957.00

419, 400. 00

Total

3, 108, 367. 00

I (4)

rv (1)

(2)
V (1)

Bermuda ._

16.00

84.70
36.00

84.70

35.00

8,000.00

Total

119.70

8,136.70

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Value of export licenses

Category

issued

Country of destination

7 months

July 1940

ending
July 31, 1940

(4)

$542. 00

$1,703.00

(21

1,286.00

(1)
(2)

6,600.00

64.60

(3)

45,384 00

VTT

(1)
(2)

1, 953. 68

1.60

642.00

66,891.78

(1)
(2)

Brazil -

168.00

987.00

5, 438. 00

(4)

388.00

5,958.00

ITT

(1)

978, 200. 00

(1)

12, 600. 00

19, 312. 75

(2)

1,806.00

21,642.14

(1)

206, 600. 00

551,653.00

(2)

958. 80

103, 463. 86

(3)

39, 000. 00

278,009.60

261, 310. 80

1,964,664.25

6.82

2, 600. 00

(3)

2, 500. 00

VII

(1)

791. 16

1, 108. 84

Total

3,291.16

6,115.66

(i)

12.00

(2)

80.00

VII

(1)
(2)

129.20

108. 30

Total - - -

92.00

329. 60

I
I

(4)
(21

Rritish North Borneo

2.43

400.00

400. 00

(4)

60.52

133. 54

(1)
(2)

755. 26

92.78

136.00

Total -

663. 30

1, 424. 79

(11

Canada -

611,969.93

642, 209. 89

(2)

65, 293. 60

104. 498. 97

(3)

40, 668. 00

40,668.00

(4)

184,381.61

318,193.86

(5)

154. 00

90, 154. 00

III

(1)

2, 815, 194. 00

18, 578, 194. 00

(2)

360.00

4,141.00

(1)

3, 532. 16

13,063.56

(2)

606. 03

51, 058. 84

(1)

18,6.60.00

786,026.67

(2)

7, 187, 488. 12

8,676,931.90

(3)

9, 194, 066. 76

10, 850, 248. 61

(2)

8.00

36,008.00

VII

28, 628. 44

116,669.86

(2)

3,488.00

44, 239. 76

Total

20,164,377.46

40,361,286.80

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Chile

I (2)
(4)
(5)
(6)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$2,970.00
9, 630. 00
6, 450. 00
3,630.00

62. 360. 00
6, 484. 26
3 500 00

$9, 192. 00

3, 630. 00

4, 985. 00

41.00

3,423.50
30, 635. OO

12, 607. 15

Total -

17,848.00

129, 494. 91

I (2)

m (1)

(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

China ---

362, 440. 00

2, 529, 106. 22

137, 950. 10

178 60

40, 672. 16

62,200.00
123, 249. 19

156,800.00
2, 365, 180. 63
2,196,965.35
1,018,225.56

Total

226,121.35

9, 107, 841. 46

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

30.00
112.00
306.00
256.00

30.00

157.00

2,017.90

667. 76

1, 320. 00
3, 500. 00

2,812.00

47, 496. 00

1, 027. 31

1 965 00

Total

5, 524. 00

389, 921. 97

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

Costa Rica

4.00

137 30

120.00

136. 25
25 000 00

2 967 62

13, 104. 70

1, 646. 26

Total

120.00

42, 996. 13

I (2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
C2)

Cuba

70.00

130, 655. 00

870.00

1, 492. 00

131,144.00
3,316.60
9, 223. 00
1, 700. 00

1,800.00

4, 500. 00
2, 000 00

44.00

3, 005. 80
761 00

Total .

134,861.00

166, 709. 30

I (1)
(4)

Curacao .

586.00
77.39

685.00

77.39

AUGUST 24, 1940

157

Category

Value of e.tport Ucea^es
issued

Country of destination

July 1943

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Curasao— Continued.

IV
V

VII

V
IV

VII

(1)

(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

(2)

(3)

(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)

$654. .W
208.64

$654.50

214.64

307. 425. 00

1, 798. 76

67, 950. OO

17.50

Total

1,525.53

368,722.79

2,040.00

510.00
328.00

867.00

843.00
600.00

1,501.80

Total

838.00

3, 811. 80

V
VU

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(2)

169. 72

201.00

33.00

156.00
18, 483. 00

1,022.00

1,022.00
226.00

900.00

Total

1,055.00

21, 157. 72

I
rv

(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Egjrpt

837.50

3, 310. 00

1,680.21

388.00

752.31

16, 993. 00

60.00

Total .

24.021.02

m
rv

V
VII

(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(2)

125,000.00
20.00

125, 052. 00

1,111.00
18, 200. 00

76.00

24.00

6,460.00
375.00

8,350.00

Total

125,044.00

159, 624. 00

IV
V

(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Fiyilftnrt

19, 660. 00

538, 569. 60

3, 806, 493. 89

951.50

4,449.00
45, 900. 00

26, 783. 25
565,900.00

Total- .

50,349.00

4, 958, 358. 24

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)

201,488.00

4, 887. 420. 71

1.700.195.00

7,321,998.50

499, 000. 00

33, 0S6. 853. 00

10,337.00

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$30.00

376,315.00

730, 000. 00

13, 010, 790. 51

1, 493, 167. 00

2,00

56, 593. 00

Total

"63,374,189.72

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

78.50

51.00

3, 836. 00

11.00

$125,000.00
6,875.60
21.554.00

125,000.00
6. 875. 60
21,554.00

Total

153,429.00

157,406 10

I (D-
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

5, 530. 370 00

Ireland.

1,934,787.50

,101,652.00

458,284.12

270, 875. 60

103,697,006.00

60, 733. 80

4,184.00

718, 259. 34

53. 075. 00

4. 084, 771. 27

19, 886, 579. 92

60,380.00

82,424.80

17. 410. 203. 44

3. 598. 126. 62

27.487,506.02

484, 177. 10

175,463,678.85

102. 733. 80

1,079,850.36

2,717,834.40

61,071;. 00

5. 262. 728. 81

20. 863, 246. 12

8.900,168.94

2,123,039.80

Total

131,818,972.25

271,084,739.16

I (3)
(4)
(5)

rv (1)

Greece

150 00

60.00

90,900.00

21 00

Total --

91, 121 00

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Greenland

1,015 48

678. 30

6, 674. 65

1, 731 57

Total _

10,000 00

IV (1)
(2)

VU (1)
(2)

186 00

1, 340. 00

226.80

2,100.00

5, 164, 00

Total _.

2.100.00

6.916.08

• The apparent discrepancy between the values reported for the arms,
ammunition, and implements of war authorized to be exported to France
during the period Jan. 1-July 31, 1940. and the corresponding figures for
periods covered in previous press releases, is due to the large number of
licenses authorizing the exportation of arms, ammunition, and imple-
ments of war to France which were canceled during June and July at
the request of the licensees.

158

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

V
VII

(1)

(2)

(1)
(1)

$1,36,5.05

23. 00

7, 000. 00

24.30

8,412.35

V
VII

(4)

(1)

(2)
(2)
(2)

432. 00

388. 00

1,528.00

4, 238. 00

131. 00

Total - --

6, 717. 00

(1)

(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(2)

Hone Kong - -

2, 017. 75

1, 123. 10

7, 363. 00

67.75

$1, 500. 00
8, 250. 00

22, 832. 00

24,750.00

120.00

Total

9, 750. 00

68,273.60

VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)

1,920.00

280.00

374. 00
7, 890. 00

763. 00

65.00

Total

280.00

11,012.00

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

India

994. 90

1,081.81

277.94

3,437.39

7, 326. 87

3, 818. 58

780. 55

67, 600. 00

1, 496. 40

1, 000. 00

882.00

Total .

2, 354. 65

86, 241. 79

I
III

(2)
(1)
(1)

37, 500. 00
760,000.00

37,600.00

760, 000. 00
112,000.00

Total

797,500.00

909, 600. 00

III

(2)

(1)
(2)
(3)

Iraq - - . - _ _

27, 165. 00

Ireland _ . _

118,680.00

236, 503. 00

3, 270. 60

21, 221. 00

Total

118,680.00

269, 994. 60

V
IV

(2)

(1)
(2)

Italy

13, 610. 00

123.00

41.45

Total

104.45

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

I CD
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

$107. 00

$226. 94

461. 94
198. 00

191.00

Total

226.94

957.94

VII (2)
I (2)

I (4)

I (1)
(5)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VI (2)

VII (1)
(2)

Leeward Islands

162. 45

665.00

137. 00

Mexico.-

25.35

134. 20

112.60

3, 678. 00

264.00

43, 350. 00

252.40

14, 526. 00

476. 00

406, 132. 40

7, 366. 40

37, 266. 00

112. 60

8, 040. 25

8,160.00

40, 912. 00

Total - . -

55, 719. 75

616,066.25

I (1)
(4)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

116.00

154.81

282, 000. 00

17, 144.00

65, 710. 00

356. 124. 61

I (2)
(4)
(6)

V (2)
(3)

12, 866. 00

47.60
155. 00

17, 942. 19

63. 300. 00

94, 310. 69

I (2)
(4)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

72, 050. 00

658. 74

920, 200. 00

4, 144, 000. 00
9,081.90
11,936.95
6, 978. 03
204, 950. 00
59, 567. 00
19, 000. 00

5,616,250.10

9,081.90

02, 631. 85

6,689.03

622, 066. 12

214,265.00

232, 610. 79

338. 80

Total

4, 464, 613. 88

7, 766, 732. 33

I (4)

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

923. 82

118.50

205. 00
20.62
44.42

300.24

1, 934. 12

240.32

Total- -

270. 04

2, 593. 18

AUGUST 24, 19 40

159

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Ooiintry of destination

July 1940

7 months

endlDR

July 31, 1940

New Guinea, Territoi? of

(2)
(2)

$17.25

1,250.00

Total

1, 267. 25

III
IV
V

\1I

(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

New Zealand .

$266,750.00

266, 760. 00

1,916,870.00

202.00

1,910.45

161, 627. 45
130, 230. 00
11,045.00

4,920.00

Total

273,680.45

2,486,624.45

(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(1)

Niciraeua

62,600.00
9,000.00

62, 500. 00

9,000.00
480.00

870 OO

1, 292. 00

Total

71,500.00

74, 142. 00

(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)

278.60

21.00

30.25
89.04

Total

397.79

418. 79

I
ni

IV
V

(1)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

25.50

70.00

460.00

36,545 00

712, 000. 00

280.00

222 00

121.00

2,200.00

39,604.00
1, 515. 00

Total

793,007.00

IV
V

(3)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

400.00

12, 500. 00

3,900.00
6,600.00

12.75

8,804.75
1,207.00

25,000.00

27,866.00
74.00

680.00

4.86

2,262.46

Total

25,017.61

63, 794. 21

(4)
(2)

Paraguay - . _-

101.80
4,226.45

384.80

12,160.46

Total...

4,328.25

12,535.25

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Peru . ,

IV
V

VII

(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)
(3)

(1)

(2)

$189.90

$7, 550. 90

240 00

393. 138 60

5, 761. 00

62, 209 00

1. 000. 00

1, 130. 60

Total

189.90

471, 029. 90

IV
V

(1)

(4)

(1)
(I)

(2)

(1)

(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

Portugal

51.80

44.00

103, 446. 00
30.00
342.00

103, 446. 00

30.00

422.00

4, 300. 00

14,520.00
33, 000. 00

75. 219. 94

66,125.00

841.76

64, 000. 00

54,000.00

Total

206,338.00

304, 480. 50

I
v

(2)

(1)
(2)

Rumania -

2 500 00

Saudi Arabia

280.00

260 00

760 00

Total

260.00

1,020.00

IV
V

(1)
(2)

(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Southern Rhodesia

316.60

495 60

227 60

128.10

26.00

60.62

160.226.00

461. 10

108.00

m.h2

160,226.00

Total

160,766.22

161, 578. 72

I
I
rv

(1)

(2)
(4)
(2)

9.12

11,644 60

1.64

2.47

Total

11,548.61

in
rv

(2)

(4)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(3)

Sweden

108,000.00
128 047 00

4,000 00

603, 265. 00

486,011 20

3, 334, 380. 00

Total

4,563,703.20

I
in

(1)

(1)
CI)
(2)
(1)

Switzerland

20.00

Thailand.

11,050.00
258, 054. 00

27,800.00

707,334.00

t i 1, 543. 84

1,068.00

£ 15,929.89

160

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of export licenses
issued

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 31, 1940

Thailand— Continued.

V (1)
(2)
(3)

$91, 900. 00
60, 649. 90

$97, 200. 00
66, 603. 74
156, 000. 00

Total

412,721.90

1,072,411.47

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)

Trinidad . - -

153.00

294.00

18, 625. 00

862.00

Total

19, 924. 00

III (2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)

Turkey . - - -

8, 610. 00

33.00

6.20

116, 760. 00

Total -

121, 409. 20

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (I)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

(2)

Union of South Africa

308.00

620.93

173, 600. 00

961. 00

36, 250. 00

1,311,869.00

8, 400. 00

64,000.00

190, 718. 70

36,316.00

2, 936, 030. 00

65, 191. S3

329, 760. 00

166.00

40, 228. 00

Total

1,421,480.00

3, 762, 929. 46

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)

VU (2)

Uruguay . . .

260.00

1, 622. 00

609.30
46, 000. 00

6, 887. 30

53,600.00

100.40

660.00

Total ...

46, 169. 30

63, 029. 70

I (1)
(2)
(4)

m (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (I)

(2)

Venezuela ...

60.00
63.00

141.20

278.00
42.65

163, 970. 00

21.60

4,835.60
191. 45

1, 800. 00
8, 350. 00
3,000.00
1, 515. 73

94,860.00
65,601.00
95,270.00
9, 012. 00
19, 277. 40

Total

14, 790. 33

443, 479. 20

VII (2)

V (2)
(3)

27.07

9,411.76

30, 780. 00

Total

40, 191. 76

161,781,627.74

425, 086, 997. 37

During the month of July, 491 arms-export
licenses were issued, making a total of 2,715
such licenses issued during the current year.

Arms Exported

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of destination of '
the arms, ammunition, and implements of war
exported during the year 1940 up to and in-
cluding the month of July under export
licenses issued by the Secretary of State:

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1040

7 months end-
ing July 30,
1940

(4)

(1)

(2)

$24. 00

3,200.00

496.00

Total - .

3, 719. 00

IV
V

VII

(2)
(4)
(6)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

23,211.60

240.00

2, 418. 00

4, 252. 00

$3, 761. 00
10, 200. 00
238.00
36, 160. 00
19.84
60, 820. 00

6,504.00

34, 000. 00

53, 230. 48

290, 713. 60

29.84

60, 861. 51

Total

110,198.84

476, 460. 83

I
ni

IV
V

VII

(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(I)
(2)
(3)
(1)

Australia

816.63

39.14

468.08
7, 806, 136. 00

136 65

509.00

13, 296. 00

136, 162. 00

406,199.00
468, 621. 00

18, 274. 86

Total

136, 191. 14

8, 714, 446. 02

(1)

(4)
(2)

136. 00

17.29

1.87

19.16

I
III

IV
V

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

217.00

49, 460. 00

28, 809. 79

1,146,000.00

69.00

20, 745. 00

6, 807. 00

119,997.00

Total

1,371,094.79

AtTGUST 24, 1940

161

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

7 months end-

July 1940

ing July 30,
1940

(1)

(4)

$48.00

16.00

(1)

$4,000.00

8,000.00

Total

4,000.00

8,064.00

I
IV

(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

155.00

1,316.00

1,285.00

19, 000. 00

1,041.69

58, 741. 00

180.12

1,708.12

(2)

1.60

Total . .

33S.12

83,093.31

(1)
(2)
(4)

829.00

S, 438. 00

194.00

8,375.00

III

(1)
(1)

349, 750. 00

12,500.00

18, 462. 75

(2)
(1)

20.072.00

117,196.00

412, 172. 00

(2)

32,976.40

104,234.83

(3)

4,122.00

139, 217. 75

(2)

2.00

Total

166,988.40

1,058,553.33

rv
vn

(2)
(1)

British Guiana

6.82

317 68

Total

324.50

(1)
(2)

British Honduras

15.00

18.00

129.20

(2)

108.30

Total

270.50

(1)
(2)

90.00

400.00

(4)

60.52

229. M

472.00

(2)

49.22

Total

460.52

1, 240. 76

(1)

Canada

7,794.24

28,610.98

(2)

67, 496. 00

67. 506. 00

(3)

38,569.00

38, 569. 00

(4)

8,566.61

105, 223. 53

(5)

94, 500. 00

(1)

1,227,487.00

4,150,953.00

(2)

350.00

248.581.31

(1)

3, 350. 37

9, 360. 59

(2)

72,134.33

73, 105. 77

(1)

56, 700. 00

494.034.67

(2)

470, 106. 41

60S, 880. 47

(3)

2,583,106.04

3,118,573.94

(2)

6.00

36, 006. 00

(1)

25, 153. 72

102,687.30

(2)

3,977.00

84, 314. 36

Total...

4, 564, 796. 72

9,260,906.81

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1910

7 months end-
ing July 30,
1940

Chile

I (2)
(4)
(5)
(6)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

$2,970.00

$2. 970. 00

386.00

5,300 00

3,630.00

4,985.00

29.00

3, 630. 00

53,841.00

6, 351. 00

3,500.00

110 00

22, 946. 00

12, 607. 15

Total

11,614.00

110, 641. 15

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

m (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

China

1, 344. 00

468, 006. 00

850.00

23, 763. 00

1, 148, 654 57

2, 162. 00

13,536.00
268.60

5.649 00

114. 600. 00

372, 367. 60
12.700.00

1, 308, 013. 50
176, 518. 00
334, 724 00

342, 000. 00

Total

387, 229. 60

3,936,915 67

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)
(2)

65 00

46.00

1, 675. 20
1, 793. 70

233, 350. 00

320.00
10,660.00

6, 190. 00

29,890.00

1, 027. 00

1,905.00

Total

11,026.00

275, 956. 96

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)
(2)

Costa Rica

4.00

137. 30

16.25

25,000.00

25.000.00
22, 057. 00

27, 376. 00

2, 235. 26

51.00

Total -

25,000.00

76, 876. 81

I (4)

m (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

Cuba

72.00

573.00

43, 350. 00

2.038.00
614.00

2, 056. 50
10,181.00
1, 700. 00

1,800.00

8, 355. 00
12, 876. 00

4,620.20

751.00

Total

4,624.00

84.461.70

I (1)

(4)

IV (1)

Curasao .. , . . .

685.00

77.39

654.50

685.00

77.39
654.50

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Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1940

" months end-
ing July 30,
1940

Curacao— Continued.

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

$208.64

$214. 64
103, 975. 00

768. 00

12,600.00

45, 250. 00
17.60

Total

14,025.63

161,642.03

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VU (1)

Dominican Republic

610.00

864.00

616.00

600.00

883.00

1,501.80

Total

1, 393. 00

3,470.80

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

VII (2)

44.72

169. 72

226. 00

191.00

3,660.00

16,418.00
900.00

Total --

3, 704. 72

17,904.72

I (3)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)

2, 680. 00

26.21

3, 519. 00

989. 31

60.00

Total --

7, 274. 52

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (2)

52.00

608.00

7.57. 00
18,200.00

76.00

3, 677. 40

3, 677. 40
375. 00

8, 350. 00

Total

4,285.40

31, 487. 40

I (2)
(3)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (2)

184, 310. 00

436, 694. 00

1, 364, 078. 89

2, 321, 496. 00

951. 60

26.820.00
116,440.00

120,681.00

1, 200, 063. 00

369, 864. 00

Total --

142,260.00

6, 998, 138. 39

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

III (1)
(2)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

201,228.00

4,841,072.71

506, 047. 00

7, 463, 300. 50

499,000.00

63, 886, 407. 00

20, 845. 00

368,315.00

546, 000. 00

3, 864, 909. 62

10,026,838.00
2.00

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1910

7 months end-
in? Julv 30,
" 1940

VII (2)

$56, 593. 00

Total

82, 279, 257. 83

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

51.00

3, 836. 00

11.00

Total -- -

3.898.00

I (4)

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

33.83

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

$1,577,370.00

1, 666, 083. 80

1,497,725.00

3, 494, 365. 20

4, 840. 70

9, 497, 123. 00

215,211.00

159, 216. 00

2, 918, 370. 00

4. 763, 845. 55

1.911,192.20

7, 589, 594. 00

166,473.60

22, 294, 008. 00

342,323.06

193.080.00

8,000.00

845, 585. 74
1,095,177.60
3, 432, 691. 97

660, 735. 00

1,857,106.24
2,899,763.60
7, 733, 657. 01
1,616,635.00

24, 145, 025. 01

64,284,048.26

I (3)

(4)

160.00

50.00

Total

200.00

I (I)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Greenland

1, 01,5. 48
.578. 30

6. 674. 65

1,731.67

Total

10,000.00

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

VII (1)
(2)

37.00

12.00

159.00

1, 336. 00

226. 80

3, 064. 00

Total

4, 834. 80

IV (1)

(2)

VII CD

(2)

Haiti

24.00

336. 55

23.00

24.30

6.00

Total

24.00

389. 86

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V 0)
(2)

VII (2)

303.00

388.00

1,092.00

100,000.00

3,213.00

391.00

Total

106,387.00

AUGUST 24, 1940

163

Catt

gory

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months end-
ing July 30.
1940

Hong Kong...

IV
V

(1)
(2)

$7, 363. 00

$842.00

5, 196. 00

Total

842.00

12, 559. 00

IV
V
VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

(2)

Ici^land

1, 920. 00

280,00

363.00
7, 890. 00

763.00

65.00

Total . .

345.00

11,001.00

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

1,843.92

1, 459. 40

380,15

46.00

47,000.00

84.40

2, 788. 45

7,041.96
3,528.64
1,095.31
67,600.00
1,336.40
1,000.00

180.00

929.00

Total

50,993.87

85, 219. 76

III
rv

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Iraf]

6M, 963. 00

27,165.00

94 37

25.85

Total

722, 248. 22

V
IV

(1)

(1)
(2)

Ireland

116 823.00

346.00

27.50

Total

373.60

(2)

(1)

(3)

(1)
(4)

Japan

4,143.00

102.00

Latvia

18, 077. 00

251.45

337.28

Total

588.73

I
rv

V
VI

(1)
(6)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Mexico

56.00

112.50

3, 402. 00

264.00

51,000.00

130.00

2,125.00

8,280.00

476.00

377, MO. 00

2,889.00

13, 505. 00

112.50

1, 365. 25
10,255.00

16, 207. 50
39,156.00

Total

68,541.25

458,634.50

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)

116.00

154.61

282,000.00

3,224.00

Total

285,494.61

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1940

7 month.s end-
ing July 30,
19W

Nethprlnnrts

UI
V

(2)
(4)
(5)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

$26,653 00

47.50

155 00

9, 674. 00

107, 740. 00

163, 472. 50

187, 137. 50

Total

494, 879. 60

UI
IV

(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

Netherlands Indies

75,678.00
1, 247. 77

281, 075. 00

1, 509, 798. 00

15,200 00

$4,856.95

175. 85

204, 950. 00

40,639.35

1, 310. 82

334,677.00

137, 708. OO

130, 749. 00

138,000.00

Total

209,982.60

2,666,082.94

I
rv

(4)

<1)
(4)
(1)
(2)

T^ew Cfllpdnpift

203 00

118.60

95.24

663.50

160.00

195.90

Total

160.00

1, 073. 14

(2)

New Guinea, Territory of

17.25

1,500.00

Total

1,517.25

(4)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

New Zealand

2,314.00

2, 314. 00

202.00

400.00

2, 371. 15
2,540.00

6,991.00

Total

2,714.00

13, 418. 16

IV
V

VII

(1)
(2)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(1)

Nicarap'ft

34,827.00
8,267.00

34,827.00

8,267.00
1,264.00

4, 036. 00

480.00

870.00

1, 292. 00

Total

43,094.00

61, 035. 00

(4)

(1)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Nigeria

33.00

Northern Rhodesia

25.50

Norway ...

70.00

285.00

36, 493. 20

1,354,114.00

280.00

30.00

137 00

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DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 30, 1940

Norway— Continued.

V (1)

(2)

$2, 200. 00

644.00

Total

1, 394, 263. 20

V (3)

I (1)
(2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

Pilp-tinf

400.00

12.600.00

3, 900. 00

$4,500.00
12.75

8, 700. 00
8, 7S1. 75
1,207.00

17, 500. 00

18,041.13
74.00

647. 00

2, 915. 60

Total

22,012.75

57, 666. 48

I (4)
IV (2)

283.00

1,035.45

7,929.45

Total

1,036.45

8,212.45

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

Peru - -

7, 276. 00
240. 00

1, 176. 00
12,049.00

7,361.00

240.00

387,810.00

15, 872. 00

62, 617. 00

1,000.00

1,131.00

Total- -

20,741.00

476,031.00

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

51.80

44.00

429,798.00
30.00
342. 00

877,298.00

30.00

422.00

4, 663. 00

43, 646. 91
64, 265. 00

44,016.91

64,266.00

356. 76

Total

528,081.91

981, 146. 47

V (2)

I (1)
(2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

Rumania

600. 00

Saudi Arabia

760.00

760. 00

Southern Rhodesia -

180.00

227.60

264.00

82.00

60. 62

Total

814. 02

I (1)

I (2)

(4)

IV (2)

vn (1)

9.12

11,644.50

1.64

2.47

193. 80

Total

11,842.41

Category

Value of actual e.xports

Country of destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 30, 1940

Sweden

IV
V

(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

$108, 000. 00

65, 307. 00

3, 724, 926. 00

4, 000. 00

44,501.00

65, COO. 00

$12, 637. 03

227,883.98
247, 267. 00

Total

12,637.03

4, 486, 883. 98

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)

Thailand

17.66

1.93

180.00

16,487.89
6, 300. 00

9S8.00

3,696.00
193, 120. 00

Total

1,138.00

217, 622. 47

IV
V

VII

(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)

(1)

163.00

153. 00

18.00

3,094.00

18, 626. 00

862.00

Total :

163.00

22, 742. 00

I
m

IV
V

(2)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)

148,135.00

168, 750. 00

1, 191. 084. 00

17, 070. 00

14,236.00

1,306.20

69,003.00

173, 878. 10
70,344.00

Total ---

69, 0O3. 00

1,774,803.30

I
III

IV
V

VII

(1)
C4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

186. 00
392. 87

296.00

665. 93
173,600.00

69, 106. 00

69,663.70
7.00

1, 600. 00
1,377.76

9,603.00
12. 031. 64
6,000.00

166.00

40, 064. 00

Total - -.-

72, 561. 62

311,987.27

VII

(3)

C4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)

TTninn of Soviet Socialist Re-

120, 512. 00

publics.

299.00

1, 522. 00

509.30
3, 700. 00

3, 078. 30

9.649.00

80.00

660.00

Total

4, 869. 30

16, 288. 30

(1)
(2)

60.00

111.40

246.00

AUGUST 24, 19 4 0

165

Category

Value of actual exports

Country o( destination

July 1940

7 months

ending

July 30, 1940

Venezuela— Continued.

I (4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (I)
(2)

$39.00

$139,970.00
173.60

167.970.00

3, 316. 60

191.45

65,160.00

3,387.00

1,000.00

297.16

92,983.00
28.271.00
79, 131. 00
9, 489. 48
15.890.40

Total --

210,037.76

397,639.33

V (1)
(2)
(3)

63,000.00

3,491.75

26,806.75
31,080.00

Total

3,491.75

120,886.75

Grand total

31,056,177.19

183,703,579.08

Arms-Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of origin of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war
licensed for import by the Secretaiy of State
during the month of July 1940:

Country of origin

Category

Value

Total

Argentina

m (n

I (2)
(4)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

V (2)
I (3)
I (3)

(4)

V (2)

V (3)

V (1)

V (3)

$40,000.00

510.00

280.76

100. 000. 00

1,400.00

2,000.00

19, 000. 00

900.00

5.000.00

53. 300. 00

75,000.00

65.00

8,500.00

100. 000. 00

28,000.00

$40,000.00

790.76
1

} 103,400.00
19.000.00

France ._

900.00

India

133, 365. 00
8,500.00

100. 000. 00

28,000.00

Total --

433, 955. 76

During the month of July, 22 import licenses
were issued, making a total of 129 such licenses
issued during the current year.

Categortes of Arms, Ammunition, and
Implements of War

The categories of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war in the appropriate column
of the tables printed above are the categories
into which those articles were divided in the
President's proclamation of May 1, 1937, enu-
merating the articles which would be considered
as arms, ammunition, and implements of war
for the purposes of section 5 of the joint resolu-
tion of May 1. 1937 [see the BuUethi of July 27,
1940 (vol. Ill, no. 57), pp. 58-59].

Special Statistics in Regard to Arms
Exports to Cuba

In compliance with article II of the conven-
tion between the United States and Cuba to sup-
press smuggling, signed at Habana, March 11,
1926, which reads in jjart as follows:

"The High Contracting Parties agree that
clearance of shipments of merchandise by water,
air, or land, from any of the ports of either
country to a port of entry of the other country,
sliall be denied when such shipment comprises
articles the importation of which is prohibited
or restricted in the country to which such ship-
ment is destined, unless in this last case there
has been a compliance with the requisites de-
manded by the laws of both countries."

and in compliance with the laws of Cuba which
restrict the importation of arms, animmiition,
and implements of war of all kinds bj' requiring
an import permit for each shipment, export
licenses for shipments of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war to Cuba are i-equired for the
articles enumerated below in addition to the
articles enumerated in the President's proclama-
tion of May 1, 1937 :

(1) Arms and small arms using ammunition
of caliber .22 or less, other than those classed
as toys.

(2) Spare parts of arms and small arms of
all kinds and calibers, other than those classed
as toys, and of guns and machine guns.

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DEPABTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

(3) Ammunition for the arms and small
arms under (1) above.

(4) Sabers, swords, and military machetes
with cross-guard hilts.

(5) Explosiveg as follows : explosive powders
of all kinds for all purposes; nitrocellulose hav-
ing a nitrogen content of 12 percent or less;
diphenylamine ; dynamite of all kinds; nitro-
glycerine; alkaline nitrates (ammonium, po-
tassium, and sodium nitrate) ; nitric acid ; nitro-
benzene (essence or oil of mirbane) ; sulphur;
sulphuric acid; chlorate of potash; and ace-
tones.

(6) Tear gas (CeHsCOCH.Cl) and other
similar nontoxic gases and apparatus designed
for the storage or projection of such gases.

The table printed below indicates, in respect
to licenses authorizing the exportation to Cuba
of the articles and commodities listed in the pre-
ceding paragraph, issued by the Secretary of
State during July 1940, the number of licenses
and the value of the articles and commodities
described in the licenses:

Number of license?

Section

Value

Total

(1)

$432. 40

38.00

4, 829. 00

22, 737. 23

(2) — -.

(3)

$28, 030. 63

(5)

The table printed below indicates the value
of the articles and commodities listed above
exported to Cuba during July 1940 under
licenses issued by the Secretary of State:

Section

(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)

Value

$624. 20

5.00

6, 656. 00

12, 680. 96

Total

$19, 866. 16

Tin- Plate Scrap

The table printed below indicates the number
of licenses issued during the year 1940, up to
and including the month of July, authorizing
the export of tin-plate scrap under the pro-
visions of the act approved February 15, 1936,
and the regulations issued pursuant thereto,
together with the number of tons authorized to
be exported and the value thereof :

July 1940

7^nionths ending July '
31, 1940

tion

Quantity

in long

tons

Total value

Quantity

in long

tons

Totallvalue

Japan _ _

667

$9,927.00

3,633

$66, 384. 70

During the month of July, 4 tin-plate scrap
licenses were issued, making a total of 51 such
licenses issued during the current year.

Helium

The table printed below gives the essential
information in regard to the licenses issued
durmg the month of July 1940, authorizing the
exportation of heliimi gas under the provisions
of the act approved on September 1, 1937, and
the regulations issued pursuant thereto:

Quan-

Purchaser in foreign

Country of

tity in

Total

Applicant for license

country

destination

cubic
feet

value

Ohio Chemical &

Standard Glass

India-

$4.50

Mfg. Co.

Blowing Works.

Puritan Compressed

Messrs. Duxval P.

BrazU

180

25.88

Gas Corp.

Ramos.

Ohio Chemical &

Dominion Dental

New Zea-

200

35.00

Mfg. Co.

Supplies Co.

land.

Air Reduction Sales

Canadian General

Canada

830. m)

Co.

Electric Co.,
Ltd.

The Cheney Chem-

Cheney Chemi-

Canada

120

14.00

ical Co.

cals, Ltd.

AUGUST 24, 1940

167

Commercial Policy

COAL, COKE, AND BRIQUETS FROM
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS

In view of the extension until August 6, 1941,
of the commercial agreement between the
United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics," the Coimnissioner of Customs an-
nounced on August 16, 1940, that "coal, coke
made from coal, and coal or coke briquets pi-o-
duced in the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lics, imported directly or indirectly therefrom,
and entered for consumption or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption during the
period from January 1 to December 31, 1940,
inclusive, should be released as unconditionally
free merchandise without any deposit on ac-
count of tiie tax provided for" in the Internal
Revenue Code, section 3423.

Publications

Department of State

Exchange of Official Publications : Agreement Be-
tween the United States of America and Nicaragua. —

"See the Bulletin of August 10, 1940 (vol. Ill, no.
59), pp. 105-107, and August 17, 1940 (vol. Ill, no
60), p. 117.

Effected by exchange of notes signed February 14
and 19, 1940; effective Feliruary 14, 1940. Executive
Agreement Series No. 171. Publication 1490. 7 pp. 50.
Diplomatic List, August 1940. Publication 1492.
ii, 91 pp. Subscription, $1 a year ; single copy, 10#.

Other Go\'ernment Agencies

The following publications issued recently by
the Divisions of Regional Information and For-
eign Trade Statistics of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, United States Depart-
ment of Conunerce, may be of interest to readers
of the Bulletin:

Trade of United States with Brazil in 1939. May
1940. 6 pp. (processed). 10^.

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Kwantung in 1939. June 1940. 9 pp. (processed).
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ica for 6 months' period ended Feb. 1940 as compared
with same months of preceding years. May 1940.
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as compared with 1937 and 1938. 18 pp. (processed).
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The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 231

The following Foreign Service officers were nominated for promotion effective from August 1, 1940:

Name

Post

Title

Home address

From class II to class I

William C. Burdett.-

Nathaniel P. Davis...

John O. Erhardt

Charles B. Hosraer

Robert D. Murphy

Avra M. Warren

From class III to class II

WUlard L. Beaulac

William P. Blocker

Howard Bucknell, Jr

Richard P. Butrick

Cecil M. P. Cross

Hugh S. Fullerton

H. Freeman Matthews

Rudolf E. SchoenJeld

George P. Shaw

From class IV to class III

Ellis 0. Briggs-

Herbert S. Bursley

Curtis T. Everett

Samuel J. Fletcher

Walter A. Foote

Waldemar J. Qallman

Sydney B. Redecker.. _.

Edwin F. Stanton

Fletcher Warren

From class Vto class IV

Howard Donovan

Albert M. Doyle...

Richard Ford

Thomas McEnelly...

Edwin A. Plitt

Christian M. Ravndal

From class VI to class V

Lewis Clark

Cabot Coville

John H. Morgan

Edward J. Sparks.

168

Rio de Janeiro.

Department.
London

Department.

Paris..

Department.

Habana..

Ciudad JuSrez.

Madrid

Shanghai

Paris

Paris..

London..

Mexico City...

Department.,
Department.

Geneva

Tientsin

Batavia

Department.

Frankfort

Shanghai

Department..

Bombay

Sydney, N. S. W..

Montreal.

Palermo.

Paris

Buenos Aires

Department

Madrid

Port-au-Prince..

Consul General and Counselor of
Embassy.

Consul General

Consul General and First Secre-
tary.

Consul

Consul and Counselor of Embassy.

Consul General

First Secretary

Consul General

First Secretary

Consul

Consul and First Secretary.
Consul and First Secretary..
Consul and First Secretary..

First Secretary

Consul.

Second Secretary-
First Secretary

Consul

Consul...

Consul

Consul... _..

Consul..

Consul -

Consul

Consul and Second Secretary.
Consul

Second Secretary

Second Secretary.

Consul and Second Secretary.

Knoxville, Tenn.

Princeton, N. J.
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lewiston, Maine.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Ellicott City, Md.

Pawtucket, R. I.
Hondo, Tex.
Atlanta, Oa.
Lockport, N. Y.
Providence, R. I.
Springfield, Ohio.
Baltimore, Md.
Washington, D. C.
San Diego, Calif.

Topsfleld, Maine.
Washington, D. C.
Nashville, Tenn.
Kittery Point, Maine.
Hamlin, Te.x.
Wellsville, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Wolfe City, Tex.

Windsor, 111.
Detroit, Mich.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
New York, N. Y.
Baltimore, Md.
Decorah, Iowa.

Montgomery, Ala.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Watertown, Mass.
New York, N. Y.

AUGUST 24, 1940

169

Name

Post

Title

Home address

From class VII to class VI
James C. H. Bonbright

Brussels and Luxemburg

Second Secretary

Rochester, N. Y.

Herv6 J. L'Hcureux.-

Antwerp

Consul

Manchester, N. H.

Sheldon T. MUls

Edward T. Wailes . . ...

Department _

Northport, L. I., N. Y.
Portsmouth. Va.

Frovt class VIII to dass VII
Win. E. Flournoj", Jr . . . _

Managua

Vice Consul and Third Secretary..
Vice Consul

Guy W. Ray

Department

Wilsonville, Ala.

From unclassified (A) to class VIII
John K. Emmerson ...

Tokyo ...

Third Secretftfv

Canon City, Colo.
Clearwater, Fla.

Beppo R. Johansen

Harbin

Vice Consul

Keljo

Glendale, Calif.

Carmel Offie . ..

Paris

Vice Consul and Third Secretary..

Port^e, Pa.
Milwaukee, Wis.

Edward E. Rice

Max W. Schmidt

Tokyo

William E. Yuni

Tientsin

Vice Consul

Hoquiam, Wash.

The following were promoted effective August 1, 1940:

Name

Post

Title

Home address

From unclassified (B) to unclassified (A)

John Hubner, 2d

S5o Paulo

Vice Consul

Baltimore, Md.

Milton P. Thompson __ .

Sftnt'flpo d*^ (^tiba

Vice Consul

Chattanooga, Tenn.

From unclassified (C) to unclassified (B)
Niles W. Bond

William 0. Boswell _..

Vienna

Vice Consul

New Florence, Pa.

Third Secretary and Vice ConsuL.
Third Secretary and Vice Consul. .
Vice Consul

New York, N. Y.

Charles R. Burrows .

La Paz

Willard, Ohio.

V. Lansing Collins, 2d _

Batavia

New York, N. Y.

Nicholas Feld

Madras

Vice Consul

VicksburEt Miss.

William N. Fraleigh

A t.hpns

Third Secretary and Vice Consul..

Summit, N. J.

Pasadena, Calif.

John C. Fuess _ .

Department

Vice Consul „ _

Andover, Mass.

Boies C. Hart, Jr

Shanghai

Richard H. Hawkins, Jr

Brisbane

Vice Consul .

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Vice Consul and Third Secretary..

Chicago. 111.

Washington, D. C.

Robert C. Strong

Durban

Vice Consul . .

Beloit, Wis.

[Released to the press August 24]

The following changes have occuiTed in the
Foreign Sei-vice since August 17, 1940 :

Cornelius Van H. Engert, of Berkeley, Calif.,
Counselor of Legation at Tehran, Iran, has been
assigned as Consul General at Beirut, Lebanon.

Ely E. Palmer, of Providence, E. I., Consul

General at Beirut, Lebanon, has been assigned
as Consul General at Sydney, Australia.

Elvin Seibert, of New York, N. Y., Third
Secretary of Legation and Vice Consul at
Bangkok, Thailand, has been designated Third
Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at Rio
de Janeiro. Brazil.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

ARBITRATION AND JUDICIAL
SETTLEMENT

Permanent Court of International Justice

Brazil

There is printed below tlie text of a letter
received by the Secretary General of the League
of Nations on July 5, 1940, from the Brazilian
Govei'nment concerning the attitude of certain
governments in regard to the Optional Clause
of the Statute of the Permanent Court of Inter-
national Justice, which reads in translation as
follows :

"By letters dated September 13th, 19th and
20th and December 18th, 1939, you infomied
me that the Government of the French Republic,
the Government of Canada and His Majesty's
Governments in the LTnited Kingdom, in the
Commonwealth of Australia, in New Zealand
and in the Union of South Africa had notified
you that their acceptance of the Optional Clause
of the Statute of the Permanent Court of Inter-
national Justice will not be regarded by them
as applying to disputes which might arise out
of events occurring during the present hos-
tilities.

"2. With reference to the letters of November
21st, 1939 and January 26th, 1940, by which I
acknowledged the receipt of these communica-
tions, I now have the honour to inform you that
the Bi'azilian Government desires to make the
fullest reservations as regards the unilateral
action undertaken by the above-mentioned
Governments, in so far as concerns all matters
relating to its rights as a neutral in the present
war and coming within the jurisdiction of the
Court.

"3. I should be obliged if you would notify
all the interested Parties of the views of the
Brazilian Government."

170

CONSULTATION

Final Act and Convention of the Habana
Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs of the American Republics

The texts of the Final Act and Convention of
the Second Meeting of the ISIinisters of Foreign
Affairs of the American Republics at Habana,
July 21-30, 1940, appear in this Bulletin under
the heading "American Republics".

Permanent Joint Board on Defense, United
States and Canada

The joint statement of President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada
regarding the establishment by the United
States and Canada of a Permanent Joint
Board on Defense and a list of the members
of the Board appointed by both countries, ap-
pear in this Bulletin under the heading
"Canada".

MUTUAL GUARANTIES

Non-aggression Treaty Between Great
Britain and Thailand

The American Embassy at London trans-
mitted to the Department with a despatch
dated June 18, 1940, copies of the Treaty of
Non-aggression Between Great Britain and
Thailand signed on June 12, 1940. The treaty
will enter into effect upon the exchange of
ratifications. It will remain in force for a
period of five years and thereafter until one
year from the date on which either paxty
gives notice of its intention to terminate it.
Each party agrees not to resort to war or
aggression against the other, either alone or
in concert with one, or more than one, third
power; to respect the territorial integrity of
the other party; and not to give, directly or

AUGUST 24, 1940

indirectly, aid or assistance to the aggressor
if one of tlie parties is the object of an act
of war or aggression by one or more third
poM'ers. Each party declares that it is not
bound by any agreement which carries with
it an obligation to participate in an act of
war or of aggression committed by a third
power against the other party ; and each party

171

guarantees to respect the sovereignty or author-
ity of the other party over its territories and
not to intervene in the internal affairs of such
territories and to abstain from all forms of
agitation, propaganda, or intervention aimed
against such territory or which purposes the
changing by force of the form of government
of any such territory.

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AUGUST 31, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 62 - Publication 1 4gg

Qontents

General: Page.

Annivcrsan' of the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact:

Statement by the Secretary of State 175

Immigration facihties at Canadian and Mexican bor-
ders 176

American Republics:

Threat of danger : Statement by the Secretary of State . 176
Emergency Committee for Provisional Administration

of European Colonies and Possessions 177

New Pan American Airway route to Rio de Janeiro . . 177
Habana Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs:

Final Act and Convention 178

Europe:

Contributions for relief in belligerent countries . . . 178
Commercial Policy:

Embargo tariffs : Comment of the Secretary of State . . 190
The Foreign Service:

Death of Consul General Sussdorff and injury to Consul

Broy 190

Personnel changes 191

Treaty Information:
Boundary :

Convention with Canada for the Emergency Regula-
tion of the Level of Rainy Lake and of Certain

Other Boundary Waters 192

Publications 192

Legislation 192

Regulations 192

U. S. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENT*

SEP 181940

General

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press August 29]

Twelve ye^irs ago today, there was signed a
solemn treaty outlawing war, to which this
country and 60 other countries gave their un-
qualified adherence. In article 1 of that treaty,
the high contracting parties renounced war as
an instrument of national policy in their rela-
tions with one another. In article 2, the high
contracting parties agreed that "the settlement
or solution of all disputes or conflicts of what-
ever nature or of whatever origin they may be
which may arise among them, shall never be
sought except by pacific means". In exchanges
of views preceding and accompanying the rati-
fication of that treaty, it was accepted as a part
of the general understanding that the right of
self-defense is implicit in sovereignty and re-
mains with each and all of the signatory and
adhering states.

In recent years, the renunciation made in
article 1 of the Kellogg-Briand Pact has been
disregarded by some of the signatories ; and the
pledge given in article 2 of that treaty has been
violated by those signatories. Several nations
have sent their armed forces into and against
other countries. In consequence, destruction of
life and of property, of material values and of
spiritual values — destruction on a vast scale —
not alone in the countries invaded but also in the
countries whose annies are the invaders, is
going on in various parts of the world.

Some of the invaded nations have been de-

258319 — 40 1

stroyed, some are fightmg desperately in self-
defense, and every other country, perceiving the
manner in which activities of conquest spread
and become enlarged as operations of conquest
proceed, finds itself forced to arm as speedily as
possible and to the utmost of its capacity in
preparation for self-defense — toward preserv-
ing its own security by preventing war from
reaching and crossing its boundaries.

Today no country and no individual is se-
cure against the destructive effects of the exist-
ing armed conflicts. No human being anywhere
can be sure that he or she will be allowed for
long to live in peace. Only by vigorous and
adequate preparation for self-defense can any
country, including our own, hope to remain at
peace.

It was to spare the human race the untold
suffering and indescribable tragedy of the kind
we are witnessing today that the Kellogg-Briand
Pact was signed. The soundness of its under-
lying principles has in no way been impaired
by what has taken place since then. Sooner or
later they must prevail as an unshakeable
foundation of international relations unless war
with its horroi-s and ravages is to become the
nonnal state of the world and mankind is to
relapse into the chaos of barbarism. And I am
certain that there are in the human race re-
sources of mind and of spirit sufficient to insure
that these sane bases of civilized existence will
become firmly established.

176

176 DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

IMMIGRATION FACILITIES AT CANADIAN AND MEXICAN BORDERS

[Released to the press August 25]

The Department of State has been giving fur-
ther attention to the matter of facilitating the
border crossing for temporary visitors from
neighboring countries. Tlie Secretary of State
is authorizing American consular and diplo-
matic offices, as of August 28, 1940, to issue a
nonresident alien's border-crossing identifica-
tion card to the citizens of Canada, Newfound-
land, and Mexico domiciled therein, and British
subjects domiciled in Canada and Newfound-
land, as provided by law. This card will be
valid for visits not exceeding 29 days and for
any number of such visits during the period of
one year without the necessity of I'egistration
and formal fingerprinting and with a very sim-
2)lified form of application. The immigration
officers at land-border stations are being simi-
larly authorized by the Attorney General. It is
believed that tliis arrangement will alleviate the
irritations which have existed in American com^
munities along the border and will continue
effective control.

[Released to the press August 27]

The Secretary of State on August 24, 1940,
signed the following departmental order :

"Departmental Order No. 874

"Under the emergency provisions of Section
30 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940 and of
Executive Order No. 8430 of June 5, 1940,^
citizens of Canada, Newfoundland, or Mexico,
domiciled therein, and British subjects domi-
ciled in Canada or Newfoundland do not re-
quire passports, visas, reentry permits, or
border-crossing identification cards when pass-
ing from and to such coiuitry in continuous
transit through the territory of the United
States under arrangements satisfactory to the
Immigration authorities; and aliens lawfully
resident in the United States shall not require
passportsi, visas, reentry permits, or border-
crossing identification cards when reentering
the United States after continuous transit
through foreign contiguous territory under
arrangements satisfactory to the Innnigration
authorities.

CoRDELL Hull

"Department of State,
''August 2Jf, 19^0."

"See the Bulletin of June 8, IMO (vol. II, no. 50),
pp. 622-624.

American Republics

THREAT OF DANGER: STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

[Released to the press August 25]

Upon his return from his vacation, the Secre-
tary of State, the Honorable Cordell Hull, after
reviewing the international situation, felt con-
strained to re-emphasize the views which he ex-
pressed when he came back from the Habana
Conference and, therefore, on August 25 issued
the following statement :

"I feel constrained to re-emphasize the view
expressed upon my return from the Habana

Conference, that the possibilities of danger to
the American republics are real; that a threat
to any important part of the Americas means a
threat to each and all of the American nations.
"The conclusion is therefore inescapable that
full and adequate preparations for hemispheric
defense cannot be completed too soon. I desire
again to apjjeal for the fullest possible measure
of unity on the part of our people in support of
such program of defense and of related foreign
policies."

AUGUST 31, 1940

177

EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF
EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS

[Released to the press August 29]

The Government of tlie United States has
designated the Honorable Sumner Welles,
Under Secretary of State, as its representative
on the Emergency Committee for the Provi-
sional Administration of European Colonies
and Possessions in the Americas. This Emer-
gency Committee is provided for in the "Act of
Habana" adopted by the Second Meeting of the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American
Republics at Habana on July 30, 1940.

The "Act of Habana" provides for an Emer-
gency Committee composed of a representative
of each of the American republics and will be
constituted as soon as two thirds of the Amer-
ican republics shall have appointed their
members. The Committee .shall assume the
administration of any region in the Western
Hemisphere now controlled by a European
power whenever an attempt shall be made to
transfer the sovereignty or control of such ter-
ritory to another non-American nation. It is
to function only until tlie Convention on the
Provisional Administration of European Col-
onies and Possessions in the Americas shaJl
come into effect. The purpose of the "Act of
Habana" in establishing the Emergency Com-
mittee was to give immediate effect to the main
provisions of the convention, also signed at
Habana, regarding the setting up of a provi-
sional administrative regime over any of the
possessions now under the jurisdiction of a non-
American government whenever an attempt
may be made to transfer control or sovereignty
thereof to another non-American government.

The American governments have declared
that any transfer or attempted transfer of the
sovereignty, jurisdiction, possessions, or any
interest in or control over any such region to
another non-American state would not be rec-
ognized or accepted by the American republics.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ameri-
can republics agreed at Habana that they have
the right, in order to preserve their unity and

security, to take such regions under their col-
lective administration. The establishment of
such provisional administration is to be exer-
cised in the interest of the security of the Amer-
icas and for the benefit of the region under
administration until such time as the region is
in a position to govern itself or is restored to its
former status. The "Act of Habana" puts into
immediate effect the principle of solidarity with
regard to European colonies and possessions in
the Western Hemisphere.

It also contains the important provision that,
should the need for emergency action be so
urgent that action by the Committee cannot be
awaited, any of the American republics may act
individually or jointly with others in the manner
which its own defense or that of the continent
requires. The American republic or republics
taking action under these circumstances must
place the matter before the Committee immedi-
ately in order that it may adopt appropriate
measures.

The convention which was also signed at
Habana will go into effect when two thirds of
the American governments shall have ratified it.
This convention provides for the establishment
of a connnission known as the Inter-American
Commission for Territorial Administration,
which is to be composed of representatives of
the ratifying countries. As soon as the conven-
tion goes into effect the Emergency Committee
established under the "Act of Habana" will be
superseded by the Inter-American Commission
for Territorial Administration.

NEW PAN AMERICAN AIRWAY ROUTE
TO RIO DE JANEIRO

(Released to the press -iugust 30]

Mr. Philip W. Bonsai, Assistant Chief of the
Division of the American Republics, has been
designated to i-epresent the Department of State
at Para (Belem) and Rio de Janeiro on the
occasion of the inauguration of the Pan Ameri-

178

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

can Airways' cut-ofF route between those cities.
This service will reduce by approximately one
day and a half the flying time between Kio de
Janeiro and the United States. Mr. Bonsai,
who will leave Miami by airplane September 1,
will take with him a letter of greeting from
President Eoosevelt to President Vargas.

HABANA MEETING OF THE MIN-
ISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Final Act and Convention

The texts of the Final Act and Convention of
the Habana Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign

Affairs, as printed in the Bulletin for August
24, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 61), contain a number of
obvious typographic errors, the most serious of
which are as follows:

Page 130. In the second column, section e)
should read : "States may decline to receive a
diplomatic officer from another . . ."

Page 138. In the first column, the opening
paragraph under Part XVIII should begin:
"The Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Affairs of the American Republics . . ."

Page 143. In the first column, the first reser-
vation should be headed "Reservation of the
Mexican Delegation", instead of "Argentine
Delegation".

Europe

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF IN BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

[Released to the press August 31]

The following tabulation shows contributions
collected and disbursed during the period Sep-
tember 6, 1939, through July 31, 1940, as shown
in the reports submitted by persons and or-
ganizations registered with the Secretary of
State for the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions to be used for relief in belligerent
countries, in conformity with the regulations
issued pursuant to section 8 of the act of No-
vember 4, 1939, as made effective by the Presi-
dent's proclamation of the same date.

This tabulation has reference only to contri-
butions solicited and collected for relief in bel-
ligerent countries (France; Germany; Poland;
the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa ;
Norway; Belgium; Luxemburg; the Nether-
lands; and Italy) or for the relief of refugees

driven out of these countries by the present
war. The statistics set forth in the tabulation
do not include information regarding relief ac-
tivities which a number of organizations regis-
tered with the Secretary of State may be
carrying on in nonbelligerent countries, but for
which registration is not required under the
Neutrality Act of 1939.

The American National Red Cross is required
by law to submit to the Secretary of War for
audit "a full, complete, and itemized report of
receipts and expenditures of whatever kind".
In order to avoid an unnecessary duplication
of work, this organization is not required to
conform to the provisions of the regulations
governing the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions for relief in belligerent countries,
and the tabulation does not, therefore, include
information in regard to its activities.

AUGUST 31, 194 0

179

Contributions fob Relief in Belligebent Cotjntbies

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on band

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

Acclon Dem6crata Espafiola, San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 29,
1940. France -..

Allied ReHef Ball, Inc., New York, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1940. Oreat
Britain and France

Allied Relief Fund, New York, N. Y., June 4, 1940. United

Kingdom, France, Belgium, tbe Netherlands, and Norway

American Association for Assistance to French Artists, Inc., New

York, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1940. France

American As.sociation of University Women, Washington, D. C,

May 23, 1940. France and Oreat Britain

American Auxiliary Committee de L'Union des Femmes de

France, New York, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1939. France

American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y.

July 5. 1940. France, Belgium, and Germany

American Civilian Volunteers, South Sudbury, Mass. May 27,

1940 • France

American Committee for Christian Refugees, Inc., New York,

N. Y. Sept. 20, 1939. Germany and France

American Committee for tbe German Relief Fund, Inc., New

York, N. Y. Mar. 27, 1940. Germany and Poland

American Committee for the Polish Ambulance Fund, Chicago,

111. Feb. 12, 1940. France and Poland

American Dental Ambulance Committee, New York, N. Y.

Mar. 12, WO. United Kingdom

American Emergency Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc., New

York, N. Y. Jan. 25. 1910. Great Britain and France

American Employment for General Relief, Inc., New York,

N. Y. May 1, 1940.' England, France, Norway, Poland,

Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands

American Field Service, New York, N. Y. Sept. 27, 1939.

France and Great Britain

American and French Students' Correspondence Exchange,

New York, N. Y. Dec. 20, 1939. France

American- French War Relief. Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 14,

1939. France and Great Britain

American Friends of Czecho-Slovakia, New York, N. Y. Nov.

2, 1939. Great Britain, France, and Bohemia- Mora via

American Friends of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, New

York, N. Y. Dec. 1, 1939. Great Britain

American Friends of France, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21,

1939. France

American Friends of German Freedom, New York, N. Y.

July 24, 1940.' England and France-

American Friends of a Jewish Palestine, Inc., New York, N. Y.

May 9, 1940. Palestine, Germany, Poland, France, and

United Kingdom

American Friends Service Committee. Philadelphia, Pa.

Nov. 9, 1939. United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France,

Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

The American Fund for Breton Relief, New York, N. Y.

Oct. 31, 1939. France _

American Fund for French Wounded, Inc., Boston, Mass.

Jan. 3. 1940. France

American Fund for Wounded in France, Inc., Worcester, Mass.

Dec. 15, 1939. France

$246. 45

51, 846. 35

603,467.80

11,911.13

6, 629. 10

17,920.38

725.00

None

11,801.88

29, 200. 72

27,381.95

3, 239. 52

None

1, 953. 50

277, 199. 90

7.214.09

38, 372. 74

23,455.99

2,136.27

294, 942. 46

$125.00

38. 104. 00

406, 653. 43

7, 987. 58

225.00

7, 713. 35

726.00

None

11,801.80

20,000.00

17,721.33

3. 133. 02

None

185, 410. 86

3, 024. 85

17, 769. 18

16,261.32

1, 357. 00

146, 680. 94

$35.51
12, 630. 85
42,971.53

2, 977. 38
322.42

1, 210. 70
None
None
None

4, 200. 03

1, 787. 27
101.. W
None

764.11
7, 560. 23

589.84
4, 768. 73
4,034.28

None
21, 256. 78

$85.94

1,111.50

163,842.84

946. 17

6,081.68

8, 996. 33

None

5, 000. 69

7, 873. 35

5.00

None

1. 189. 39
84,228.81

3. 699. 40
15,834.83

3, 160. 39

779. 27

127,004.74

None

$28, 862. 05

1,605.15
None

3, 000. 61
None
None
None
None
471.00
None
None

None

43, 040. 74

18, 690. 00

None

11,266.11

2, 734. 93

77, 848. 88

5, 196. 17

11, 562. 60

200.00

669. 02

72, 368. 10

3, 786. 50

7, 325. 36

None

1, 990. 62

5, 480. 78
363.05
362.40
None

85.29

None
1, 046. 62
3,874.84

200.00

None

12, 473. 42

4,911.50

3, 560. 62

None

None
None
$11,838.58
None
None
416. 73
None
None
None
None
None
None
None

None
None
None

4, 106. 21
None
None

7, 969. 96

None

3, 726. 13

None

" No complete report for the month of July has been received from this organization.
» No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.
• No report has been received from this organization.

180

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

American-German Aid Society, Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 16,

1939. Germany.-

The American Hospital in Britain, Ltd., New York, N. Y.

July 24, 1940. Great Britain _

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc., New

York, N. Y. Sept. 29, 19.39.' United Kingdom, Poland, Ger-
many, France, Norway, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Neth-
erlands

American McAll Association, New York, N. Y. Jan. 3, 1940.

France

American Volunteer Ambulance Corps, New York, N. Y. Dec.

12, 1939. France, Belgium, Holland, and England

American War Godmothers, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mar. 6, 1940.

France...

American Women's Hospitals, New York, N. Y. Sept. 14,

1939.' Franceand England.

American Women's Unit tor War Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Jan. 15, 1940. France

American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Feb. 13, 1940. England

Les Amis de la France & Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., Dec.

20, 1939. France

Les AmitiSs F6minines de la France, New York, N. Y. Dec.

19, 1939. France.

Les Anciens Combattants Frangais de la Grande Guerre, San

Francisco, Calif. Oct. 26, 1939. France

Mrs. Larz Anderson, Boston, Mass. Dec. 12, 1939. France

Anthracite Relief Committee, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sept. 8, 1939.

Poland

Anzac War Relief Fund, New York, N. Y. May 23, 1940.

Australia and New Zealand

Associated Polish Societies' Relief Committee of Webster, Mass.,

Webster, Mass. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

Associated Polish Societies Relief Committee of Worcester,

Mass., Worcester, Mass. Sept. 14, 1939. Poland

Association of Former Juniors in France of Smith College, New

York, N. Y. Dec. 18, 1939. France

Association of Former Russian Naval Officers in America, New

York, N. Y. Feb. 21, 1940. France

Association of Joint Polish-American Societies of Chelsea,

Mass., Chelsea, Mass. Sept. 15. 1939. Poland

L' Atelier, San Francisco. Calif. Jan. 29, 1940. France..

Mrs. Mark Baldwin, New York, N. Y. Mar. 4, 1940. France.
Bastjue Delegation in the United States of America, New York,

N. Y. Dec. 19, 1939. France

Belgian Relief Fund. Inc., New York, N. Y. June 14, 1940.

Belgium, France, and England

Belgian Relief of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. May

27, 1940. Belgium

Belgian War Relief Fund, Manila, P. I. June 7, 1940.

Belgium

The Benedict Bureau Unit, Inc., New York, N. Y. Nov. 29,

1939. France

Beth-Lechem, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland,

France, and England

Bethel Mission of Eastern Europe (formerly Bethel Mission o(

Poland, Inc.), Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 27, 1939. Poland...
Bishops' Committee for Polish Relief, Washington, D. C,

Dec. 19, 1939.' Poland

Funds
received

$3,831.50
15, 100. 00

1,521,311.85

637. 32

222, 288. 65

1,050.33

2, 409. 72

1,740.73

16.681.41

10, 623. 68

1,197.91

17,339.15
17, 990. 16

10, 808. 14

4, 938. 00

2, 829. 27

8, 604. 99

273. 60

189. 70

2,001.08
11,848.96
1,094.41

1, 349. 40
12,047.20

6, 166. 55
1,118.31
6,481.17

2, 990. 16
8, 322. 50

334, 834. 74

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

None
None

, 410, 642. 82

417.45

102, 795. 82

155. 74

1, TOO. 00
672. 11

4, 6,50. 44

6, 600. 00

386.88

8, 042. 33
16, 983. 14

7, 000. 00

3, 066. 00

2, 600. 00

6, 766. 45

225.00

133. 30

1 , 000. 00

6. 107. 98

612. 00

975. 00

2, 339. 00
2,3,54.80

None

846. 74

703. 15

6, 007. 40

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

• No complete reports for the months of June and July have been received from
' No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.

156, 324. 31

this organization

$1,003.45
124. 93

110,669.03

None

13,842.56

269. 02

41.47

626. 09

8, 339. 25

223. 68

303. 22

370. 07
466. 76

288.46

267. 67

7.60
463. 10
None

6.20

86.67
639, 43
97.16

132. 64

3,944.73

1,956.42

2.60

932. 64

2, 253. 44

2, 161. 60

46.23

$2, 828. 05
14.975.07

None

219. 87

106, 660. 18

625. 67

668. 25

442. 53

3,691.72

3, 900. 00

607. 81

8, 926. 76
650.26

3, 619. 69

1, 614. 33

221. 77

1,386.44

48.50

60.20

915. 41

6, 101. 55

486. 26

241.76

5, 763. 47

855. 33

1,115.81

3,701.89

33 67

153. 60

178, 464. 20

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

None
None

$51.00

760.00

1, 500. 00

None

443. 40

14,960.98

650.00

164. 00

I, 626. 66
None

None

1,430.00

None

1,349.88

30.00

None

6, 783. 00

33, 182. 50

None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

AUGUST 31, 1940

181

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the

United States of America, New York, N. Y. Sept. 26, 1939.

Great Britain, France, and Germany --

British-American Ambulance Corps, New York, N. Y. June

II, 1940. England and France...

British- American ComfortLeague, Quincy, Mass. Feb. 21, 1940.

England

Brltish-.^merican War Relief Association, Seattle, Wash. Nov.

17, 1939. United Kingdom and allied countries

British Sailors' Book and Relief Society, New York, N. Y.

May 2, 1940. Bermuda, Canada, and the British West Indies.
British War Relief .Association of Northern California, San

Francisco, Calif. Oct. 20, 1939. Groat Britain and Franco . . .
The British War Relief Association of the Philippines, Manila,

P. I. April 11, 1940." All belligerent countries.

The British War Relief .Association of Southern California, Los

Angeles, Calif. Dec. 8, 1939. Great Britain -

British War Relief Society, Inc., New York, N. Y. Dec. 4,

1939. Great Britain.-

Bundles for Britain, New York, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1939. Great

Britain and Dominions...

Caledonian Club of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Jan. 25, IS40. Scot-
land -

Catholic Medical .ML'slon Board, Inc., New York, N. Y. Jan.

17, 1940. India, .Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the

Union of South .Africa

The Catholic Student War Relief nf Pax Romana, Washington,

D. C. Dec. 13. 1939. Poland, France. Germany, and Great

Britain .

Central Bureau for Relief of the Evangelical Churches of Europe.

New York, N. Y. May 14, 1940. All belligerent countries. .
Central Committee Knesseth Israel, New York, N. Y. Oct. 27,

1939. Palesttoe.

Central Committee for Polish Relief, Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 29,

1940. Poland

Central Committee of the United Polish Societies, Bridgeport,

Conn., Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 14, 1939.' Poland

Central Coimcil of Polish Organizations, New Castle, Pa. Nov.

7, 1939. England, Poland, and France

Centrala, Passaic, N. J. Oct. 12, 1939. Poland

Cercle Franfais de Seattle. Seattle, Wash. Nov. 2, 1939.

France and Great Britain

Chester (Delaware Co., Pa.) Polish Relief Committee, Chester.

Pa. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland and France

Children's Crusade for Children, Inc., NewYork, N. Y. Feb. 3,

1940. France, Poland and Germany

Commission for Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 12,

1939.' Poland

The Commis.sion for Relief in Belgium, Inc., New York, N. Y.

May 21, 1940. Belgium and Laxemburg

Funds
received

Se, 156. 92

180,630.01

1,118.65

10, 820. 33

781.30

40. 642. 78

11, 707. 52

96, 034. 68

349, 728. 47

72.991.98

477.64

1. 074. 25

964.84
8. 387. 51
28, 189. 44

707.00

5. 745. 10

2,555.30
1,420.67

2, .14.'). 45
6. 500. 32

163, 176. 53

314, 609. 43

4, 790. 92

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$4. 770. JO

30.000.00

110.00

6, 935. 89

30 00

30, 779. 19

6, 135. 94

78, 053. 61

108, 137. 83

17, 720. 71

300.30

None

809.00
4, 724. 00
15,770.11

500.00

5, 696. 37

1.754.00
1.300.75

6!J8.28

5.455.46

None

250,985.31

4, 165. 00

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

$732. 24

10. 803. 00

174. 72

1,074.63

542.33

I, 296. 68

53.04

7, 223. 31

27, 0S4. 65

23, 622. 85

164.57

None

135. 41

r. 774. 54

10, 419. 33

126.82

48.73

38.31
11.65

850 16

553.17

27, 032. 95

44,756.32

184. 40

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

$654. 18

139,827.01

83.3.93

2, 509. 81

208.97

8, 566. 91

5, 518. 54

10, 757. 76

214, 505. 99

31,648.42

12.77

1,074.25

20. 43

1,888.87

None

80.18

None

762.99
108.17

1.337.01

491. 69

136, 143. 58

18, 767. 80

441.52

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

None

$585.00

650.00

11,014.59

None

9, 844. 36

56, 342. 05

54, 579. 75

None

2, 390. 00

None

1,461.95

None
1,900.00

525.00

1,677.30

None

1,500.00

None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

None

$100.00

None

31.38

None

1,500.00

8,808.00

None

1. 0.50. 00

None

None
None

2. 036. 00

None

» No reports for the months of June and July have been received from this organization.

» The registration of this organization was revoked on JiUy 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

* This registrant serves primarily as a clearinghouse for the distribution abroad of contributions received from other registrants: these receipts and
disbursements are not included in the figures here given, since they are shown elsewhere in this tabulation following the names of the original collecting
registrants.

288319 — 40-

182

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Committee for Aid to Children of Mobilized Men of the XX"
Arrondissement of Paris, New York, N. Y. Jin. 15, 1940.
France...-- — —

Committee of French- American Wives, New York, N. Y. Nov.
15, 1939. France

Committee of Mercy ,| Inc.. New York, N. Y. Sept. 10, 1939.
France, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands,
and their allies

Committee for Relief in Allied Countries, Washington, D. C.
Feb. 2, 1940. France, Great Britain, Poland, Norway, Bel-
gium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands

Committee for the Relief for Poland, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 24,
1939. Poland-..-

Committee tor the Relief of War Sufferers in Poland, St. Louis,
Mo. Oct. 10, 1939.' Poland

Committee Representing Polish Organizations and Polish People
in Perry. N.Y., Perry, N.Y. Oct. 23, 1939. Poland

Czechoslovak Relief. Chicago, 111. Jiily 25, 1940. Czechoslo-
vakia, Great Britain and Dominions. France, and Belgium

The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Pa. Oct.
13. 1939. Great Britain. France, Norway, Belgium, Luxem-
burg, and the Netherlands.-

Emergency Relief Committee for Kolbuszowa, New York, N. Y.
Mar. 13, 1940. Poland.. - ----

English-speaking Union of the United States. New York, N. Y.
Dec. 26, 1939. Great Britain, possibly France, and Canada-..

Erste Pinchover Kranken Unterstuzungs Verein, Inc., Brook-
lyn, N. Y. Apr. 22, 1940. Poland

Federated Council of Polish Societies of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland

Federation of Franco-Belgian Clubs of Rhode Island, Woon-
socket. R. I. Nov. 15. 1939. France and England

Federation of French Veterans of the Great War, Inc., New
York, N. Y. Oct. 11. 1939. France

Federation of Polish Jews in America, Inc., New York, N. Y.
Sept. 14, 1939. Poland.-.-

Fellowship of Reconciliation, New York, N. Y'. Jan. 20, 1940.
France, England, and possibly Germany

Five for France, Atlanta, Oa. Feb. 26, 1940.' France

Fortra, Inc., New York, N. Y. Mar. 7, 1940. Germany and
Poland

Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, Inc., New York, N. Y.
Sept. 21, 1939. France -

Foyers du Soldat, New York, N. Y. Mar. 2, 1940.' France....

Franco-American Federation, Salem, Mass., July 9, 1940.'
France

French Committee for Relief in France, Detroit, Mich. Oct.
17, 1939. France and Great Britain

Frcncli Relief Association, Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 3, 1940.
France

French War Relief, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 16, 1939."
France

French War Relief Fund of Nevada. Reno. Nev. June 21, 1940.
France

Funds
received

$1,923.40
I,'), 405. 55

•M. 014. 72

4, 523. 03

2. 426. 23

7, 359. 48

197. no

None

33,453.71
4. 836. 35

32. 954. 71

275. 00

7. 060. 4.'.

4, 66S, 56

9. 896. 62

4,641.05

580. 21
125. 55

249. 754. 07

82, 349. 00
6. 760. 22

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$3, 365. 63
9, 414. 33

24,704.41

2.715.00

2, 162. 72

0,142.39

197.00

None

18, 476. 56

None

21,061.22

None

4, 450. 93

1, 892 49

801.09

3. 770. 75

531. 21
123. .50

166.373. 16

45.414 67
3. 920. 00

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs.
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 19411,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

None
$1. 570. 84

5. 730. 88

1,805.60
255. 71
725. 91
None
None

6. 526. 02
2, 226. 59
2, 033. S2

None

845. 50

407. 25

406.68

370. It

None
2.05

33. 248. 97

17. 485. 64
2, 685. 02

$1, 557. 77
4, 480. 38

23, 579. 43

2.43

7.80

491. 18

None

8, 451. 13

2, 609. 76

9, 859. 67

275. 00

1, 764. 02

2. 368. 82
8. 688. 75

494. 16

49.00
None

50, 131. 94

19, 448. 69
255. 20

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

None

$3,012.84

1,010.00

None
None
4,000,00
None
None

6. 448. 05
None

9, 707. 48
None

2. 700. 00
277. 55
664. 70

7.651.43

None
None

None

None
None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

3. l.M. 3S

739. 07

33. 609. 80

None

9S8. 34

324. 40

20, 175. 49

None

221.08

112.90

3, 500. 27

None

1, 944. 96
301. 71

9, 934. 04
None

8, 296. 75
531. 17
None
None

• The registration of this organization was revoked on June 30, 1910, at the request of registrant.
» The registration of this organization was revoked on July 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.
' No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.
"No complete report for the month of July has been received from this organization.

AUGUST 31, 1940

183

CONTRIBOTJONS FOB RELIEF IN BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

French War Veterans, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 6, 1939. France.

Friends of Children, Inc., New York, N. Y. June 13, 1940.
Great Britain, France. Belgium, and the Netherlands _

The Friends of Israel Refugee Relief Committee, Inc., Phila-
delphia, Pa. Oct. 23, 19.39. Canada, France, and England...

The Friends of Normandy, New York, N. Y. Dec. 18, 1939.
France

Friends of Poland, Chicago, 111. Dec. 6, 1939. Poland

Fund for the Relief of Men of Letters and Scientists of Russia,
New York, N. Y. Apr. 29, 1940. France, Czechoslovakia,
and Poland

General (lustav Orlicz Dreszer Foundation for Aid to Polish
Children, Wa!!hinKton, D. C. Nov. 3, 1939. Poland

General Taufflieb Memorial Relief Committee fur France, Santa
Barbara, Calif. Nov. 17, 1939. France and England

German-.A.nierican Relief Committee for Victims of Fascism,
New York, N. Y. Apr. 18, 1940. France and Great Britain. .

Golden Rule Foundation, New York, N. Y. Nov. 2, 1939.
Poland and Palestine

The Grand Duke Vladimir Benevolent Fund Association, New
York.N.Y. Jan. 8,1940. France..

Grand Lodge, Daughters of Scotia, Hartford, Conn. Feb. 16.
1940. Scotland

Great Lakes Command, Canadian Legion of the British Empire
Service League, Detroit, Mich. July S, 1940. Great Britain
and Canada

Greater New Bedford British War Relief Corps, New Bedford,
Ma,ss. Dec. 19, 19.3(1. Great Britain

Margaret-Greble Qrecnouph (Mrs. Carroll Oreenough), Wash-
ington, D. C. Nov. 21, 1939. France.

Hadafsah. Inc., New York. N. Y. Nov. 15, 1939. Palestine

Hamburg-Bremen Steamship Agency, Inc., New York, N. Y.
Mar. 21, 1940. Germany and Poland

Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, Chicago, Ul. Jan. 3,
1940. England, Germany, and Poland

Holy Rosary Polish Roman Catholic Church, Pas-saic, N. J.
Sept. 15, 1939." Poland

A. Seymour Houghton, Jr., et al.. New York, N. Y. Nov. 27,
1939. France

Humanitarian Work Committee, Glen Cove, N. Y. Sept. 30,
1939. Poland

Independent British War Relief Society of Rhode Island, Provi-
dence, R. I. June 14, 1940. Great Britain..

Independent Kinsker Aid Association, Brooklyn, N. Y". Jan.
3. 1940. Poland

International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associ-
ations, New York, N. Y. Sept. 22, 1939. Poland, France,
India, Norway. Belgium, Lu.\emburg, the Netherlands,
Canada, and the United Kingdom

International Federation of Business and Professional Women,
New York, N. Y. July 5, 1940.* Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France _.,

International Relief Association for Victims of Fascism, New
York, N. Y. Sept. 25, 1939. France, England, and Germany.

Joint Committee of the United Scottish Clans of Greater New
York and New Jersey, Brooklyn, N. Y'. Jan. 30, 1940.
Scotland

Junior Relief Group of Teias, Houston, Tex. May 29, 1940.
United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Nor-
way... ...i

Funds
received

$822. 8!
.5, 055. 00
11,950.99

2, -145. 50
1,421.95

520. 53

894.45

2.424.01

1.258.07

None

454.24

7, 159. 25

303.50

4. 060. 86

1.073 00
905. 858. 33

78, 906.8-1
1.781.89
1. 126. 17

IS, 322. 28

3. 403. 21
522. 37
469.64

33,182.83

9, 750. 45

11,511.10

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$407. 75

None

997.60

1,500.00
600.00

96.15
400.00

1.726.40
276. 30
None
370. 79

6, 512. 10

None

2. 837. 33

445.00
.WO. 140. 19

63. 338. 61

1.77.-..0fl

1.049.00

2. 720. no

2. 40O. 00

28.3.00

None

4, 747, 25

2,201.00

None

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31. 1940,

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

$171.66

203.97

5, 395. 36

160.00
91.89

6.10
325.04
52.10
426.60
None
16.70
None

None

344. 23

None
27.003. 13

None
123. 9S
61.63
8.50
None

3. 662. SO

616.50

chased and
still on band

countrips
named

$243.40

4. 851. 03

5, 5.1«t. 03

7K5. 50
730. Ofi

418.28
169. 41
645.51
555. 17
None
66.75
647. 15

363.50

885.30

628.00
308. 715. 01

None

77. 17

15.478.30

941.58

230.87

4G9.64

7.821.51

1,340.40

None

$2. 638. 76

None

None
None

None
None
80.00
None
None
None
None

None

164.93

None
53. 670. 50

None

None
None
757. 30
185. 00
None
None

None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

1,970.00

None

None
None

None
None
None

None
None
None
None

None

None
$122. 91

None

None
None
None
None
None
None

None

50.00

None

Noqe

" The registration of this organization was revoked on June 30, 1940, at the request of registrant.
• Isfo report has been received from this organization.

184

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Codntries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Marthe Th. Kahn, New York, N. Y. Apr. 16, 1940. France...
The Kindergarten Unit, Inc., Norwilk, Conn. Oct. 3, 1939.

France, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New

Zealand..

The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 24,

1940. Poland

Kuryer Publishing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 16, 1939.

Poland...

Der Kyflhaeuscrbund, League of German War Veterans in U. S.

A., Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 27, 1939. Poland and Germany ..
Lackawanna Coimty Committee for Polish Relief, Scranton,

Pa. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland..

Lafayette Fund, New York, N. Y. Jan. 2, 1940. Franco

LaFayette Preventorium, Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 21,

1939. France

La France Post American Legion, New York, N. Y. Feb. 7,

1940. France

Mrs. Nancy Bartlett Laughlin, New York, N. Y. Jan. 31, 1940.

France

League of American Writers, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 6,

1940. France, England. Poland, and Norway

League of Polish Societies of New Kensington, Arnold, and

vicinity. New Kensington, Pa. Nov. 17, 1939. Poland

Legion of Young Polish Women, Chicago, III. Oct. 2, 1939.

Poland

L6vy, Maxime, Manila, Philippine Islands. May 1, 1940.^

France

The Little House of Saint Fantaleon, Philadelphia, Pa. Sept.

30, 1939. France

The Louisiana Guild for British Relief, New Orleans, La. July

24, 1940. British Empire

The^Maple Leaf Fund, Inc., New^York, N. Y. Apr. 19, 1940.

Canada, United Kingdom, and France

The Maryland Committee for the Relief of Poland's War

Victims, Baltimore, Md. Oct.21, 1939.» Poland

Massachusetts Relief Committee lor Poland, Worcester, Mass.

Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pa. Feb. 13, 1940.

Great Britain, Poland, Germany, and France

Milford; Conn., Polish Relief Fund Committee, Milford, Conn.

Nov. 6, 1939. Poland

Kate R. Miller, New York, N. Y. Feb. 19, 1940. France

Mobile Surgical Unit, Inc., New York, N. Y. Jan. 13, 1940.

France

The Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in

Poston, U. S. A., Boston, Mass. Apr. 25, 1940. Canada,

France, and the United Kingdom

Fernanda Wanamaker Munn (Mrs. Ector Munn), New York,

N. Y. Nov. 25, 1939. France

National Christian Action, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 23,

1940.' Norway and Denmark

Netherlands War Relief Committee, Manila, Philippine Islands.

May 27, 1940. Netherlands

Funds
received

$222. 25

372, 21

3, .W?. 42

R, 010. 15

33. 080. 82

8, 689, 6fi

2, 017, 50

18, 122. 22

1, 585. 32
309. 50

3, 766. 61

2, 026, 37
1.^474, 29

18,874,67
1. 104, 24

13,902.42
9. 170. 48
.5, 211. .50

12.149.02
406, 33

111, on

12.638,58

96, 366. 49
11,380.98

1, 539. 89

2, 548. 54

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$25.00

42.85
2, 250, 00

6, 968. 34
28, 390. 00

7, 225. 56
1,640,00

8, 697. 13

None
306. 00
990.60

1,363.77

9, 642. on

14, 029, 98

3.56. 63

6, 309, 02

6, 774. 01

5, 209. 75

10, 895. 61

2.50. 20
111.00

6,234.99

2, 467. 50

4, 788. 69

None

750. 00

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

$7.56

329. 36

300.29

13.56

2, 932. 55

831.80
None

3, 696. 61

366. 61

None

966. 49

78.19
2, 406. 55

36,26

16,94

4. 243. 39

2, 396. 47

1.75

1.703.82

84.62
None

1,413.03

1,028.19

6, 040. 73

341. 17

10.50

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

$189, 69

None
1,047.13

28.26
1, 758. 27

632, 30

477. .50

6, 828. 48
1,218.71
3.50
1, 809. 62
584. 41
3, 425, 74

4, 808 43
730, 67

4. S50. 01

None

70. 51
None

4, 990. 56

92, 870. 80
1. 551. 56
1, 198. 72
1,788.04

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

None

None
None

None

$2, 284. 45

None

10. 160 05
.WOO

5, 286. 00
None
None

5, 461. 60

None
None

500.00

None

4, 949. 90

None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

None

None
None

None

$90,55

None

2. 4rel 67

None

None
None

None

None
None
None
None

*• No report has been received from this organization.

« The registration of this organization was revoked on July 26, 1940, at the request of registrant.

' No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.

AUGUST 31, 1940

185

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31. 1940.
including cost
of goods pur-
cliased and
still on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

$2,873.39

None

$253. 77

$2, 619. P2

$450.00

None

1, 210. 55

$826. 17

384.38

None

168.50

None

51.00

117.50

None

1,427.82

1,400.28

19.18

8.36

1.300.00

None

253,340.58

None

7.036.25

246, 313. 33

None

806.14

None

141.00

665. 14

None

5, 106. 46

4,589.86

None

516.60

None

25,883.91

24.212.00

103. 39

1, 568. 52

None

3, 769. 09

3,377.00

None

392.09

None

104, 639. 37

S.'i.OOO.OO

29.795.07

19. 844. 30

None

60.347.94

42.119.26

29. 319. 35

None

2, 707. 75

$987. 61

6,501.15

6. 397. 65

None

103.50

None

2,893.75

310. 60

328. 04

2,255.11

None

8,687.92

7,946.85

15.00

726. 07

1,500.00

None

1,955.45

176. 32

7.00

1,772.13

1,200.00

None

1,057.05

800.00

80.82

176.23

None

427.01

350.31

21.67

65.03

350.00

75.00

309,072.26

208, 288. 50

8,696.61

152.087.15

100. 500. 00

None

868.05

464.35

1.520.82

None

29,120.00

19,094.05

66.15

9,959.80

245. 40

None

2,112.08

None

35.30

2, 076. 78

None

474.50

314.23

158.27

2.00

None

1,271.10

994.24

148. 57

128.29

75.00

None

3,572.99

3,131.00

51.26

390.73

800.00

1.000.00

6,903.37

6, 392. 86

1.09

S09.42

4,000.00

None

4, 016. 12

3.025.00

207.90

783.22

None

10, 134. 45

9, 022. 23

2a 00

1. 092. 22

None

742.25

607. 76

25.50

108.99

None

2,737.84

2,000.00

13.00

724.84

None

7,842.87

4,000.00

None

3, 842. 87

None

288,611.30

231,065.00

1,510.08

66, 036. 22

None

The New Canaan Workshop, New Canaan, Conn. July 1,

1940. British Empire -

New Jersey Broadcasting Corporation, Jersey City, N. J. Sept.

13, 1939. Poland

Nicole de Paris Relief Fund, New York, N. Y., July 1, 1940.

France -.

North Side Polish Council Relief Committee of Milwaukee,

Wis, Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. 5, 1939. Poland

Norwegian Relief. Inc.. Chicago. 111. May 1, 1940. Norway —
Nowe-Dworer Ladies Benevolent Association, Inc., New York,

N. Y. Oct. 25, 19.39. Poland.,

Nowiny Publishing Apostolate, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. Sept.

26. 19;i9. Poland

Nowy Swiat Publishing Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept. 11,

1939. Poland and France

Order of Scottish Clans, Boston. Mass. Jan. 20, 1940. Scotland.
Paderewski Fund for Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Feb.

23, 1940. Poland

Le Paquct au Front, New York, N. Y. Oct. 6, 1939. France. -
The Paryski Publishing Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sept. 15, 1939.

Poland

The Pawtucket and Blnckstone Valley British Relief Society

of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, R. I. Feb. 28, 1940. Great

Britain

Polish Aid Fund Committee of Federation of Elizabeth Polish

Organizations, Elizabeth, N. J. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland

Polish Aid Fund Committee of St. Casimir's R. C. Church of

the City of Albany, N. Y., Albany, N. Y. Jan. 22, 1940. Po-
land -

Polish-American Associations of Middlesex County, N. J.,

Sayreville. N. J. Jan. 22. 1940. Poland

Polish-American Citizens Relief Fund Committee, Shirley,

Mass., Dec. 16, 1939. Poland

Polish-American Council, Chicago, 111. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland.
Polish-Araerican Forwarding Committee, Inc., New York,

N. Y. Mar. 28, 1940. Poland and Oermany

Polish-American Volunteer Ambulance Section (Pavas), New

York, N. Y. Feb. 13, 1940. France

Polish Broadcasting Corporation, New York. N. Y. Sept. 23,

1939. Poland

Polish Business and Professional Men's Club, Los Angeles, Calif.

Nov. 17, 1939. Poland.-

Pohsh Central Committee of New London, Conn., New London.

Conn. Oct. 13. 1939. Poland

Polish Central Council of New Haven, New Haven, Conn.

Sept. 29, 1939. Poland...

Polish Civic League ol Mercer County, Trenton, N. J. Sept. 19,

1939. Poland

Polish Civilian Relief Fund, Passaic, N. J. Oct. 27, 1939.

Poland

Polish Falcons Alliance of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 20,

1939. Poland

Polish Inter-Organization "Centrala" of Waterbury, Water-
bury, Conn. Feb. 28, 1940. Poland

Polish Literarj- Guild of New Britain, Conn., New Britain,

Conn. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

The Polish National .Mliance of Brooklyn, United States of

America, Brooklyn. N. Y. Sept. 19. 1939. Poland...

Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America,

Chicago, lU. Sept. 27, 1939. Poland

186

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Cottntries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

Polish National Council of Montgomery County, Amsterdam,

N. Y. Oct. 12, 1039.' Poland--

Polish National Council of New Yort, New York, N. Y. Sept.

14, 1939. Poland and France - -

The Polish Naturalization Independent Club, Worcester,

Mass. Sept. 20, 1939. Poland-

Polish Relief of Carteret, N. ]., Carteret, N. J. Oct. 11, 1939.

Poland -■

Polish Relief Committee of Boston, Boston, Mass. Sept. 14,

1939. Poland --

Polish Relief Committee of Brockton, Mass., Brockton, Mass.

Sept. K, 1939. Poland-.-- --.

Polish Relief Committee of Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge,

Mass. Sept. 16, 1939. Poland—

Polish Relief Committee of Columbia County, Hudson, N. Y.

Mar. 16, 1940. Poland -

Polish Relief Committee of Delaware, Wilmington, Del. Sept.

22, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee, Detroit, Mich. Sept. 11, 1939. Poland.
Polish Relief Committee of Fitchburg, Fitchburg, Mass.

Mar. 29, 1940. Poland

Polish Relief Committee, Flint, Mich. Sept. 18, 1939. Poland - .
Polish Relief Committee of Gardner, Mass., Gardner, Mass.

Sept. 26, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Holyoke, Mass., Holyoke, Mass.

Nov. 4, 1939. Poland-

Polish Relief Committee of Jackson, Mich., Jackson, Mich.

Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee, New Bedford, Mass. Oct. 31, 1939.

Poland --

Polish Relief Committee of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Phila-
delphia, Pa. Sept. 12, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of the Polish National Home Associa-
tion, Lowell, Mass. Nov. 27, 1939. PoKand

Polish Relief Committee, Rochester, N. Y. Nov. 8, 1939.'

Poland

Polish Relief Committee, Taunton, Mass. Dec. 13, 1939.

Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Fall River, Mass., Fall River, Mass.

Nov. 8, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund, Jersey City, N. J. Sept. 12, 1939.' Poland.
Polish Relief Fund, Jewett City, Conn. Oct. 3, 1939. Poland -
Polish Relief Fund of Meriden, Meriden, Conn. Oct. 12, 1939.

Poland

Polish Relief Fund, Middletown, Conn. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland-
Polish Relief Fund, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Oct. 26, 1939. Poland.
Polish Relief Fund of Palmer, Mass., Three Rivers, Mass.

Oct. 20, 1939. Poland--- _.

Polish Relief Fund of Syracuse, N. Y ., and vicinity, Syracuse,

N. Y. Oct. 31, 1939. Poland-.- - -- -

Polish Relief Fund Committee, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 13,

1939. Poland -

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis.

Sept. 26, 1939. Poland ---

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Passaic and Bergen Counties,

Inc., Passaic, N. J. Sept. 22, 1939. Poland

$3. 107. 76

88, 668. 75

2, 481. 90

1, 230. 15

8, 168. 76

1,711.55

2, 200. 84

None

7, 378. 61
149, 045. 32

749. 80

4, 357. 96

4, 083. 57

5, 491. 67
1, 604. 19
9, 751. 51

41, 930. 96

2, 838. 34

5,060.25

2, 682. 60

1, 170. 13

58, 245. 40

1. 240. 40

1, 806. 69
4, 539. 45
2, 635. 72

1, 474. 89

9, 113. 06

796.84

15, 080. 09

12, 076. 79

$2, 610. 00
66, 640. 78

2, 200. 00
800.00

6,101.19

1,201.27

1, 142. 30

None

6, 813. 42
98, 603. 14

460. 40

3, 300. 00

2, 979. 20

4, 781. 16
672. 60

7, 397. 24
32. 610. 00

1, 600. 00
4,473,38

2. 257. 00

I, 000. 00
63, 108. 59
1, 136. 90

1, 500. 00

2, 968. 85
2, 600. 00

620. 46

6, 869. 00

448.00

12, 232. 72

9, 173. 92

$89.16

L, 419. 77

8.05

13.00

420. 61

247. 67

116.89

None

230.07
i, 768. 56

41.09
813.31

762. 97

203. 36

190. 68

870. 29

696. 29

481. 28

67.05

23.17

30.10

, 840. 30

101.08

27.90
18.20
21.80

121. 20

422. 21

112. 17

792. 39

,017.51

$408, 60

11,698.20

273. 26

417. 15

1, 646. 96

262. 61

941.65

None

335. 02
44, 673. 62

248. 31
244. 65

341.40

607. 17

841.01

1, 483. 98

8, 726. 67

867. 06

629. 82

402. 43

140. 03

3, 296. 51

2.42

278. 79

1, 652. 40
113.92

733. 23

1,821,65

236. 67

2, 054, 98
1,885.36

$5, 000. 00

289, 633. 50

None

45.00

1, 800. 00

360. 00

600, 00

None

3, S.W, 00
51,974.00

130, 00
None

1, 307. 06
650. 00
760, 00

3, 850, 00
None
None

1, 663, 00

1, 376. 00

None

1, 575, 00
400. 00

None
None
None

4, 004. 95

1, 850. 00

150. 00

11,607.40

2, 990. 50

None

$180, 297. 50

None

600.00
None

None
None

None

Non*
None
None

None
None
None

None

500.00

None

• The registration of this organization was revoked on May 31
' No report lor the month of July has been received from this

, 1940, at the request of registrant,
organization.

AUGUST 31, 1940

187

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
July 31. mo,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

Polish Union of the United States of North America, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. Sept. 8, 1939. Poland

Polish United Societies of Holy Trinity Parish, Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 20, 1939. Poland

Polish War Sufferers Relief Committee (Fourth Ward), Toledo,
Ohio. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland ---.

Polish Welfare Association, Hyde Park, Mass. Sept. 16, 1939. ■
Poland

Polish Welfare Council, Schenectady, N. Y. Sept. 22, 1939.
Poland

Polish White Cross Club of West Utica, Utica, N. Y. Oct. 20,
1939. Poland

Polish Women's Fund to Fatherland, Lawrence, Mass. Sept.
23, 1939. Poland

Polish Women's Relief Committee, New York, N. Y. Nov. 24,
1939. France, Poland, and Germany

Polski Komitet Ratunkowy (Polish Relief Fund), Bingham-
ton, N. Y. Sept. 25, 1939. Poland

Polsko Narodowy Komitet w Ameryce, Scranton, Pa. Sept. 8,
1939.' Poland

Pulaski Civic League of Middlesex County, N. J., South River,
N.J. Sept. 30, 1939. Poland

Pulaski League of Queens County, Inc., Jamaica, N. Y. Oct.
21, 1939. Poland

Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y. May 17, 1940.
Netherlands, France, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Aus-
tralia, New Zealand, Canada, Union of South Africa, Norway,
Belgium, and Luxemburg

Refugees of England, New York, N. Y. July 12, 1940. Great
Britain

Relief Agency for Polish War SnSerers, Willimantic, Conn.
Sept. 29, 1939. Poland

Relief Committee of United Polish Societies, Cbicopee, Mass.
Oct. 21, 1939. Poland

Relief Fund for Sufferers in Poland Committee, Kenosha, Wis.
Sept. 25, 1939. Poland

Relief Society for Jews in Lublin, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 13,
1939. Poland ...-

Russian Children's Welfare Society, Inc., New York, N. Y.
Sept. 29, 1939. Germany, France, and Poland

The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. Little Falls, N. Y.,
Little Falls, N. Y. Nov. 2, 1939." Poland

St. Andrews (Scottish) Society of W^ashington, D. C, Wash-
ington, D. C. June 18, 1940. Scotland _

St. Stephens Polish Relief Fund of Perth Amboy, N. J., Perth
Amboy, N. J. Sept. 27, 1939. Poland

The Salvation Army. New York, N. Y. May 23, 1940. Eng-
land. France, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Save the Children Federation. Inc., New York, N. Y. Sept,
8, 1939. England, Poland, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Schuylkill and Carbon Counties Relief Committee for Poland,
Frackville, Pa. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland

Scots' Charitable Society, Boston, Mass. May 9, 1940. Scot-
land _ _

Scottish Games of New Jersey Association, Fairhaven, N. J.
July 9, 1940. Great Britain .._

$2, 053. 21
4, 083. 39
5, 443. 20
434.85
5, 550. 76
6, 687. 61
5, 650. 56
7, 434. 14
3,776.44

26. 364. 45

607.53

7,443.93

307,345.12

8,005.97

2, 780. 64

S, 610. 47

3,600.59

827.58

6, 840. 48

239.95

720.99

2, 691. 45

115,401.71

23, 364. 33

5, 388. 74

208.00

None

$2, 000. 00

1, 788. 31

5,328.11

350.00

5, 260. 35

4. 962. ro

1,821.10

269. 72

2,354.04

24, 507. 67

None

6. 700. 00

65, 058. 40

5, 204. 60

2, 080. 28

5, 229. 66

2,666.50

175.00

4,150.67

200.00

None

72, 764. 00

16, 858. 25

4, 485. 71

None

$162.71

117.09

None

57.32
309.80
642. 34
2, 377. 04
247.13
345. 75

85.00
159.65

23, 049. 83

200.47

175. 72

None

343. 89

281. 82

1,326.17

1.00

71.15

None

1, 445. 52

6, 169. 36

None

$53. 21

2, 132. 37

None

84 85

233.09
1,415.11
3, 187. 12
4, 787. 38
1, 175. 27
1,511.03

422.53

584.28

219, 236. 89

2, 601. 00

524.64

380.81

690.20

370. 76

363.64

38.95

649.84

2, 691. 45

41, 192. 19

336.72

903.03

208.00

None

$1, 240. 00

None

6,150.00

1,600.00

1,800.00

S69.00

780.00

20, 685. 00

None

1,025.00

S37.10

2, 190. 00

1,000.00

None

1, 166. 20

None

2, 305. 00

None

None
None
None
$3, 000. 00
None
None
860 00
1,209.80
None
None
None
None

None
None
None
None
None
None
1, 678. 35
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None

• The registration of this organization was revoked on May 31, 1940. at the request of registrant.

• No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.

• The registration of this organization was revoked on July 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

188

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
.July 31, 1910,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

Estimated
value of con
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

$1, 744. 23

$159. 20

.$90. 02

$1,495.01

$385. 00

None

473. 71

350.00

113.60

10.11

None

1,214.24

None

706. 13

608. 11

None

31,199.12

30, 240. 87

958. 25

None

653. 07

373. 49

57.56

222. 02

None

278. 00

None

2.80

275. 20

None

10, fi84. 42

5, 100. 00

4,742.13

842. 29

None

8, 560. 98

2,968.87

325. 21

6, 256. 90

8, 794. 40

1, 084. 92

135.81

20.91

928.20

700.00

58.00

None

58,00

None

35, 844. 74

11,009.58

22,800.81

2, 034. 36

16, 486. 00

1, 083. 44

1,000.00

21.25

62.19

None

310.00

None

5, 166. 56

4, 601. 17

233. 46

331.94

None

18,711.50

10, 815. 64

3,156.14

4, 739. 72

None

495. 50

397. 81

3.95

93.74

None

3,024.46

3, 024. 46

None

2,360.16

400.27

585. 47

1, 374. 42

315.00

17,977.34

12, 539. 36

1, 463. 48

3, 974. 60

None

3, 142. 22

2, 400. 00

136. 94

605.28

None

2, 134. 46

938. 85

1, 108. 54

87.07

None

1,091.97

None

146. 27

945. 70

None

781.03

450.00

200. 19

130. 89

None

35, 204. 92

18, 208. 50

17, 334. 96

None

106, 785. 28

41, 587. 58

7, 477. 29

57, 720. 41

7, 452. 77

2. 242. 39

1, 500. 00

130. 24

612. 15

None

832. 96

84.70

191.96

556. 30

None

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

S ecours Franco-AmSricarn— War Relief, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov.

20, 1939. Franc.

The Seventh Column, Inc., West Fairlee, Vt. June 12, 1940.

France and England

Share A Smoke Club, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. Nov. 14, 1939. Eng-
land, France, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Sociedades Hispanas Aliadas, San Francisco, Calif. Mar. 29,

1940. France

Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 22,

1910. France

SociSt6 Franfaise de St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 15,

1939. France. _

Soci^tS IsraSlite Franjaise de Secours Mutuels de New York,

NewYork,N. Y. June 4, 1940. France

Society of the Devotees of Jerusalem, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Dec. 18, 1939. Palestine

The Somerset Workroom, Far Hills, N. J. Apr. 26, 1940.

France and Great Britain .._

Southbridge Allic 1 Committee for Relief in Poland, South-

bridee, Mass. Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Le Souvenir Frangais, Detroit, Mich. May 1, 1940. France

and Belgium.

Spanish Committee Pro-Masonic Refugees in France, New

York, N.y. Feb. 20, 1940. France _ ___.

Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign, New York, N. Y. Sept. 20,

1939. France

Springfield and Vicinity Polish Relief Fund Committee, Spring-
field, Mass. Sept. 23, 1939. Poland

Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, New

York, N.Y. Apr. 5, 1940. France

Toledo Committee for Relief of War Victims, Toledo, Ohio.

Sept. 19, 1939. Poland

Tolstoy Foundation, Inc. (formerly Tolstoy Foundation for

Russian Welfare and Culture), New York, N. Y. Oct. 17,

1939. France, Poland, and England

Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Bethesda, Md. Nov. 24, 1939.

Great Britain

Edmund Tyszka. Hamtramck, Mich. Sept. 19, 1939. Poland..
Ukranian Relief Committee, New York, N. Y. June 28, 1940.

Germany, France, England, and Italy

L'Union Alsacienne, Inc., New York, N. Y. Oct. 28 1939.

France

Unitarian Service Committee of the American Unitarian Asso-
ciation, Boston, Mass. May 23, 1940. France, British Isles,

and the Netherlands.

United American Polish Organizations, South River, N. J.,

South River, N. J. Oct. 20, 1939. Poland..

United American Spanish Aid Committee, New York, N. Y.

Apr. 29, 1940. United Kingdom and France..

United Bilgorayer Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y. Mar. 21, 1940.

Poland

United British War Relief Association, Snmerville, Mass., June

14, 1940. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem, New York, N. Y.

Oct. 13, 1939. P.-lcstine

United Committee for French Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Oct. 26, 19.39. France

United German Societies, Inc., Portland, Oreg., Portland, Oreg.

Jan. 8, 1940. Oernmny _ _

United Nowy Dworer Relief Committee, New York, N. Y.

Jan. 3, 1940. Poland --.

AUGUST 31, 1940

189

Co^fTRIBUTIONs FOR RELIEF IN Belligbeent COUNTRIES — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and destina-
tion of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Une.xpended
balance as of
.luly 31, 1940,
including cost
of goods pur-
chased and
still on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind now on
hand

$677. 15

None

$35.21

$M1.94

None

9,379.68

$7, 019. 62

231.94

2, 128. 12

$4,845.00

None

1,730.09

1, 350. 00

212. 16

167.93

None

2,489.73

1,905.27

437. 91

86.54

595.00

None

1,211.19

576.80

26.75

607.64

300.00

None

2,727.71

2,262.10

346. 52

119.09

None

7, 521. 74

5,657 14

140.13

1, 724. 47

None

18,949.83

14, 338. 17

544.04

4,067.02

3, 159. 10

$2, 419. 75

4, 207. 41

3,897.31

40.45

209.65

3. 282. 00

None

1, 316. 12

1, 218. 62

13.67

83.83

None

5,882.94

2,226.50

8.02

3.648.42

4,686.85

None

189,516.08

169,797.67

22,887.00

None

41,285.11

None

9,770,335.59

6,009,088.06

823, 160. 54

2,959,733.20

1,097,808.66

268, 201. 14

United Opoler Relief of New York, New York, N. Y. Dec. «,

1939. Poland

I'nlted Polish Central Council of Connecticut, Bridgeport,

Conn. Oct. 16, 1939. Poland

United Polish Committees in Racine, Wis., Racine, Wis. Nov.

2, 1939. Poland

I'nitod Polish Organizations of Salem, Mass., Salem, Moss.

Oct. 20, 1939. Poland

United Polish Societies of Bristol, Conn., Bristol, Conn. Sept.

29, 1939. Poland - -

United Polish Societies of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calil. Oct.

21, 1939. Poland

United Reading .Appeal for Polish War Sullercrs, Reading, Pa.

Sept. 22, 1939. Poland

Urgent Relief for France, Washington, D. C, Dec. 26, 1939.

France ,

Mrs. Paul Verdier Fund, San Francisco, Calif. Oct. 11, 1939."

France ._

Vincennes, France, Committee of Vinccnnes, Ind., Vincennes,

Ind.. May 31, 1940." France...

Woman's Au.xiliary Board of the Scots' Charitable Society, Inc.,

Waverlcy, Mass., Feb. 28. 1940. Scotland

Women's Allied War Relief .\ssoeiation of St. Louis, Clayton,

Mo., Dec. 18, 1939. Great Britain and France

Registrants whose registrations were revoked prior to July 1,

1940, and who had no balance on band as of that date.

Total •..

• No report for the month of July has been received from this organization.

• It is not possible to strike an exact balance in these published totals, since some registrants have included in their expenditures moneys available from
cans or advances, which are not considered by tlie Department to be "funds received" and hence are not reported as such.

Commercial Policy

EMBARGO TARIFFS: COMMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

[Released to the press August 28]

At his press conference on August 28, the
Secretary of State said that he had received a
number of questions about some phases of Sena-
tor McNary's address on the evening of August
27, in which he referred to conunercial policy.
The Secretary then made the following com-
ment :

"I am sure that it will be a matter of disap-
pointment to the country to see that Senator
McNary, instead of dealing with existing acute
problems and conditions in a modernized and
constructive manner which is so urgently de-
manded, complacently falls back on antiquated
and discredited economic nostrums such as the
theory that the farmers can be saved by em-
bargo tariffs. The Senator and his associates
some years ago led the farmers into bankruptcy
under the slogan of embargo tariffs.

"The farmers of the country will not soon
forget that under this identical leadership the
cash fann income of the Nation in 1932 had
fallen to the ridiculously low level of $4,700,-
000,000, when our export markets had become
restricted largely as a result of our own embargo
policy. The American farmers will also keep
in mind the fact that amidst every sort of im-

pediment and difficulty growing out of wars
and preparations for wars, cash fann income
rose to $7,700,000,000 in 1939, exclusive of bene-
fit payments. American farmers will of course
take their choice of policies and of leadership.
As against the only alternative policy of au-
tarchy, the reciprocal-trade program and the
policy on which it rests needs no defense.

"As to the misleading figures cited relative
to the home market. Secretary Wallace stated
the entire truth of the matter as follows :

" 'By all means, let us make the most of
the home market. But I want you to think
seriously about the fact that farmers have
more to lose through nationalistic policies
than any other group. In the present year,
1936, farmers are cultivating probably 35 to
45 million acres that are going to produce
things which will be sold abroad. The most
additional land they could use by cutting out
imports would be perhaps 10 million acres.
It just wouldn't be good sense to risk having
to leave 35 or 45 million acres idle in order
to try to gain a market for 10 million acres.
I don't think farmers are foolish enough to
trade dollars for quarters, no matter how
strong the pressure may be by those who are
busy grinding their own axes.' "

The Foreign Service

DEATH OF CONSUL GENERAL SUSSDORFF AND INJURY TO

CONSUL BROY

[Released to the press August 30]

It is with profound regret that the Depart-
ment of State announces that, according to a
telephone message received by the American
Embassy at Berlin from the Foreign Office, two
American Foreign Service officers, Mr. Louis
190

Sussdorff, Jr., and Mr. Charles C. Broy, were in
a motor accident on their way from Cologne to
Brussels on August 29, and that Mr. Sussdorff
was killed and Mr. Broy injured. The accident
took place in the neighborhood of Bergheyn
near Cologne.

AUGUST 31, 1940

191

The American Charge at Berlin, Mr. Alex-
ander C. Kirk, upon receipt of the above mes-
sage, telephoned to Mr. Alfred W. Klieforth,
American Consul General at Cologne, who has
proceeded to Bergheyn and communicated with
the Department.

Mr. Sussdorflf was the American Consul Gen-
eral at Antwerp. Mr. Broy is American Consul
at Brussels.

The biographies of these officers follow :

SussDORFF, Louis, Jr. — Born In Elmhurst, N. Y., Janu-
ary 7, 18SS ; St. Paul's School graduate ; Harvard, A. B.
1910; Harvard Law School 1010-13; as.sistant in
history and government, Harvard, 1011-12; appointed,
after examination, third secretary of embassy at Paris
May 22, 1914 ; secretary of embassy or legation of class
five by act approved February 5, 1015; assigned to
Rio de Janeiro March 6, 1915 ; class four May 10, 1916 ;
class three August 3, 1916; assigned to Asuncion July
5, 1917; to the Department August 24, 1918; to Berne
April 4, 1919; to Helsingfors January 15, 1921; class
two August 24, 1921 ; assigned to The Hague September
27, 1921 ; Foreign Service ofHcer of class four July 1,
1924 ; class three September 20, 1024 ; assigned as first
secretary at Tokyo May 1, 1025; at Riga, Kovno, and
Tallinn December 30, 1926; class two May 9, 1930;
counselor of legation at Riga, Kovno, and Tallinn May
20, 1030; at Bucharest November 11, 1930; assigned to
the Department October 17, 1932; counselor of em-
bassy at Brussels and Luxemburg September 8, 1933;
consul general May 14, 1936; class one June 1, 1937;
consul general at Antwerp July 13, 1937.

Broy, Charles Clinton. — Born in Sperryville, Va.,
July 26, 1887 ; Roanoke College, A. B. 1906, A. M. 1907 ;
Princeton, A. M., 1908; National University Law School
1924-25; clerk 190S-9; appointed, after examination,
consular assistant July 19, 1909; vice and deputy consul
general at Boma September 1, 1909; vice and deputy
consul at Milan March 16, 1911 ; detailed to the Depart-
ment September 5, 1913 ; appointed vice consul at Dub-
lin May 25, 1916; consul of class eight July 12, 1916;
assigned to Karachi August 3, 1916 (canceled) ; de-
tailed to London October 19, 1918; representative,
International Conference on Passport Control, London,
1919 ; class six September 5, 1919 ; resigned November
16, 1919; reappointed consul of class six November 15,
1920; assigned to Lille December 13, 1920; to Cher-
bourg July 21, 1921 ; to proceed to Washington Septem-
ber 9, 1922 ; Foreign Service oflicer of class seven July
1, 1924; class six August 8, 1924; member, Inter-
Departmental Committee on Codification of Navigation
Laws, 1926-27 ; assigned to Nassau December 15, 1926 ;
to London September 12, 1929 ; class five December 19,
1929 ; to Brussels October 2, 1936 ; secretary in the Dip-
lomatic Service December 1, 1937 ; married.

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press .\ugust 31]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since August 24, 1940:

Career Officers

Earl L. Packer, of Ogden, Utah, First Sec-
retary of Legation and Consul at Riga, Latvia,
has been designated First Secretary of Lega-
tion and Consul at Budapest, Hungary, and
will sei-v'e in dual capacity.

Robert S. Ward, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Consul
at Foochow, China, has been assigned as Consul
at Hong Kong.

Bernard Gufler, of Tacoma, Wash., Second
Secretary of Legation and Consul at Kaunas,
Lithuania, has been designated Second Secre-
tary of Embassy and Consul at Berlin, Ger-
many, and will serve in dual capacity.

Montgomery H. Colladay, of Hartford,
Conn., Second Secretary of Legation and Con-
sul at Tallinn, Estonia, has been assigned as
Consul at Winnipeg, Canada.

E. Allan Lightner, Jr., of Mountain Lakes,
N. J., Third Secretary of Legation and Vice
Consul at Riga, Latvia, has been designated
Third Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul
at Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
and will serve in dual capacity.

Raymond P. Ludden, of Fall River, Mass.,
Language Officer at the American Embassy,
Peiping, China, has been assigned as Vice Con-
sul at Canton, China.

Arthur B. Emmons, 3d., of Dover, Mass., Vice
Consul at Hankow, China, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Keijo, Chosen.

Edward E. Rice, of Milwaukee, Wis., Vice
Consul at Canton, China, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Foochow, China.

Philip D. Sprouse, of Springfield, Tenn.,
Language Officer at the American Embassy,
Peiping, China, has been assigned as Vice Con-
sul at Hankow, China.

NONCAREER OFFICERS

Basil F. Macgowan, of Lynchburg, Va., Vice
Consul at Kaunas, Lithuania, has been ap-
pointed Vice Consul at Nice, France.

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Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

BOUNDARY

Convention With Canada for the Emergency
Regulation of the Level of Rainy Lake and
of Certain Other Boundary Waters

On August 30, 1940, the Senate gave its ad-
vice and consent to ratification by the President
of the Convention for the Emergency Regula-
tion of the Level of Rainy Lake and of Certain
Other Boundary Waters Between the United
States and Canada, signed on September 15,
1938.

issued recently by the United States Tariff Com-
mission and are available at that office for free
distribution :

The Foreign Trade of Latin America

Part I : The Trade of Latin America With the World

and With the United States. (Also in Spanish.)
Part II (in 20 sections") :

[Section 1] : Report on Commercial Policies and

Trade Relations of Argentina.
[Section 2] : Report on Commercial Policies and

Trade Relations of Brazil.
[Section 3] : Report on Commercial Policies and
Trade Relations of Chile.
Part III : Selected Latin American Export Com-
modities.

Legislation

Publications

Department of State

Statistics of Causes of Death : Protocol Between the
United States of America and Other Powers Revising
the Minimum Nomenclature of Causes of Death An-
nexed to the International Agreement Signed at London
June 19, 1934 (Executive Agreement Series No. 80). —
Signed at Paris October 6, 1938; effective January 1,
1940. Executive Agreement Series No. 173. Publica-
tion 1495. 12 pp. 50.

Commerce and Navigation : Treaty Between the
United States of America and Iraq. — Signed at Bagh-
dad December 3, 1938; proclaimed by the President
May 29, 1940. Treaty Series No. 960. 10 pp. 50.

Other Government Agencies

The following publications, wdiich may be of
interest to readers of the Bulletin, have been

An Act To pez-mit American vessels to assist in the
evacuation from the war zones of certain refugee chil-
dren. (Public No. 776, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 1 p. 50.

Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of tlie BuUetm:

Regulations Governing the Registration and Finger-
printing of Alien Seamen in Accordance With the Alien
Registration Act, 1940. (DeiDartment of Justice: Im-
migration and Naturalization Service.) [General Order
No. CV22, August 23, 1940.] Federal Register, vol. 5,
no. 167, August 27, 1940, pp. 3173-3174 (The National
Archives of the United States).

" When complete, the 20 sections of part II will cover
the commercial policy and foreign trade of each of the
20 Latin American republics.

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Qontents

Europe: p^^.

The British fleet: Exchange of notes between the

Secretary of State and the British Ambas?ador. . . 195
Lease of naval and air bases : Arrangement with Great

Britain I95

Amendatory treaties for the advancement of peace. . . 196
American Republics:

Use of leased naval and air bases by other American
republics: Instruction to American diplomatic mis-
sions 196

Convention with Dominican Republic concerning col-
lection and application of customs revenue 196

The Far East:

Maintenance of the "status quo" in French Indochina:

Statement by the Secretary of State 196

Defense forces in the International Settlement at

Shanghai : Statement by the Secretary of State. . ; 197
General:

Documentation requirements of certain aliens. ; : : 197
The Foreign Service:

Personnel changes ;;....; 198

Treaty Information:
Naval and air bases:

Arrangement with Great Britain for the Lease of

Naval and Air Bases 199

[Oer]

SEP 30 1940

Treaty Infoehation — Continued.

Promotion of peace: Pag,

Treaties with New Zealand, Canada, and Australia
Amending the Treaty for the Advancement of
Peace with Great Britain, Signed September 15,

1914 207

Safety :

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Treaty

Series No. 910) 208

Special assistance:

Convention with the Dominican Republic Concerning
Collection and Application of Customs Revenue

(Treaty Series No. 726) 209

Publications 209

Legislation 209

Regulations 209

Europe

THE BRITISH FLEET

Exchange of Notes Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador

[Released to the press September 3]

On August 29, 1940, the Secretary of State,
the Honorable Cordell Hull, sent the following
communication to the British Ambassador, the
Eight Honorable the Marquess of Lothian :

"The Prime Minister of Great Britain is re-
ported to have stated on June 4, 1940, to Parlia-
ment in effect that if during the course of the
present war in which Great Britain and the
British Commonwealth are engaged the waters
surrounding the British Isles should become un-
tenable for British ships of war, the British
Fleet would in no event be surrendered or sunk
but would be sent overseas for the defense of
other parts of the Empire.

"The Government of the United States would
respectfully inquire whether the foregoing state-
ment represents the settled policy of the British
Government.

C. H.

"Department of State,

''Washington, August 29, WlfiP

The British Ambassador replied on Septem-
ber 2, 1940, as follows :

"In his Aide-Memoire of August 29th, 1940,
the Secretary of State enquired whether the
Prime Minister's statement in Parliament on
June 4th, 1940, regarding the intention of His
Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom
never to surrender or sink the British Fleet in
the event of the waters surrounding the British
Isles becoming untenable for His Majesty's
Ships 'represents the settled jaolicy of His Maj-
esty's Government'.

"His Majesty's Ambassador is instructed by
the Prime Minister to inform Mr. Secretary
Hull that this statement certainly does repre-
sent the settled policy of His Majesty's Govern-
ment. iMr. Churchill nuist however observe that
these hypothetical contingencies seem more
likely to concern the German fleet or what is left
of it than the British Fleet.

"British Embassy,

"Washington, D. C,

''September 2nd, WltOr

LEASE OF NAVAL AND AIR BASES

Arrangement With Great Britain

The President's message to Congress of Sep-
tember 3, 1940, transmitting notes exchanged
between the British Ambassador at Washington
and the Secretary of State on September 2, 1940,
under which the Government of the United
States acquired the right to lease certain naval

259556 — 40

and air bases from Great Britain, and a copy
of an opinion of the Attorney General dated
August 27, 1940, regarding the authority of the
President to consummate this arrangement, ap-
pears in this BulUtin under the heading "Treaty
Information."

195

196

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

AMENDATORY TREATIES FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE

An announcement regarding treaties between
the United States and New Zealand, Canada,
and Australia, respectively, signed at Washing-

ton on September 6, 19J:0, amending the Treaty
for the Advancement of Peace between the
United States and Great Britain, which was
signed at Washington September 15, 1914, ap-
pears in this Bulletin under the heading "Treaty
Information".

American Republics

USE OF LEASED NAVAL AND AIR BASES BY OTHER AMERICAN

REPUBLICS

Instruction to American Diplomatic Missions

[ Released to the press September 7]

The Secretary of State on September 6 sent
the following instruction to diplomatic missions
of the United States in all the other American
republics :

"It is desired that you formally notify the
Government to which you are accredited that
the United States has acquired the right to lease
naval and air bases in Newfoundland, and in
the islands of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica,
St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Antigua, and in
British Guiana.

"The Government of the United States has
taken this step to strengthen its ability not only
to defend the United States but in order the
more effectively to cooperate with the other
American republics in the common defense of
the hemisphere.

"The resulting facilities at these bases will,
of course, be made available alike to all Ameri-
can republics on the fullest cooperative basis for
the common defense of the hemisphere and in
entire harmony with the spirit of the pro-
nouncements made and the understandings
reached at the conferences of Lima, Panama,
and Habana."

CONVENTION WITH DOMINICAN RE-
PUBLIC CONCERNING COLLECTION
AND APPLICATION OF CUSTOMS
REVENUE

An announcement regarding a new agreement
with the Dominican Republic which provides
for the closing of the General Receivership of
Customs and the resimiption by Dominican
authorities of the collection of customs, appears
in this BuUeUn under the heading "Treaty
Information".

The Far East

MAINTENANCE OF THE "STATUS QUO" IN FRENCH INDOCHINA

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press September 4]

In response to inquiries by press correspond-
ents, the Secretary of State made the following
statement :

"I have noted the reports in the press regard-
ing which inquiry is made to the effect that
Japanese military authorities have delivered an
ultimatum to the local authorities of French

197

Iiidocliina in connection with demands for pas-
sage of Japanese troops across Indochina and
for use of bases in Indochina for military
operations against China. It will be remem-
bered that during recent months this Govern-
ment and several other governments, including
the Japanese Government, have given expres-
sion to their desire that the principle of the
status quo be respected and be preserved unim-
paired in the Pacific, with special references to
the Xetherlands East Indies and French Indo-

china. In the absence of official confirmation
of the reports of a Japanese ultimatum to the
authorities of French Indochina, this Govern-
ment is reluctant to give credence to the reports
now under reference. The situation and the
subject to which these reports relate is, however,
a matter to which this Government attaches
importance, and it stands to reason that, should
events prove these reports to have been well-
founded, the effect upon public opinion in the
United States would be unfortunate."

DEFENSE FORCES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT AT

SHANGHAI

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press September 4]

In response to inquiries by press correspond-
ents, the Secretary of State made the following
statement :

"On August 15, at a meeting made necessary
by notification that the British defense forces
at Shanghai would be withdrawn, the Shang-
hai Defense Committee voted to assign Sector
D in the International Settlement Defense
Plan to the Japanese defense forces and Sector
B to the American defense forces. This deci-
sion was reached by a majority vote, the com-
manding officer of the Japanese forces voting
'Xo'. The majority vote was subsequently ap-
proved by the Shanghai Mimicipal Council.
As the American Consulate General and a con-
siderable number of other important American
interests are located in Sector B, which sector
lies between the present American sector and
the waterfront at which American naval ves-
sels are customarily anchored, the Government
of the United States gave its approval and in-
formed the Japanese Government that this plan
was agreeable to it.

"In view of the Japanese dissent, neither Sec-
tor D nor Sector B has been taken over by the
defense forces. Special protection in Sector B
is temporarily being provided by the Shanghai
Volunteer Corps, pending arrival at an agree-

ment. As this matter is of substantial impor-
tance to all concerned, discussions are in prog-
ress between this Government and the Japanese
Government with regard especially to Sector
B, and it is the hope of this Government that
a reasonable settlement, considerate of all in-
terests involved, for assumption of responsibil-
ity in Sector D by the Japanese defense forces
and in Sector B by the American defense forces
will soon be arrived at."

General

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
OF CERTAIN ALIENS

War-er of Documentation Requirements for
Certain Alien Personnel Members of
Transportation Lines

Under the emergency provisions of section 30
of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and of
Executive Order No. 8430, of June 5, 1940,^ alien
members of operating personnel of transporta-
tion lines operating regular services, who shall

'5 F. R. 2146.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

not have obtained the appropriate documenta-
tion before August 27, 1940, shall be exempted
from such requirements until September 15,
1940, in order to avoid any disruption in such
essential services.

[seal] Cordell Huxl,

Secretary of State.

August 24, 1940.

[Departmental Order No. 875]

The following regulations have been codified
under Title 22 : Foreign Eelations ( Chapter I :
Department of State), in accordance with the
requirements of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations: ^

Part 61 — Visas; Documents Required of
Aliens Entering the United States

§ 61.101 Waiver of fosspart atid visa re-
quirements for certain aliens . . .

(c) Certain aliens when passing from terri-
tory of Canada to the Yukon territoiy of Can-
ada in direct transit through Alaskan territoin/.
Under the emergency provisions of section 30 of
the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and of Execu-
tive Order No. 8430, of June 5, 1940,' residents
of Canada and New-foundland do not require
passports, visas, reentry permits, or border-
crossing identification cards when passing from
territory of Canada to the Yukon territory of
Canada in direct transit through Alaskan terri-
tory, under arrangements satisfactory to the
Inmiigi-ation authorities. (Sec. 30, Public No.
670, 76th Cong., 3d sess., approved June 28,
1940; E. O. 8430, June 5, 1940)

Cordell Hull,
Secretary of State.

August 24, 1940.

[Departmental Order No. 876]

' Departmental Order No. 874, which was printed in
the Bulletin of Aug. 31, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 62), p. 176,
appears in codilied form in the Federal Register for
Sept. 7, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 175), p. 3591, col. 1.

' 5 F. R. 2146.

Part 61 — Visas; Documents Required of
Aliens Entering the United States

§ 61.101. Waiver of passport and visa re~
quiremenfs for certain aliens . . .

(b) Certain aliens desiring to enter United
States for period less than 30 days on any one
visit. Under the emergency provisions of sec-
tion 30 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and
of Executive Order No. 8430, of June 5, 1940,*
citizens of Canada, Newfoundland, and Mexico
domiciled therein, and British subjects domi-
ciled in Canada or Newfoundland, desiring to
enter the United States for a period of less than
30 days on any one visit, may present a passport,
or document in the nature of a passport duly
issued by the government of the country to
which they owe allegiance, and a nonresident
alien's border-crossing identification card, issued
by either an American diplomatic or consular
officer or by an immigi-ant inspector. (Sec. 30,
Public, No. 670, 76th Cong., 3d sess., approved
June 28, 1940; E.O. 8430, June 5, 1940)
Cordell Hull,

Secretary of State.

August 24, 1940.

[Departmental Order No. 877]

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press September 7]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since August 31, 1940 :

Wesley Frost, of Berea, Ky., Counselor of
Embassy at Santiago, Chile, has been assigned
as Consul General at Wellington, New Zealand.

Joseph E. Jacobs, of Jolmston, S. C, now
serving in the Department of State, has been
designated Counselor of Legation and Consul

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General at Cairo, Egypt, and will serve in dual
capacity.

Ellis O. Briggs, of Topsfield, Maine, now
serving in the Department of State, has been
designated First Secretary of Embassy and
Consul at Santiago, Chile, and will serve in
dual capacity.

Slieldon Thomas, of New York, now serving
in the Department of State, has been designated
Second Secretary of Embassy at Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

Cyril L. F. Thiel, of Chicago, 111., Consul at
Habana, Cuba, has been assigned as Consul at
Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Brewster H. Mon-is, of Villanova, Pa., Vice
Consul at Dresden, Germany, has been assigned
as Vice Consul at Berlin. Germany.

The American Legations at Kaunas, Lithu-
ania, Tallinn, Estonia, and Riga, Latvia, in-
cluding the consular sections of each, have been
closed as of September 5, 1940.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

NAVAL AND AIR BASES

Arrangement With Great Britain for the
Lease of Naval and Air Bases

The texts of the notes e.xchanged between the
British Ambassador at "Washington and the
Secretary of State on September '2, 11)40, under
which the Government of the United States ac-
quired the right to lease naval and air bases in
Newfoundland, and in the islands of Bermuda,
the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad,
and Antigua, and in British Guiana, together
with the texts of the message of the President
to the Congress and the opinion of the Attorney
General dated August 27, 1940, regarding the
authority of the President to consummate this
arrangement, are as follows:

The British Ambassador to the /Secretary of

State

Brftish Embassy,
Washington, D. C,
September 2, IQJfl.
Sir:

I have the honour under instructions from
His Majesty's Principal Secretaiy of State for
Foreign Affairs to inform you that in view of

the friendly and sympathetic interest of His
Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom
in the national security of the United States
and their desire to strengthen the ability of the
United States to cooperate effectively with the
other nations of the Americas in the defence
of the Western Hemisphere, His Majesty's Gov-
ernment will secure the grant to the Govern-
ment of the United States, freely and without
consideration, of the lease for immediate estab-
lishment and use of naval and air bases and
facilities for entrance thereto and the operation
and protection thereof, on the Avalon Penin-
sula and on the southern coast of Newfound-
land, and on the east coast and on the Great
Bay of Bermuda.

Furthermore, in view of the above and in
view of the desire of the United States to ac-
quire additional air and naval bases in the
Caribbean and in British Guiana, and without
endeavouring to place a monetai-y or commercial
value upon the many tangible and intangible
rights and properties involved. His Majesty's
Government will make available to the United
States for immediate establishment and use
naval and air bases and facilities for entrance
tliereto and the operation and protection
thereof, on the eastern side of the Bahamas, the

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southern coast of Jamaica, the western coast of
St. Lucia, the west coast of Trinidad in the Gulf
of Paria, in the island of Antigua and in Brit-
ish Guiana within fifty miles of Georgetown,
in exchange for naval and military equipment
and material which the United States Govern-
ment will transfer to His Majesty's Govern-
ment.

All the bases and facilities referred to in the
preceding paragraphs will be leased to the
United States for a period of ninety-nine years,
free from all rent and charges other than such
compensation to be mutually agreed on to be
paid by the United States in order to compen-
sate the owners of private property for loss by
expropriation or damage arising out of the es-
tablishment of the bases and facilities in
question.

His Majesty's Government, in the leases to
be agreed upon, will grant to the United States
for the period of the leases all the rights, power,
and authority within the bases leased, and
within the limits of the territorial waters and
air spaces adjacent to or in the vicinity of such
bases, necessary to provide access to and defence
of such bases, and appropriate provisions for
their control.

Without prejudice to the above-mentioned
rights of the United States authorities and their
jurisdiction within the leased areas, the adjust-
ment and reconciliation between the jurisdiction
of the authorities of the United States within
these areas and the jurisdiction of the authorities
of the territories in which these areas are sit-
uated, shall be determined by common agi'ee-
ment.

The exact location and bounds of the afore-
said bases, the necessary seaward, coast and anti-
aircraft defences, the location of sufficient mili-
tary garrisons, stores and other necessary aux-
iliary facilities shall be determined by conmion
agi-eement.

His Majesty's Government are prepared to
designate immediately experts to meet with ex-
perts of the United States for these purposes.
Should these experts be unable to agree in any
particular situation, except m the case of New-

foundland and Bermuda, the matter shall be set-
tled by the Secretary of State of the United
States and His Majesty's Secretai-y of State for
Foreign Affairs.
I have [etc.] Lothian

The Honourable Cordell Hull,

Secretary of State of the United States,
Washington, D. G.

The Secretary of State to the British
Ambassador

Department of State,
Washington, September £, 19JfO.
Excellency :

I have received your note of September 2, 1940,
of which the text is as follows :

[Here follows text of the note, printed above.]

I am directed by the President to reply to your
note as follows :

The Government of the United States appre-
ciates the declarations and the generous action
of His Majesty's Government as contained in
your communication which are destined to en-
hance the national security of the United States
and gi'eatly to strengthen its ability to cooperate
effectively with the other nations of the Amer-
icas in the defense of the Western Hemisphere.
It therefore gladly accepts the proposals.

The Government of the United States will im-
mediately designate experts to meet with ex-
perts designated by His Majesty's Government
to determine upon the exact location of the naval
and air bases mentioned in your communication
under acknowledgment.

In consideration of the declarations above
quoted, the Government of the United States
will immediately transfer to His Majesty's Gov-
ernment fifty United States Navy destroyers
generally referred to as the twelve hundred-ton
type.

Accept [etc.] Cordell Hull

His Excellency

The Right Honorable

The Marquess of Lothian, C.H.,
British Ambassador.

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Message of the President
To THE Congress of the United States :

I transmit herewith for the information of
the Congress notes exchanged between the
British Ambassador at Washington and the
Secretary of State on September 2, 1940, under
which this Government has acquired the right to
lease naval and air bases in Newfoundland, and
in the ishmds of Bermuda, the Bahamas,
Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Antigua, and
in British Guiana; also a copy of an opinion of
the Attorney General dated August 27, 1940,
regarding my authority to consimimate this
arrangement.

Tlie right to bases in Newfoundland and Ber-
muda are gifts — generously given and gladly re-
ceived. The other bases mentioned have been
acquired in exchange for fifty of our over-age
destroyers.

This is not inconsistent in any sense with our
status of peace. Still less is it a threat against
any nation. It is an epochal and far-reaching
act of preparation for continental defense in the
face of gi'ave danger.

Preparation for defense is an inalienable pre-
rogative of a sovereign state. Under present
circumstances this exercise of sovereign right is
essential to the maintenance of our peace and
safety. This is tlie most important action in
the reinforcement of our national defense that
has been taken since the Louisiana Purchase.
Then as now, considerations of safety from over-
seas attack were fundamental.

The value to the AVestern Hemisphere of these
outposts of security is beyond calculation.
Their need has long been recognized by our
country, and especially by those primarily
charged with the duty of charting and organiz-
ing our own naval and military defense. They
are essential to the protection of the Panama
Canal, Central America, the Northern portion
of South America, The Antilles, Canada,
Mexico, and our own Eastern and Gulf Sea-
boards. Their consequent importance in hemi-
spheric defense is obvious. For these reasons I

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have taken advantage of the present opportunity
to acquire them.

Franklin D. Koosevelt

The White House,
September 3, 191fi.

Opinion of the Attorney General

August 27, 1940.
The President,

The White House,
My Dear Mr. President :

In accordance with your request I have con-
sidered your constitutional and statutory au-
thority to proceed by Executive Agreement with
the British Government immediately to acquire
for the United States certain off-shore naval and
air bases in the Atlantic Ocean without awaiting
the inevitable delays which would accompany
the conclusion of a formal treaty.

The essential characteristics of the proposal
are:

(a) The United States to acquire rights for
immediate establishment and use of naval
and air bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda,
the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad
and British Guiana ; such rights to endure
for a period of 99 years and to include ade-
quate provisions for access to, and defense
of, such bases and appropriate provisions
for their control.

(b) In consideration it is proposed to trans-
fer to Great Britain the title and posses-
sion of certain over-age ships and obso-
lescent military materials now the property
of the United States, and certain other small
patrol boats which though nearly completed
are already obsolescent.

(c) Upon such transfer all obligation of the
United States is discharged. The acquisi-
tion consists only of rights, which the
United States may exercise or not at its op-
tion, and if exercised may abandon without
consent. The privilege of maintaming such
bases is subject only to limitations necessary
to reconcile United States use with the sov-

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ereignty retained by Great Britain. Our
government assumes no responsibility for
civil administration of any territory. It
makes no promise to erect structures, or
maintain forces at any point. It undertakes
no defense of the possessions of any coun-
try. In short it acquires optional bases
■which may be developed as Congi-ess ap-
propriates funds therefor, but the United
States does not assume any continuing or
future obligation, commitment or alliance.

The questions of constitutional and statutory
authority, with which alone I am concerned,
seem to be these.

First. May such an acquisition be concluded
by the President under an Executive Agree-
ment or must it be negotiated as a Treaty sub-
ject to ratification by the Senate?

Second. Does authority exist in the President
to alienate the title to such ships and obsoles-
cent materials, and if so, on what conditions?

Third. Do the statutes of the United States
limit the right to deliver the so-called "mos-
quito boats" now under construction or the
over-age destroyers by reason of the belligerent
status of Great Britain?

There is, of course, no doubt concerning the
authority of the President to negotiate with
the British Government for the proposed ex-
change. The only questions that might be
raised in connection therewith are (1) whether
the arrangement must be put in the form of a
treaty and await ratification by the Senate or
(2) whether there must be additional legisla-
tion by the Congress. Ordinarily (and assum-
ing the absence of enabling legislation) the
question whether such an agreement can be con-
cluded under Presidential authority or whether
it must await ratification by a two-thirds vote
of the United States Senate involves consider-
ation of two powers which the Constitution
vests in the President.

One of these is the power of the Commander-
in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States, wliich is conferred upon the President

by the Constitution but is not defined or lim-
ited. Happily, there has been little occasion in
our history for the interpretation of the powers
of the President as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy. I do not find it necessary to
rest upon that power alone to sustain the pres-
ent proposal. But it will hardly be open to
controversy that the vesting of such a function
in the President also places upon him a re-
sponsibility to use all constitutional authority
which he may possess to provide adequate bases
and stations for the utilization of the naval and
air weapons of the United States at their high-
est efiiciency in our defense. It seems equally
beyond doubt that present world conditions for-
bid him to risk any delay that is constitution-
ally avoidable.

The second power to be considered is that
control of foreign relations which the Constitu-
tion vests in the President as a part of the
Executive function. The nature and extent of
this power has recently been explicitly and au-
thoritatively defined by Mr. Justice Sutherland,
writing for the Supreme Court. In 1936, in
United States v. Curtiss-Wr'ight Export Corp.,
et al, 299 U. S. 304, he said :

"It is important to bear in mind that we are
here dealing not alone with an authority vested
in the President by an exertion of legislative
power, but with such an authority plus the very
delicate, plenary and exclusive power of the
President as the sole organ of the federal gov-
ernment in the field of international relations —
a power which does not require as a basis for
its exercise an act of Congress, but which, of
course, like every other governmental power,
must be exercised in subordination to the appli-
cable provisions of the Constitution. It is quite
apparent that if, in the maintenance of our in-
ternational relations, embarrassment — perhaps
serious embarrassment — is to be avoided and
success for our aims achieved, congi-essional leg-
islation which is to be made effective through
negotiation and inquiry within the international
field must often accord to the President a degree
of discretion and freedom from statutory re-
striction which would not be admissible were
domestic affairs alone involved. Moreover, he,

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not Congress, has the better opportunity of
knowing the conditions which prevail in for-
eign countries, and especially is this true in time
of war. He has his confidential sources of in-
formation. He has his agents in the form of
diplomatic consular and other officials. Secrecy
in respect of information gathered by them may
be higUy necessary, and the premature disclo-
sure of it productive of harmful results."

The President's power over foreign relations
■while "delicate, plenary and exclusive" is not
unlimited. Some negotiations involve commit-
ments as to the future which would carry an
obligation to exercise powers vested in the
Congi-ess. Such Presidential arrangements are
customarily submitted for ratification by a two-
thirds vote of the Senate before the future legis-
lative power of the country is committed.
However, the acquisitions which you are pro-
posing to accept are without express or implied
promises on the part of the United States to be
performed in the future. The consideration,
which we later discuss, is completed upon trans-
fer of the specified items. The Executive
Agi'eement obtains an opportunity to establish
naval and air bases for the protection of our
coastline but it imposes no obligation upon the
Congress to appropriate money to improve the
opportunity. It is not necessary for the Senate
to ratify an opportmiity that entails no
obligation.

Tliere are precedents which might be cited,
but not all strictly pertinent. The proposition
falls far short in magnitude of the acquisition
by President Jefferson of the Louisiana Terri-
tory from a belligerent during a European war,
the Congress later appropriating the considera-
tion and the Senate later ratifj'ing a treaty em-
bodying the agi'eement.

I am also reminded that in 1850, Secretary
of State Daniel Webster acquired Horse Shoe
Reef, at the entrance of Buffalo Harbor, upon
condition that the United States would engage
to erect a lighthouse and maintain a light but
would erect no fortification thereon. This was
done without awaiting legislative authority.
Subsequently the Congress made appropria-
tions for the lighthouse, which was erected in

1856. Malloy, Treaties and Conventions^ Vol.
1, p. 663.

It is not believed, however, that it is neces-
sary here to rely exclusively upon your constitu-
tional power. As pointed out hereinafter (in
discussing the second question), I think there is
also ample statutory authority to support the
acquisition of these bases, and the precedents
perhaps most nearly in point are the numerous
acquisitions of rights in foreign countries for
sites of diplomatic and consular establish-
ments— perhaps also the trade agreements re-
cently negotiated under statutory authority and
the acquisition in 1903 of the coaling and naval
statioas and rights in Cuba under the act of
March 2, 1901, c. 803, 31 Stat. 895, 898. In the
last-mentioned case the agi'eement was subse-
quently embodied in a treaty but it was only one
of a number of undertakings, some clearly of a
nature to be dealt with ordinarily by treaty, and
the statute had required "that by way of further
assurance the government of Cuba will embody
the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty
with the United States."

The transaction now proposed represents
only an exchange with no statutory requirement
for the embodiment thereof in any treaty and
involving no promises or undertakings by the
United States that might raise the question of
the propriety of incorporation in a treaty. I
therefore advise that acquisition by Executive
Agreement of the rights proposed to be con-
veyed to the United States by Great Britain will
not require ratification by the Senate.

The right of the President to dispose of ves-
sels of the Navy and unneeded naval material
finds clear recognition in at least two enact-
ments of the Congress and a decision of the
Supreme Court — and any who assert that the
authority does not exist must assume the burden
of establishing that both the Congress and the
Supreme Court meant something less than the
clear import of seemingly plain language.

By section 5 of the act of March 3, 1883, c.
141, 22 Stat. 582, 599-600 (U. S. C, title 34, sec.
492), the Congress placed restrictions upon the

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methods to be followed by the Secretary of the
Navy in disposing of naval vessels, which have
been found unfit for further use and stricken
from the naval registry, but by the last clause of
the section recognized and confirmed such a
right in the President free from such limita-
tions. It provides :

"But no vessel of the Navy shall hereafter be
sold in any other mamier than herein provided,
or for less than such appraised value, unless the
President of the United States shall othenmse
direct in writing.''^ (Underscoring [this print,
italics] supplied)

In Levimon v. United States, 258 U. S. 198,
201, the Supreme Court said of this statute that
"the power of the President to direct a depar-
ture from the statute is not confined to a sale for
less than the appraised value but extends to the
manner of the sale," and that "the word 'unless'
qualifies both the requfrements of the conclud-
ing clause."

So far as concerns this statute, in my opinion
it leaves the President as Commander-in-Chief
of the Navy free to make such disposition of
naval vessels as he finds necessary in the public
interest, and I find nothing that would indicate
that the Congress has tried to limit the Presi-
dent's plenary powers to vessels already stricken
from the naval registry. The President, of
course, would exercise his powers only under
the high sense of responsibility which follows
his rank as Commander-in-Chief of his nation's
defense forces.

Furthermore, I find in no other statute or in
the decisions any attempted limitations upon
the plenary powers of the President as Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy and as
the head of the State in its relations with for-
eign countries to enter into the proposed ar-
rangements for the transfer to the British
Government of certain over-age destroyers and
obsolescent military material except the limita-
tions recently imposed by section 14 (a) of the
act of June 28, 1940 (Public No. 671). This
section, it will be noted, clearly recognizes the
authority to make transfers and seeks only to im-
pose certain restrictions thereon. The section
reads as follows :

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"Sec. 14. (a) Notwithstanding the provision
of any other law, no military or naval weapon,
ship, boat, aircraft, munitions, supplies, or
equipment, to which the United States has title,
in whole or in part, or which have been con-
tracted for, shall hereafter be transferred, ex-
changed, sold, or otherwise disposed of in any
manner whatsoever unless the Chief of Naval
Operations in the case of naval material, and the
Chief of Staff of the Army in the case of mili-
tary material, shall first certify that such mate-
rial is not essential to the defense of the United
States."

Thus to prohibit action by the constitutional-
ly-created Commander-in-Chief except upon au-
thorization of a statutory officer subordinate in
rank is of questionable constitutionality. How-
ever, since the statute requires certification only
of matters as to which you would wish, irre-
spective of the statute, to be satisfied, and as
the legislative history of the section indicates
that no arbitrary restriction is intended, it
seems unnecessary to raise the question of con-
stitutionality which such a provision would
otherwise invite.

I am informed that the destroyers involved
here are the survivors of a fleet of over 100 built
at about the same time and under the same de-
sign. During the year 1930, 58 of these were de-
commissioned with a view toward scrapping and
a corresponding number were recoimnissioned as
replacements. Usable material and equipment
from the 58 vessels removed from the service
were transferred to the recommissioned vessels
to recondition and modernize them, and other
usable material and equipment were removed
and the vessels stripped. They were then
stricken from the navy register, and 50 of them
were sold as scrap for prices ranging f lom $5,260
to $6,800 per vessel, and the remaining 8 were
used for such purposes as target vessels, experi-
mental construction tests, and temporary bar-
racks. The surviving destroyers now under con-
sideration have been reconditioned and are in
service, but all of them are over-age, most of
them by several years.

In construing this statute in its application to
such a situation it is important to note that this

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subsection as originally proposed in the Senate
bill provided that the appropriate staff officer
shall first certify that "such material is not es-
sential to and cannot be used in the defense of
the United States." Senator Barkley and others
objected to the subsection as so vrorded on the
ground that it would prevent the release and ex-
cliange of surplus or used planes and other sup-
plies for sale to the British and that it would
consequently nullify the provisions of the bill
(see section" 1 of the act of July 2, 1940, II. R.
9850, Public No. 703) which the Senate had
passed several days earlier for that very purpose.
Although Senator Walsh stated that he did not
think the proposed subsection had that effect, he
agi-eed to strike out the words "and cannot be
used." Senator Barkley observed that he
thought the modified language provided "a
nnich more elastic term." Senator Walsh fur-
ther stated that he would bear in mind in confer-
ence the views of Senator Barkley and others,
and that he had "no desire or purpose to go be-
yond the present law, but to have some certificate
filed as to whether the proj^erty is surplus or
not." (Cong. Rec, June 21, 1940, pp. 13370-
i;5;}71)

In view of this legislative history it is clear
that the Congress did not intend to prevent the
certification for transfer, exchange, sale or dis-
position of property merely because it is still
used or usable or of possible value for future use.
The statute does not contemplate mere transac-
tions in scrap, yet exchange or sale except as
scrap would hardly be possible if confined to
material whose usefulness is entirely gone. It
need only be certified as not essential, and "essen-
tial," usually the equivalent of vital or indis-
pensable, falls far short of "used" or "usable."

Moreover, as has been indicated, the congres-
sional authorization is not merely of a sale,
which might imply only a cash transaction. It
also authorizes equipment to be "transferred",
"exchanged" or "otherwise disposed of" ; and in
connection with material of this kind for which
there is no open market value is never absolute
but only relative — and chiefly related to what
may be had in exchange or replacement.

In view of the character of the transactions

contemplated, as well as the legislative history,
the conclusion is inescapable that the Congress
has not sought by section 14 (a) to impose an
arbitrary limitation upon the judgment of the
highest staff officers as to whether a transfer,
exchange or other disposition of specific items
would impair our essential defenses. Specific
items must be weighed in relation to our total de-
fense position before and after an exchange or
disposition. Any other construction would be
a virtual prohibition of any sale, exchange or
disposition of material or supplies so long as
they were capable of use, however ineffective,
and such a prohibition obviously was not, and
was not intended to be, written into the law.

It is my opinion that in proceeding under
section 14 (a) api)ropriate staff officers may and
should consider remaining useful life, strategic
importance, obsolescence, and all other factors
affecting defense value, not only with respect to
what the Government of the United States gives
up in any exchange or transfer, but also with
respect to what the Government receives. In
tliis situation good business sense is good legal
sense.

I therefore advise that the appropriate staff
officers may, and should, certify imder section
14 (a) that ships and material involved in a
sale or exchange are not essential to the defense
of the United States if in their judgment the
consummation of the transaction does not im-
pair or weaken the total defense of the United
States, and certainly so where the consumma-
tion of the arrangement will strengthen the
total defensive position of the nation.

With specific reference to the pi-oposed
agreement with the Government of Great
Britain for the acquisition of naval and air
bases, it is my opinion that the Chief of Naval
Operations may, and should, certify under sec-
tion 14 (a) that the destroj'ers involved are not
essential to the defense of the United States if
in his judgment the exchange of such destroyers
for such naval and air bases will strengthen
rather than impair the total defense of the
United States.

I have previously indicated that in my opin-
ion there is statutory authority for the acquisi-

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tion of the naval and air bases in exchange for
the vessels and material. The question was not
more fully treated at that point because depend-
ent upon the statutes above discussed and which
required consideration in this section of the
opinion. It is to be borne in mind that these
statutes clearly recognize and deal with the
authority to make dispositions by sale, transfer,
exchange or otherwise ; that they do not impose
any limitations concerning individuals, corpo-
rations or governments to which such disposi-
tions may be made ; and that they do not specify
or limit in any manner the consideration which
may enter into an exchange. There is no reason
whatever for holding that sales may not be
made to or exchanges made with a foreign gov-
ernment or that in such a case a treaty is con-
templated. This is emphasized when we con-
sider that the transactions in some cases may be
quite unimportant, perhaps only dispositions of
scrap, and that a domestic buyer (unless re-
strained by some authorized contract or em-
bargo) would be quite free to dispose of his
purchase as he pleased. Furthermore, section
14 (a) of the act of June 28, 1940, su.pra, was
enacted by the Congress in full contemplation
of transfers for ultimate delivery to foreign
belligerent nations. Possibly it may be said
that the authority for exchange of naval vessels
and material presupposes the acquisition of
something of value to the Navy or, at least, to
the national defense. Certainly I can imply no
narrower limitation when the law is wholly
silent in this respect. Assuming that there is,
however, at least the limitation which I have
mentioned, it is fully met in the acquisition of
rights to maintain needed bases. And if, as I
hold, the statute law authorizes the exchange of
vessels and material for other vessels and ma-
terial or, equally, for the right to establish bases,
it is an inescapable corollary that the statute
law also authorizes the acquisition of the ships
or material or bases which form the considera-
tion for the exchange.

Ill

Wliether the statutes of the United States
prevent the dispatch to Great Britain, a bellig-

erent power, of the so-called "mosquito boats"
now under construction or the over-age destroy-
ers depends upon the interpretation to be placed
on section 3 of title V of the act of Jime 15,
1917, c. 30, 40 Stat. 217, 222. This section reads :

"During a war in which the United States
is a neutral nation, it shall be unlawful to send
out of the jurisdiction of the United States any
vessel, built, armed, or equipped as a vessel of
war, or converted from a private vessel into a
vessel of war, with any intent or under any
agreement or contract, written or oral, that such
vessel shall be delivered to a belligerent nation,
or to an agent, officer, or citizen of such nation,
or witli reasonable cause to believe that the said
vessel shall or will be employed in the service
of any such belligerent nation after its depar-
ture from the jurisdiction of the United States."

This section must be read in the light of sec-
tion 2 of the same act and the rules of interna-
tional law which the Congress states that it was
its intention to implement. (H. Eep. No. 30,
65th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 9) So read, it is clear
that it is inapplicable to vessels, like the over-
age destro3'ers, which were not built, armed,
equipped as, or converted into, vessels of war
with the intent that they should enter the serv-
ice of a belligerent. If the section were not so
construed, it would render meaningless section
2 of the act which authorizes the President to
detain any armed vessel until he is satisfied that
it will not engage in hostile operations before
it reaches a neutral or belligerent port. The
two sections are intelligible and reconcilable
only if read in light of the traditional rules of
international law. These are clearly stated by
Oppenheim in his work on International Law,
5th ed., Vol. 2, sec. 334, pp. 574^576 :

"Wliereas a neutral is in no wise obliged by
his duty of impartiality to prevent his subjects
from selling armed vessels to the belligerents,
such armed vessels being merely contraband of
(var, a neutral is bound to employ the means at
his disposal to prevent his subjects from build-
ing, fitting out, or arming, to the order of either
belligerent, vessels intended to be used as men-
of-war, and to prevent the departure from his

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jurisdiction of any vessel which, by order of
either Ix-lligorent, has been adapted to warlike
use. The difference between selling armed
vessels to belligerents and building them to
order is usually defined in the following way : —

"An armed ship, being contraband of war, is
in no wise different from other kinds of contra-
band, pi-ovided that she is not manned in a neu-
tral port, so that she can commit hostilities at
once after having reached the open sea. A sub-
ject of a neutral who builds an armed ship, or
arms a merchantman, not to the order of a bel-
ligerent, but intending to sell her to a belliger-
ent, does not differ from a manufacturer of arms
who intends to sell them to a belligerent. There
is nothing to prevent a neutral from allowing
his subjects to sell armed vessels, and to deliver
them to belligerents, either in a neutral port or
in a belligerent port. . . .

"On the other hand, if a subject of a neutral
builds armed ships to the order of a belligerent,
he prepares the means of naval operations, since
the ships, on sailing outside the neutral terri-
torial waters and taking in a crew and amnuuii-
tion, can at once commit hostilities. Thus,
through the cari-ying out of the order of the bel-
ligerent, the neutral territory has been made the
base of naval operations; and as the duty of
impartiality includes an obligation to prevent
either belligerent from making neutral terri-
tory the base of military or naval operations, a
neutral violates his neutrality by not prevent-
ing his subjects from carrying out an order of
a belligefent for the building and fitting out of
men-of-war. This distinction, although of
course logically correct, is hair-splitting. But
as, according to the present law, neutral States
need not prevent their subjects from supplying
arms and ammunition to belligerents, it will
^Jrobably continue to be drawn."

Viewed in the light of the above, I am of the
opinion that this statute does prohibit the re-
lease and transfer to the British Government of
the so-called "mosquito boats" now under con-
struction for the United States Navy. If these
boats were released to the Bi-itish Government,
it would be legally impossible for that Govern-
ment to take them out of this country after their

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completion, since to the extent of such comple-
tion at least they would have been built, armed,
or equipped with the intent, or with reasonable
cause to believe, that they would enter the serv-
ice of a belligerent after being sent out of the
jurisdiction of the United States.

This will not be true, however, with respect
to the over-age destroyers, since they were
clearly not built, armed, or equipped with any
such intent or with reasonable cause to believe
that they would ever enter the service of a
belligerent.

In this connection it has been noted that dur-
ing the war between Russia and Japan in 190-1:
and 1905, the German Government permitted
the sale to Russia of torpedo boats and also of
ocean liners belonging to its aiixiliary navy.
See Wlieaton's International Law, 6th ed.
CKeith),Vol. 2, p. 977.

Accordingly, you are respectfully advised!

(a) That the proposed arrangement may be
concluded as an Executive Agi-eement, effective
without awaiting ratification.

(b) That there is presidential power to
transfer title and possession of the proposed
considerations upon certification by appropri-
ate staff officers.

(c) That the dispatch of the so-called "mos-
quito boats" would constitute a violation of the
statute law of the United States, but with that
exception there is no legal obstacle to the con-
summation of the transaction, in accordance, of
course, with the applicable provisions of the
Neutrality Act as to delivery.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert H. Jackson,

Attorney General.

PROMOTION OF PEACE

Treaties With New Zealand, Canada, and
Australia Amending the Treaty for the
Advancement of Peace With Great Britain,
Signed September 15, 1914

Treaties between the United States and New
Zealand, Canada, and Australia, respectively,

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amending in their application to each of those
dominions the provisions which concern the or-
ganization of commissions for the settlement of
disputes contained in the Treaty for the Ad-
vancement of Peace between the United States
and Great Britain signed at Washington, Sep-
tember 15, 1914, were signed at Washington on
September 6, 1940, at noon, by Mr. Cordell Hull,
Secretary of State, and the Eight Honorable the
INIarquess of Lothian, C.H., British Ambassador
at Washington, for New Zealand, Mr. Loring
Cheney Christie, Minister of Canada at Wash-
ington, and the Right Honorable Richard Gar-
diner Casey, D.S.O., M.C., Minister of Australia
at Washington, respectively.

The duties of the commissions under the
treaties with New Zealand, Canada, and Aus-
tralia, as well as under the treaty of 1914 with
Great Britain, are to make investigations and
reports to the governments with reference to dis-
putes arising between them.

The treaty of 1914 between the United States
and Great Britain (Treaty Series No. 602), pro-
vides for the establishment of an international
commission of five members, one member to be
chosen from each country by the government of
the country, one member to be chosen by each
government from some third country, and a
fifth member to be chosen by agreement between
the two governments from a country of which
no other member of the commission is a citizen.
It also provides that in the event the interests
affected by the dispute to be investigated should
be mainly interests of one of the self-governing
dominions of the British Empire the dominion
concerned might furnish a list of persons from
which a member of the commission might be ap-
pointed by His Majesty's Government to serve
in place of the British national member.

The amendatory treaties provide for the es-
tablishment of separate commissions between the
United States and New Zealand, Canada, and
Australia, respectively, analogous as to the num-
ber of commissioners and method of appoint-
ment to the American-British Commission
established under the treaty of 1914. The com-
mission under each amendatory treaty will con-
sist of five members: one member to be chosen

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from the United States by the Government of
the United States; one member to be chosen
from New Zealand, Canada, or Australia, as the
case may be, by the government of that
dominion; one member to be chosen by each
government from a third country; and a fifth
member to be chosen by agreement between the
Government of the United States and the Gov-
erimient of New Zealand, Canada, or Australia,
as the case may be, from a country of which no
other member of the commission is a citizen.

The substantive provisions of the treaty of
1914 between the United States and Great Brit-
ain, as to the type of disputes to be submitted to
the Commission and other matters are made an
integi-al part of each of the amendatory treaties
for observance and fulfillment between the
United States and New Zealand, Canada, and
Australia, respectively.

An amendatoi-y treaty similar to the treaties
signed today by the United States with New
Zealand, Canada, and Australia, was signed on
April 2, 1940, between the United States and the
Union of South Africa.^ It was referred to the
Senate, has been reported favorably by the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and is now on the
Executive Calendar of the Senate.

SAFETY

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
(Treaty Series No. 910)

Yugoslavia

By a note dated September 3, 1940, the Yugo-
slav Minister at Washington informed the Sec-
retary of State that his Government had ap-
proved the Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, signed at London on May 31, 1929, and that
the convention was published in the Ojfieial
Gazette for May 16, 1940.

The American Ambassador to Great Britain
reported by a telegram dated August 28, 1940,
that the instrument of adherence by Yugoslavia
to the convention was deposited with the British
Government on August 13, 1940. In accordance
with the provisions of the convention the adher-

'See the Bulletin of Apr. 6, 1940 (vol. II, no. 41),
p. 365.

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eiice of Yugoslavia will become effective on No-
vember 13, 1940. For a list of the countries
which have ratified or adhered to the conven-
tion, see the Bulletin of September 9, 1939 (vol.
I,no. ll),p.240.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

Convention With the Dominican Republic
Concerning Collection and Application of
Customs Revenue (Treaty Series No. 726)"

A commission representing the Government
of the United States, headed by Ambassador
Hugh Wilson and assisted by Harold D. Finley
of the Department of State, has been negotiat-
ing at Ciudad Trujillo with a commission
appointed by the Dominican Government,
lieaded by His Excellency Arturo Despradel,
Seci'etary of State for Foreign Affairs of the
Dominican Re{)ublic, and assisted by Jose
Maria Bonnetti Burgos, Secretary of State for
the Presidency, and Jesus Maria Troncoso
Sanchez, Under Secretary of State for the Pres-
idency, for the purpose of drafting a convention
to supersede the convention of 1921 now in
effect between the two Governments which con-
cerns the service of the bonds of the Dominican
external debt of 1922 and 1926.

The two commissions have happily reached
agi-eement. A document embodying this agree-
ment was initialed at Ciudad Trujillo the after-
noon of September 7 by the Dominican Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs and Ambassa-
dor Wilson and will be signed subsequently in
AVashington in treaty form.

The new convention provides for the closing
of the General Receivership of Customs and the
resumj^tion by the Dominican authorities of the

collection of customs, in as much as the two Gov-
ernments have agreed upon a new arrangement
for guaranteeing the service of the bonds, which
provides, among other things, for a first lien
upon the total revenues of the Dominican nation
in lieu of a first lien upon only the customs
revenues.

Publications

Department of State

Military Aviation Instructors: Agreement Between
the United States of America and Argentina. — Signed
June 29, 1940 ; effective June 29, 1940. Executive Agree-
ment Series No. 175. Publication 1496. 10 pp. 5^.

Legislation

An Act Relating to transportation of foreign mail by
aircraft [providing for the settlement of accounts for
carriage of foreign mail by U. S. aircraft]. (Public
No. 774, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) 2 pp. 5#.

Regulations

'See the BuUctin of Aug. 17, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 60),
p. 117.

The following regulation may be of interest
to readers of the BuUetin:

[American] Vessels Denied Clearance to Belligerent
States. (Department of Commerce: Bureau of Marine
Inspection and Navigation.) [Order No. 53.] Septem-
ber 4, 1940. Federal Register, September 6, 1940 (voL
5, no. 174), p. 3582 (The National Archives of the
United States).

a. S. 60VERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1940

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. Washington, D. C. — Price 10 cents Subscription price, $2.75 a year

PCBLISHBD WEEKLY WITH THE APPEOVAL OF THE DIRECTOB OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET

THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

LETIN

Qontents

SEPTEMBER 14, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 64 - Publication I^OJ

Gener.\l:

Control of exports in national defense

American Republics:

Death of the President of Paraguay

Supplementary extradition coiwention with Colombia .

EUHOPE :

Damage to American Embassy in Berlin

Presentation of letters of credence by the Ambassador

of the French Republic

Canada :

Dinner in honor of Canadian Section, Joint Perma-
nent Board of Defense, United States and Canada . .
Foreign Sermce:

Appointments

RFGrUVTlONS

Treaty Information:
Boundary :

Convention with Canada for the Emergency Regu-
lation of the Level of Rainy Lake and of Certain

Other Boundary Waters

Extradition :

Supplementary Extradition Convention witli C<j-

lombia

Legal Assistance:

Protocol on Uniformity of Powers of Attorney

Which Are To Be Utilized Abroad

Publications

Legislation

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U, S. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOC'Mf^NI?

OCT 11 1940

General

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

IRelensod to tlie pii'ss by the White House September 13]

In order to further strengthen the national
defense, the President, actin<i upon a recom-
mendation of Col. It. L. Maxwell, the Adminis-
trator of Export Control, has issued a proclama-
tion dated Septemher 12, 1940, subjecting the
following additional materials to license re-
quirements for export from the United States:
Equipment used for tlie production of aviation
motor fuel and tetraethyl lead or any plans or
specifications useful in the design, construction,
or operation of sucli equipment or in connection
with sucli pi'ocesses; plans, specifications, and
descriptive or technical information of any kind
setting forth the design or construction of air-
craft or aircraft engines.

These items are in addition to those announced
in a previous proclamation by the President,
dated July 26, 1940,' placing petroleum prod-
ucts, tetraethyl lead, and iron and steel scrap
under license requirements for exportation.

The President's proclamation of May 1, 1937,^
requires that exports of aircraft and aircraft
engines be licensed. The present proclamation,
taken with the preceding ones mentioned, has
the effect of putting under the control of the
President for export purposes not only the air-
craft and engines but also the plans and designs
for building them.

^BtiUctm of July 27, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 57), p. 49.
See also Bulletin of July 6, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 54),
pp. 12-13.

= See Press Releases of May 1, 1937 (vol. XVI, no.
396), pp. 288-290.

CONTKOL OF THE ExPORT OF CeRTAIN AkTICLES

AND Materials

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

A Proclamation

Whereas section 6 of the act of Congress en-
titled "An Act to expedite the strengthening of
the national defense," approved July 2, 1940,
provides as follows :

"^^Hienever the President determines that it is
necessary in the interest of national defense to
prohibit or curtail the exportation of any mili-
tary equipment or munitions, or component
parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material,
or supplies necessary for the manufacture, serv-
icing, or operation thereof, he may by proclama-
tion prohibit or curtail such exportation, except
under such rules and regidations as he shall
prescribe. Any such proclamation shall de-
scribe the articles or materials included in the
prohibition or curtailment contained therein.
In case of the violation of any provision of any
proclamation, or of any rule or regulation,
issued hereunder, such violator or violators,
upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $10,000, or by inqDrisonment for
not more than two years, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. The authority gi-anted in
this section shall terminate June 30, 1942, miless
the Congress shall otherwise provide.";

Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States of America, act-

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ing under and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby
proclaim that upon the recommendation of the
Administrator of Export Control I have deter-
mined that it is necessary in the interest of the
national defense that on and after this date the
following-described articles and materials shall
not be exported from the United States except
when authorized in each case by a license as pro-
vided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2,
1940, entitled "Administration of section 6 of
the act entitled 'An Act to expedite the
strengthening of the national defense' approved
July 2, 1940," and in the regulations issued
pursuant thereto :

1. Equipment (excluding minor component
parts) which can be used, or adapted to use, for
the production of aviation motor fuel from pe-
troleum, petroleum products, hydrocarbons, or
hydrocarbon mixtures, by processes involving
chemical change; and any plans, specifications,
or other documents containing descriptive or
technical information of any kind (other than
that appearing in any form available to the gen-
eral public) useful in the design, construction,
or operation of any such equipment, or in con-
nection with any such processes. Aviation
motor fuel shall mean such fuel as is defined in
the regulations issued pursuant to Proclamation
No. 2417 of July 26, 1940, as may from time to
time be amended.

2. Equipment (excluding minor component
parts) which can be used, or adapted to use, for
the 23i'od"ction of tetraethyl lead; and any
plans, specifications, or other documents con-
taining descriptive or technical information of
any kind (other than that appearing in any
form available to the general public) useful in
the design, construction, or operation of any
such equipment, or in connection with any such
jDrocesses. Tetraethyl lead shall mean such tet-
raethyl lead as is defined in the regulations
issued pursuant to Proclamation No. 2417 of
July 26, 1940, as may from time to time be
amended.

3. Plans, specifications, and other documents
containing descriptive or technical information

of any kind (other than that appearing in any
form available to the general public) setting
forth the design or construction of aircraft or
aircraft engines.

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 twelfth
day of September in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and forty,
[seal] and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one
hundred and sixty-fifth.

Fran KIN D. Roosevelt
By the President :
CoKDELL Hull

Secretary of State.

[No. 2423]

American Republics

DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF
PARAGUAY

[Released to the press September 8]

The following telegram was sent by the Presi-
dent to His Excellency, Col. Higinio Morinigo,
Acting President of Paraguay :

"September 8, 1940.
"Mrs. Roosevelt and I are profoundly shocked
by the news of the tragic accident which has
cost the lives of our sincere friends, His Excel-
lency the President of Paraguay and Sefiora de
Estigarribia. The gi-ief of Paraguaj' is shared
by my fellow countiymen who join with me in
extending through you to the people of Para-
guay and to the President's family our heartfelt
sympathy.

Franklin D. Roose\'elt"

The following telegram was sent by the Sec-
retary of State to His Excellency, Seiior Dr.

SEPTEMBER 14, 1940

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Tonias A. Salomoni, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Paraguay :

"September 8, 1940.
''Mrs. Hull and I are distressed beyond meas-
ure by tlie tragic deatli of the President and
Senora de Estigarribia and we have the honor
of sharing with the people of Paraguay and
tlieir many other friends in tliis country a feel-
ing of an irreparable loss. I hope you will con-
vey to their families our deepest sympathy in
this hour of sadness.

CoRDELL Hull.
Secretary of State
of the United Statex of America!''

SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION
CONVENTION WITH COLOMBIA

An announcement regarding the signing of a
supplementary extradition convention between
the United States and Colombia api)ears in this
Bulletin under the heading "Treaty Informa-
tion".

Europe

DAMAGE TO AMERICAN EMBASSY IN
BERLIN

[Released to the press September 11]

The American Charge d'Affaires at Berlin,
Mr. Alexander Kirk, reported to the Depart-
ment of State today that during an air raid last
night five incendiary bombs fell in the garden
of the American Embassy without doing any
appreciable damage. One large splinter
entered one of the rooms of the Chancery
through the window, traversed the room, and
buried itself in the wall on the other side. The
damage was trivial.

Mr. Kirk further reported that so far as is
known, no Americans have been injured.

PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF
CREDENCE BY THE AMBASSADOR
OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

[Released to the press September 13]

Translation of the remarks of the newly ap-
pointed Amhassador of the French RepuMic,
Mr. Henry Haye, upon the occasion of the
presentation of hi-a letters of credence:

Mr. PRESinE>fT:

The Marshal of France, Philippe Henri
Pi'tain, Chief of tlie French State, has entrusted
to me the great honor of handing to Your
Excellency the letters accrediting me near you
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary of the French Republic.

The Government of France has likewise di-
rected me to hand to you the letters of recall of
my eminent predecessor, Mr. Doynel de Saint-
Quentin, who has been called to another diplo-
matic post.

I have, Mr. President, the privilege of know-
ing and loving the great country over whose
destinies you preside with such higli authority.
I have made frequent journeys and long visits
here and I know the generosity of heart and
spirit of the citizens of the United States. This
exi)erience encouraged me to accept the mission
of representing my country in yours in hours
the tragedy of which it is needless to empha-
size.

Never, in the course of the history of our two
nations, has a French Ambassador assumed a
task like that for which I today take the respon-
sibility.

My unhappy country has just suffered the
most cruel reverses which it has ever had to
record in the course of the vicissitudes of its long
and glorious past. Having entered into this
war for the sake of European solidarity and to
fulfill obligations which it had contracted,
France has been terribly wounded thereby and
must now submit to the implacable law of the
victor. But, Mr. President, I can say to you
that even if my country cannot free itself from
the hard obligations which are the result of its
defeat, the ideal, for the defense of which my

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countrymen courageously took up arms again
only 20 years after the most bloody of victories,
still remains alive in the heart of Frenchmen.

Despite appearances, the war is not over for
us. Cruel sufferings, both material and spirit-
ual, will still for long be felt in innumerable
homes. The majority of French families are
scattered. Our women and children will await
for a long time yet the return of men who, at
the present moment, are enduring a hard captiv-
ity. Other women will await, in vain, alas, the
return of their husbands, their sons, or their
brothers, who will never return again.

In spite of these new misfortunes, let me as-
sure you, Mr. President, that there is a force
which no power can crush, it is that force which,
despite apparent and transitory differences,
will proudly maintain that French unity con-
secrated by so many sacrifices.

Allow me, Mr. President, to compare the mis-
sion with which I am entnisted by the French
Eepublic with that which, in 1776, was confided
to the great Benjamin Frankliia by the thirteen
United States of America. I shall certainly not
have the presumption to claim to possess the in-
comparable attributes of the American Ambas-
sador Extraordinary. But I may doubtless
hope, in attempting to solve the difficult prob-
lems before me, to have the benefit of your per-
sonal good will and the generous understanding
of your counti'ymen.

The ardent patriotic faith which I express to
Your Excellency will inspire and guide all my
undertakings and all my actions in the accom-
plishment of my mission.

Such, Mr. President, simply but sincerely ex-
pressed, is the spirit in which I shall endeavor
worthily to represent my country in youre.

May Providence aid me in the accomplish-
ment of the task M-hich the Government of
France has entrusted to me near you.

President RooseveWs reply to the remarks of
Mr. Henry Haye :

Mr. Ambassador :

I am happy to welcome you on your return to
this country as Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France near
the Government of the United States of Amer-
ica and to receive from your hands the letters
accrediting you near the Government of the
United States in that capacity. I likewise ac-
cept the letters of recall of your predecessor.
Count Doynel de Saint-Quentin, who has so ably
represented your country here during the recent
eventful years. I wish him success in his new
mission.

I have been particularly pleased to hear from
you that France in its travail bears still in its
heart the ideals for which it took up arms.
Frenchmen have my sympathy and the sympa-
thy of the people of the United States, and I
hope with you that despite all, French unity,
which has been consecrated by so many sacri-
fices, will continue to subsist.

I wish to assure you, Mr. Ambassador, of a
cordial welcome to Washington. You may
count uj^on my cooperation, as well as that of
the officials of this Government, in your efforts
to solve the problems which will confront you,
and to develop the understanding and friendly
relations which have so happily existed between
our two nations.

Canada

DINNER IN HONOR OF CANADIAN
SECTION, JOINT PERMANENT
BOARD OF DEFENSE, UNITED
STATES AND CANADA

[Released to the press September 10]

Tlie following guests attended the dinner
given by the Secretary of State in honor of the
Canadian Section of the Joint Permanent Board
of Defense, United States and Canada, at the
Carlton Hotel, September 10, 1940:

Canadian Section

The Honorable O. M, Biggar, K.C.

Brig. K. Stuart, D.S.O., M.C., Deputy Chief, General
Staff

217

Capt. L. W. Murray, R.C.N., Deputy Chief, Naval Staff
Air Comdr. A. A. L. Cuffe, Air Staff, R. C. A. F.
Mr. Hugli Keenleyside, Secretary of the Canadian
Section

United States Sectiow

The Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia
Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, U. S. A.
Capt. Harry VV. Hill, U. S. N.
Comdr. Forrest P. Sherman, U. S. N.
Lt. Col. Joseph T. McXarney, V. S. A.
Mr. John D. Hickerson, Department of State, Secretary
of the United States Section

Other Guests

The Honorable Loring C. Christie, Minister of Canada
The Honorable Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War
The Honorable Key Pittmaii, United States Senate
The Honorable Warren R. Austin, United States Senate
The Honorable Sol Bloom, House of Representatives
The Honorable Melviii Maas, House of Representatives
The Honorable Walter G. Andrews, House of Repre-
sentatives
The Honorable Andrew J. May, House of Representa-
tives
The Honorable James V. Forrestai, Acting Secretary of

the Navy
The Honorable Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Assistant Secretary

of State
1"he Honorable Robert P. Patterson, Assistant Secretary

of War
The Honorable Louis Compton, Assistant Secretary of

the Navy
Gen. George C. Marshall, the Chief of Staff
Admiral Harold R. Stark, the Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Assistant Chief of

Naval Operations
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps
Rear Admiral John H. Towers, Chief of the Bureau

of Aeronautics
Brig. Gen. W. Bryden, Deputy Chief of Staff
Brig. Gen. R. C. Moore, Deputy Chief of Staff
Air Commodore W. R. Kenny, D.F.C., Air Attach^ to

the Canadian Legation
The Honorable George T. Summerlin, Chief of Protocol,

Department of State
Col. H. F. G. Letson, M.C., E.D., Military Attach^ to the

Canadian Legation
Maj. C. K. Galley, U. S. A.
Mr. H. Charles Spruks, Department of State

Foreign Service

APPOINTMENTS

[Released to the press September 10]

The following have been appointed American
Foreign Service officers, unclassified, vice con-
suls of career, and secretaries in the Diplomatic
Service of the United States, and they have
been assigned as vice consuls at the posts indi-
cated:

Charles W. Adair, Jr., Xeuia, Ohio Nogales

H. Gardner Ainsworth, New Orleans,

La Winnipeg

Stewart G. Anderson, Chicago, 111 Toronto

Irven M. Eitreim, Mt. Vernon, S. Dak-_ Nuevo Laredo
C. Vaughan Ferguson, Jr., Schenectady,

N. Y Winnipeg

W. Horton Schoellkopf, Jr., Miami,

Fla Mexican

Harry H. Schwartz, Los Angeles, Calif- Vancouver

Bromley K. Smith, San Diego, Calif Montreal

Henry T. Smith, Atlanta, Ga Matiunoros

Oscar S. Straus, II, Purchase, N. T Montreal

John L. Topping, New York, N. Y Montreal

Livingston D. Watrous, Fort Hamilton,

N. T Agua Prieta

Regulations

The following regulations may be of interest
to readers of the Bulletin:

Regulations Governing the Charter to Persons Not
Citizens of the United States of Vessels Documented
Under the Laws of the United States or the Last Docu-
mentation of Which Was Under the Laws of the United
States. (U. S. Maritime Commission.) [General Or-
der No. 34, Sept. 4, 1940.] Federal Register, vol. 5,
no. 180, Sept. 14, 1940, p. 3658 (The National Archives
of the United States).

218

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division
BOUNDARY

Convention With Canada for the Emergency
Regulation of the Level of Rainy Lake
and of Certain Other Boundary Waters

On September 10, 1940, the President ratified
the Convention for the Emergency Regnlation
of the Level of Rainy Lake and of Certain Other
Boundary Waters, between the United States
and Canada, signed on September 15, 1938.

The convention was ratified by Canada on
May 19, 1939, and it will enter into force upon
the exchange of ratifications, which will take
place at Ottawa in the near future.

EXTRADITION

Supplementary Extradition Convention
With Colombia

A Supplementary Extradition Convention be-
tween the LTnited States and Colombia adding
several crimes and offenses to those enimierated
in the extradition treaty of May 7, 1888, between
the two countries (Treaty Series No. 58), for
which extradition may be granted, was signed
at Bogota on September 9, 1940.

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Protocol on Uniformity of Powers of Attor-
ney Which Are To Be Utilized Abroad

Brazil

The Director General of the Pan American
Union informed the Secretary of State by a let-
ter dated September 11, 1940, that the Protocol
on Uniformity of Powers of Attorney Which
Are To Be Utilized Abroad, which was opened
for signatni-e on February 17, 1940, was signed
on behalf of Brazil on August 6, 1940. The

protocol has been signed by Brazil, Colombia
(ad referendum ) , El Salvador {ad referendum) ,
Nicaragua {ad referendum) ^VaxiaLxaa, {ad refer-
endum)^ and Venezuela.

Publications

Department or State

The Chaco Peace Confereuee : Report of the Delega-
tion of the United States of America to the Peace
Conference Held at Buenos Aires July 1, 1935-January
23, 1939. Conference Series 46. Publication 1466. iv,
108 pp., incl. maps. $1.

Foreign Service List, July 1, 1940. Publication 1494.
iv, 107 pp. Subscription, 500 a year ; single copy, 150.

Other Government Agencies

The following publications issued recently by
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Department of Commerce, may be of interest to
readers of the Bulletin:

Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America :

Part I. West Coast of South America. (Trade Pro-
motion Series No. 179.) 1939. iv, 116 pp., maps.

Part II. East Coast of South America. (Trade Pro-
motion Series No. 187.) 1939. vi, 97 pp., maps.

Part III. Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean
Countries. (Trade Promotion Series No. 208.)
1940. vi, 238 pp., maps. 40<».

Legislation

Red Cross Supply Vessels : Hearings before the Sen-
ate Committee on Foreign Relations, 76th Cong., 3d
sess., on S. J. Res. 279, to amend section 4 of Public
Resolution Numbered 54, approved Nov. 4, 1939, en-
titled "Joint resolution to preserve the neutrality and
the peace of the United States and to secure the safety
of its citizens and their interests", June 18, 1940. 19
pp. 50.

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BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940
Vol. Ill: No. 6^ - Publication I^OJ

Contents

GkNERAL: Page

Proclamation of Registration Day 221

Proclamation of General Pulaski's Memorial Day . . . 223
American Republics:

Anniversary of independence of Central American

republics : Statement by the Secretary of State . . . 224

Inter-American Maritime Conference 224

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, etc.:

Monthly statistics 225

The Foreign Service:

Personnel changes 237

Regulations 237

Treaty Information:
Extradition:

Supplementary Extradition Treaty with Switzer-
land 238

Telecommunications :

North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement . 238
Restriction of War:

Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of
the Wounded and the Sick of Armies in the Field
(Treaty Series No. 847) and Convention Relating
to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Treaty

Series No. 846) 238

Legisl.ation 238

Publications 239

II. S, SUPERINTFNDENT OF DOCUMENTS

General

PROCLAMATION OF REGISTRATION DAY

[Released to the press by the White House]

Registration Day
bt the president of the united states of

AMERICA

A Proclamation

Wheri':as the Congress has enacted and I
have this day approved the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940,^ which dechircs that
it is imperative to increase and train tlie per-
sonnel of the armed forces of the United States
and that in a free society the obligations and
privileges of military training and service
should be shared generally in accordance with
a fair and just system of selective compulsorj'
military training and service; and

Whereas the said Act contains, in part, the
following provisions :

"Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this
Act, it shall be the duty of every male citizen
of the United States, and of every male alien
residing in the United States, who, on the day
or days fixed for the first or any subsequent
registration, is between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty-six, to present himself for and sub-
mit to registration at such time or times and
place or places, and in such manner and in such
age group or groups, as shall be determined by
rules and regulations prescribed hereunder.

"Sec. 5. (a) Commissioned officers, warrant
officers, pay clerks, and enlisted men of the
Regular Army, the Navy, the ilarine Corps,
the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Sur-
vey, the Public Health Service, the federally
recognized active National Guard, the Officers'

' Public, No. 783, 76th Cong., 3d sess.
262604 — 40 1

Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve, the
Enlisted Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve, and
the Marine Corps Reserve; cadets, United
States Military Academy; midshipmen. United
States Naval Academy; cadets, United States
Coast Guard Academy ; men who have been ac-
cepted for admittance (commencing with the
academic year next succeeding such acceptance)
to the United States Military Academy as
cadets, to the United States Naval Academy as
niidsliipmen, or to the United States Coast
Guard Academy as cadets, but only during the
continuance of such acceptance; cadets of the
advanced couree, senior division, Reserve Offi-
cers' Training Corps or Naval Reserve Officers'
Training Corps; and diplomatic representa-
tives, technical attaches of foreign embassies
and legations, consuls general, consuls, vice con-
suls, and consular agents of foreign countries,
residing in the United States, who are not cit-
izens of the United States, and who have not
declared their intention to become citizens of
the United States, shall not be required to be
registered under section 2 and shall be relieved
from liability for training and service under
section 3 (b)."

"Sec. 10 (a) The President is authorized —
(1) to prescribe the necessary rules and regu-
lations to carry out the provisions of this Act;"

"(4) to utilize the services of any or all de-
partments and any and all officers or agents of
the United States and to accept the services of
all officers and agents of the several States, Ter-
ritories, and the District of Colmnbia and sub-
divisions thereof in the execution of this Act;"

221

222

"Sec. 14 (a) Every person shall be deemed to
have notice of the requirements of this Act
upon publication by the President of a procla-
mation or other public notice fixing a time for
any registration under section 2."

Now, THEREFOKE, I, FrANKLIN D. RoOSEVELT,

President of the United States of America,
under and by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the aforesaid Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940, do proclaim the following :

1. The first registration under the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940 shall take
place on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of Octo-
ber, 1940, between the hours of 7 A. M. and
9 P. M.

2. Every male person (other than persons
excepted by Section 5 (a) of the aforesaid Act)
who is a citizen of the United States or an
alien residing in the United States and who,
on the registration date fixed herein, has at-
tained the twenty-fii-st anniversary of the day
of his birth and has not attained the thirty-
sixth anniversary of the day of his birth, is
required to present himself for and submit to
registration. Every such person who is within
the continental United States on the registra-
tion date fixed herein shall on that date present
himself for and submit to registration at the
duly designated place of registration within
the precinct, district, or registration area in
which he has his permanent home or in which
he may happen to be on that date. Every such
person who is not within the continental United
States on the registration date fixed herein
shall within five clays after his return to the
continental United States present himself for
and submit to registration. Regulations will
be prescribed hereafter providing for special
registration of those who on account of sick-
ness or other causes beyond their control are
unable to present themselves for registration at
the designated places of registration on the
registration date fixed herein.

3. Every person subject to registration is re-
quired to familiarize himself with the rules and
regulations governing registration and to com-
ply therewith.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

4. The times and places for registration in
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will be fixed
in subsequent proclamations.

5. I call upon the Governors of the several
States and the Board of Commissioners of the
District of Columbia to provide suitable and
sufficient places of registration within their re-
spective jurisdictions and to provide suitable
and necessary registration boards to effect such
registration.

6. I further call upon all officers and agents
of the United States and all officers and agents
of the sevei-al States and the District of Co-
hunbia and subdivisions thereof to do and per-
form all acts and services necessary to accom-
plish effective and complete registration ; and 1
especially call upon all local election officials
and other patriotic citizens to offer their serv-
ices as members of the boards of registration.

7. In order that there may be full coopera-
tion in carrying into effect the purposes of said
Act, I urge all employers, and government
agencies of all kinds — Federal, State and
Local — to give those under their charge suffi-
cient time off in which to fulfill the obligation
of registration incumbent on them under the
said Act.

America stands at the crossroads of its des-
tiny. Time and distance have been shortened.
A few weeks have seen great nations fall. We
cannot remain indifferent to the philosophy of
force now rampant in the world. The terrible
fate of nations whose weakness invited attack
is too well known to us all.

We must and will marshal our great poten-
tial strength to fend off war from our shores.
We must and will prevent our land from be-
coming a victim of aggression.

Our decision has been made.

It is in that spirit that the people of our
country are assuming the burdens that now
become necessary. Offers of service have flooded
in from patriotic citizens in every part of the
nation, who ask only what they can do to help.
Now there is both the opportunity and the need
for many thousands to assist in listing the
names and addresses of the millions who will

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

223

enroll on registration clay at school houses,
polling places, and town halls.

The Congress has debated without partisan-
ship and has now enacted a law establishing a
selective method of augmenting our armed
forces. The method is fair, it is sure, it is dem-
ocratic— it is the will of our people.

After thoughtful deliberation, and as the
first step, our young men will come from the
factories and the fields, the cities and the towns,
to enroll tlieir names on registration day.

On that eventful day my generation will
salute their generation. May we all renew
within our hearts that conception of liberty
and that way of life which we have all in-
herited. May we all strengthen our resolve to
hold high the torch of freedom in this darken-
ing world so that our children and their chil-
dren may not be robbed of their rightful
inheritance.

In wriNESS whereof I have hei-eunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this six-
teenth day of September in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and forty,

[seal,] and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one
hundred and sixty-fifth.

FiLVNKIJN D. E00SE\TXT

By the President:
C'ORDELL Hull,

Secretary of State.

[No. 2425]

PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL
PULASKI'S MEMORIAL DAY

[Released to the press by the White House]

General Pulaski's Mejiorial Day
by the president of the united states of

AMERICA

A Proclammtion

Whereas, in a world seared by the ravaging
hand of war and oppression, we Americans are

increasingly grateful for the Republic which
our fathers built on principles of freedom and
equality; and

Whereas the valiant struggle to win Ameri-
can independence was advanced by the bravery
of General Casimir Pulaski, a Pole who hated
tyranny and who fought fiercely by the side of
American patriots mitil he was wounded unto
death, October 9, and drew his last breath on
October 11, 1779; and

Whereas Public Resolution 76 of the Sev-
enty-sixth Congress, approved on June 6, 1940,
provides :

"That the President of the United States of
America is authorized to issue a proclamation
calling upon officials of the Government to dis-
plaj- the flag of the United States on all gov-
ernmental buildings on October 11, 1940, and
inviting the people of the United States to
obsei-ve the day in schools and churches, or
other suitable places, with appropriate cere-
monies in commemoration of the death of
General Casimir Pulaski."

Now, therefore. I. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby call upon officials of the Government to
display the flag on Government buildings on
October 11, 1940, and I invite the people of the
LTnited States to participate in the observance
of that daj' as General Pulaski's Memorial Day
with appropriate ceremonies in schools and
churches, or other suitable places.

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 eight-
eenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and forty,
[seal] and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one
hundred and sixty-fifth.

Franklin D. Roosea-elt
By the President:
CoRDELL Hull

Secretary of State.

[No. 2427]

224

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

American Republics

ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE OF CENTRAL AMERICAN

REPUBLICS

Statement by the Secretary of State

[Released to the press September 15]

It gives me great pleasure to send a message
at this time to the republics of Central America
on the occasion of the anniversary of their
independence. 1 can recall no time in their
history when the countries of the Western
Hemisphere were justified in celebrating with
greater gratitude the privileges bestowed by
liberty on the citizens of free nations.

Events during recent months have empha-
sized anew how essential to our joint interest
and defense is the maintenance of the very
close and cordial relations existing among all
the American republics and the continuing
development of those relations in effective day-

to-day collaboration in mutters of common con-
cern. The Meeting of Foreign Ministers in
Habana last July constituted a notable mile-
stone in the progress of practical cooperation,
to which none contributed more loyally than
the distinguished representatives of the five
republics whose independence is celebrated
today.

The peoples and Governments of Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nica-
ragua need no assurance on this their anni-
versary as independent nations of the sincerity
of the good wishes of the United States and
of all the Americas for their continued wel-
fare, progress, and happiness.

INTER-AMERICAN MARITIME CONFERENCE

[Released to the press September 17]

The President has approved the designation
of the Honorable Henry F. Grady, Assistant
Secretary of State, and the Honorable Max
O'Rell Truitt, Commissioner, United States
Maritime Commission, as this Government's
delegates to the Inter-American Maritime Con-
ference, which will convene in Washington,
D. C, on October 2, 1940 under the auspices
of the Inter- American Financial and Economic
Advisory Committee.

It will be recalled that the Advisory Com-
mittee was created pursuant to a resolution of
the First Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of
the American Republics held in Panama in
September 1939 and that since its installation
at the Pan American Union the following No-
vember, has met at frequent intervals to con-
sider various problems of a financial and eco-
nomic charactei'. One of the questions which
has received the attention of the Committee is

the effect of present hostilities in Europe upon
inter- American shipping. The Committee has
deemed it advisable to hold a special meeting of
Government experts in the field of shipping in
order to facilitate a comprehensive review of
the subject. In consequence, the Committee has
issued invitations to the governments of the 21
American republics to be represented at this
special meeting, which will convene in Wash-
ington on the above-noted date.

The Committee included in its invitations the
suggestion that each government arrange for
the attendance, in a consultative capacity, of
representatives of shijiping companies of each
country. In accordance with this suggestion,
which has been incorporated in the regulations
of the Conference, this Government has issued
invitations to shipping interests in the United
States engaged in inter-American trade to
participate in the meeting.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

225

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plat e Scrap, etc.

MONTHLY STATISTICS

[Released to the press September :;1J

Note: The figures relating to arras, the licenses for
the exiiort of which were revoked before they were
used, have been sul)tractecl from the tlgiires appearing
in the cumulative column of the table l)el(iw in regard
to arms export licenses issued. Tliese latter figures
are therefore net figures. They are not yet final and
definitive since licenses may be amended or revoked
at any time before being used. They are, however,
accurate as of the date of this press release.

The statistics of actual esjiorts in these releases are
believed to be substantially complete. It is possible,
however, that .some .shipments are not incluiled. If
this proves to be the fact, statistics in regard to such
shipments will be included in the cumulative figures
In later releases.

Arms Export Licenses Issued

The table printed below iiidicutes the char-
acter, value, iiiul countries of destination of
the arms, niuniunitioii, and iniplenieiits of war
licensed for expoit by the Secretary of State
during the year 1940 up to and including the
month of August :

CHtcgory

Value of export licenses issued

Country of tlestiuation

August 1940

8 months end-
ing .\u^st
31, 1940

IV (1)

I (4)

V (1)
(2)

$57.00

24 00

3,200.00

630.00

Total...

3,854.00

I (2)
(4)
(6)

m (2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VU (1)
(2)

ArgentiDft

24, 095. 50

5, 415. 00

2,300.00

5,141.84

$2,300.00

10,062.00
6, 481. 00

40,025.00

6,039.00

176,701.71
40, 937. 50

29.84

5,410.00

93,371.51

Total

12,749.00

404,560.90

Category

ValuB of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August 31,
1940

I (1)
(4)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

$104. 00
27.14

$693. 12

561. as

1,509, .WO. 00

13 680 00

271. 55

509.00

25,648 OO

12,832.00

870, 569. 25

2,084,705.00

33, 474. 86

Total

13,053.14

4, 539, 632. 01

IV (1)

I (4)
IV (2)

136.00

17.29

1 87

Total

19.16

I (1)
(2)
(4)

III (1)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

217 00

103 200 00

28, 779. 00

2,292,000.00

69.00

20, 745 00

243, 957. 00

419 400 OO

Total -

3 108 367 00

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

V (1)
(2)

16.00

84.70

39.84

74.84
8,000.00

5,000.00

Total-.

5,039.84

13 175 54

I (4)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)
(2)

Bolivia .

50.00

1 753 00

1,285.00

6,600.00
64.60

45, 384. 00

1,953.68

1.50

Total...

50.00

.56, 941. 78

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

UI (1)

BraiU

786.00

1,773.00

5, 438. 00

1,897,325.00
822.00

1,897,325.00

6, 780. 00

978,200.00

226

DEPARTJIENT OF STATE BULLETIIT

Country of destination

Category

Brszil— Continued.

Total

British Guiana.

Total

British Honduras .

Total

British North Borneo
Burma

Total.
Canada

Total.

Chile..

IV (I)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

rv (2)

V (1)
(3)

vn (1)

(2)

I (i)

IV (2)

VII (1)

(2)

(4)

I (2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

Total.

VI
VII

Value of export licenses issued

August X940

8 months end-
ing Augu.sl 31,
1940

I (2)
(4)
(«
(6)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$15, 401. 00
2. 902. 00

105, 800. 00
7,121.00
7,000.00

2, 037, 157. 00

18.69

135, 164. 66
76, 440. 00

59, 536. 04

346,750.00

39, 315. 34
500.61

$34, 713. 75
24, 544. 14
657, 463. 00
110,584.86
285, 009. 60

4, 001, 821. 25

6.82
2, 500. 00
2, 500. 00
1, 108. 84
1, 680. 00

7, 795. 66
12.00

129.20
108. 30

348. 19

2.43

400.00
133.64
755. 25
136.00

1, 424. 79

86,062.82

1,303,901.48

45.00

26, 606. 67

92.92

2, 074. 414. 44

70.00
27, 741. 28

409, 660. 00

719.00

1,907.60

439, 997. 88

777,

180,

40,

377,

90,

19, 360,

52,

61,

347,

8, 762,

12, 154,

36,

142,

44,

370. 84
938. 97
668.00
585. 05
164.00
344.00
141.00
368.90
559. 35
976. 57
994. 72
150.09
053. 00
266. 52
332. 67

42, 422, 903. 68

3, 040. 00

37, 271. 28

5, 450. 00

3, 630. 00

409, 560. 00

53, 069. 00
7, 391. 86
3, 500. 00
3, 407. 50

30, 535. 00
1.5.00

12, 607. 16

Country of destination

Category

China.

Total.
Colombia...

Total..
Costa Rica..

Total..

Cuba.

Total..
Curasao

Total... .-

Denmark

Dominican Republic.

I (2)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

669, 476. 79

Value of export licenses issued

8 months end-
August 1940 ing Aueust 31,
1940

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

I (2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

V (3)

I (2)

IV (1)

(2)

$3, 221. 71
193, 300. 00

196, 521. 71

293.00

9. 975. 00
13, 500. 00

2, 940. 00

26, 708. 00

985.00
63.00

156. 60

1, 203. 60

73.00
20.00

29.00
6,000.00

6, 251. 20

639.00
381. 62

6, 737. 60
6.00

7, 763. 12

210. 00
1, 529. 00

$352, 440. 00

2, ,529, 106. 22

137, 950. 10

178. 60

3, 226. 71

156, 800. 00

2, 548, 480. 63

2, 196, 955. 35

1,018,225.66

361,000.00

1, 304, 363. 17

30.00

157.00

2,310.90

667. 76

333, 750. 00

12, 787. 00

60, 995. 00

1,027.31

4, 905. 00

416, 629. 97

4.00
1, 122. 30
199.25
26, 000. 00
2, 967. 62
13, 104. 70
1, 801. 86

44, 199. 73

143.00
131, 164. 00
3, 315. 60
9, 252. 00
7, 700. 00
4, 600. 00
2, 000. 00
3, 135. 00

761.00

161, 960. 50

685.00

77.39

1, 293. 50

696. 26

106, 159. 00

8, 536. 26

67, 960. 00

22.60

174, 219. 91

2, 040. 00

210.00

2, 396. 00

843.00

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

227

Category

Value of e\port licenses issued

Country o( destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing .\ugust 31,
1940

Dominican Republic— Con.

V (2)
VII (I)

$600.00

1,501.80

Total....

$1,739.00

5,550.80

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (I)

(2)

Ecuador ._ .

38.80

208.52

201.00

156.00

666.0O

19, 149. 00
1,022.00

226.00

900.00

Total . .

704.80

21. 862. 52

I (2)
(3)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)

Egypt. . ---

837.50

3, 310. 00

1 630 21

50,000.00

50,388.00
752. 31

16 993. 00

60.00

Total

60,000.00

74, 021. 02

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
vn (2)

El Salvador

125 052. 00

1,111.00

18,200.00
76.00

6, 460. 00

375 00

8 350 00

Total

159, 624. 00

I (4)

I (2)
(3)
(4)

rV (I)
(2)

V (2)

VII (2)

Fiji

81.42

19 660.00

S», 569. 60

3, 806, 493. 89

951.50

141.02
15,680.00
75,000.00

141.02

42,463.25

640,900.00

Total -

90,821.02

5,049,179.26

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

m (1)

(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (1)

(2)

France

201 488 00

4,842 295 "I

.506, 795. 00

7,321 950 50

499, 000. 00

28, 111,023.00

10, 337. OO

30 00

376. 315. no

546, 000. 00

11, 950, 423. 01

1, 644, 697. 00

2.00

56, 593. OO

Total

56,066,949.22

Category

Value o( export licenses issued

Country o( destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing AUEUSt 31,
1940

French Indochina

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

$78 50

51.00

3, 836. 00

11.00

125, 000. 00

6, 875. 00

21. ,"154. 00

Total

157 406 10

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

HI (I)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (I)
(2)

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

$1. 060. 00
1,806,822.50

5, 531, 430. 00
19,217,025.94
3, 598, 126. 52

7, 271, 361. 98

12, 000, 000. 00

43,128.341.00

25, 189. 34

32, 677. 00

5,574.00

35,919,888.88

12, 484, 177. 10

218, 592. 019. 85

127, 923. 14

1,112,527.36

2, 745, 295. 76

61, 075. 00

16,850,367.38

16,206,084.88

360. 135. 00

3,350,000.00

22.113.096.19

36, 044, 631. 00

9.260,303.94

5, 473, 039. 80

Total

100, 037, 613. 08

372, 280, 560. 48

I (3)
(4)
(5)

IV (1)

.W.OO

90,900.00

21.00

Total

91 121 00

I (I)
(2)
(3)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

Greenland

1,015.48
.578. 30

6.B74 65

1,731.57

540.00
105.00

.MO. 00
105.00

Total

645.00

10. 645. 00

rv (1)

(2)

VII (1)

(2)

Guatemala..

186 00

I.:t40.00

226 80

.5. 164. 00

Total

6,916.80

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)

vn (1)

Haiti... -

244.80

1,609.85
23 00

7,000.60

24.30

Total

244,80

8 657 15

I (4)

IV (I)
(2)

V (1)
(2)

\^I (2)

432.00

388.00

1.528.00

10, 000. 00

10. 000. 00
4, 238. 00

131.00

Total

10, 000. 00

16,717.00

262604 — 40-

228

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

s months end-
ing August 31,
1940

IV
V
VI

(1)

(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(2)

$23.00
938. 00
680. 00

$2,040.75

938.00
1, 803. 10
7, 363. 00

67.75

22, 832. 00

24, 750. 00

120.00

1,641.00

59, it 14. 60

VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)

1,920.00

374.00

7, 890. 00

763.00

65. 00

Total

11,012.00

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

India

3, 437. 39

7, 326. 87

3, 678. 64

780. 55

67, 500. 00

163. 00

1,409.40
1,000 00

2, 586. GO

3.468.00

Total

2,749.00

88, 660. 85

I
III

(2)
(1)
(1)

37, 500. 00

700 000 00

112,000.00

Total

909, 500. 00

I
III

(2)
(2)
(2)

Iraq.-

47,865.00

47, 865. 00
27 165 00

148, 000. 00

148,000.00

Total

195,865.00

223, 030. 00

(1)
<2)
(3)

Ireland

235, 503. 00
3, 270. 60
33,380.00

Total

272, 153. 60

V
IV

(2)

(1)
(2)

Italy--

13, 610. 00

Jamaica

123 00

41.45

Total

164 45

(1)
(4)
(I)
(2)

Kenya -

107 00

60.00

616.00

714.00
35 00

Total

616. 00

916 00

VII

(2)

Leeward Islands

162. 46

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August 31,
1940

MacaU-

I (2)
I (4)

I (1)
(4)
(5)

IV (1)
(2)

V (I)
(2)
(3)

VI (2)

VII (1)
C2)

$555. 00

Mauritius ---

137.00

Mexico.- - - - -

$86. 65
30.26

220 75

30.26
112.60

1, 787. 30

547. 20

32, 560. 00

88.00

1, 000. 00

63.00

16, 037. 30

1, 023. 20

438, 682. 40

7, 443. 40
38, 255. 00

175. 50

8, 040. 25

8,825.00

49, 737. 00

Total - -

44, 977. 31

559 757 56

Mozambique-.

I (1)
(4)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

116 00

154. 61

282, 000. 00

17, 144. no

55,710.00

Total -

356, 124. 61

Netherlands

I (2)
(4)
(5)

V (2)
(3)

12 866 00

47.50

165.00

17, 942. 19

63, 300. 00

Total

94, 310. 69

Netherlands Indies

I (2)
(3)
(4)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

3, 375, 900. 00

975, 000. 00

3, 031, 752. 90

1, 384, 400. 00

782,868.00

3, 447, 960. 00
975, 000. 00
3, 032, 411. 64
2, 304, 600. 00
6,399,118.10
9, 081. 90

5,689.80
13, 103.90

68, 321. 65

19, 792. 93

622, 056. 12

2, 487. 50
208, 750. 00

211, 777. 60

441, 260. 79

338. 80

160, 749. 30

Total

9, 940, 701. 40

17, 692, 458. 73

I (4)

923.82

Newfoundland. .-

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

13.05
868.48

12.50
157. 90

131 55

1, 168. 72

1,946.62

398.22

Total --

1, 051. 93

3,645 11

New Guinea, Territory of...

IV (2)

V (2)

17.25

1, 250. 00

Total . ..

1, 267. 25

New Zealand

I (4)
III CD

266, 750. OO

1, 916, 870. 00

SEPTEMBER 21, 194 0

229

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country ot destination

-\uKUSt 1940

8 month.s end-
ing August 31,
1940

New Zealand — Continued.

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)

$202.00

161. 5->7. 45

130, 230 00

11, 045. 00

Total.

2, 486, 624. 45

I (1)
(2)

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)

Nicaragua

62. 500. 00

9,000.00

$25.00

25.00
480.00

870.00

1, 292. 00

Total

25.00

74, 167. OO

I (2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

Nigeria

278.50

21.00

30.25

89.04

Total

418.79

IV (1)

I (I)
(2)
(4)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

Northern Rhodesia

25.50

70.00

450.00

36, 545. 00

712. 000. 00

280.00

222.00

121.00

2,200.00

39,601.00

1.515.00

Total

793, 007. 00

V (3)

I (1)
(2)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

Palestine

1,000.00

1,400.00

12. 600. 00

3,900.00

6,600.00

8, 804. 75

1.207.00

27. 866. 00

100.00
800.00

174.00

1. 380. 00

2. 262. 46

728.00

Total

1, 628. 00

65. 422. 21

I (4)
IV (2)

384.80

12, 150. 45

Total

12, 535. 25

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

Peru

7. 550. 90

240.00

393. 138. 50

5. 694. 58
24. 457. 00

11.455.58
86. 666. 00

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

S months end-
ing August
31, 1940

Peru— Continued.

VII

(1)

(2)

$1, 146. 00

$2. 140. 00
1, 130. 50

Total

31.291.58

502.S21.48

III
IV

V
VII

(1)

(4)

(1)
(1)

(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

Portugal

51.80

44.00

103, 446. 00

30.00

422.00

4,300.00

2,720.00

77,939.94
66,125.00

841.76

17,000.00

71,000.00

Total

19,720.00

321. 200. 50

(2)

(1)
(2)

2.500.00

260.00

760.00

Total

1.020.00

IV
V

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)

495.60

227. .'0

184.46

209.30

35.00

545.56

317. 30

95. .52

160. 226. 00

Total

428.76

162, 007. 48

(1)
(4)

150. 00
25.00

130 00

25.00

Total . .

155.00

15.T 00

I
I

(1)

(2)
(4)
(2)

Straits Settlements

9. 12

11. 644. 50

1.64

2 47

Total

11.548 61

III

IV
V

(2)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(3)

Sweden

108.000 OO

65. 572. 00

4. 000. 00

233. 625. 00

96. 130.53

247, 298. 00

Total

" 754, 625. 53

(1) 1

Switzerland

20.00

" The apparent discrepancy between the values reported for the arms,
ammunition, and implements of war authorized to be exported to Sweden
during the period Jan. 1-Aug. 31. 1940. and the corresponding figures for
periods covered in previous press releases, is due to a number of licenses
authorizing the exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war
to Sweden which were canceled.

230

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August
31. 1940

Thailand

I (1)
(4)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

$27, 800. 00

$8.67

8.67
707, 334. 00

1, 643. 84

1, 066. 00
61.62

16,994.89

61.62

07, 200. 00

1, 467. 00
9, 190. 00

68, 070. 74
166, 190. 00

Total

n, 792. 09

1, 084, 203. 56

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)

Trinidad --

163.00

294.00

18, 625. 00

862.00

Total ..--

19, 924. 00

III (2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (2)

Turliev

6, 610. 00

33.00

6.20

24, 000. 00
42, 857. 00

139, 760. 00
42,857.00

Total

60, 857. 00

188, 266. 20

I CD
(4)

III CI)

IV CD
C2)

V CI)
C2)
C3)

VII CD
C2)

Union of i-'outh Vfr'ca

308. 00

620. 93

280,400.00

454,000.00
190, 488. 70

30, 257. 00

2, 936, 030. 00

36, 383. 46
8,600.00

91, 575. 2S

3?8, 2110. 00

156.00

40, 228. 00

Total

326, 283. 46

4, 087, 923. 91

I (4)

IV CD
C2)

V CD
(2)

VII C2)

2B0. 00

1, 622. 00

6, 887. 30

53, 600. 00

100. 40

660.00

Total

63, 029. 70

I CD

C2)
C4)

III CD

IV CD
C2)

V CD
C2)
C3)

VII CD
C2)

Venezuela. .

43.00

184 20

278.00

27.00

69. 55
163,970.00

46.00

1.26

19,000.00

3, 700. 00

4,8S1. 60

192. 70

113, SCO. 00

69,301.00

95, 270 00

1,991.40

11, 003. 40
19 277 40

Total....

21,808.65

468.287.88

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August
31, 1940

IV (2)
VII ^2)

$10.00
108. 30

$10. 00

136. 37

Total

118. 30

145. 37

V C2)
C3)

Yugoslavia

9,411.75

30, 780. 00

Total

40, 191. 75

116,686,060.21

530, 614, 606. 21

During the month of August, 438 arms-
export licenses were issued, making a total of
3,153 such licenses issued during the current
year.

Arms Exported

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of destination of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war
exported during the year 1940 up to and in-
cluding the month of August under export
licenses issued by the Secretary of State :

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

Smonthsend-

ing August 31,

1940

I (4)

V CD

C2)

$24.00

3,200.00

496.00

Total

3, 719. 00

I C2)
C4)
(5)

IV CD
C2)

V CD
C2)
C3)

VII CD
C2)

Argentina

$884.00

24, 095. 50

240.00

2,418.00

3,560.00

7, 802. 00
6. 504. 00

6, 025. 00
250.00

40. 026. 00
63,480.48
290,713.60

29 84

660.00

61,611.61

Total

11,369.00

486,819.83

I CD

C4)

HI CD

IV CD

C2)

816. 63

468.08

7, 806, 135. 00

136. 65

609.00

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

231

CateKory

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August 31,
1940

V
VU

(1)

(2)
(3)
(1)

$13, 296. 00

$182, 124. 00

362,829.00

15,200.00

688,32^.0(1
831,450.00
33,474.86

Total

560,153.00

9, 274, 599. 02

I
IV

(1)

(4)
(2)

136.00

Belgian Congo

17.29

1.87

10.16

I
ni

IV
V

(1)
(2)
(4)
<1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

Belgium

217.00

49, 450. 00

28, 809. 79

1, 146, 000. 00

69.00

20, 745. 00

6, 807. 00

119,997.00

Total

1, 371, 094. 79

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Bermuda

48.00

16.00

36.00

8,000.00

2,600.00

2, 500. 00

Total

2.635.00

10, 599. 00

IV
V

(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

Bolivia

426.00

1, 742. 00

1.285.00

19. 000. 00

1,041.69

58. 741. 00

173.78

1,881.88
1,60

Total -.

699. 76

83, 693. 07

I
m

IV
V

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

Brazil -

158.00

987.00

5. 438. 00

19100

8, 569. OO
349, 750. 00

18, 462. 75

97.14

201, 500. 00

13,068.80

32, 637. 50

20, 169. 14

613. 672 00

117,303.63

171, 855. 25

2.00

Total --

247, 655. 44

1, 306, 208. 77

IV
V

(2)
(3)
(1)

British Guiana

6.82

2,600.00
791. 16

2. 500. 00
1, 108. 84

Total ._,.

3,291.16

3,615.66

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

Smonthsend-

ing Aueust 31,

1940

British Honduras

IV (1)

(2)

VU (1)

(2)

$15.00

18.00

129.20

108.30

Total

270 50

I (1)
(3)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

Burma

90 00

400.00

229.54

472.00

49.22

Total

1, 240. 76

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

in (1)

(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VI (2)
VU (1)

(2)

Canada. .... . .

$627, 280. 48
68,888.47

655.891.46
126, 394. 47
38. 569. 00

166,979.06

154.00

1,887,244.00

272. 202. 59

94, 654. 00

6, 128, 697. 00

248, .Wl. 31

25,415.36

107. 63

26. 670. OO

711,285.97

592,864.30

2.00

16,125.47

34, 775. 95
73, 213. 59
520, 704. 57
1,400,166.44
3,711,428.24
36.008.00
117,812.77
84, 314. 35

Total

4,112,006.93

13,543 413.74

I (2)
(4)
(5)
(6)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

ChUe

2 970 00

18,384.00

18, 770. 00
5 300 00

3, 630. 00

63,841.00

6,351.00

3,500.00

3, 297 50
29,732.00

3, 407. 50
62,678.00
12,607 15

Total -

51,413.50

162 054 65

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VU (1)
(2)

Cliina

1 344 00

468, 005. 00

850.00

23, 753. 00

1, 149, 654. 57

4,497.00

18,033.00
268.60

5. 649. 00

114,600.00

25, 419. 00
258,673.00

1,333.432.50
662, 481. 00
334. T24. 00

342, 000. 00

Total

288, 589. 00

4,353,794.67

232

DEPAETMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 niontl;s end-
ing August 31,
1940

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$30. 00
112.00
260.00
38.00

$30.00

iTT. 00

1,935.20

1,831.76

348, 350. 00

6, 190. 00

5,702.00

35, 592. 00
1 , 027. 00

1, 985. 00

6, 142. 00

397, 097. 96

I (4)

IV (1)
C2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

4.00

137. 30

120.00

136. 25
25, 000. 00

22, 057. 00

27, 376. 00

2, 235. 26

51.00

120.00

76, 996. 81

I (2)
(4)

III CD

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

70.00
155.00

70.00

728.00
43, 350. 00

390.00
1, 492. 00
6,000.00

540.00

2, 445. 50
11,673.00
7, 700. 00
8,895.00
12,876.00

757.52

5, 377. 72
751.00

Total

9, 404. 52

93, 866. 22

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

585.00

77.39

654.50

214.64

103, 975. 00

135.50

7,900.00

5.00

903.50

63,150.00

22.50

8,040.50

159, 582. 53

I (2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (1)

Dominican Republic

210.00

210.00
S.M. 00

515.00

600.00

1,501.80

Total

210.00

3,680.80

I (I)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (2)

169. 72

226.00

191.00

16,418.00

1,022.00

1,022.00
900.00

Total

1,022.00

18, 926. 72

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

Smonthsend-

ing August 31,

1940

Egypt

I (3)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)

$2, 680. 00

26.21

3, 519. 00

989. 31

60.00

Total

7, 274, 52

I (I)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (2)

El Salvador

$125,000.00
456.00

125, 052. 00

1,213.00
18, 200. 00

76.00

2,759.00

6, 436. 40
375. 00

8. 350. 00

Total

128, 215. 00

159, 702. 40

I (2)
(3)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (2)
(3)

VII (2)

184.310.00

436, 694. 00
1, 364, 078. 89

2,321,496.00

951. 50

120, 681. 00

1,200,063.00

369, 864. 00

Total

5, 998, 138. 39

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

III (1)
(2)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

201,228.00

4,841.072.71

.506 047.00

7, 463, 300. 60

499, 000. 00

53, 907, 979. OO
20, 845. 00

368, 315. 00
540 000. OO

3, 927, 169. 82

10, 345, 538. 00
2.00

56, 693 00

Total

82, 683, 090. 03

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

51.00

3. 836. 00

11.00

Total

3, 898. 00

I (4)

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

French West Africa

33.83

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

1,060.00

239,606.00

19,901.00

340, 745. 38

258, 843. 00

21,395,384.00

20, 654. 00

173, 422. 80

172, 177. 65

2, 919, 430. 00

5,003,451.55

1,931,093.20

7,930,339.38

415,316.60

43,689,392.00

20, 654. 00

515,745.86

365, 391. 55

8, 000. 00

1, 459, 788. 65
6,370,824.88

3, 316, 894. 79
9, 270, 588. 48

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233

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-

inp August

31, 1940

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland— Continued.

VII

(1)

(2)

$69,038.00
1,214,219.00

$7,937,305.06
2,830,854.00

31,735,664.16

86, 154, 456. 47

(3)

(4)

Greece -... -

150.00

50.00

Total

200.00

I
IV

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(2)

1,015.48

678.30

6,674.65

1,731.57

640.00
105.00

540.00
105.00

Total

645.00

10,645.00

VII

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

37.00

12.00

198.00

1,336.00

226.80

2,100.00

5,164.00

2,100.00

6, 934. 80

IV
VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Haiti

336. .M

2.1.00

24.30

6.0

Total

389.85

IV
V

(4)
(I)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Honduras .

29.00

332.00

388.00

7.00
10,000.00

1,099.00

110,000.00

3, 213. 00

391.00

Total - .

10,036.00

115,423.00

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(I)
(2)

23.00
12.00

23.00

12.00
7, 363, 00

5, 196. 00

Total..

35.00

12, 594 '00

VII

(1)
(2)
(I)
(2)
(2)

1,920.00
363 00

7, 890. 00

763.00

65.00

Total - .

11 001 00

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)

India

2. 7SS. 45

7,041.96

3, 528. 64

1.095.31

Cat«Rory

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing .\ugust
31, 1940

India — Continued.

V
\1

(1)

(2)
(3)
(2)

$67, 500. 00

1, 336. 40

1,000.00

929.00

Total

85, 219. 76

III
IV

(1)
(2)
(I)
(2)

694, 963. 00

27, 165. 00

94.37

25.85

Total

722. 248. 22

(1)
(2)
(3)

Ireland

116 823.00

$3, 270. 60
33. 380. 00

3. 270. 60
.33, J80. 00

Total

36, 650. 60

153.473.60

(1)
(2)

Jamaica

346 00

27.60

Total

373.60

(2)

(I)

(3)

0)
(4)

Japan

4, 143. 00

Kenya

516.00

618.00

Latvia

18.077.00

Mauritius . ....

251.45

337.28

Total

688.73

IV
V

VI
VII

(I)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Mexico

.56.00

112.50

6,424.60

14, 704. 60
476.00

39.542.40

48.00

1,000.00

63.00

417,382.40

2. 937. 00

14,505.00

175. 50

16, 207. .50

145.00

39,301.00

Total

47,223.00

505, 857. 50

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(3)

116.00

154.61

282, 000. 00

4,080.00
55, 710. 00

7, 304. 00
55, 710. OO

Total

59.790.00

345, 284. 61

I
ni

(2)
(4)
(5)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

26, 653. 00

47.50

155.00

9. 674. 00

107, 740. 00

163,472.50

187, 137. 50

Total..-

494,879.50

234

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Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing Au.eust
31, 1940

Netherlands Indies

III
IV
V

VII

(2)
(4)
(6)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)

$16,806.00
15,112.00

$92,484.00

16.359.77

281.075.00

61.160.00
440.00

1,570,958.00

740.00

40, 639. 36

202.38

1,613.20
334 677 00

81,423.00
82, 446. 00
50, 169. 30

234, 331. 00
213. 195. 00
188, 169. 30

Total-,-

307, 758. 68

2,974,141.62

I
I

(4)

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)

203.00

lis 60

96 24

1, 271. 00
19.92

1,934.50
215. 82

Total

1, 290. 92

2, 364. 06

IV
V

(2)
(2)

New Guinea, Territory of

17 25

1,000.00

2, 500. 00

Total

1, 000. 00

2, 517. 25

VII

(4)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

New Zealand..

24, 301. 00

26 615. 00

202 00

2,371.15
2, 640. 00
11,386.00

6, 395. 00

Total -

29, 696. 00

43, 114. 16

IV
V

VII

(1)

(2)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(1)

34,827.00
8, 267. 00
1, 264. 00

4 036 00

480 00

870 00

Total

51,035.00

(2)
(4)
(2)

Nigeria

278. 50

278 50

8.00

Total ._

286.50

319 60

I
m

IV
V

(1)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(I)
(2)
(1)
(2)

(

286 00

36, 493. 20

1,364,114.00

280 00

30 00

137 00

2,200.00
644 OO

Total

1,394,263.20

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing Aupust
31, 1940

Palestine-.-

IV
V

VII

<3)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)

$400. 00

Panama

12. 500 00

3. 900. 00

8, 700. 00

8, 781. 75

1, 207. 00

$2, 866. 00
100.00
800.00

21,807.13

174. 00

1,447.00

2 916. 60

Total

3,766.00

61,432.48

(4)

(2)

101.80
3. 286. 00

11,215.45

Total -

3, 387. 80

11, 600. 25

IV
V

VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
W)
0)
(2)

Peru

7 361 00

2J0. 00

387, 810 00

15,872.00

62. 617. 00

1, 000. 00

1, 131.00

Total-

476. 031. 00

I
III

VII

(1)
(4)
CD
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(I)

Portugal ---

51 80

44 00

877. 298. 00

30.00

422.00

4. 663. 00

220.00

44. Z& 91
54. 26.5. 00

488.00

841. 76

Total

706.00

981, 851. 47

V
V

IV
V

(2)

(1)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)

Rumania

000 00

760. 00

316. 60

227. .10

88.60

352.50
82.00

60.52
13,300.00

121.04
13,300.00

Total - --.

13, 764. 62

14, 678. 64

I
I
rv

VII

(1)

(2)
(4)

(2)

(1)

Straits Settlements

9 12

11,644.60

1 64

2.47

193.80

Total

11,842 41

(2)
(4)

Sweden

108,000 00

65, 307. 00

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

235

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August
31, 1940

in (1)

(2)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

$3,724,925.00

4,000.00

$89,000.00

133,501.00
65, 000. 00

11,520.00

212,923.98
247, 267. 00

Total

100, 620. 00

4, 580, 923. 98

I (1)
(4)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

'i'liailand

17.65

1.93

468, 361. 00

1, M3. 84

893.00

468,361.00

I, 543. 84

16, 380. 89

5, 300. 00

9,420.00

13,015.00
193, 120. 00

Total

480, 217. 84

697, 740. 31

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)

153.00

18 00

3,094 00

18, 025. 00

852.00

Total

22, 742. 00

I (2)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
(3)

Turkey.

148, 135. 00

168. 750. 00

1. 191.084.00

17 070 00

14. 236. 00

1,306.20
233.795.10
70, 344. 00

45, 997. 00

Total

45,997.00

1,834,720.30

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

Union of South Africa. -

296.00

585. 93

173, 600. 00

21,925.00

91. 588. 70
7.00

401, 625. 00
12, 775. 00
81, 175. 00

411.228.00

24, 806. 64

87.175.00

156.00

40. 064 OO

Total

617, 500. 00

829.487.27

V (3)

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

V (1)
(2)

vn (2)

Union of Soviet Socialist lie-

120, 512. 00

publics.

299 00

1,522 00

1,068.00

4. 146. 30
35. 104. 00

20.40

100.40
660 00

■

Total

1,088.40

41,831.70

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

August 1940

8 months end-
ing August
31, 1940

IV
V

VII

(1)

(2)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

$111.40

246.00

39.00

107, 970. 00

3,316.60

191.45

$1,800.00

94, 783. 00
28, 271. 00

3.000.00
2,317.53

82. 131. 00
11.807.01
l,'i.800, 40

Total

7, 117. 53

404, 756. 86

(I)
(2)
(3)

Yugoslavia

63. 000. 00

26. 806. 75

31. 080. 00

Total ...

120 886. 76

Grand total

38,837,613.86

223. 606. 654. 19

Arms Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the char-
acter, value, and countries of origin of the
arms, ammunition, and implements of war li-
censed for import by the Secretary of State
during the mouth of August 1940:

Country of origin

Category

Value

Total

Argentina

V (2)
I (2)

(3)

(4)

m (1)

V (2)
(3)

vn (1)

I (I)

V (2)
I (4)

V (2)
(3)

$7.50.00

2, 650. 00
250.00
227. 00

3. 500. 00

20.00

9. 500. 00

1.00

37.00

100.00

1. 285. 00

2. 733. 00
4.000.00

$750.00

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

10.148.00

37.00
100. 00

Great Britain

1.285.00

J 6.733.00

Total

25. 053. 00

During the month of August, 16 import li-
censes were issued, making a total of 145 such
licenses issued during the cun-ent year.

Categories or Arms, AMMUNmoN, and Imple-
ments OF War
The categories of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war in the appropriate column

236

of the tables printed above are the categories
into which diose articles were divided in the
President's proclamation of May 1. 1937, enu-
merating the articles which would be consid-
ered as arms, ammunition, and implements of
war for the purposes of section 5 of the joint
resolution of May 1, 1937 [see the Bulletin of
July 27, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 57), pp. 5&-59].

Special Statistics in Regard to Arms Exports
TO Cuba

In compliance with article II of the conven-
tion between the United States and Cuba to
suppress smuggling, signed at Habana, March
11, 1926, which reads in part as follows:

"The High Contracting Parties agi'ee that
clearance of shipments of merchandise by wa-
ter, air, or land, from any of the ports of either
country to a port of entry of the other country,
shall be denied when such shipment comprises
articles the importation of which is prohibited
or restricted in the country to which such
shipment is destined, unless in this last case
there has been a compliance with the requisites
demanded by the laws of both countries."

and in compliance with the laws of Cuba which
restrict the importation of anns, ammunition,
and implements of war of all kinds by requir-
ing an import permit for each shipment, ex-
port licenses for shipments of arms, ammuni-
tion, and implements of war to Cuba are re-
quired for the articles enumerated below in
addition to the articles enumerated in the
President's proclamation of May 1, 1937;

(1) Arms and small arms using ammunition
cf caliber .22 or less, other than those classed as
toys.

(2) Spare parts of arms and small arms of
all kinds and calibers, other than those classed
as toys, and of guns and machine gims.

(3) Ammunition for the anns and small
arms under (1) above.

(4) Sabers, swords, and military machetes
with cross-guard hilts.

(5) Explosives as follows: explosive pow-
ders of all kinds for all purposes; nitrocellu-

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

lose having a nitrogen content of 12 percent or
less; diphenylamine; djmamite of all kinds;
nitroglycerine; alkaline nitrates (ammonium.
IMjtassium, and sodium nitrate); nitric acid;
nitrobenzene (essence or oil of mirbane) ; sul-
I)hur; sulijhuric acid; chlorate of potash; and
acetones.

(6) Tear gas (CeH^COCH.Cl) and other
similar non-toxic gases and apparatus designed
for the storage or pi-ojection of such gases.

The table pi-inted below indicates, in respect
to licenses authorizing the exportation to Cuba
of the articles and commodities listed in the
preceding paragraph, issued by the Secretary
of State during August 1940, the numter of
licenses and the value of the articles and com-
modities described in the licenses :

Number of licenses

Sections

Value

Total

22 ..

(2)
(3)
(5)

$11.00
7, 006. 40
18. 205. 85

$25, 223. 25

The table printed below indicates the value
of the articles and commodities listed above ex-
ported to Cuba during August 1940 under
licenses issued by the Secretary of State :

Section

(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)

Value

$582.00

45.00

9, 725. 90

18, 437. 45

Total

$28, 790. 35

Tin-Plate Scrap

The table printed below indicates the number
of licenses issued during the year 1940, up to
and including the month of August, authoriz-
ing the export of tin-plate scrap under the pro-
visions of the act approved February 15, 1936,
and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, to-
gether with the number of tons authorized to
be exported and the value thereof:

SEPTEMBER 21, 1940

237

Country of desti-

Angust 1940

8 months ending
August 31, 1940

nation

Quantity in
long tons

Total
value

Quantity in
long tons

Total
value

Japan

4,033

$75, 009. 70

During the niontli of August, no licenses
were issued authorizing the exportation of tin-
plate scrap. A total of 52 such licenses were
issued during tlie first seven months of the
current year.

Helittm

No licenses autliorizing the exportation of
helium gas untlcr the provisions of the act
approved on September 1, 1937, and the regu-
lations issued pursuant thereto, were applied
for or issued duiiiig tiie month of August 1940.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Keleaaed to the press September 18]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since September 7. 1940:

Career Officers

Lynn W. Franklin, of Bethesda, Md., Con-
sul at Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned as
Consul at Xiagara Falls, Ont., Canada.

Walter H. McKinney, of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., Consul at Sheffield, England, has been
assigned as Consul at London, England, upon
the closing of the American Consulate at Shef-
field. England.

Eugene A. Masuret, of New Jersey, Third
Secretary of P]mbassy and Vice Consul at
Paris, France, has been assigned as Vice Con-
sul at Bordeaux, France.

Ernest de W. Mayer, of Flushing, Long Is-
land, N. Y.. Third Secretary of Embassy and
Vice Consul at Paris, France, has been assigned
as Vice Consul at Casablanca, Morocco.

Non-career Officers

Jones R. Trowbridge, of Augusta, Ga., Vice
Consul at Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, has been appointed Vice Consul at
Toronto, Ont., Canada.

Worthiiigton E. Hagerman, of Maryland,
Vice Consul at Paris, France, has been ap-
pointed Vice Consul at Bordeaux, France.

Henry O. Ramsey, of Pierre, 8. Dak., Vice
Consul at Sheffield, England, has been ap-
pointed Vice Consul at Manchester, England,
upon the closing of the office at Sheffield, Eng-
land.

The following American Consulates, which
were established for the purpose of perform-
ing non-immigrant visa services only, will be
closed September 30, 1940:

American Consulate, Kingston, Ont., Can-
ada.

-\nierican Consulate, Fort J^i-ie, Ont., Can-
ada.

American Consulate, Sherbrooke, Que., Can-
ada.

American Consulate, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.,
Canada.

Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bidletin:

Visas ; Documents Required of Bona Fide Alien
Seamen Entering tie United States. (Department of
State.) September 16, 1940. Federal Register, Sep-
tember 19, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 183), p. 3740 (The National
Archives of the United States).

Sugar Consumption Requirements and Quotas for
the Calendar Tear 1940. (Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.) September 18, 1940. Federal Regis-
ter, September 19, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 183), p. 3739-3740
(The National Archives of the United States).

Treaty Information

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EXTRADITION

Supplementary Extradition Treaty With
Switzerland

The American Minister to Switzerland re-
ported by a telegram dated September 19, 1940
that the Swiss Parliament approved on Sep-
tember 18, 1940 the ratification of the Supple-
mentary Extradition Treaty between the
United States and Switzerland signed on
January 31, 1940. The supplementary treaty
amends the extradition treaties between the
two countries of May 14, 1900 and January 10,
1935 (Treaty Series Nos. 354 and 889) .

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

North American Regional Broadcasting-
Agreement

In order to carry out the provisions of the
North American Regional Broadcasting Agree-
ment, signed at Habana on December 13, 1937,
wliich agreement will enter into force on ilarch
29, 1941, the Rules and Regulations of the
Federal Communications Commission were
amended and new regulations prescribing the
restrictions and conditions necessary to carry
out the provisions of the agreement were
adopted. The notice of the amendment of the
rules is printed on page 3696 of the Federal
Register of September 17, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 181),
and the amended rules are printed in the same
issue on pages 3670-3671. These rules govern
standard and high-frequency broadcast sta-
tions and will become effective on the effective
date of the agreement, namely, March 29, 1941.

The United States has furnished the other

governments signatory to the agreement —

Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and

Mexico — with lists of "broadcast stations actu-

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ally in operation", the "clianges authorized to
be made with respect to said stations", and
"new broadcast stations authorized but not yet
in operation", as required under article III of
the agreement. This information is required
to be furnished by each party ratifying the
agreement "not later than 180 days prior to the
effective date thereof". The latest date on
which such information is to be received is
September 29, 1940.

RESTRICTION OF WAR

Convention for the Amelioration of the Con-
dition of the Wounded and the Sick of
Armies in the Field (Treaty Series No.
847) and Convention Relating to the
Treatment of Prisoners of War (Treaty
Series No. 846)

Bolivia

By a note dated September 10, 1940, the
Swiss Minister at Washington informed the
Secretary of State of the deposit on August
13, 1940, of the instruments of ratification by
Bolivia of the Convention for the Amelioration
of the Condition of the Wounded and the Sick
of Armies in the Field and the Convention
Relating to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,
both signed at Geneva on July 27, 1929.
According to the terms of the conventions, they
will enter into force in respect of Bolivia on
February 13, 1941.

Legislation

An Act To provide for the common defense by in-
creasing the personnel of the armed forces of the
United States and providing for its training. (Pub-
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General: Pa^e

Our Foreign Policy and National Defensor Address hy

the Under Secretary of State 243

Controlof iron and steel scrap exports 250

Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan: State-
ment by the Secretary of State 251

Washington National Airport : Remarks of the Presi-
dent 251

Documentation requirements of certain aliens .... 252
Executive order prescribing selective service regula-
tions 252

Defense Communications Board 253

The Far East:

Developments in French Indochina 253

American Republics:

Exchange professors and students 254

Habana Convention of July 30, 1940 256

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Postal :

Universal Postal Convention of 1939 272

Publications 273

General

OUR FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

Address by the Under Secretary of State '

[Released to the press September 28]

I have been particularly gbid to accept the
invitation of the Foreign Affairs Council to
address you today on the subject of "Our For-
eign Policy and National Defense".

I have been glad because of ray conviction
that, so far as the interests of the Nation war-
rant and the exigencies of their duties make it
possible, those who hold responsible positions
in the Government involving the conduct of
our foreign relations should frequently raake
such public reports. Even more I hold the
belief that in what is probably the most crit-
ical moment in our lift? as an independent peo-
ple, every man and woman in the United States
should be fully advised as to the course of
events np(m this tragic international scene —
they must be aware of the part which their
Goveriunent has played in trj'ing to avert the
present nature of that course — and be com-
pletely cognizant of the steps which it has
taken to safeguard the vital interests and the
peace of the American people.

I think we all of us have recognized increas-
ingly clearly during these recent years that our
foreign policy and our ability to defend our-
selves are inextricably woven together. Out-
side of the Western Hemisphere, the concept
of international morality and the authority of
international law have ceased to be determin-
ing factors. Those nations which have relied
upon their neutrality, or which have endeav-
ored to exercise the weight of the prestige they

' Delivered by Mr. Welles before the Foreign Affairs
Council, Cleveland, Ohio, September 28, 1940.

formerlj' enjoyed, and which did not possess
the physical means to preserve their neutrality
or to make their influence felt, have found to
their bitter cost that a foreign policy, however
righteous, however acutely devised, based
merely on morality or prestige, counted for less
than nothing against the impact of brute force.
The peoples of the democracies have taken a
long time to persuade themselves of this truth.

The history of the recent international rela-
tions of this country can perhaps be properly
divided into two chapters.

The first would cover that period between
1933 and the early months of 1937, when it still
seemed unbelievable that the impending calam-
ity could not be averted through resort to rea-
son and good-will. In that period this Gov-
ernment exerted every effort, by offering its
full cooperation in the negotiation of equitable
and workable economic readjustments, and in
the search for agreements for the limitation of
armaments, and by urging the peaceful settle-
ment of those political and geographic read-
justments in which this country was not
directly concerned, to prevent a world catas-
trophe which must inevitably shake all civil-
ized structures — our own by no means least.

The second chapter is separated from the
first by the events of those transition months
which culminated in the agreements of Munich.

That was in September 1938. Since then
the policy of this Government has been con-
cerned primarily and consistently with the
assuring of our own national defense. It has
been directed towards the perfection of our

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means of cooperation with our sister republics
of the New World, and towards assisting those
nations outside the Western Hemisphere whose
continued independence and integrity con-
tribute towards the maintenance of peace, and
whose continued freedom to live their own un-
trammeled democratic way of life constitutes a
bulwark for the maintenance of individual lib-
erty in the Western Hemisphere.

The basic reason for this change in objective
is illustrated very clearly in a passage in Har-
old Nicolson's admirable life of his father.
In speaking of the years before the World War
of 1914-18, he says, "It was not considered
patriotic that one's own country should on
every occasion set an example of unselfishness,
humanity and intelligence. It thus came about
that all but a small minority . . . approached
the problem of civilization in a competitive
■and not in a cooperative spirit. In organized
communities this competitive spirit can be con-
trolled by the aufliority of law. The Euro-
pean community of nations was not an organ-
ized conununity, and for them the ultimate
appeal was not to law, but to force."

During the generation after the Treaty of
Versailles not only had efforts to organize the
community of nations failed but in the early
years of the past decade signs were constantly
on the increase that even that power of public
opinion based on international agreement,
known as international law, which had to a
considerable extent been a deterrent to violence
and moral anarcliy, was fast disintegrating
and was being steadily replaced by the rule of
brute force.

Let me at this point recall to you some of the
many attempts which have been undertaken by
this country to induce the nations of the world
to return to a sane economic order — to halt the
armaments race — and to reestablish in interna-
tional life the standard of morality and law
which three centuries of civilization had pro-
duced and which alone could make it possible
for human beings to raise their standard of liv-
ing, to know what happiness means, and to pass
their natural lives unshadowed by constant fear.

In the field of our economic relations with
other countries your Government has never
ceased striving to serve the end of peaceful de-
velopment. In the depths of the depression the
economic disorder within each country was at-
tended by the great decline of all international
commercial and financial activity. Our own ex-
port trade had dwindled, our investors were
struck with sudden inmiense losses in their secu-
rity holdings. The very solvency of many of
our main financial institutions was threatened
by their large credits abroad which could not
be liquidated as trade everywhere shriveled to
incredibly low proportions. What was ob-
viouslj' required was, first of all, to stabilize, and
then to bring stimulating recovery to the econ-
omy which was suffering from the shocks of past
errors and miscalculations.

Early in 1933 the depression and unemploy-
ment prevalent in most countries, including our
own, was so severe as to require far-reaching
measures for relief and recovery in each coun-
try. This made it impossible, tragically enough,
for the governments that met in London in 1933
to agree upon international measures that would
serve satisfactorily the pressing needs of all, but
the United States dui-ing the succeeding years
assumed the leadership in trying to make effec-
tive the purpose which the 1933 conference had
been siunmoned to achieve.

In undertaking to rebuild our trade with the
rest of the world, it was necessary to convince
unwilling minds that the policy pursued bj'
this country during the 1920's of constantly
increasing barriers to trade had brought in-
jury to ourselves as well as to others. Under
the Trade Agreements Act this Government
negotiated 22 trade agreements with other
nations, each of which enlarged commerce and
employment in this and other countries with-
out doing material injury to any branch of
American production. By so doing, we cre-
ated a renewed realization that in the interest
of an increase in the standard of living, in the
interest of renewing employment, in short, in
the interest of recovery itself, commercial in-
tercourse with the rest of the world was as

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necessary to our country as it was to other
countries.

The recovery in both internal and inter-
national affairs that took place for a few years
after 1933 for some time gave reason for hope
that the world would gradually attain some
new and more satisfactory economic balance.
This hope spurred on the efforts of this Gov-
ernment to keep before its own people and be-
fore other peo])les the principles of an inter-
national program of mutual economic benefit.
Hardly a day passed without some effort on
our part to bring other countries to join with
us in the adoption of this program through
gradual elimination of policies contrarj- to it.

I am convinced that tliose efforts might have
succeeded if it had not become evident that
certain powers had determined that all eco-
nomic policies for the adjustment of human
welfare would be subordinated by them to
policies of seizing by force what they them-
selves desired. An ironic situation was thus
patent. Many nations thereupon feared that
if they extended their economic relations, they
would strengthen their potential enemies.
They feared that if they exchanged advantages
with others they might inevitably become de-
pendent upon others. The resulting discour-
agement to trade, investment, and other eco-
nomic activities necessarily increased the dis-
position to seek relief by predatory action un-
der desperate leadership; it prepared tlie way
for war.

That was the course which this Government
had so clearly foreseen and which we had so
often tried to offset, not only by warnings and
appeals, but by the e.xample which we oui-selves
held up.

Believmg as this Government does, that one
of the surest safeguards against war is the op-
portunity of all peoples to buy and to sell on
equal terms and without let or hindrance of a
political character, we have never ceased to
offer our full participation and cooperation in
such a general economic program.

The oncoming of the war and the complete
dislocation of international trade have neces-
sarily left that program in suspense, but the
determination of your Government to resume

it when the opportunity again occurs remains
unaltered.

Meanwhile, our economic policy has been ad-
justed to safeguard and to serve our security
in many vital relations.

Let me turn now to the subject of our anned
defense. During the first years of this admin-
istration we participated in conferences de-
signed to bring about an international agree-
ment on tlie limitation and reduction of
armament. Time after time this Government
expressed our readiness to join with other na-
tions in a common effort to bring about an
effective agreement.

While the Government was making efforts
for arms limitation, our national defense was
not neglected. Ever since he assumed office,
President Roosevelt has worked unceasingly
towards an adequate national defense. In
1934 steps were taken to bring our Navy up to
treaty strength. Shortly thereafter, provision
was made for replacing and improving Army
equipment, and for a very substantial increase
in enlisted strength.

The aim of this administration luis been to
make our national defense adequate and effi-
cient on land, on sea, and in the air. The
definition of an adequate national defense, of
coui'se, is bound to change with changing in-
ternational situations. It has been our policy
to make no inci'ease in our own armament un-
less other powers by increasing theirs make
increase by us necessary to our national safety.

By the end of 1936 it had become appai-ent
that under existing conditions there was no
possibility of a general international agree-
ment for a reduction in annament. Instead,
there was a recrudescence of the militaiy spirit,
resulting in the expansion of standing armies,
in naval constniction, in enormously increased
militaiy budgets, and in feverish efforts to de-
vise new instruments of warfare.

IXiring this period the administration re-
peatedly pointed out the dangers in the inter-
national situation. As early as January 4,
1935, President Roosevelt stated in a message
to Congress, "I cannot with candor tell you
that general international relationships outside
the borders of the United States are improved.

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On the surface of things many old jealousies
are resurrected, old passions aroused; new
strivings for armament and power, in more
than one land, rear their ugly heads."

Towards the end of 1937 the Nation was
warned that international lawlessness was
spreading; that the situation was of universal
concern ; and that the peace, freedom, and secu-
rity of 90 percent of the population of the woiid
was being jeoi^ardized by the remaining 10 per-
cent wlio were threatening a break-down in all
international order under law.

In a message to Congress of January 28, 1938,
the President declared that as Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States it was his constitutional duty to report
that "our national defense is, in the light of the
increasing armaments of other nations, inade-
quate for purposes of national security and re-
quires increase for that reason."

A few months after the Munich agi'eement
President Roosevelt reported to Congress that
although a war which had threatened to envelop
the world in flames had been temporarily
averted, it had become increasingly clear that
peace was not assured. In this message of Janu-
ary 4, 1939, he pointed out that the world had
grown so small and weapons of attack so swift
that no nation could be safe so long as any other
powerful nation refused to settle its grievances
at the council table; that weapons of defense
gave the only safety from any highly ai'med
nation which insists on policies of force; that
we had learned that survival cannot be guar-
anteed by arming after the attack begins. One
week later the President submitted to Congress
the program required by the necessities of
defense.

With the outbreak of war in Europe in Sep-
tember 1939, the President increased the
strength of the Army and Navy within stat-
utory authorizations. In January 1940 he sub-
mitted a budget to the Congress which included
estimates for the national defense, amounting
to approximately $2,000,000,000, for the fiscal
year 1941. On May 16 of this year he asked
of the Congress, and the Congress approved,
a tremendous increase in appropriations for the
national defense. And subsequently requests

have been made to bring our defense forces to
a point capable of meeting any emergency.

The recent agreement with Great Britain for
a chain of naval and air bases extending from
Newfoundland to the South American Conti-
nent, and tlie agreement with Canada on de-
fense, are of immeasurable assistance in pro-
viding effectively for the defense of the
Americas.

From this brief summary I think you will
agree that the administration has been fully
aware of the dangers in tlie international sit-
uation, that it has informed the country thereof,
and that through the years it has been vigilant
in preparing our national defense against any
possible threats to our security.

To serve that program of defense, a far-
reaching effort is being carried forward to
acquire adequate supplies of all essential and
critical materials, and we are keeping under
close supervision the export of all American
products that we may need for an emergency.

In reviewing the ever increasingly tragic his-
tory of the international relations of the past
seven years, there is just one bright picture
of constructive achievement that stands out. I
refer, of course, to the recent history of the
relations between the 21 American republics.

I doubt whether the people of the United
States even remotely appreciate the vast
changes which these past seven years have
brought about in the relations between the
United States and its neighbors in the New
World. A short eight years ago, it is an un-
derstatement to assert, suspicion of the motives
of the United States existed throughout the
major portion of the continent. Where open
resentment did not exist because of some act
of high-handed intervention on the part of
this Government, or hostility smolder because
of the assertion by this country of its power
to dictate, there existed at least in many quar-
ters, a very natural resentment because of our
insistence, through the Tariff Act of 1930, upon
closing our markets to our neighbors.

Today, that condition, fortunately, has van-
ished. It began to disappear after the Inter-
American Conference of 1933 when Secretary
Hull, in the name of this Government, made it

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clear that the United States would no longer
intervene in the internal affairs of tlie other
American republics. It was still further dis-
sipated wheJi this Government, through the
provisions of the Trade Agreements Act, made
it evident that the United States was not only
willing but anxious to trade with its neighbors
on tenns of mutual advantage; and thus the
way was prepared for the holding of the Con-
ference for the Maintenance of Peace in Buenos
Aires in 1936 in a spirit of nascent understand-
ing and mutual i-eliance by all of the American
republics.

Few of you probably recall today that the
suggestion for the holding of this Conference
was made by President Roosevelt so long ago
as on January 30, 1936, through personal let-
ters which he addressed to the Presidents of
all of the other American republics.^

The war clouds over Europe were steadily
darkening, and the President foresaw clearly
that in the event of a new world war, no
greater assurance could be offered to the na-
tions of the New World that the peace of the
Western Hemisphere would be maintained and
that in the event that any aggression against
tlie American Continent threatened, the I'nited
States could count ujion the loyal friendship
of her American neighbors, than through the
perfection of agreements between them which
would reduce the possibility of hostilities be-
tween themselves and afford a common policj-
in the event of danger from abroad.

That suggestion was made four and a half
years ago, and it is now well worth while to
remember that at that Conference there was
for the first time proclaimed by the 21 Ameri-
can republics in unanimous accord the gi'eat
principle that any threat to the peace of any
one of the American republics affects the peace
of them all.

Since that time there has been helld the
Inter-American Conference of Lima in 1938,
which strengthened notably the earlier acts of
the Conference at Buenos Aires, and which
indicated still more clearly the intention of

' See Press Releases of February 15, 1936 (vol. XIV.
DO. 333). pp. 162-163.

the American republics to assume a common
front against any threat of aggression to the
New World. As a result of machinery there
set up, there have also been held since the
war broke out two consultative meetings at
Panama and at Habana.

Three important achievements at the Pan-
ama meeting are worthy of special attention.

First, the declaration by the American re-
publics that so long as this continent remains
at peace the American nations are entitled
as of inherent right to have the waters adjacent
to their shores, and which they regard as of
primary utility to them in their normal rela-
tions, free from the commission of hostile acts.

Second, the creation of the Inter-American
Neutrality Committee, which is in permanent
-session in Rio de Janeiro in order to study
the problems of neutrality and to formulate
recommendations with a view to coordinating
action among the American republics.

And third, the creation of the Inter-Ameri-
can Financial and Economic Advisory Com-
mittee, which has been in session in Washing-
ton since November 15, 1939, and to which
have been submitted for study and recommen-
dation a wide range of problems in the fields
of banking, shipping, customs procedure, and
broad programs of economic development.

In July 1940 there was held at Habana the
second consultative meeting. Once more con-
crete measures were adopted to enable the Amer-
ican nations to cope effectively with new
problems. Resolutions were adopted looking
towards joint action through coordination of
police activity in the combatting of subversive
foreign influences, and, in the economic field,
the Inter-American Committee at Washington
was charged with additional responsibilities
primarily with respect to the gi-ave problems
of surplus commodities brought about by the
disruption of normal markets.

At the same time the Act of Habana was ap-
proved providing for the assumption of joint
provisional responsibilities with respect to
European colonies in the Western Hemisphere
in the event that a change of sovereignty of
these colonies should threaten as a result of the
European conflict.

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Today, the governments of all the American
republics are cooperating as one in the search
for remedies for their common problems, and
with a full and reciprocal recognition of their
several needs and requirements. They are as
one in their determination to preserve their
domestic institutions, their ancient liberties, and
their independence and integrity ; but more than
that, they recognize today that the strength of
every one of them is vastly enhanced by the
combined strength of the rest.

Speaking from the standpoint of a citizen of
the United States, I can conceive of no greater
safeguard to the national defense of the United
States than the realization on our part that we
possess the sympathy, the trust and the cooper-
ation of our neighbors of the New World.

Unfortunately it is not possible for me to
refer with any measure of satisfaction to the
course of events in the Far East during these
past seven years.

The i)olicy of this Government in the Far East
has differed in no way from the policies of this
country in relation to other regions of the world.
It is true, of course, that the problems which
have arisen in our relations with the countries
of the Far East have had certain peculiarities
because of the earlier rights of extraterritorial
jurisdiction accorded to the nationals of occi-
dental powei's, along with various other special
procedures adopted with special reference to
special situations, but as situations have
changed, the United States has by processes of
negotiation and agreement voluntarily assented
to the alteration and removal of these special
features.

From time to time the nations directly in-
terested in the Far East have entered into
treaties and international agreements which
have created a network of common interests,
as well as common responsibilities and
obligations.

In essence the primary requirements of the
United States in the Far East may be thus
simply set forth : Complete respe^-t by all pow-
ers for the legitimate rights of the United
States and of its nationals as stipulated by
existing treaties or as provided by the gen-

erally accepted tenets of international law;
equality of opportunity for the trade of all
nations; and, finally, respect for those inter-
national agreements or treaties concerning the
Far East to which the United States is a
party, although with the expressed understand-
ing that the United States is always willing to
consider the peaceful negotiation of such modi-
fications or changes in these agreements or
treaties as may in the judgment of the sig-
natories be considered necessary in the light of
changed conditions.

The Government of Japan, however, has de-
clared that it intends to create a "new order
in Asia". In this endeavor it has relied upon
the instrumentality of armed force, and it has
made it very clear that it intends that it alone
shall decide to what extent the historic inter-
ests of the United States and the treaty rights
of American citizens in the Far East are to
be observed.

As we here well know, many hundreds of
incidents have occurred as a result of which
the rights of this country and the rights of
our nationals have been violated.

On April 15 of this year, as a result of de-
velopments in the European war, the Foreign
ilinister of Japan, in a public statement,
asserted that Japan desired the maintenance
of the status quo of the Netlierlands East In-
dies. On April 17 the Seci*etary of State made
a statement on behalf of the United States
expressing the belief of this Govermnent that
the best interests of all nations called for
maintenance of the status quo in the entire
Pacific area.^ On repeated occasions since
then official spokesmen for the Japanese Gov-
ernment have reiterated their desire for the
maintenance of the present status of the
Netherlahds East Indies, and have further
specifically declared that this policy applied
not only to the Netherlands East Indies, but
to French Indochina as well. Nevertheless,
and notwithstanding these official declarations,
we are all familiar with the events of the past
week which have culminated in measures

'See the BiiUetin of April 20, 1940 (vol. II. no. 43),
p. 411.

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249

undertaken by tlie Japanese military forces
which threaten the integrity of the French
colony.

From the standpoint of reason, of common
sense, and of the best practical interests of all
of the powers possessing interests in the Far
East, there is no problem presented which could
not be peacefully solved through negotiation,
provided there existed a sincere desire on the
part of all concerned to find an equitable and
a fair solution which would give just recogni-
tion to the rights and to the real needs of all
concerned.

As the weeks pass, tides of anarchy and of
chaos are threatening to engulf the continent
of Europe.

We have seen during the past 18 months the
disappearance or the armed occupation of
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark.
Holland, Belgium, Lithuania. Latvia, Estonia;
the defeat and partial occupation of the great
Republic of France; the dismemberment,
through the threat of force, of Kumania; and
the spoliation, after an heroic resistance, <;!' ilie
Republic of Finland.

Warfare has lunv engulfed the Mediterianeau
region and threatens to spread to the Near
East.

Alone, the Biitish people, with a heroism
which is worthy of the finest traditions of that
brave people, are defending successfully their
homes and their liberties — which are the same
liberties which free men cherish eveiywhere.

It is the policy of your Government, as ap-
proved by the Congress of the L^nited States,
and, I believe, by the overwhelming majority of
the American people, to render all material sup-
port and assistance, through the furnishing of
supplies and munitions, to the British Govern-
ment and to the Governments of the British
Dominions in what we hope will be their suc-
cessful defense against armed aggression.

It is becoming trite to say that what we are
witnessing in the world today is not a world
war but a world revolution. It is indeed an
attempt at world revolution, a revolution in the
sense that we are seeing a new manifestation of
the age-old struggle of the lowest that is in

264355 — 40 2

hiunan nature against the highest, of barbarism
against civilization, of darkness against light.

There is no question that the errors of omis-
sion and of commission during the years which
succeeded the negotiation of the Treaty of Ver-
sailles and the other treaties arising from the
World War paved the way for the vast confla-
gi-ation which we see today, but there is equally
no question that during the five years which
preceded the Munich agreements the Govern-
ment of the United States did everj'thing within
its power to avert the final calamity. When the
record is ultimately assaj-ed, I believe this truth
will be recognized.

There could be no better demonstration of
the purposes and of the beliefs of this Govern-
ment than in the words which the President
addressed to the Chiefs of the Governments
directly concerned, at the time of the Czecho-
slovak ci'isis, on September 26, 1938. He said :

"The fabric of peace on the continent of Eu-
rope, if not throughout the re-st of the world,
is in immediate danger. The consequences of
its rupture are incalculable. Should hostilities
break out the lives of millions of men, women
and children in every country involved will
most certaiidy be lost imder circumstances of
unspeakable horror.

"The economic system of every country in-
volved is certain to be shattered. The social
structure of every country involved may well
be completely wrecked.

"The traditional policy of the United States
has been the furtherance of the settlement of
international disputes by pacific means. It is
my conviction that all people under the threat
of war today pray that peace may be made
before, rather than after, war."'

In a further message sent to the German Chan-
celor on September 27, the President said:

"Present negotiations still stand open. They
can be continued if you will give the word.
Should the need for supplementing them become
evident, nothing stands in the way of widening

'See Press Releases of October 1, 1938 (vol. XIX,
no. 470), pp. 219-220.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

their scope into a conference of all the nations
directly interested in the present controversy.
Such a meeting to be held immediately — in some
neutral spot in Europe — would offer the oppor-
tunity for this and correlated questions to be
solved in a spirit of justice, of fair dealing, and,
in all human probability, with greater per-
manence." ^

If the nations directly interested in that con-
troversy, including Czechoslovakia, had sat
around the council table in some neutral city, on
equal terms, with no single one of them under
the threat of aggression, as the President urged,
the way might well have been paved for the
avoidance of today's calamity.

We as a nation face today as grave a danger
as our people have confronted during the cen-
tury and a half of their independent life. We
are confronting the emergency, however, I be-
lieve, with vision, with courage, and with
determination.

Our security has been vastly enhanced by the
relations of confidence and of trust which we
have with all of the Ajnerican republics, and
thi-ough the strengthening of our traditional
ties of understanding with our neighbor, the
great Dominion of Canada. Our ability to repel
aggression is likewise greatly increased by the
naval and air bases which we have now leased
from Great Britain, and our rearmament pro-
gram is being carried on with efficiency and
dispatch.

We are profiting by the lessons which we
have learned from the experience of others. We
must increase our armed strength until the New
World is unassailable.

We must, and I believe we will, successfully
repel any threat to the peace of this hemisphere.

The lights of civilization are fast dimming in
many other parts of the world.

While your Government must continue in the
future, as it has in the past, to prepare for all
eventualities, this Nation must at the same time
be ready, when the time comes, to aid in the
construction of that kind of a world peace based
on justice and on law through which alone can
our security be fully guaranteed.

I shall always remember that day last March,
during the course of the mission in Europe with
which the President had entrusted me, when I
left London by plane on a day of blinding snow.
I had with me Carl Sandburg's splendid life of
Lincoln, and as I opened the volume my eyes
first rested on these immortal phrases of the
Second Inaugural : "Fondly do we hope — fer-
vently do we pray — -that this mighty scourge of
war may speedily pass away" and "to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and a
lasting peace among ourselves, and with all
nations."

As we arm with all haste and vigor to guard
our New World from threatened danger, I can
conceive of no nobler hope and exhortation in
our course as a nation than those which are con-
tained in these words.

CONTROL OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP EXPORTS

[Released to the press by the White House September 26]

The President has approved the early estab-
lishment of additional controls of the exporta-
tion of iron and steel scrap with a view to
conserving the available supply to meet the rap-
idly expanding requirements of the defense pro-
gram in this country.

Effective October 15, 1940 all outstanding bal-
ances of licenses which have been granted pur-

' See ibid., p. 224.

suant to the existing regulations of July 26,
1940 for the exportation of No. 1 heavy melting
steel scrap will be revoked. On October 16,
1940 the exportation of all grades of iron and
steel scrap will be placed under the licensing
system.

Under the new regulations which will be
made effective on October 16, 1940, licenses will
be issued to permit shipments to the countries
of the Western HemisiDhere and Great Britain
only.

SEPTEMBER 2 8, 1940

ALLIANCE BETWEEN GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN

Statement by the Secretary of State

251

[Released to the press September 27]

At his press conference today, in response to
inquiries, the Secretary of State said :

"The reported agreement of alliance does not,
in the view of the Government of tlie United
States, substantially alter a situation which has
existed for several years. Announcement of
the alliance merely makes clear to all a relation-

ship which has long existed in effect and to
which this Government has repeatedly called
attention. That such an agreement has been
in process of conclusion has been well known
for some time, and that fact has been fully
taken into account by the Government of the
United States in the detennining of this coun-
try's policies."

WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT

Remarks of the President "

[Releaeed to the press by the White House September 28]

First of all, I make this signal to the Army
and the Navy that flies:

"Well done ! The Commander-in-Chief's
compliments and thanks to all hands''.

The roar above us of American airplane
engines in hundreds of American planes is
symbolic of our determination to build up a
defense on sea, on land, and in the air capable
of overcoming any attack. They represent in
a small way the power we ultimately must
have — and will soon have. Rather let me de-
scribe this as just a gratifying flexing of the
kind of fighting muscle democracy can and
does produce.

They are here upon a peaceful mission. We
all hope that their missions will always be in
the ways of peace. We shall strive with all
of our energies and skills to see to it that they
are never called upon for missions of war.
But the more of them we have the less likely
we are to have to use them — the less likely are
we to be attacked from abroad.

Here, in this broad Potomac Valley, George
Washington and the other fathers sought to
place the Nation's capital at a center of the
then channels of transportation. There was

« Delivered in connection with the laying of the
cornerstone of the Administration Building of the
Washington National Airport, September 28, 1940.

long dispute about the plan. So, too, there
has been long dispute about the plan for this
airport, which will make the capital again the
hub of transportation by air. A proper and
adequate flying field has been a Washington
problem since the Wrights had their first crash
on the parade ground at Fort Myer 30 years
ago. We might go even further back, indeed,
and say the problem has existed ever since Dr.
Langley tried to fly his "Aerodrome" from a
barge anchored just below us here in the
Potomac.

Two years ago the problem became so acute
as, literally, to give me bad dreams. So, upon
the passage of the Civil Aeronautics Act, one
of the first tasks I asked of the new agency
was the creation of an adequate airport for
the Nation's capital.

That was in August. On November 19, 1938,
I watched a dredge bring the first mucky soil
from beneath some 10 feet of water very near
the spot where we now stand. They told me this
field would be usable within two years. Today,
well within that promise, the field was used. It
will be in regular use within three more months.
And Assistant Secretary Hinckley tells me that
it will be so extensively used, because of the
growth of civil aviation during these two years,
that already we must begin to plan other sub-
sidiary airports for Washington as we must
do throughout the Nation.

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DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BTJLXiETIN

For proof of the value of the growth of avia-
tion to the Nation's defense, we can make com-
parisons with Washington's day. He had a
citizenry ready to spring to arms because nearly
every citizen had arms and knew how to use
them. Every gentleman wore a sword and every
farmer had a musket which he used almost
daily to bring food to his table. But two years
ago less than 25,000 of our people — only one
fiftieth of one percent of the population — knew
how to fly an airplane. If only that proportion
of the American people had known how to use
a musket in Washington's day the Continental
Army would have consisted of little more than
a corporal's guard.

Today 50,000 young Americans are licensed
flyers, and the number is growing by almost
2,000 a month. They are not all military pilots —
but they are as ready to become military pilots
as were the farmers of Washington's day to be-
come riflemen of the line. Whereas two years
ago not more than a quarter of a million of our
people used the airlines and private planes to
travel in, that number— the number of citizens
at least familiar with the airplane — has doubled
and will soon be tripled.

That is why an airport like this is important
to the national defense. That is why this air-
port, soon to be one of the world's greatest
facilities, surely its most convenient and prob-
ably its most beautiful, should be brought with
all possible emphasis to the attention of our
people during this awakening of America to
the needs of national defense. This airport and
many othere which we hope will follow will
draw free men freely to use a peacetime imple-
ment of commerce which, we hope, will never
be converted to wartime service.

Our newspapers and the radio tell us day after
day how increasingly important aircraft has
become both as a weapon in the hands of aggres-
sors and to those who fight for their continued
national existence. These reports easily explain
why these squadrons of the Army and Navy air
forces, the thunder of which still rings in our
ears, were a prelude to the ceremonies here this
afternoon — a prelude to the completion and

operation today even of this civilian aviation
center — the Washington National Airport.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
OF CERTAIN ALIENS

The following regulation has been codified
under Title 22: Foreign Relations (Chapter I:
Department of State), in accordance with the
requirements of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations:

Part 65 — Visas ; Documents Required of Bona
Fide Alien Seamen Entering the United
States

§ 65.51 Waiver of creio list visa requirements.
Under the emergency provisions of section 30
of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and of
Executive Order No. 8429,' of June 5, 1940, the
crew list visa requirements are waived for ves-
sels sailing between ports of the United States
and Canada and Newfoundland which do not
touch at ports of other countries. (Sec. 30,
Public, No. 670, 76th Cong., 3d sess., approved
June 28, 1940; E. O. 8429, June 5, 1940)

CoRDELL Hull,
Secretary of State.
September 16, 1940.

[Departmental Order No. 880]

EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESCRIBING SE-
LECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS

On September 23, 1940, the President signed
Executive Order No. 8545 prescribing selective
service regulations governing the administration
of the Selective Training and Service Act, ap-
proved September 16, 1940. The text of the
Executive order appears in the Federal Register
for September 25, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 187), pages
3779-3791.

' 5 F. R. 2145.

SEPTEMBER 2 8, 1940

253

DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS BOARD

[Released to the press by the White House September 24]

The purpose of the Defense Communications
Board, created today by Executive order,* is
to coordinate the relationship of all branches of
communication to the national defense.

The Defense Communications Board was ini-
tiated jointly by the various Government de-
partments and agencies having a vital interest
in this phase of the preparedness program.
The Board is basically a planning agency, with-
out operating or procurement functions. As
such it is charged with the important duty of
charting the utilization and control of our com-
munication systems in the best interests of the
national security.

The Board will have no power to censor radio
or other communications or to take over any
facilities.

This task of plaiuiing is not confined to radio
broadcasting, but also embraces common car-
riers such as commercial radiotelephone and
radiotelegraph, as well as other telephone, tele-
graph, and cable facilities.

The Board does not propose to interfere with
the normal operation of broadcasting or other
forms of communication any more than is nec-
essary for the national protection. Through
correlated planning, it will seek to gear the
great and strategically valuable American com-
munications system, in both the domestic and
international fields, to meet any situation the
national interest may require.

The various branches of the communications
industry will cooperate in an advisory capacity
with the Board, which will be composed of the
Chairman of the Federal Communications Com-
mission, the Chief Signal Officer of the Army,
the Dii'ector of Naval Communications, an As-
sistant Secretary of State, and an Assistant Sec-
retary of the Treasury. Wliere the activities

of the Board impinge upon any functions of
Government departments, representatives of
such departments will be placed upon appro-
priate committees.

The Board has had the cooperation of the
radio industry in the preparation of this order.
With industry cooperation, the Board will ap-
point committees from every branch of com-
munications— broadcast and other radio serv-
ices, cable, telegraph, and telephone — as well as
from labor groups. All jjlans involving the
utilization of private facilities, or requiring in-
dustry cooperation, will be adopted only after
consultation with such industry representatives,
and the particular private companies whose
properties may be involved.

The Far East

'No. 8546. For text see the Federal Register for
September 26, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 188), pp. 3817-3818, and
the Federal Register for September 27, 1940 (vol. 5,
no. 189), p. 3827.

DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH
INDOCHINA

( Released to the press September 23 ]

In response to inquiries at the press confer-
ence today, the Secretary of State said :

"Events are transpiring so rapidly in the
Indochina situation that it is impossible to get a
clear picture of the minute-to-minute develop-
ments. It seems obvious, however, that the
status quo is being upset and that this is being
achieved under duress. The position of the
United States in disapproval and in deprecation
of such procedures has repeatedly been stated."

[Released to the press September 23]

This Government has not at any time or in
any way approved the French concessions to
Japan. The attitude of this Government
toward developments in French Indochina is as
expressed by the Secretary of State this morn-
ing and in previous public statements.

American Republics

EXCHANGE PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS

[Released to the press September 24]

Under the terms of the Convention for the
Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Kela-
tions,' the United States has now arranged
exchanges of students and professors with nine
of the American republics. Ten graduate stu-
dents from the other American republics have
been selected for study in the United States,
and four additional students will soon be
chosen. Eight graduate students and three
professors from the United States have been
invited to study and teach in other American
countries. These arrangements have been
made between the United States and the Gov-
ernments of Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Pan-
ama, Paraguay, and Venezuela. In addition,
the United States has been informed that the
Governments of Brazil and Peru will under-
take similar arrangements in the near future.
Plans for these exchanges have been worked
out jointly by the Department of State and
the OfEce of Education of the Federal Security
Agency.

The American graduate students include
Miss Dorothy Field, of Phillips, Maine, and
Miss Esther Matthews, of Denver, Colo., who
have gone to Chile; Miss Edith Alida Bron-
son, of Evanston, 111., who goes to Costa Rica;
Mr. Charles Christian Hauch, of Chicago, 111.,
and Mr. Joseph John MontUor, of New York,
N. Y., who go to the Dominican Republic (Mr.
Montllor has sailed for Ciudad Trujillo) ; Mr.
James S. Triolo, Jr., of Alameda, Calif., who
goes to Panama, and Dr. George William Lut-
termoser, of Detroit, Mich., who has gone to
Venezuela. In addition, the Government of
Costa Rica has selected a second graduate
student, Mr. Don H. Walther. Mr. Walther

9 Treaty Series No. 92S.
254

is a teaching fellow at the University of North
Carolina and proposes for his research project
to make a study of the life and works of the
historian, Ricardo Fernandez-Guardia.

The three American professors selected are
Dr. Charles C. Griffin, of Vassar College, whose
appointment was announced on August 19 and
who sailed for Venezuela on September 6, 1940 ;
Dr. John Ashton, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, College Station,
Tex., who will sail for Nicaragua on September
28, 1940, and Dr. Carroll William Dodge, of
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., who is
expected to leave for Guatemala within a few
months.

John Ashton, Ph. D., associate professor of
agricultui'al journalism at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, has been selected
by the Government of Nicaragua as exchange
professor. He received the degree of Bachelor
of Science from the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of Texas and the degrees of Master
of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Missouri. Dr. Ashton is the
author or co-author of several books dealing
with the history of farm animals, as well as of
several historical treatises. He has also con-
tributed many articles to various agricultural
journals, based on travel and research in the
rural communities of the United States and
Europe. Wliile in Nicaragua Dr. Ashton will
lecture in agricultural history and agricultural
journalism.

Carroll William Dodge, Ph. D., professor of
botany at Washington University, St. Louis,
Mo., has been selected by the Government of
Guatemala as exchange professor. Professor
Dodge was born in Danby, Vt., was awarded his
Bachelor of Arts degi-ee by Middlebury College
in 1915, and in 1918 received the degree of Doc-
tor of Philosophy from Washington University.

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255

From 1919 to 1921 he was an instructor and
assistant professor at Brown University; from
1921 to 1931 he was an instructor and assistant
professor at Harvard University; and since
1931 he has been professor of botany at AVash-
ington University. He is the co-author of
Comparative Morphology of Fungi and the
author of Medical Mycology. While in Guate-
mala Professor Dodge will give technical lec-
tures on mycology, plant pathologj', and
lichens, and popular lectures on botany and
education in the United States, and will conduct
research on the lichens and certain groups of
fungi of the country, as well as on local plant
diseases.

In addition, the Governments of Chile, Costa
Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Peru have
indicated tlieir desire to receive a professor from
the United States, and negotiations are now
in process.

Arrangements have been made for students
to come to the United States from Chile, the
Dominican Republic, Panama, and Paraguay.
The students from Chile as already announced
are Sefior Jorge del Canto Schram, of Santiago ;
Senora Maria Marchant de Gonzalez Vera, of
Santiago; Seiior Carlos E. Salazar Justiniano,
of Santiago ; Sefior Leopoldo Seguel Fuentes, of
Yungay (Nuble). In addition, fellowships have
been awarded to two Dominican students. Oscar
Rafael Batlle-Morel and Americo Alejandro
Martinez y Martinez. Senor Martinez will
carry out studies in construction with reinforced
concrete and in the resistance of materials.
Sefior Batlle-Morel will carry on medical
studies, .specializing in eye, ear, nose, and
throat.

The two Panamanian students who have re-
ceived fellowships are Seiior Cesar Augusto
Quintero C. and Seiior Diego Manuel Domin-
guez-Caballero. Sefior Quintero recently ob-
tained his degree in law and political science
from the National University of Panama and
plans to continue his studies of international
law under the fellowship. Sefior Dominguez
was graduated with honors in philosophy and
letters from the National University of Panama
in 1939 and has been active in student affairs.

He will take a specialized course in American
history under his fellowship.

Fellowships have also been awarded by the
Government of the United States to two Para-
guayan students, Julio C. Chenu-Bordon and
Juan Guillermo Peroni. Doctor Chenii-Bordon
is pediatrician at the Anti-Tuberculosis Dis-
pensary of Asuncion and associate professor of
pediatrics of the Faculty of Medicine at
Asuncion. He is a member of several Para-
guayan medical societies and the author of a
number of articles in his field of interest. He
jjlans to pursue special studies in pediatrics,
puericulture, and child nutrition at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. Seiior Peroni holds the degree
of law and social sciences and is at present pro-
fessor of commercial law in the National School
of Asuncion. He plans to pursue studies in
finance and political law in this countrj'.

Moreover, the Governments of Costa Rica
and Haiti have submitted panels of graduate
students which are now under consideration
by the United Stntes. Two additional govern-
ments, those of Brazil and of Peru, have signi-
fied their intention of soon initiating arrange-
ments for exchanges.

The present status of exchanges under the
Convention for the Promotion of Inter-Ameri-
can Cultural Relations is therefore as follows:

The Government of Brazil has officially noti-
fied this Government of its intention to inaugu-
rate exchanges in the near future.

The Government of Chile has awarded fel-
lowships to two American students, and the
Government of the United States has awarded
fellowships to four Chilean students. Chile
is also negotiating for an American professor.

The Government of Costa Rica has awarded
fellowships to two American students, and the
Government of the United States will shortly
award two fellowships to Costa Rican students.
Costa Rica is also negotiating for an American
professor.

The Government of the Dominican Repvhlic
has awarded fellowships to two American stu-
dents, and the Government of the United States
has awarded fellowsliips to two Dominican stu-

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

dents. The Dominican Government is also
negotiating for an American professor.

The Government of Guatemala has selected
an American professor.

The Republic of Haiti has submitted a panel
of students for consideration by the United
States.

The Government of Nicaragua has selected
an American professor and negotiations are in
process for the exchange of students.

The Government of Panama has awarded a
fellowshij) to an American student, and the
Government of the United States has awarded
fellowships to two Panamanian students.

Fellowships have been awarded by the United
States to two students from the Republic of
Paraguay.

The Government of Peru has notified the
United States that it will shortly initiate ex-
change arrangements.

The Government of Venezuela has selected an
American professor, who is now in Venezuela,
and has awarded a fellowship to an American
student.

The Buenos Aires convention was signed by
each of the 21 American republics at the Inter-
American Conference for the Maintenance of
Peace, held in Buenos Aires in 1936, and has
been ratified by 13 countries. The exchange
program is directed toward the development of
a more renlistic understanding between the peo-
ples of the Western Hemisphere. Emphasiz-
ing the essential reciprocity of cultural
relations, the exchanges are designed to make
available to the people of the other American
republics a more accurate knowledge of the
progress of science, the humanities, the tech-
nology, and the artistic achievements of the
United States. In receiving the visiting
professors, teachers, and graduate students
from those nations, the program affords a sim-
ilar diffusion in this country of the intellectual
attainments of their people.

The expenses involved in the exchange pro-
gram are shared by the participating govern-

ments. The nominating governments wiU pay
the round-trip travel costs of students, together
with other incidental expenses. The receiving
government will pay tuition, subsidiaiy ex-
penses, and board and lodging at the institu-
tions in which the visiting students are enrolled.
The Department of State has been assisted in
choosing the panels of students and professors
by a Committee on Exchange Fellowships and
Professorships. This committee, in collabora-
tion with the Department and with the United
States Office of Education of the Federal Se-
curity Agency, drew up the standards and
application forms for fellowships and profes-
sorships under the convention. The minimum
requirements were designed to assure the two-
fold purpose of making available to the quali-
fied student in this country opportunity to
l^ursue advanced study in the other American
republics and to afford opportunity for appli-
cations from all sections of the United States.

HABANA CONVENTION OF
JULY 30, 1940

A message from the President to the Senate
transmitting the Habana Convention of July
30, 1940, together with a report of the Secretary
of State concerning the convention and "Act of
Habana", appears in this Bulletin under the
heading "Treaty Information".

FINANCIAL CONVENTION WITH DO-
MINICAN REPUBLIC

An announcement regarding a convention
with the Dominican Republic revising the con-
vention of 1924 appears in this Bulletin under
the heading "Treaty Information".

Europe

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF EN BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

[Released to the press September 2S]

The following tiibulation sliows contributions
collected and disbui-sed during the period Sep-
tember 6, 1939, through August 31, 1940, as
shown in the reports submitted by persons and
organizations registered with the Secretary of
State for the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions to be used for relief in belligerent
countries, in conformity with the regulations
issued pursuant to section 8 of the act of Novem-
ber 4, 1939, as made effective by the President's
proclamation of the same date.

Tliis tabulation has reference only to contri-
butions solicited and collected for relief in bel-
ligerent countries (France; Germany; Poland;
the United Kingdom. India, Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa;
Norway; Belgium; Luxemburg; the Nether-
lands; and Italy) or for the relief of refugees

driven out of these countries by the present
war. The statistics set forth in the tabulation do
not include information regarding relief activi-
ties which a number of organizations registered
with the Secretary of State may be carrying on
in non-belligerent countries, but for which reg-
istration is not required under the Neutrality
Act of 1939.

The iVmerican National Red Cross is required
by law to submit to the Secretary of War for
audit "a full, complete, and itemized report of
receipts and expenditures of whatever kind".
In order to avoid an unnecessary duplication of
work, this organization is not required to con-
form to the provisions of the regulations
governing the solicitation and collection of con-
tributions for relief in belligerent countries, and
the tabulation does not, therefore, include infor-
mation in regard to its activities.

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries

Name of registrant, locatioc, date of reglstratioo, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug. 31,1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still

on band

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Accion Democrata Espafiola, San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 29,

1940. France - $267.45 $125.00

Allied Relief Ball. Inc., New York, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1940. Great

Britain and France - 52,346.35 38,104.00

Allied Relief Fund, New York, N. Y., June 4, 1940. United

Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway. . . 711, 683. 61 639, 105. 24
American Association for Assistance to French Artiste, Inc.

New York, N. Y., Jan. 3, IWO. France .. 12,427.26 7,987.58

American Association of University Women, Washington,

D. C, May 23, 1940. France and Great Britain 9,770.61 225.00

American Auxiliary Committee do L'Union de5 Femmes de

France, New York, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1939. France and Great

Britain --- 18,489.07 8,213.35

American Board of Missions to the Jews. Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y.

July 5, 1940. France, Belgium, and Germany 725.00 725.00

American Civilian Volunteers, South Sudbury, Mass., May 27,

1940.« France None None

American Committee for Christian Refugees, Inc., New York,

N. Y., Sept. 26, 1939. Germany and France 11,801.86 11,801.86

• No reports for the months of July and August have been received from this organization,
264355 — 40 3

$35.51
12, 630. 85
63,953.41
3, 220. 67

455. 87

1, 407. 19
None
None

None

$106. 94

1,611.50

118,624.96

1,219.01

9, 089. "4

8, 868. 53
None
None
None

None

$39, 259. 22

1,605.15

None

3,285.20
None
None
None

$7,

None
None
109.15
None
None

347. 74
None
None
None

257

258

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

American Committee for the German Relief Fund, Inc., New

York, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1940. Germany and Poland

American Committee for the Polish Ambulance Fund, Chicago,

111., Feb. 12, 1940. France and Poland

American Dental Ambulance Committee, New York, N. Y.,

Mar. 12, 1940. United Kingdom -

American Emergency Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc., New

York, N. Y., Jan. 25. 1940. Great Britain and France --.

American Employment for General Relief, Inc., New York,

N. Y., May 1, 1940. England, France, Norway, Poland,

Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands

American Field Service, New York, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1939.

France, Great Britain, and British East Africa

American and French Students' Correspondence Exchange,

New York, N. Y., Doc. 20. 1939. France -

American-French War Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 14,

1939. France and Great Britain

American Friends of Czechoslovakia, New York, N. Y., Nov.

2, 1939. Groat Britain, Franco, and Bohemia-Moravia

American Friends of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, New

York, N. Y.. Dee. 1. 1939. Great Britain

American Friends of France, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 21,
1939. France

American Friends of German Freedom, New York, N. Y., July
24, 1940.' England and Franco ,,

American Friends of a Jewish Palestine, Inc., New York, N. Y.,
May 9, 1940. Palestine, Germany, Poland, France, and
United Kingdom

American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia. Pa., Nov.
9, 1939. United Kingdom, Poland. Germany, France, Nor-
way, Belgium, and the Netherlands

The American Fund for Breton Relief, New York, N. Y., Oct.
31, 1939. France

American Fund for French Wounded, Inc., Boston, Mass., Jan.

3, 1940. France and England

American Fund for Wounded in France, Inc., Worcester, Mass.,

Dec. 15, 1939. France

American German Aid Society, Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 16,

1939. Germany.

The American Hospital in Britain, Limited, New York, N. Y.,

July 24, 1940. Groat Britain -

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.,

New York, N. Y.. Sept. 29, 1939. United Kingdom, Poland.

Germany, Franc-e. Norway, Belgium, LtLxcmburg, and the

Netherlands _

American McAlI Association, New York, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1940.

France _

American-Polish National Council, Chicago, El., Aug. 14, 1940.

Poland

American Volunteer Ambulance Corps, New York, N. Y., Dec.

12, 1939. France. Belgium, Holland, and England

American War Godmothers, Pittsburgh, Pa., Mar. 6, 1940.

France

American Women's Hospitals. New York, N. Y., Sept. 14,

1939. France and England...

American Women's Unit for War Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Jan. 15, 1940. France.

American Women's Voluntary' Services, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Feb. 13. 1940. England

Les Amis de la France S Puerto Rico. San Juan, P. R., Dec. 20.

1939. rfanoB

Funds
received

$31,572.14

30. 302. 51

3, 239. 52

None

2, 647. 50

295, 685. 76

7, 301. 65

39. 973. 55

23. 734. 67

2, 136. 27

322, 596. 58

6, 780. 59

3. 120. 38

94, 439. 77
5, 206. 17

14,731.13

200.00

3, 856. 50

5. 1.10. 00

1,968,703.55

637. 32

1, 977. 26

224,899.47

1,0.W.33

2, 6S0. 72

1, 760. 20

19,381.01

10,916.68

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

$20, 000. 00

17,721.33

3, 133. 02

None

208, 416. 36

3, 024. 85

21, 736. 42

18,881.32

1, 367. 00
146. 680. 94

2. 856. 10

069. 02

88, 079. 35

3, 786. 50

9, 676. 70

None

1, S16, 506. 24
417.45

1, 010. 00
105,971.82

155. 74

2, 304. 20
789. 32

7, 626. 23
6,500.00

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

$5. 178. 90

2.081.63

101.60

None

1. 485. 01
10. 587. 07

661. 41

6, 732. 68

4. 220. 79

None

31,620.08

3. 707. 81

2, 290. 66

6, 360. 42
360. 05
478. 49
None
1, 003. 46
None

163, 197. 31

None

40.28

16, 135. 19

269. 02

42.62

664.33

10, 432. 98

248. 68

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug. 31. 1940,

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still

on hand

$6, 393. 24

10, 499. 56

6.00

None

1. 061. 89

76, 682. 33

3. 625. 39

12, 504. 46

632.66

779.27

144. 295. 56

216.68

170. 70

None

1, 053. 62
4, 676. 94
200.00
2, 863. 06
5, 150. 00

None
219. 87
926.98
102, 792. 46
626.87
233. SO
296. S6
1,321.80

4, 167. on

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

None

$471. 00

None

47, 764. 96

19. 240. 00

None

11,256.11

None

12,473.42

4,911.60

7, 383. 42

None

51.00
760.00
None
1,600.00
None
None
None
17,118.89
650.00

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on band

None
None
None
None

None
None
None
$1, 660. 31
None
None
8, 469. 96
None

None

None
270.00
None
None
None

None
600.00
None
1, 194. 20
2.45
None
190.15
None
107.77

' The registration of this organization was revoked on July 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent ConNTHiES — Continued

259

Name of rcEistrant. location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relie' in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug 31,1941).

including

cost of goods

purchased

and still

on band

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions In

kind now
on hand

Les Amltife Ffminlnes de la France, New York, N. Y., Dec.
19,1939. France

$1,200.91

18. 726. 30
18.021.66

10,808.14

5, 169. 00

2,829.27

9.875.75

273.60

190.57

2.050.08
12. 676. 23
1. 114. 46

1. 47.3. 15

17.110.19

6. 217. 55
1,118.31

5.481.17

3.376.16

8,988.20

339,498.43

6,163.88

312,608.23

1, 263. 71

12,306.01

877.25

65,984.48

22,718.06

147,610.49

544, 427. 80

134,964.38

477.54

400.00

$386.88

8, 242. 33
16,983.14

7.000.00

3,056.00

2,600.00

6, 766. 45

226.00

133.30

1,000.00

7,857.98

992.00

975.00

5,339.00

2,401.40
None

846.74

703.15

6,227.40

166. ,124. 31

4, 770. 50

73.002.21

310.00

8.998.89

65.00

39.095.06

18,203.12

122, 169. 12

275,463.95

27, 618. 18

300.30

None

$322.19

461.11

456.76

288.45
292.67

7.50
463.10
None

7.07

85.07

679.99

97.16

156.34

7.198.90

1.890.92
2.50

943.56

2.527.00

2.546.95

46.23

732.24

25,525.62

178.72

1.142.76

817.45

1.577.92

80.33

9,425.86

58,887.70

43, 509. 34

164.57

30.58

$491. 84

10, 021. 86
681.76

3, 519. 69
1,820.33

221.77

2,656.20

48.50

50.20

964.41

4, 138. 26

25.30

341.81

4, 672. 29

925.23

1,115.81

3,690.87

146.01

213. 85

173, 127. 89

661.14

214,080.40

764.99

2, 164. 36

4.80

16,311.60

4, 434. 61

16, 015. 51

206,086.15

63,826.86

12 77

369.42

$164.00

2, 826. 56
None

None

1,430.00

None

1,665.88

30.00

None

9,566.00

33, 182. 50

None

None
None
None
None

None
None
None
1,285.00
850.00

18,713.77
76.10

14, 160. 22
155,737.76

87, 468. 90
None
None

None

Les Anciens Combattants Franjais de la Grand Guerre, San

$160.00

Mrs. Larz Anderson. Doston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1939. France

Anthracite Relief Committee, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 8, 1939.
Poland

None

Anzac War Relief Fund, New York, N. Y., May 23, 1940.
Australia and New Zealand

None

Associated Polish Societies Relief Committee of Webster, Mass.,
Webster, Mass.. Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

None

Associated Polish Societies' Relief Committee of Worcester,

Association of Former Juniors In France of Smith College, New
York. N. Y.. Dec. 18. 1939. France-

Association of Former Russian Naval Officers in America, New
York, N. Y., Feb. 21. 1940. France

None
None

Association of Joint Polish-American Societies of Chelsea,

None

L' Atelier. San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 29, 1940. France

Mrs. Mark Baldwin, New York, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1940. France
Basque Delegation in the United States of America, New York,
N. Y., Doc. 19, 1939. France

71200
None

None

Belgian Relief Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y.. June 14, 1940.

1,363.00

Belgian Relief of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., May
27, 1940. Belgium

None

Belgian War Relief Fund, Manila, P. I., June 7, 1940.« Belgium.

The Benedict Bureau Unit, Inc., New York, N. Y., Nov. 29,

1939 France

None
None

Beth I^hem. Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1939. Poland.

None

Bethel Mission of Eastern Europe, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov.
27.1939. Poland

None

Bishops' Committee for Polish Relief. Washington, D. C,
Dec 19.1939. Poland ---

None

Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America. New York. N. Y., Sept. 28, 1939.
Great Britain, France, and Germany

None

British-American .\mbulance Corps, New York, N. Y.. June
11,1940 England and France

None

British-American Comfort League, Quincy, Mass., Feb. 21,
1940 England

None

British-American War Relief Association, Seattle, Wash., Nov.
17 1939 United Kingdom and allied countries

232.65

British Sailors' Book and Relief Society, New York, N. Y.,

May 2, 1940. Bermuda, Canada, and the British West Indies.

British War Relief .Association of Northern California, San Fran-

None
1,235.89

The British War Relief Association of the Philippines, Manila,

76.88

The British War Relief Association of Southern California, Los
Angeles Calif Dec 8 1939 Great Britain

None

British War Relief Society. Inc.. New York. N. Y., Dec. 4, 1939.

Great Britain. Newfoundland, and British East Africa .-

Bundles for Britain. New Y'ork, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1939. Great

3,600.00
6,397.75

Caledonian Club of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, Jan. 25, 1940. Scot-
land

None

The Canadian Society of New York. New York, N. Y.. Aug. 20.
1940. Great Britain and Canada

None

' No complete report for the month of August has been received from this organisation.
' No reports for the months of July and August have been received from this organization.

260

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant. location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug. 31. 1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc.. New York. N. Y., Jan. 17,
1940. India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union
of South Africa

The Catholic Student War Relief of Pax Romana, Washington,
D. C, Dec. 13, 1939. Poland, France, Oermany, and Great
Britain -

Central Bureau for Relief of the Evangelical Churches of Europe,
New York, N. Y., May 14, 1940. All belligerent countries

Central Committee Knesseth Israel, New York, N. Y., Oct. 27,

1939. Palestine

Central Committee for Polish Relief, Toledo, Ohio., Feb. 29,

1940. Poland

Central Council of Polish Organizations, New Castle, Pa., Nov.

7, 1939. England, Poland, and France

Centrala, Passaic, N. J., Oct. 12, 1939. Poland

Cercle FranfaisdeUeattle, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 2, 1939. France
and Great Britain

Chester (Delaware Co., Pa.) PoUsh Relief Committee, Chester,
Pa., Sept. 16, 1939. Poland and France

Children's Crusade for Children, Inc., New York, N. Y., Feb.
3, 1940. France, Poland, and Germany

Commission tor Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 12,
1939.' Poland _.

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Inc., New York, N. Y.,
May 21, 1940. Belgium and Lu.xemburg .-.

Committee for Aid to Children of Mobilized Men of the XX"
Arrondissement of Paris, New York, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1940.
France

Committee of French-American Wives, New York, N, Y.,
Nov. 16, 1939. France and Great Britain

Committee of Mercy, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1939.
France, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands,
and their allies

Committee lor Relief in Allied Countries, Washington, D. C,
Feb. 2, 1940. France, Great Britain, Poland, Norway, Bel-
gium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands

Committee for the Relief for Poland, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24, 1939.
Poland ----

Committee Representing Polish Organizations and Polish
People in Perry, N. Y., Perry, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1939. Poland..

Czechoslovak Relief, Chicago, 111., July 25, 1940. Czechoslo-
vakia, Great Britain and Dominions, France, and Belgium —

District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, Washing-
ton, D. C. Aug. 14, 1940. Great Britain

The Emergency Aid of Permsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct.
13, 1939. Great Britain, France, Norway, Belgium, Luxem-
burg, and the Netherlands

Emergency Relief Committee for Kolbuszowa, New York,
N. Y., Mar. 13, 1940. Poland _

Emergency Rescue Committee, New York, N. Y., Aug. 3. 1940.'
France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Norway, and the Nether-

lands.

$1,074.25

1. 039. 84
9, 923. 02

29, 880. 20
707.00

2, 565. 30
1,440.72

2, 549. 45

6,603.32

107,661.37

315, 509. 43

4, 790. 92

4, 923. 40
20, 146. 10

54, 225. 52

4, 523. 03
2, 426. 23

197.00
2, 362. 76

None

37, 236. 38
4, 933. 86

None

$809. 00

6, 824. 00

18, 676. 83

500.00

1,764,00

1. 300. 75

658. 28

6,465.46

SO, 500. 00

267, 466. 27

4, 166. 00

3, 366. 63
10, 114. 33

33, 704. 41

2. 500. 00
2, 162. 72

197. 00

2, 000. 00

None

21,991.70
None

None

$135. 41

2, 085. 61

11,203.37

126. 82

39.74
11.65

558. 9G

553. 17

27, 104. 92

46, 725. 18

287. 90

None
2, 067. 70

6,840.16

1, 805. 60
266. 71
None
None
None

6, 960. 47
2, 226. 69

$1, 074. 26

96.43

1, 014. 01

None

80.18

761. 56
128. 32

1, 332. 21

484. 69

56.45

11, 328. 98

338. 02

1, 557. 77
7, 963. 07

14, 680. 96

217. 43
7.80
None
362. 75
None

8, 283. 21
2, 707. 26

$3, 220. 00

None

None
1,900.00

2, 776. 00

1, 677. 30

None
1, 500. 00

None

None
3,012.84

1, 240. 00

None
None
None
8, lOO 00
None

7, 090. 03
None

$1, 050. 00

None

None
None

None

1, 503. 76

None

None
None
None
None
None

None
None

Englisb-Spoaking Union of the United States, New York, N. Y.,
Dec. 26, 1939. Great Britain, Canada, possibly France

Erste Pinchover Kranken Unterstuzungs Verein, Inc., Brook-
lyn, N. Y., Apr. 22, 1940. Poland...

63, 570. 24

276.00

34, 361. 77

None

2, 617. 64

None

16,600.93

276.00

13, 606. 08

None

• This registrant serves primarily as a clearinghouse for the distribution abroad of contributions received from other registrants; these receipts and
disbursements are not included in the figures here given, since they are shown elsewhere in this tabulation following the names of the original collecting
registrants.

' No complete report for the month of August has been received from this organization.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

261

Name of ri'gistrant, location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for admmis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug 31, 1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Federated Council of Polish Societies of Grand Rapids, Mich.,

$7,285.69

4, 933. 88

9,896.52

6.244.30

590.21

306,603.02

97, 494. 62
6. 760. 22

630.32

3,344.26

747.07

33,609.80

None

796.96
822.81

5,67Z80

12,370.73

2. 445. 50
1,421.95

520.53
1,391.57

894.45

2,424.01

1,298.07

159.25

None

480.48

7,953.91

1,115.00
4.695.49

$4,450.93

1,892.49

801.09

5,020.75

531.21

219,391.16

64,414.67
3, 920. 00

None

1.011.72

332. 90

20.175.49

None

None
407.75

317.09

997.60

1,500.00
600.00

96.15
None

400.00

1.726.40

276.30

159.25

None

370. 79

6, 512. 10

None
3, 341. .58

$845.50

410.50

406.68

376. 14

None

46,568.33

19,414.20
2.585.02

None

222.99

112.96

3, .500. 27

None

10.00
171.66

231.24

5,477.01

160.00
91.89

6.10
568.59

325.04

52.10

443.94

None

17.70

None

None
352.23

$1,989.16

2,630.89

8,688.75

847.41

59.00

40, 513. 53

23. 665. 75
255. 20

630.32
2. 109. 55

301.21
9,934.04

None

786.96
243. 40

5,024.47

5,896.12

785. 50
730.08

418.28
832.98

169.41

645.51

677.83

None

91.99

1,441.81

1.115.00
1,001.68

$3,200.00

277. 56

664.70

7,651.43

None

None
None

None

8,567.95

531.17

None

None
None

4,924.62

None

None
None

None

80.00

None

None
307. 43

$100. 00

Federation of Franco-Belgian Clubs of Rhode Island, Woon-

Federation of French Veterans of the Great War, Inc., New
York, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1939.' France

100 00

Federation of Polish Jews in America, Inc., New York, N. Y.,
Sept 14 1939 Poland

6,000.00

None

None
None

None

19,382.02

886 83

Fellowship of Reconciliation, New York, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1940.
France England and possibly Germany .. .

Fortra, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., March 7, 1940. Ger-

Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Foyers du Soldat, New York, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1940. France

Franco-American Federation, Salem, Mass., July 9, 1940.

French Committee for Relief in France, Detroit, Mich., Oct.

French Relief Association, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3, 1940.
France .. -

French War Relief, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 16, I939.»
France _

None

French War Relief Fund of Nevada, Reno, Nev., June 21, 1940.

French War Relief Fund of the Philippines (formerly L«vy,

French War Veterans, Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 5, 1939. France.
Friends of Children, Inc., New York, N. Y., June 13, 1940.
Great Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands

None

The Friends of Israel Refugee Relief Committee, Incorporated.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1939. Canada, France, and Eng-
land.

None

The Friends of Normandy, New York, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1939.

Fund for the Relief of Men of Letters and Scientists of Russia,
New York, N. Y., Apr. 29, 1940. France, Czechoslovakia, and
Poland . .

None

Funds tor France, Inc., New York. N. Y., Aug. 14, 1940. France,

General Oustav Orllcz Dreszer Foundation for Aid to Polish

Children, Washington. D. C, Nov. 3. 1939. Poland

None

General Taufflieb Memorial Relief Committee for France, Santa
Barbara, Calif., Nov. 17, 1939. France and England

None

German-American Relief Committee for Victims of Fascism,
New York, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1940. France and Great Britain..

Mrs. George Oilliland, New York, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1940.'
Northern Ireland

None

Golden Rule Foundation, New York, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1939.

The Grand Duke Vladimir Benevolent Fund Association, New
York. N. Y., Jan. 8, 1940. France

None

Grand Lodge, Daughters of Scotia, Hartford, Conn.. Feb. 16,
IMO. Scotland

None

Great Lakes Command, Canadian Legion of the British Empire
Service League, Detroit, Mich., July S, 1940. Great Britain

Greater New Bedford British War Relief Corps, New Bedford,
Mass., Dec. 19, 1939. Great Britain

None

' No complete report for the month of August has been received from this orgam'zation.

• No complete reports for the months of July and August have been received from this organization.

* No report for the month of August has been received from this organization.

262

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Unexpended

Funds spent

balance as of

Estimated

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Funds spent

for adminis-

Aug. 31, 1940.

value of con-

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and

Funds

for relief in

tration, pub-

including

tributions in

destination of contributions

received

countries

licity, affairs.

cost of goods

kind sent to

named

campaigns,

purchased

countries

etc.

and still

named

on hand

Margaret-Greble Oreenough (Mrs. Carroll Qreenough), Wash-

ington, D. C, Nov. 21, 1939. France

$1,073.00

$446. 00

None

$628. 00

None

Hadassah. Inc., New York, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1939. Palestine....

919, 324 79

595, 158. 74

$29, 292. 03

294, 874. 02

$63, 670. 60

$122. 91

Hamburg-Bremen Steamship Agency, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Mar. 21, 1940. Germany and Poland

93,571. 11

72, 603. 88

25, 010. 18

None

Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, Chicago, III., Jan. 3,

1940. England, Germany, and Poland

1, 781. 89

1, 775. 00

6.89

None

Holy Rosary Polish Roman Catholic Church, Passaic, N. J.,

Sept. 15, 1939.' Poland

1, 126. 17

1,049.00

None

77.17

None

A. Seymour Houghton, Jr., et at.. New York, N. Y., Nov. 27,

1939. France

18, 326. 03

2, 720. 00

127. 73

15,478.30

767. 30

None

Humanitarian Work Committee, Glen Cove, N. Y., Sept. 30,

1939. Poland

3, 403. 21

2, 400. 00

61.63

94L58

185.00

None

Independent British War Relief Society of Rhode Island, Green-

wood, R. I.. June 14, 1940. Great Britain

827.06

283. 05

19.60

624.41

None

Independent Kinsker Aid Association, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 3,

1940. Poland

475. 74

None

475. 74

None

International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associa-

tions, New York, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1939. Poland, France,

India, Norway, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands,

Canada, and the United Kingdom

35, 929. 16

25, 002. 50

940. 17

9, 986. 48

None

International Federation of Business and Professional Women,

New York, N. Y., July 6, 1940. Poland, Czechoslo\akia,

Norway, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands

None

International Relief Association for Victims of Fascism, New

York, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1939. France, England, and Germany.

10, 483. 96

5, 054. 23

3, 844. 38

985. 35

2,020.00

None

Joint Committee of the United Scottish Clans of Greater New

York and New Jersey, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1940. Scot-

land -

3, 417. 80

2,351.00

634.95

431.85

None

Junior Relief Group of Te.ias, Houston, Tex., May 29, 1940.

United Kingdom, France, Netherlands. Belgium, and Norway.

11,836.10

10,000.00

1, 680. 89

154.21

None

Marthe Th. Kahn, New York, N. V., Apr. 16, 1940. France...

222. 25

25.00

7.66

189. 69

None

The Kindergarten Unit, Inc., Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 3, 1939.

France, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New

Zealand

1, 222. 21

892. 85

329.36

None

The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y., May 24,

1940. Poland

3, 544. 97

2, 650. 00

322. 79

672. 18

None

Kuryer Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 16, 1939.

Poland

6, 070. 52

6, 056. 96

13.66

None

Der Kyflhaeuserbund, League of Gom?an War Veterans in

U. S. A., Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 27, 1939. Poland, Germany,

and Canada.,

37, 686. 37

30, 395. 00

3, 229. 02

3,962.36

None

Lackawanna County Committee for Polish Relief, Scranton,

Pa.. Sept. 15, 1930. Poland

8, 689. 66
2,017.50

7, 225. 56
1,640.00

831. 80
None

632. 30
477. 60

None
None

None

Lafayette Fund, New York, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1940.f France

None

LaFayette Preventorium, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1939.

France

19, 098. 47

8, 697. 13

3,981.02

6, 520. 32

None

La France Post American Legion, New York, N. Y., Feb. 7,

1940. France and Great Britain

1, 686. 32

None

366. 61

1,218.71

None

Mrs. Nancy Bartlett Laughhn, New York, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1940.

France

314.60

306. 00

None

8.60

None

League of American Writers, Inc., New York, N. Y., May 6,

1940. France, England, Poland, and Norway

6, 367. 77

3, 683. 45

1,420.21

364. n

None

League of Polish Societies of New Kensington, Arnold and

Vicinity, New Kensington, Pa., Nov. 17, 1939. Poland

2, 035. 62

1,363.77

78.19

693. 66

2, 284'. 45

115.65

Legion of Young Polish Women, Chicago, HI., Oct. 2, 1939.

Poland

15, 487. 79

0, 642. 00

2,411.85

3, 433. 94

None

The Little House of Saint Pantaleon, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept.

30,1939. France and England

21.366.99

16. 318. 08

36.26

6,011.66

12, 791. 97

691. 76

' The registration of this organization was revoked on June 30, 1940, at the request of registrant.
' No report for the month of August has been received from this organization.

SEPTEMBER 2 8, 194 0

Contributions fob Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

263

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and
destination ol contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug.Sl.lWO,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions In

kind now
on band

The Louisiana Guild for British Relief, New Orleans, La., July

24, 1940. British Empire

The Maple Leaf Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1940.

Canada, United Kingdom, and France-.

Massachusetts Relief Committee for Poland, Worcester, Mass.,

Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Medical and Surgical Supply Committee, New York, N. Y.,

Aug. 5, 1940. Poland, Great Britain, France, Netherlands,

Norway, Luxemburg, and Belgium

Mennonito Central Committee, Akron, Pa., Feb. 13, 1940.

Great Britain, Poland, Germany, and France

MiUord, Connecticut, Polish Relief Fund Committee, Milford,

Conn., Nov. 6, 1939. Poland

Kate R. Miller, New York, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1940. Franco

Mobile Surgical Unit, Inc., New York, N. Y., Jan. 13. 1940.

France

The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist, In

Boston, U. S. A., Boston, Mass., Apr. 25, 1940. Canada,

France, and the Uniti'il Kingdom _

Fernanda Wanamakcr Munn (Mrs. Ector Munn), New York,

N. Y., Nov. 25, 1939. France and England

Mutual Society of French Colonials, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Aug. 20, 1940. France

National Christian Action, Inc., Now York, N. Y., May 23,

1940.' Norway and Denmark

Netherlands War Relief Committee, Manila, P. I., May 27, 1940.

Netherlands

The New Canaan Workshop, New Canaan, Conn., July 1, 1940.

British Empire

New Jersey Broadcasting Corporation, Jersey City, N. J., Sept.

13, 1939. Poland

Nicole de Paris Relief Fund, New York, N. Y., July 1, 1940.

France

North Side Polish Council Relief Committee of Milwaukee,

Wis., Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 6. 1939. Poland

Norwegian Relief. Inc.. Chicago, 111., May 1. 1940. Norway

Nowe-Dworer Ladies Benevolent Association, Inc., New York,

N. Y., Oct. 25, 1939. Poland

Nowiny Publishing Apostolate, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., Sept.

26, 1939. Poland..

Nowy Swiat Publishing Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 11,

1939. Poland and France

Order of Scottish Clans. Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1940. Scotland.
Over-Seas League Tobacco Fund, New York, N. Y., Aug. 19,

1940. British Empire.

Paderewski Fund for Polish Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Feb. 23, 1940. Poland

The Paryski Publishing Co., Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1939.

Poland....

The Pawtuckot and Blackstone Valley British Relief Society

of Rhode Island, Pawtuoket, R. I., Feb. 26, 1940. Great

Britain

Polish Aid Fund Committee of Federation of Elizabeth Polish

Organizations, Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 23, 1939.' Poland

Polish .Md Fund Committee of St. Caslmir's Roman Catholic

Church of the City of Albany, N. Y., Albany, N. Y., Jan. 22,

1940. Poland

$1, 518. 99
25, 743. 71
5,211.50

4, 783. 00

10,058.62

405.33
in. 00

12, 635. K

118,273.71

12, 102. 27

None

1,539.89

2.844.99

6,911.14

1, 210. 55

204.50

1,469.37
302, 670. 39

806.14

5, 1?9. 46

26, 545. 91
4, 738. 59

None

108, 333. 78

6, 580. 15

3, 628. 95
8, 687. 92

2, 573. 22

$579. 80
5,415.56

5, 209. 75

None

13, 653. 96

201.20
111.00

11. 072. 76

2. 467. 60
4, 788. 69
None
None
760.00
4,760.00
826.17
None

1, 400. 28

None

4, 589. 86

24,71Z00
3,377.00

None

60,000.00

6, SOL 15

332.00
7,946.85

$30.31

6, 779. 46
1.75

2, 310. 27

I, 783. 82

84.62
None

1, 496 29

1, 248. 42

6, 047. 77

48.40

341.17

11.50

37L97

384.38

5L00

19.18
8.041.63

14L00

None

103. 39
None

None

31,430.27

None

351. 91
15.00

7.00

$908.88

13, 548. 70

None

2, 472. 73

620.84

70.51
None

69.53

114, 657. 79

2, 265. 81

None

1, 198. 72

2, 083. 49

1, 789. 17

None

163.50

49.91
294, 628. 76

665. 14

549.60

1, 730. 52
1,361.59

None

16,903.51

79.00

2, 946. 04
726. 07

2, 339. 90

$100.00

9,914.00

None

4, 042. 48

.5,461.60

None
None

500.00

None

4, 949. 90

None

450.00

None

1, 300. 00
None

None

None
None

None

None
1, 600. 00

1,200.00

None
None
None

$3. 200. 00

None

None
None

None

1, 216. 67

None

None
None

None

None
None

None

None
None

None

» No complete reports for the months of July and August have been received from this organization.
' No report for the month of .August has been received from this organization.

2G4

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug, 31, 1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Polish-American Associations of Middlesex County, N. J.,

Sayre^ille. N,.I.,JaD. 22, 1910. Poland

Polish-American Citizens Relief Fund Committee, Shirley,

Mass., Dec. 16, 1939. Poland -

Polish-American Council, Chicago, 111.. Sept. 15, 1939. Poland . .
Polish-American Forwarding Committee, Inc., New York,

N. Y., Mar. 28. 1940. Poland and Germany

Polish-American Volunteer Ambulance Section (Pavas), New

York. N. Y.. Feb. 13, 1940. France

Polish Broadcasting Corporation, New York, N. Y., Sept. 23,

19.39. Poland --- --

Polish Business and Professional Men's Club, Los Angeles,

Calif., Nov. 17. 1939. Poland -

Polish Central Committee of New London, Conn., New London,

Conn., Oct. 13, 1939. Poland -

Polish Central Council of New Haven, New Haven, Conn.,

Sept. 29, 1939. Poland -.-

Polish Civic League of Mercer County, Trenton, N. J., Sept.

19, 1939. Poland -

Polish Civilian Relief Fund, Passaic, N. J., October 27, 1939.

Poland -

Polish Falcons Alliance of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 20,

1939. Poland - --- -

Polish Inter-Organization "Centrala" of Waterbury, Water-
bury, Conn.. Feb. 28, 1940. Poland

Polish Literary Guild of New Britain, Conn.. New Britain,

Conn., Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

The PoUsh National Alliance of Brooklyn, United States of

America, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1939." Poland

Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America,

Chicago, m., Sept. 27, 1939. Poland...

Polish National Council of Montgomery County, Amsterdam,

N. Y., Oct. 12. 1939. Poland

Polish National Council of New York, New York, N. Y., Sept.

14, 1939. Poland and France

The Polish Naturalization Independent Club, Worcester, Mass.,

Sept. 20, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief of Carteret, New Jersey, Carteret, N. J., Oct. 11,

1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Boston, Boston, Mass., Sept. 14,

1939. Poland.

Polish Relief Committee of Brockton, Mass., Brockton, Mass.,

Sept. 2.'i. 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge,

Mass., Sept. 16, 1939. Poland..

Polish Relief Committee of Columbia County, Hudson, N. Y.,

Mar. in, 1940. Poland...

Polish Relief Committee of Delaware, Wilmington, Del., Sept.

22. 1939. Poland..

Polish Relief Committee, Detroit, Mich., Sept. II, 1939. Po-
land

Polish Relief Committee of FItchburg, Fitchburg, Mass., Mar.

29. 1940. Poland

Polish Relief Committee, Flint, Mich., Sept. 18. 1939. Poland..
Polish Relief Committee of Gardner, Mass., Gardner, Mass.,

Sent. 26, 1939.'" Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Holyoke, Mass., Holyoke, Mass.,

Nov. 4, 1939. Poland... _

Polish Relief Committee of Jackson, Mich., Jackson, Mich.,

Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

■ The registration of this organization was revoked on Aug. 31,

$1, 057. 05

427. 01
378, 939. 00

1. 173. 05

29,120.00

2. 147. 08
474.50

1, 271. 10
3. 712. 44
6, 903. 47
4, 164. 70

10, 495. 11
742. 26

2, 826. 69
8, 578. 73

292, 505. 22
4, 402. 62
89. 555. 76
2, 526. 75
1, 330. 15
8, 421. 55
1,711.55
2, 210. 84
None
7, 722. 12

149, 942. 09

749.80
6, 489. 83

4. 175. 09

6, 616. 48

1.799.60
, 1940, at the

$800.00

350.31
210, 469. 60

769. 35

19, 094. 05

None

314. 23

994.24

3, 131. 00

6, 392. 86

3, 026. 00

9, 102. 23

607.76

2, 000. 00

4,000.00

231,065.00

2. 610. 00

65, 640. 78

2,200.00

800.00

7, 101. 19

1,201.27

1, 142. 30

None

7, 189. 84

98, 603. 14

460.40
3, 300. 00

2,979.20

4,922.53

622.60
request of registrant.

$80.82

21.67
9, 379. 60

2, 198. 77

73.83

35.30

158.27

148. 57

51.26

1.19

207.90

20.00

25.60

13.00

None

1,619.64

97.54

11,616.96

8.65

13.00

421. 34

247. 67

116. 89

None

235.63

6, 816. 91

41.09
1,411.05

771. 47

203. 35

270. 11

$176. 23

66.03
169, 099. 90

None

9, 952. 12

2, 111. 78

2.00

128.29

630. 18

509 42

921. 80

1,372.88

108.99

813. 59

4, 678. 73

59, 820. 58

1,695.08

12,298.02

318. 10

517. 15

899.02

262. 61

961. 65

None

296.65

45, 522. 94

24S. 31
1, 778. 78

424.42

489.60

906.89

None

$zm. 00
100, 600. 00

None

245.40

None

76.00

800.00

4, 000. 00
None
None
None
None
None
None

5,000.00

289, 633. 50

None

45.00

2,600.00
350.00
600.00
None

4. 250. 00

61, 974. 00

130.00
None

1, 307. 05

726.00

750.00

None

$76. 00
None

None

1, 000. 00

None

187, 627. 50

None

200.00

None

None
None

None

None
None

SEPTEMBER 28, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

265

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aup.31,1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Polish Relief Committee, New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 31, 1939.
Poland

Polish Relief Committee of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Phila-
delphiii, Pa., Sept. 12, 1939. Poland,

Polish Rullef Committee of the Polish National Home Associa-
tion, Lowell, Mass., Nov. 27, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Conmiittee, Taunton, Mass., Dec. 13, 1939. Po-
land..

Polish Relief Fund of Fall River, Mass., Fall River, Mass.,
Nov. 8, 1939. Poland....

Polish Relief Fund, Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 12, 1939." Poland.

Polish Relief Fund, Jewett City, Conn., Oct. 3, 1939. Poland..

Polish Relief Fund of Meriden, Moriden, Conn., Oct. 12, 1939."
Poland

Polish Relief Fund, Middletown, Conn., Sept. 23, 1939. Poland .

Polish Relief Fund, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Palmer, Mass., Three Rivers, Mass., Oct.

20, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund of Syracuse, N. Y., and vicinity, Syracuse,

N. Y„ Oct. 31. 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund Committee, Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 13,

1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis.,

Sept. 26, 1939. Poland

Polish Relief Fund Committee of Passaic and Bergen Counties,

Inc., Passaic, N. J., Sept. 22. 1939. Poland

Polish Union of the United States of North America, Wilkes-

Barre, Pa., Sept. 8, 1939. Poland..

Polish United Societies of Holy Trinity Parish, Lowell, Mass.,

Sept. 20, 1939. Poland

Polish War Sufferers Relief Committee (Fourth Ward), Toledo,

Ohio, Sept. 21, 1939. Poland

Polish Welfare Council, Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1939.

Poland

Polish White Cross Club of West Utlca, Utlca, N. Y., Oct. 20,

1939. Poland

Polish Women's Fund to Fatherland, Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 23,

1939. Poland.

Polish Women's Relief Committee, New York, N. Y., Nov. 24,

1939. France, Poland, and Germany

PolskI Komitet Ratunkowy (Polish Relief Fund), Binghamton,

N. Y., Sept. 25, 1939. Poland

Polsko Narodowy Komitet w Ameryce, Scranton, Pa., Sept. 8,

1939.' Poland

Pulaski Civic League of Middlesex County, N. J., South River,

N. J., Sept. 30, 1939. Poland

Pulaski League of Queens County, Inc., Jamaica, N. Y., Oct.

21, 1939. Poland

Queen Wilhelmlna Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y., May 17,

1940. Netherlands, France. Poland, United Kingdom, India,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Union of South Africa,
Norway, Belgium, and Lu-\emburg

Refugees of England, Inc., New York, N. Y., July 12, 1940.»
Great Britain and France

Relief Agency for Polish War Sufferers, Willimantic, Conn.,
Sept. 29, 1939. Poland

Relief Committee of United Polish Societies, Chicopee, Mass.,
Oct. 21, 1939. Poland

$9,834.96

42,211.01

2, 840. 34

2. 720. 22

1, 170. 13

68, 880. 15

1, 292. 76

1, 806. 69
4, 550. 45
2, 650. 72

1,736.01

12,305.18

829.34

15, 520. 65

12, 089. 96

2. 163. 13

4, 083. 39

5, 641. 69
6,550.76

6, 697. 16
5, 699. 56

7. 443. 14
3, 800. 49

26, 738. 80

507.53

7. 443. 93

348, 705. 87
8, 005. 97
2, 792. 54
6,098.39

$7, 397. 24

32, 510. 00

1,.V)0.D0

2, 257. 00

1,000.00

53, 108. 59

1.186.90

1,600.00
2,968.86
2,500.00

620.46
6, 869. 00

448.00
12,23172
9, 270. 17
2,000.00
1,788.31
5,326.11
6, 260. 36
4, 962. 70
1,821.10

269. 72

2, 354. 04

24. 823. 87

None
6, 700. 00

75, 058. 40
5,204.50
2,080.28
5, 799. 66

$870. 29

750.54

481.28

23.17

30.10

1,840.30

101.08

27.90

18.20

21.80

104.75

2,511.99

165. 73

846.47

1, 036. 61

None

162.71

117.00

57.32

309. 80

642.34

2,379.41

267. 13

381.11

85.00

159. 65

27,804.44

200.47

175.72

None

$1,567.43

8, 950. 47

859. 06

410. 05

140.03

3,911.20

4.77

278. 79

1, S63. 40
128.92

920. 80

2, 924. 17

215. 61

2, 411. 46
1, 783. 28

163.13

2,132.37

98.49

233.09
1, 424. 66
3,236.12
4, 794. 01
1, 179. 32
1,633.82

422.63

584.28

245,843.03

2,601.00

536.64

298.73

$3, 860. 00

None

1,376.00

None

1,575.00

400.00

None
None
None

4, 004. 95

1, 850. 00

150. 00

II, 607. 40

3, 678. 00

None

1, 240. 00

None

6,150.00

1, 600. 00

1,800. 00

869.00

780. 00

21,345.00

None

None
1,025.00

537. 10
2, 190. 00

None

None
None
None

None

$600.00

None

850.00

1,209.80

None

None
None
None
None

■ No report for the month of .Vugust has been received from this organization.

• The registration of this organization was revoked on July 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

» No complete report for the month of August has been received from this organization.

266

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

Name of registrant, location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relief in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, affairs,
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as of
Aug. 31.1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on band

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to

countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on band

Relief Fund for Sufferers in Poland Committee, Kenosha, Wis.,
Sept. 25, 1939. Poland

Relief Society for Jews in Lublin, Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 13,
1939. Poland .--.

Russian Children's Welfare Society, Inc., New York, N. Y.,
Sept. 29, 1939. Germany, France, and Poland

The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Little Falls, N. Y.,
Little Falls, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1939.' Poland

St. Andrews (Scottish) Society of Washington, D. C, Washing-
ton, D. C, June IS. 1940. Scotland

St. Stephens Polish Relief Fund of Perth Amboy, N. J., Perth
Amboy, N. J., Sept. 27, 1939. Poland..

The Salvation Army, New York, N. Y., May 23, 1940. Eng-
land, Franco, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Save the Children Federation, Inc., New York, N. Y., Sept. 8,

1939, England, Poland, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Schuylkill and Carbon Counties Relief Committee for Poland,

Frackville, Pa., Sept. 16, 1939. Poland

Scots' Charitable Society, Boston, Mass., May 9, 1940. Scot-
land

Scottish Games of New Jersey Association, Fairhaven, N. J.,
July 9, 1940. Great Britain

Le Secours Fran^ais (formerly Le Paquet au Front), New York,
N. Y., Oct. 6, 1939. France..

Secours Franco-Am6ricain — War Relief, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov.
20, 1939. Great Britain _.

The Seventh Column, Inc., West Fairlee, Vt., June 12, 1940.
France and England

Share A Smoke Club, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1939.« Eng-
land, France, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Sociedades Hispanas Aliadas, San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 29,

1940. France

Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 22,

1940. France

SociftS Frangaisc de St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 15,

1939. France

Soci6t6 Israelite Frangaise de Secours Mutuels de New York,

New York, N. Y., June 4, 1940. France

Society of the Devotees of Jerusalem, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Dec. 18. 1939. Palestine

The Somerset Workroom, Far Hills, N. J., Apr. 2!), 1940. France

and Great Britain..

Southbridge Allied Committee for Relief in Poland, Southbridge,

Mass., Nov. 9, 1939. Poland

Lc Souvenir Franf ais, Detroit, Mich., May 1, 1940. France and

Belgium _.

Spanish Committee Pro-Masonic Refugees in France, New

York, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1940.' France

Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign, New York, N. Y., Sept. 20,

1939. France

Springfield and Vicinity Polish Relief Fund Committee, Spring-

fleld, Mass., Sept. 23, 1939. Poland...

Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, New

York, N. Y., Apr. 5, 1940. France

Toledo Committee for Relief of War Victims, Toledo, Ohio,

Sept. 19, 1939. Poland

Tolstoy Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1039.

France, Poland, England, and Czechoslovakia.

$3, 600. 69

827.68

6, 425. 02

239.96

789. 28

2,691.45

157, 384. 65

35, 163. 60

6, 388. 74

328.00

237. 70

60, 625. 16

1, 768. 48

None

473. 71

1, 214. 24

31, 199, 12

653. 07

278. 00

11,573.29

9, 938, 24

1, 084, 92

68.00

None

34, 630. 52

1,090, 14

310, 00

6, 042, 95

18, 754, 65

$3,060,60

175, 00

3, 896, 92

200, 00

None

122, 764, 00

24, 686, 26

4,486,71

None

42,119.26

1,491.11

None

360,00

None

30, 240, 87

373. 49

None

6, 100. 00

3,981.41

135. 81

None

11,009.58

1,000,00

310,00

4,601,17

10,816,64

$364, 41

281,82

1, 464. 64

1,00

71,66

None

1, 510, 70

9, 131. 14

None

168, 17

29, 707, 43

90.02

None

113.60

706. 13

958, 25

57,66

2.80

5, 347, 31

334, 21

20,91

None

22, 804, 99

21,25

None

629, 79

3, 258. 14

$169. 68

370. 76

1, 073. 46

38.95

717,63

2, 691, 45

33, 109, 96

1, 346. 21

903, 03

328.00

79.63

None

187. 35

None

10.11

608.11

None

222. 02

276. 20

125.98

5, 622, 62

928.20

58.00

None

816. 95

68.89

None

811.99

4, 680, 87

$1,000,00
None

1, 166, 20
None
None
None

3, 000, 00
None
None
None
None

2, 707, 75

1,869,60
None
None
None
None
None
None
None

9, 294. 40
700.00
None
None
16. 486, 00
None
None
None
None

• The registration of this organization was revoked on July 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

« No report for the month of August has been received from this organization.

' The registration of this organization was revoked on Aug. 31, 1940, at the request of registrant.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1940

Contributions for Relief in Belligerent Countries — Continued

267

Name of registrant. location, date of registration, and
destination of contributions

Funds
received

Funds spent

for relipf in

countries

named

Funds spent
for adminis-
tration, pub-
licity, aflaiis.
campaigns,
etc.

Unexpended
balance as nf
Aug. ■?!. 1940,

including
cost of goods
purchased
and still
on hand

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in
kind sent to
countries
named

Estimated
value of con-
tributions in

kind now
on hand

Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Bethesda, Md., Nov. 24, 1939.

Great Britain -.-

Edmund Tyszka, Hamtramck, Mich., Sept. 19, 1939. Poland..
Ukrainian Relief Committee, New York, N. Y., June 28, 1940.

Germany, France, England, and Italy

L'Union Alsacienne, Inc., New York, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1939.

France

Unitarian Service Committee of the American Unitarian Asso-
ciation, Boston, Mass., May 23, 1940. Franco, British Isles,

and the Netherlands-

United American Polish Organizations, South River, N. J.,

South River, N. J., Oct. 20, 1939. Poland

United American Spanish Aid Committee, New York, N. Y.,

Apr. 29, IMO. United Kingdom and France

United Bilgorayer Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1940.

Poland --

United British War Relief Association, Somerville, Mass., June

14, 1940. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Charity In.«titutions of Jerusalem, New York, N. Y.,

Oct. 13. 1939. Paicstino.

United Committee for French Relief, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

Oct. 26, 1939. Franco

United Gorman Societies, Inc., Portland, Greg., Portland, Greg.,

Jan. 8, 1940. Germany

United Nowy Dworer Relief Committee, New York, N. Y.,

Jan. 3, 1940. Poland

United Opoler Relief of New York, New York, N. Y., Dec. 9,

1939. Poland

United Polish Central Council of Connecticut, Bridgeport,

Conn., Oct. 16, 1939.' Poland

United Polish Committees in Racine, Wis., Racine, Wis., Nov.

2, 1939. Poland

United Polish Organizations of Salem, Mass., Salem, Mass.,

Oct. 20, 1939. Poland

United Polish Societies of Bristol, Conn., Bristol, Conn., Sept.

29, 1939. Poland

United Polish Societies of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., Oct.

21, 1939. Poland

United Reading Appeal for Polish War Sufferers, Reading, Pa.,

Sept. 22, 1939. Poland

Urgent Relief for France, Washington, D. C, Dec. 26, 1939.

France

Mrs. Paul Verdier Fund, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 11, 1939.

France _

Vincennes, France, Committee of Vincennes, Ind., Vincennes,

Ind., May 31, 1940.' France

W^oman's Auxiliary Board of the Scots' Charitable Society, Inc.,

Waverloy, Mass., Feb. 28, 1940. Scotland

Women's Allied War Relief Association of St. Louis, Clayton,

Mo., Dec. 18, 1939. Great Britain and France

Registrants whoso registrations were revoked prior to Aug. 1,

1940, and who had no balance on hand as of that date

$2, 673. 85
3,031.46

91.50

2, 360. 16

21,450.13

3, 142. 22

1,626.36

1,091.97

1, 362. 33

37, 634. 91

111,924.62

2,363.17

832.96

677. 15

9, 597. 29

2, CIS. 39

2, 489. 72

1,221.19

2, 739. 71

7,668.29

19, 066. 08

4, 207. 41

None

1,316.12

6, 241. 42

217, 411. 79

$1, 400. 85
3.031.46

40.00

400.27

12,539.36

2, 400. 00

938.85

None

556.00

19, 866. 93

53,246.83

2,000.00

84.70

None

9, 365. 35

1, 350. 00

1,965.27

576.80

2, 262. 10

6, 657. 14

14.338.17

3,897.31

None

1,218.62

2, 462. 27

194, 463. 17

$3.95
None

None

585.47

1, 995. 34

136.94

600.44

146.27

263.25

18, 763. 65

8, 575. 54

133.99

191.96

36.21

231.94

212. 16

437. 91

26.75

346. 62

140.13

659. 74

65.45

None

13.67

8.02

26,117.21

$1, 269. 05
None

51.50

1. 374. 42

6. 915. 43
605.28

87.07

945.70

643.08

None

50, 102. 25

229.18

556.30

641.94

None

453.23

86.64

617.64

131.09

1,871.02

4, 168. 17

244.65

None

83.83

3, 781. 13

None

None
None

None

$315.00

None
None
None
None
175.00
None

7, 462. 77
None
None
None

4, 845. 00
None
595.00
300.00
None
None

3, 159. 10

3,282.00
None
None

5, 638. 80
61,400.06

Total-

11,244,603.82

7. 264, 206. 1

1, 030, 418. 11

2, 971, 231. 04

1,308,766.93

None

None
None

None
None
None
None
None
None
$592. 09
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
2, 532. 35
None
None
None
None
None

267, 226. 19

' The registration of this organization was revoked on Aug. 31, 1940, at the request of the registrant.

• It is not possible to strike an exact balance in these published totals, since some registrants have included in their expenditures moneys available from
loans or advances, which are not considered by the Department to be "fimds received" and hence are not reported as such.

268

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUXUETIN

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press September 28]

The following changes have occurred in the
Foreign Service since September 18, 1940:

Career Officers

Dudley G. Dwyre, of Fort Collins, Colo.,
First Secretary of Legation and Consul Gen-
eral at Montevideo, Uruguay, has been desig-
nated First Secretary of Legation and Consid
General at San Jose, Costa Rica, and will serve
in dual capacity.

John P. Hurley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Consul
General at Marseille, France, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

William L. Peck, of "Washington, Conn.,
Consid at Naples, Italy, has been assigned as
Consul at Marseille, France.

Charles L. Luedtke, of Minnesota, Foreign
Service officer, assigned to the Department of
State and detailed to the Department of Agri-
culture, has been designated Agricultural At-
tache at Panama, Panama; San Jose, Costa
Eica ; and Quito, Ecuador.

Benjamin M. HuUey, of De Land, Fla., Sec-
ond Secretary of Embassy and Consul at Paris,
France, has been assigned for duty in the De-
partment of State.

Ealpli J. Blake, of Portland, Oreg., Language
Officer at the Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, has been
assigned as Consul at Tokyo, Japan.

The assignment of Foy D. Kohler, of Toledo,
Ohio, for duty in the Department of State,
has been canceled. Mr. Kohler will remain at
his present post, Athens, Greece.

John Fx'emont Melby, of Bloomington, Bl.,
Vice Consul at Caracas, Venezuela, has been
designated Third Secretary of Embassj' at
Caracas, Venezuela.

Non-career Officers

Mr. Stephen C. Worster, of Maine, has been
appointed Vice Consul at C o a t z a c o a 1 c o s

(Puerto Mexico), Veracruz, Mexico, instead of
at Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, where a con-
sular office will not be established as previously
reported.

Edwin J. King, of Waynesboro. Pa., Vice
Consul at Dublin, Ireland, died at his post on
Sei)tember 17, 1940.

Francis M. Withey, of Michigan, Vice Consul
at Palermo, Italy, has been appointed Vice Con-
sul at Nice, France.

Leonard G. Bradford, of Boston, Mass., Vice
Consul at Genoa, Italy, has been appointed Vice
Consul at Marseille, France.

George D. Whittinghill, of New York, Clerk
at Milan, Italy, has been appointed Vice Consul
at Lyon, France.

The American Consulate at Trail, British
Columbia, Canada, which was established for
the purpose of performing non-immigrant visa
services only, will be closed September 30, 1940.

FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATIONS

On September 24, 1940, the President signed
Executive Order No. 8547 amending the For-
eign Service Regulations of the United States
(Chapter XX — Miscellaneous). For text of
the Executive order, see the Federal Register for
September 26, 1940 (vol. 5, no. 188), pages
3818-3819.

Legislation

An Act To provide for increasing the lending author-
ity of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for
other purposes. (Public, No. 792, 76th Cong., 3d
sess.) 1 p. 50.

Export-Import Bank of Washington : Hearings be-
fore the Banking and Currency Committee of the
House, 76th Cong., 3d sess., on S. 3069 (H. R. 8477),
to provide for increasing the lending authority of the
Export-Import Bank of Wasiiiugton, and for other
purposes, Feb. 16, 19, and 20, 1940. 87 pp. 100.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

SOVEREIGNTY

Convention on the Provisional Administra-
tion of European Colonies and Possessions
in the Americas

On September 27, 1940, the Senate gave its
advice and consent to the ratification by the
President of the Convention on the Provisional
Administration of European Colonies and Pos-
sessions in the Americas, signed at Habana July
30, 1940."'

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
made public on September 24 the message from
the President to the Senate of the United States,
transmitting tlie Habana ccmvention. together
with the report from the Secretary of State con-
cerning the convention and "Act of Habana''."
The texts read as follows :

To THE Senate of the United States :

To the end that I may receive the advice and
consent of the Senate to ratification I transmit
Iierewith, in certified form, a Convention en-
titled "Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
ti-ation of European Colonies and Possessions in
the Americas", signed at Habana on July 30,
1940. Also enclosed, for the information of
the Senate, but not requiring ratification, is a
copy of the "Act of Habana"\ signed on the same
date at the Second Meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics and
a report concerning the Convention and Act,
from the Secretary of State.

I commend the Convention to the early con-
sideration of the Senate.

Fraxklin D. Roosevelt

The White House,

September 13, 19 kO.

[Enclosure]

"For text, see the Bulletin of August 24, 1940 (vol.
Ill, no. 61), pp. 14.V148.

" For text, see ibid., pp. 13S-139.

Depabtsient of State,

Washington, September 12, 191^0.
The President,

The White House.

The undersigned, the Secretary of State, has
the honor to laj' before the President, in certi-
fied form, with a view to its transmission tf) the
Senate to receive the advice and consent of that
body to ratification, if his judgment approve
thereof, a Convention entitled "Convention on
the Provisional Administration of European
Colonies and Po.ssessions in the Americas",
.signed at Habana on July 30. 1940. The Con-
vention is accompanied by the "Act of Haliana"'
which is included in tlie Final Act of the Con-
ference, signed at the same time. This Act is
important as information and as a part of the
record.

Permit me also to make the following state-
ment concerning the backgi-ound and proAnsions
of the Convention.

It will be recalled that the primaiy purpose
of the American republics in convoking the
Meeting of Foreign Ministers at Habana last
July was to consider the possibility that devel-
opments in Europe might affect the status of
the European possessions in the Western Hemi-
sphere in such a manner as to constitute a threat
to the peace and security of the American re-
publics. Sovereignty over these possessions
has been maintained for many generations and
in some cases for several centuries by the
French, British and Netherlands Governments.
These geographic regions have not heretofore
constituted a menace to the peace of the Amer-
icas and we have maintained the most cordial
relations with their respective administrations.

It would not. however, be consistent with the
policy of the United States or desirable from
the point of view of the defense of the Western

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270

Hemisphere to permit these regions to become
a subject of barter in the settlement of European
difficulties, or a battleground for the adjustment
of such difficulties. Either situation could only
be regarded as a threat to the peace and safety
of this Hemisphere, as would any indication
that the possessions under consideration might
be used to promote systems alien to the inter-
American system. Any effort, therefore, to
modify the existing status of these possessions
whether by cession, by transfer, or by any im-
pairment whatsoever in the control heretofore
exercised would be of profound and immediate
concern to all the American i-epublics.

The foregoing views are entirely consonant
with the basic principle of foreign policy of
the United States as enunciated over a century
ago by President Monroe.

Tills doctrine continues to represent the policy
of the United States; it is fundamental to our
national defense. Moreover, as I have pointed
out to the Congress in connection with legisla-
tion designed to strengthen the defense of this
country, the war at present raging in Europe is
the result in part of the abandonment by certain
European powers of those principles of respect
for the pledged word and of peaceful negotia-
tion of agi-eements for the modification of the
established order to which the American
republics adhere.

The progress of that war to date has obliged
the government of one of the countries having
possessions in the American republics to aban-
don its homeland ; the government of a second
of these countries has been forced to sign an
armistice involving, among other conditions,
the hostile occupation of more than one-half
of its territory. The third of the governments
with whose possessions in this hemisphere we
are now concerned is engaged in a struggle in
which its very existence may be at stake.

It was therefore altogether appropriate that
the United States in company with the other
free and sovereign republics of the Western
Hemisphere, should consider the consequences
which might result from the transfer of sov-
ereignty over any of these British, French or
Netherland possessions, especially if that trans-

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

fer were made to a country which has demon-
strated a lack of adherence to the established
principles of international law. It was equally
obvious that such a transfer, by giving a foot-
hold in the Americas to the representatives of
a system of government and of international
politics entirely alien to the traditions and
practice of the American republics, would con-
stitute a very serious danger to the peace and
security of the two continents.

It must also be recognized that this threat
may become a reality, not only through a
formal transfer of territory, but also through
circimistances arising out of the relative status
of victor and vanquished, without there having
been any formal expression regarding the
disposition of these territories.

On June 17, 1940, the Secretary of State, after
the Goveriunent of the United States had been
informed that the Government of France had
requested of tlie German Government the terms
of an armistice, directed the representatives of
the United States at Berlin and Rome to make a
coimnunication to the German and Italian Gov-
ernments the pertinent paragraph of which is
the following:

"The Government of the United States feels
it desirable, in order to avoid any possible mis-
understanding, to inform Your Excellency that
in accordance with its traditional policy relating
to the Western Hemisphere, the United States
would not recognize any transfer, and would
not acquiesce in any attempt to transfer, any
geographic region of the Western Hemisphere
from one non- American power to another non-
American power." ^°

The Governments of France, Great Britain,
and the Netherlands were informed in the same
sense.

The Senate itself has also given evidence of
its adherence to the policy which I have outlined
above through the passage of S. J. Resolution
271 on June 17, 1940, "approving nonrecogni-
tion of the transfer of any geographic region in
the Western Hemisphere from one non-Ameri-

" See the Bulletin of June 22, 1940 (vol. II, no. .52),
pp. 681-6S2.

SEPTEMBER 28, 194 0

271

can power to another non-American power, and
providinfj for consultations witli other Ameri-
can republics in tlie event that such transfer
should appear likely".

On July 21, 1940 there assembled at Habana
the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of the American Republics for purposes
of consultation in accordance with the proce-
dui'e establisiied at the Inter- American Confer-
ence for the Maintenance of Peace held at
Huenos Aii'es in December 1936 and the Eighth
International Conference of American States
held at Lima in December 1938.

It was recognized that it would be contrary
to the interests of tlie American Republics to
jK'rmit the European possessions in the New
Woild to become a subject of barter in the set-
tlement of European differences and that such
a situation would involve a threat to the peace
and security of the hemisphere. Even in the
absence of an actual transfer of sovereignty, it
was evident that the use of these possessions to
promote systems alien to the inter-American
system could not be countenanced. Further-
more, in approaching this matter, it appeared
desirable tliat any solution which might be
reached should not carry with it the creation of
any special interest for tlie benefit of any partic-
ular American republic or republics but that the
solution should further the legitimate interests
of all the American republics as well as the in-
terests of the possessions that miglit be involved.
It was therefore agreed that in the event that
conditions should so permit, such possessions as
might be taken under control by, or on behalf of,
the American republics should be returned to
their original sovereigns or declared independ-
ent, as soon as possible after the passing of the
emergency which furnished the basis for the
assumption of control over them.

To give effect to the foregoing, two measures
were adopted at Habana, the Act of Habana,
and the Convention submitted herewitli. The
former, a copy of which, as already stated, I
enclose as essential information but not as
requiring ratification, provides for the emer-
gency establishment of a regime of provisional
administration under specified conditions "wlien
islands or regions in the Americas now under

the possession of non-American nations are in
danger of becoming the subject of barter of
territory or change of sovereignty". The de-
termination of the necessity for establishing
such a provisional regime is entrusted to an
emergency committee consisting of one repre-
sentative of each of the American republics,
although provision is also made for individual
or joint action on the part of any of the Ameri-
can republics should the need be so urgent that
consideration by the committee cannot be
awaited. In other words, full freedom of action
is retained by each of the American republics,
should the circumstances be such as in its esti-
mation to require it to take provisional steps
without prior submission of its views to the
Committee.

The purpose of the Convention is to obtain
the acceptance in treaty form of the mutual
obligations recognized by the American repub-
lics with respect to the situation envisaged in
the "Act of Habana". It is my belief that this
convention should be brought into force at the
earliest possible date.

Respectfully submitted,

CORDELL HtTLL

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

Financial Convention with the Dominican
Republic Revising the Convention of
1924

A convention between the United States and
the Dominican Republic was signed on Sep-
tember 24, 1940 in Washington by Secretary
Hull for the United States and by Dr. Rafael
L. Trujillo, Ambassador Extraordinary of the
Dominican Republic on Special Mission. The
new conventicm when it comes into effect will
supersede the convention between the two
countries signed on December 27, 1924 (Treaty
Series No. 726) relating to the collection and
application of customs in the Dominican
Republic.

Under the provisions of the new convention
the Government of the Dominican Republic will
resume the collection of that coimtry's customs

272

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

revenues which, under the provisions of the
convention of 1924 had been collected by an
official appointed by the President of the United
States, and the General Keceivership of Do-
minican Customs will be abolished.

The convention provides that a depositary
bank will be selected by mutual agreement be-
tween the two Governments which will be the
sole depositary of all the revenues of the Domin-
ican Republic. The two Governments, likewise,
will appoint a representative of the holders of
the 1922 and 1926 bonds, who will be charged to
receive from the Dominican Government during
the first 10 days of each month the interest and
amortization payments on the outstanding
bonds. As soon as these payments have been
made to the representative, the depositary bank
will be authorized to make disbursements on
behalf of the Dominican Government. The
payments of the service of the bonds, as well as
the costs of the services of the bondholders'
representative and of the depositary bank, will
constitute an irrevocable first lien upon all the
revenues of the Dominican Republic.

In the event that the Dominican revenues ex-
ceed $12,500,000 in any given 3'ear, specified
percentages of the excess will be paid into the
sinking fund for the additional redemption of
the 1922 and 1926 bonds. The agreement be-
tween the Dominican Republic and the Foreign
Bondholders Protective Council concluded in
1934 regarding the rate of amortization of the
outstanding bonds remains in effect. Existing
Dominican accounting and treasury law may
not be changed without the consent of both
Governments. Arbitration is provided in case
controversies should arise between the two Gov-
ernments which cannot be settled by diplomatic
means. The new convention will enter into
force upon the exchange of ratifications, which
shall take place within 30 days following
ratification by the Government which ratifies
later in point of time. On the date of entering
into effect of the new convention, the convention
of December 27, 1924 will cease to have effect
although certain provisions of the old conven-
tion will remain in force until the necessary
measures have been taken by both countries to

put the provisions of the new convention into
operation.

Simultaneously with the signing of the con-
vention, notes were exchanged by the Govern-
ments of the United States and of the
Dominican Republic providing for the liquida-
tion at the rate of $125,000 annually of the
claims of United States nationals against the
Dominican Republic; and for the jjayment of
benefits to two retired officials who sei'ved in the
General Receivership of Dominican Customs
for many years.

The signing of the new convention inaugu-
rates a new era in the friendly relations which
exist between the United States and the Domin-
ican Republic as well as an additional step in
the development and coordination of the good-
neighbor policy based on mutual respect and
confidence among the countries of this hemi-
sphere.

POSTAL
Universal Postal Convention of 1939

Argentina

There is printed below in translation a decree
signed on October 23, 1940, by the Acting Presi-
dent of Argentina providing for the administra-
tive operation of the Universal Postal Conven-
tion and Subsidiary Agreements signed at
Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939 :

Authorizing the Administrative Enforce-
ment OF THE Convention and Agreements
Signed at the XI Congress or the Universal
Postal Union

Buenos Aires, Aicgust 23, J 940.

Having considered the report issued by the
Ministry of the Interior No. 16, 791-C-1940,
whereby the Direction General of Posts and Tel-
egraphs, in accordance with the provisions of
article 82 of the Universal Postal Convention,
requests authorization to enforce administra-
tively the convention and agreements signed at
the XI Congress of the Universal Postal Union
held in this federal capital in 1939, and

SEPTEMBER 2 8, 1940

273

Whereas :

For reasons of administrative character it is
fitting and necessary to establish the jurid-
ical situation of the Argentine administration
regarding the international agreements men-
tioned, the enforcement of which, as stipulated
in the above-mentioned article, is to take place
on July 1, 1940,

The Vice President of the Argentine Nation.
Acting Executive Power, through a ministerial
resolution.

Decrees :

Article 1. The administrative enforcement as
from July 1, 1940 of the convention and agree-
ments signed in Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939
is hereby authorized subject to ratification by
the Honorable National Congress :

(a) Universal postal convention, the final
l)rotocol thereof, rules for its execution and
additional provisions regarding airmail ;

(b) Agreement relative to letters and boxes

with declared value, the final protocol thereof
and rules for its execution ;

(c) Agreement relative to parcel-post pack-
ages, the final protocol thereof, rules for its
execution and additional provisions regarding
air transportation of parcel-post packages;

(d) Agreement relative to money ordei-s,
rules for its execution and supplement regard-
ing travel postal orders;

(e) Agi-eement regarding postal transfers
and rules for its execution;

(f ) Agreement relative to postal drafts and
i-ules for its execution ;

(g) Agreements relative to subscriptions to
newspapei-s and periodicals and rules for their
execution.

Article 2. Let this be communicated, pub-
lished in the Official BvUetin, and transmitted
to the National Registry.

Castillo. — Jose Maria Cantilo. — Di-
ogenes Taboada. — Pedro Groppo. —
Luis A. Barberis. — Massixi Excurra

Publications

Department of State

During the quarter beginning July 1, 1940,
the following publications have been released : ^ '

1466. The Chaco Peace Conference: Report of the
Delegation of the United States of America to the
Peace Conference Held at Buenos Aires July 1,
1935-January 23, 1939. Conference Series 46. Iv,
19S pp., including maps. $1.

1473. Military .\viation Mission : Agreement Betwe-.'ii
the United States of America and Chile — Signed
April 23, 1940; effective April 23, 1940. Executive
Agreement Series No. 169. ii, S pp. ^.

1474. Allocation of Tariff Quota on Heavy Cattle During
the Calendar Year 1940: Proclamation by the Presi-
dent of the United States Issued on November SO.
1939, Pursuant to Article III of the Reciprocal

'^ Serial numbers which do not appear in this list
have appeared previously or will appear in subsequent

lists.

Trade .Agreement Between the United States of
America and Canada Signed November 17, 1938
(Executive Agreement Series No. 149). Executive
Agreement Series No. 170. ii, 4 pp. 5^.

1475. Trans-Isthmian Joint Highway Board : Arrange-
ment Between the United States of America and
Panama — Effected by exchanges of notes signed Oc-
tober 19 and 23, 1939, December 20, 1939, and Jan-
uary 4, 1940. Executive Agreement Series No. 168.
ii, 5 pp. 50.

1478. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. II, No.

53, June 29, 1940. 21 pp. 10«'."

1479. Certificates of Airworthiness for Export : .\r-
rangement Between the United States of America
and New Zealand— Effected by exchange of notes
signed January 30 and February 28, 1940; effective
March 1, 1940. Executive Agreement Series No. 167.
ii, 17 pp. 50.

1480. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

54, July 6, 1940. 19 pp. 100.

" Subscription, $2.75 a year.

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1481. Diplomatic List, July 1940. ii, 91 pp. Subscrip-
tion, $1 a year ; single copy, 10(f.

1482. Reciprocal Recognition of Load Line Regulations
for Vessels Engaged in International Voyages on the
Great Lakes: Arrangement Between the United
States of America and Canada— Effected by ex-
changes of notes signed April 29, 1938, August 24,

1938, October 22, 1038, September 2, 1939, October 18,

1939, January 10. 1940, and March 4, 1940. Execu-
tive Agreement Series No. 172. ii, 9 pp. 5^.

1483. The American Foreign Service : General Informa-
tion for Applicants and Sample Entrance Examina-
tion Questions. Revised to June 1, 1940. iv, 142 pp.
Free.

1484. Publications of the Department of State (a list
cumulative from October 1, 1929). July 1, 1940. ii,
23 pp. Free.

1485. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

55, July 13, 1940. 7 pp. 100.

1486. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

56, July 20, 1940. 10 pp. 10«t.

1487. Exemptions From Exchange Control Measures:
Agreement Between the United States of America
and Canada— Effected by exchange of notes signed
June 18, 1940; effective June 18, 1940. Executive
Agreement Series No. 174. ii, 3 pp. 5(^.

1488. Achievements of the Second Meeting of the For-
eign Ministers of the American Republics : Statement
of the Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, at
the Close of the Meeting, Habana, July 30, 1940.
Conference Series 47. ii, 8 pp. 50.

1489. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

57, July 27, 1940. 24 pp. 100.

1490. Exchange of Official Publications: Agreement
Between the United States of America and Nicara-
gua—Effected by exchange of notes signed February
14 and 19, 1940; effective February 14, 1940. Ex-
ecutive Agreement Series No. 171. ii, 7 pp. 5^.

1491. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill,
No. 58, August 3, 1940. 37 pp. 100.

1492. Diplomatic List, August 1940. ii, 91 pp. Sub-
scription, $1 a year; single copy, 100.

1493. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill,
No. 59, August 10, 1940. 10 pp. 100.

1494. Foreign Service List, July 1, 1940. iv, 107 pp.
Subscription, 500 a year ; single copy, 15^.

1495. Statistics of Causes of Death : Protocol Between
the United States of America and Other Powers
Revising the Minimum Nomenclature of Causes of
Death Annexed to the International Agreement
Signed at London June 19, 1934 (Executive Agree-
ment Series No. 80)— Signed at Paris October 6.

1938 ; effective January 1, 1940. Executive Agree-
ment Series No. 173. ii, 12 pp. 50.

1496. Military Aviation Instructors: Agreement Be-
tween the United States of America and Argentina —
Signed June 29, 1940; effective June 29, 1940. Ex-
ecutive Agreement Series No. 175. ii, 10 pp. 50.

1497. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

60, August 17, 1940. 8 pp. 100.

1498. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, N.).

61, August 24, 1940. 53 pp. 100.

1499. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

62, August 31, 1940. 20 pp. 100.

1.500. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

63, September 7, 1940. 17 pp. 100.

1501. Diplomatic List, September 1940. ii, aS pp.
Subscription, $1 a year ; single copy, 100.

1503. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

64, September 14, 1940. 8 pp. 100.

1507. The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No.

65, September 21, 1940. 21 pp. 100.

Treaty Seeibs :

960. Commerce and Navigation : Treaty Between the
United States of America and Iraq — Signed at Bagh-
dad December 3, 1938; proclaimed May 29, 1940.
ii, 10 pp. 50.

The Department of State also publishes the
slip laws and Statutes at Large. Laws are
issued in separate series and are niunbered in the
order in which they are signed. Treaties are
also issued in a separate series and are numbered
in the order in which they are proclaimed. All
other publications of the Department since
October 1, 1929, are numbered consecutively in
the order in which they are sent to press, and, in
addition, are subdivided into series according to
general subject.

To avoid delay, requests for publications of
the Department of State should be addressed
directly to the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C,
except in the case of free publications, which
may be obtained from the Department. The
Superintendent of Documents will accept de-
posits against which the cost of publications
ordered may be charged and will notify the de-
positor when the deposit is exhausted. The
cost to depositors of a complete set of the publi-
cations of the Department for a year will prob-

SEPTEMBER 2 8, 1940

ably be somewhat in excess of $15. Orders may
be placed, however, with the Superintendent of
Documents for single publications or for one or
more series.

The Superintendent of Documents also has,
for fi'ee distribution, the following price lists
which may be of interest : Foreign Relations of

275

the United States; American History and Bi-
ography; Tariff; Immigration; Alaska and
Hawaii, Insular Possessions; Laws; Commerce
and Manufactures; Political Science; and Maps.
A list of publications of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce may be obtained from
the Department of Commerce.

U.S GOVERHMEMT PRINTING OFFICE: 1940

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. — Price 10 cents . _ Subscription price, $2.75 a year

PUBLISHED WEEKLY WITH THE APPEOVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET

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