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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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VOLUME V • Numbers 106-131

July 5-December 27, 1941

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JULY 5, 1941
Vol. V, No. 106— Publication 1619

ontents

General

Independence Day Address by the President ....
Dedication of Longstreet monument site at Gettysburg:

Address by Assistant Secretary Long

Death of Ignace Paderewski : Statement by Acting

Secretary of State Welles

Control of exports in national defense

American Republics

U. S. memorandum in support of Uruguayan proposal to
treat American republics engaged in war as non-
belligerents

Payment by Mexico on agrarian claims

Europe

Contributions for relief in belligerent countries ....

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes

Treaty Information

Indian affairs: Convention Providing for an Inter-
American Indian Institute

Telecommunications : International Telecommunica-
tion Convention

Legislation

Publications

Regulations

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General

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT ^

[Released to the press by the White House July 4]

My Fellow Americans :

111 1776, on the fourth clay of July, the Rep-
resentatives of the several States in Congi-ess
assembled, declaring our independence, as-
serted that a decent respect for the opinion of
luanldnd required that they should declare the
reasons for their action. In this new crisis,
we have a like duty.

In 1776 we waged war in behalf of the great
principle that government should derive its
just powers from the consent of the governed —
in other words, representation chosen in free
elections. In the century and a half that fol-
lowed, this cause of human freedom swept
across the world.

But now, in our generation — in the past few
years — a new resistance, in the form of several
new practices of tyranny, has been making such
headway that the fundamentals of 1776 are be-
ing struck down abroad, and definitely they are
thi'eatened here.

It is, indeed, a fallacy, based on nq, logic at
all, for any Americans to suggest that the rule
of force can defeat human freedom in all the
other parts of the world and permit it to sur-
vive in the United States alone. But it has
been that childlike fantasy itself — that misdi-
rected faith — which has led nation after nation
to go about their peaceful tasks, relying on the
thought, and even the promise, that- they and
their lives and their goverimient would be al-

' Broadcast from Hyde Park, N. Y., July 4, 1941.
200962 — 41 1

lowed to live when the juggernaut of force
came their way.

It is simple — I could almost say simple-
minded — for us Americans to wave the flag, to
reassert our belief in the cause of freedom, and
to let it go at that.

Yet, all of us who lie awake at night — all of
us who study and study again — know full well
that in these days we cannot save freedom with
pitchforks and muskets alone, after a dictator
combination has gained control of the rest of
the world.

We know that we cannot save freedom in our
own midst, in our own land, if all around us —
our neighbor nations — have lost their freedom.

That is why we are engaged in a serious, in
a mighty, in a unified action in the cause of the
defense of the hemisphere and the freedom of
the seas. We need not the loyalty and unity
alone ; we need speed and efficiency and toil and
an end to backbiting, an end to the sabotage
that runs far deeper than the blowing up of
munitions plants.

I tell the American people solemnly that the
United States will never survive as a happy
and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a
cruel desert of dictatorsliip.

And so it is that when we repeat the great
pledge to our country and to our flag, it must
be our deep conviction that we pledge as well
our work, our will, and, if it be necessary, our
very lives.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

DEDICATION OF LONGSTREET MONUMENT SITE AT GETTYSBURG

ADDRESS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LONG '

[Released to the press July 2)

We iU'e assembled today to participate in
the arrangement for a memorial to James
Longstreet, General in the Army of the Con-
federacy, one of its most distinguished sons,
one of its outstanding military leaders, subse-
quently a patriotic servant of the re-united
country, and a courageous American.

He and those who participated in the epochal
struggle in this valley and over these hillsides
contributed, all unconsciously, to the solidifica-
tion of a great nation. On this battlefield of
Gettysburg was born the modern United States.
The sons of those who struggled here have
lived to rebuild a divided nation, to unify a
variety of thought, to provide a more equitable
distribution of the opportunities of life, to
evolve a national purpose.

These seeds were planted at Gettysburg. Here
they were sanctified with the blood of contend-
ing brothers. And here again on the scene of
Gettysburg the flower of those seeds is her-
alded by the name ''America".

When we say "America" we mean a land
of plenty and of peace, a land of happiness
and of contentment, a land of fair-dealing at
home and of honorable contacts with other
lands. But we in America realize that much
as we love peace we cannot really enjoy peace
if the rest of the world is at war; that as much
as we desire happiness we cannot really be
happy when sorrow and suffering run rampant
through the world and threaten our own domes-
tic order; that we can have no assurance we
can have fair-dealing from other governments
which violate their every solemn undertaking.

It is all very alluring for us to sit com-
placently in our comfortable homes and think
in illusory vein that war will not come to us

'Delivereil at ceremoiiie.s at Gettysburg battlefield,
Gettysburg, Pu., July 2, 1941.

here — that the stories we hear of Europe and
of Asia and of Africa are, after all, happenings
thousands of miles away — that it cannot hap-
pen here. It is all too easy to be deceived by
stretches of fertile fields which run out beyond
horizons and to feel that no danger from
abroad could carry this far. So thought Po-
land. So thought Norway, stretching way up
into the Arctic Ocean. So thought Greece,
bathed by the warm water of the Mediter-
ranean. So it was thought on the tropic sands
of Africa, in the distant recesses of China, far
Indochina, and old Siam down near the
Equator. And so thought Russia — the most
recent example of an unholy ambition to de-
stroy nations, to enslave then- peoples, to rob
them of their resources, to dominate a world.
We must not be beguiled by such thoughts of
complacent illusion. AVe must understand that
ilistance measured in miles has been reduced to
inclies, that time has been decimated and space
rendered of no protective value. We must
understand that the actual waging of that
thing called war has changed. There was a
time that it commenced when the shooting be-
gan. But now it has precursors the conse-
quences of which ai'e worse if possible than the
devastation of actual military combat. There
is the insidious infiltration of whisper-
ing agents casting doubt upon the justice of
our own position, faintly praising the qualities
of the intending invader. Then come agents
of trouble and discord, inciting opposition at
home, making disturbance in centers of me-
chanical production. Then the saboteurs to
throw monkey-wrenches into the machinery —
all with the object of creating discord and dis-
may and of rendering nugatory efficient or-
ganization. The radio becomes the instrument
of insidious voices. Doubt is cultivated. Fear
is propagated — fear, the worst of our foes, the
ally of threatening force.

JULY 5, 1941

Another precursor is economic penetration,
to destroy markets abroad, to gain footholds
in the territory of your neighbors, and, when
economic and financial conditions have been
sufficiently cultivated, to institute political con-
trol over some not distant country. Once
political control is established, then the mili-
tary armies arrive — through the air, on the
water, by land — and from the new base the
cowering inhabitants become servitors, even
unwilling partners, of mechanized military au-
tocracy in preparation for its next plunge, with
a histoi-y of suffering in its wake and a promise
of sorrow for the next victim, unless stopped
in its mad career.

We have determined that in America these
things shall not happen. They cannot happen
if we unite as a nation in carrying forward a
mighty program of defense, if we build
speedily, adequately, and efficiently.

You may be assured that your Government is
fully alive to the situation confronting the
United States. The officers of your Govern-
ment are on guard. We only hope that each
American citizen realizes for himself the situ-
ation as it actually exists and the consequences
for himself and his family unless all of us join
in a mighty effort for defense.

President Koosevelt has proclaimed a full na-
tional emergency. That fact alone should make
every man and woman in America realize that
the danger is direct. The President has called
upon all loyal citizens to place the Nation's needs
first in mind and in action to the end that we
may mobilize and have ready for instant use
all of the physical powers, all of the moral
strength, and all of the material resources of
this Nation.

The call has gone foi'th. Let us respond to
it with the spirit and the courage exhibited by
the men of Gettysburg. Wliether we are in the
armed forces, in the factories, or on the farms,
let each of us resolve to make his own worth-
while contribution to the cause of safeguarding
the Nation during this critical period. Gettys-
burg echoes the call to the service of a united
and determined nation.

DEATH OF IGNACE PADEREWSKI

STATEMENT BY ACTING SECRETARY OT STATE
WELLES

[Released to tlie press June 30]

I was deeply shocked to learn this morning
of the death in New York of Mr. Paderewski,
the first President of Poland, an outstanding
artist of genius of the last three generations,
and a foremost champion of freedom and demo-
cratic ideals.

I have asked the Polish Ambassador on his
return to Washington today to accord me an
opportunity immediately upon his arrival per-
sonally to convey to him the deep sorrow of the
President at the loss of this great Polish patriot.
I shall also convey to him an expression of grief
on behalf of the Government and people of the
United States.

The spirit of Mr. Paderewski which illumi-
nated his whole life is by no means extinguished ;
the influence of his personality, character, and
genius must persist. It will continue to inspire
for many years to come those who are struggling
for the highest ideals of humanity. The Ameri-
can Nation is proud to have counted among its
friends this great citizen of Poland who, among
his other distinguished services, has done so
much to assist in creating a deeper understand-
ing between the peoples of the United States
and those of Poland and of strengthening the
ties of friendship which have already become
traditional between the two countries.

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

[Released to the press July 5]

The President announced on July 5 that he
had approved a recommendation of Brig. Gen.
Russell L. Maxwell, Administrator of Export
Control, and had issued on July 3 a procla-
mation (no. 2496) adding certain vegetable
products and chemicals to the list of articles
and materials subject to export control under
authority of section 6 of the act of Congress
entitled "An Act To expedite the strengthen-
ing of the national defense", approved July
2, 1940.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The Administrator of Export Control has
issued Export Control Schedule 12 ' which sets
forth in detail the specific items placed under
control pursuant to the above-mentioned
proclamation.

The effective date of the proclamation plac-
ing these articles and materials under export
control is July 23, 1941. The test of this
proclamation appears in the Federal Register
of July 8, 1941 (vol. 6. no. 131). pages 3263-
3265.

Petroleum Products

Collectors of customs were informed on
June 26, 1941 as follows :

''Tetraethyl lead, ethyl fluid, petrolatum and
petroleum jelly should not be considered pe-
troleum products, and licenses for the exporta-
tion of these articles and materials may accord-
ingly be honored, in respect to the shipments
described therein, even though exportation is
made fi'om a port located on the Atlantic
coast.

"However, white mineral oil is held to fall
within the classification of 'other petroleiun
products' and is therefore subject to the re-
strictions outlined in the Department's tele-
gram of June 20.-

"General licenses <^EE 1 iind 2, authorizing
the exportation of certain petroleum products
to Canada and to Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, respectively, have been extended to
include all naphtha, mineral spirits, solvents
and other finished light products.

"Furthermore, general licenses GED l, 2, and
(>3 authorizing the exportation of lubricating
oils have been extended to include all lubricat-
ing greases."

Collectors of customs were informed on July
2 that where reference was made in the Depart-
ment's telegram of June 20 to those petroleum
products listed in Export Control Schedule
10 ^^ which wei-e not, prior to that date, subject

' 6 F.R. 3283.

'Bulletin of .June 21, 1941 (vol. IV, no. 104), pp.
7f50-751.

'• 6 F.R. 3059.

to the requirement of an export license, it has
been held that this refers exclusively to the
petroleum products falling within the descrip-
tion opposite the following letters as set forth
in the left-hand margin of Export Control
Schedule 10: C, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, s, T, U,
V, and X.

Accordingly collectors were informed that
under present definitions general licenses GB6
and GEH do not permit the exportation of
petroleum coke.

General Licenses

[Released to the press June 30]

In accordance with the provisions of the Exec-
utive order of March 15, 1941 ^ the Secretary
of State announced that certain additional gen-
eral licenses had been issued authorizing the
exportation of various articles and materials
designated by the President as necessary to the
national defense pursuant to section 6 of the
Export Control Act approved July 2, 1940. The
table printed below shows the countries and the
articles and materials to which these licenses
are applicable.

It was also announced that existing general
licenses authorizing the exportation of asbestos
have been extended to include brake blocks and
linings, mattress covers and fillers, clutch fac-
ings, packing, sheets, and tweeds and yarns
fabricated from asbestos.

Furthermore, certain existing general licenses
authorizing the exportation of petroleum prod-
ucts to Canada and to Great Britain and North-
ern Ireland have been extended, as follows:
GEA 1 and 2 to include all crude oils ; GEB l and 2
to include all gasolines; GED 1 and 2 to include
all lubricating oils and greases ; and GEE l and
2 to include all naphtha, mineral spirits,
solvents, and other finished light products.

Collectors of customs have been authorized
to permit, without the requirement of individual
licenses, the exportation of these articles and

'Bulletin of March 15, 1941 (vol. IV, no. 90),
pp. 284-285.

JULY 5, 1941

materials to the countries named, but the ex-
porter is required to indicate the appropriate
license number on the shipper's export declara-
tion filed with the collector. Those articles and

materials for which no general licenses have
been issued, but which are subject to the require-
ment of an export license, will continue to
require individual licenses for their exportation.

Country

Diesel and
diesel-cUectrlc
locomotives,
diesol engines
(marine &
stationary)

Electric gener-
ating sets pow-
ered by diesel
engines

Kerosene, gas
oil, distillate
fuel oil, resid-
ual fuel oil

Liquefied pe-
troleum gases,
paraffin wax

funreftned
and refined),

petrnleum
asphalt, pe-
troleum coke,

petroleum

products
n. e. s.

Gasoline-
production
equipment

Lubricating-

oil-production

equipment

Tetraethyl-
lead-produc-
tion equip-
ment

Canada _. .-

GDO 1

GDO 2
GDO 63

*GDM 1

*GDM 2
*GDM 63

GEF 1

GEF 2
GEF 63

GEI 1

GEI 2
GEI 63

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland

Philippine Islands . -

GQG2

GQL2

GQT2

♦Effective July 2, 1941, these same general licenses will also authorize exportations of electrical machinery
and apparatus (containing mica). See the Bulletin of June 21, 1941 (vol. IV, no. 104), p. 749.

[Released to the press July 3]

The Secretai-y of State announced on July 3
the issuance of general licenses, in accordance
with the provisions of the Executive order of
March 15, 1941, authorizing the exportation of
station, warehouse, and factory industrial
trucks of any capacity, powered by electric
storage batteries or gasoline motors; motor
trucks and busses powered by diesel or serai-
diesel engines; and motor truck and bus diesel
and semi-diesel engines, as follows: License
no. GDP 1 for Canada; no. GDP 2 for Great
Britain and Northern Ireland; and no. GDP 63
for the Philippine Islands.

Existing general licenses authorizing the ex-
portation of cobalt have been extended to in-
clude cobalt salts and compounds. These li-
censes are: No. GBT i for Canada; no. GBT 2
for Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and
no. GBT 63 for the Philippine Islands.

Collectors of customs have been authorized to
permit, without the requirement of individual
license, the exportation of the articles and ma-
terials named to Canada, to Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, and to the Philippine
Islands, but the exporter is required to indicate
the appropriate general-license number on the
shipper's export declaration filed with the col-
lector.

(Released to the press July 3]

The Secretary of State announced on July 3
that, in accordance with the provisions of the
Executive order of March 15, 1941, two addi-
tional general licenses have been issued for
shipments parsing through the United States.

The first of these general licenses, GIT-n/b,
authorizes the expoitation, without individual
license, of .shipments passing thi'ough the
United States from the Netherlands Indies to
any country in group B * or to Bahamas, Bar-
bados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Hon-
duras, Canada, Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Lee-
ward Islands, Newfoundland, Trinidad and
Tobago, and Windward Islands.

The other general license. GIT-B/N, author-
izes the exportation fi-om the United States,
without individual license, of shipments pass-
ing through the United States from any coun-
ti-y in group B, or from any country specifically
named in the above list, to the Netherlands
Indies.

' For the names of the countries to which these gen-
eral licenses are applicable, see the Bulletin of May 10,
1941 (vol. IV, no. 98), pp. 560-561.

American Republics

U. S. MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF URUGUAYAN PROPOSAL TO TREAT
AMERICAN REPUBLICS ENGAGED IN WAR AS NON-BELLIGERENTS

[Released to the press July 2]

On July 2 the Government of Uruguay made
public in Montevideo the following text of a
memorandum handed by the Acting Secretary
of State. Mr. Sumner Welles, to the Minister
of LTniguay in Washington, Mr. J. Richling,
on July 1, 1941 :

"Memorandum

"The Acting Secretary of State of the United
States of America desires to inform His Ex-
cellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Oriental Republic of L^ruguay of the gratifi-
cation with which the Government of the
United States has learned of the views of the
Government of Uniguay as communicated by
Dr. Guani in his memorandum of June 21,
1941.'

"The Government of Uruguay has once
again lighted the way toward a constructive
and practical cooperation between all of the
American Republics at this moment which is
more critical than any which has transpired
since the achievement of their independence.

"A black night of fear and destruction and
organized murder has engulfed almost all of
Europe and a great part of the rest of the
world. Aggie«sion without comparison in his-
tory for its deliberately planned frightfulness
has annihilated the independence of one coun-
try after another. The right inherent in every
man and woman to worship God has been nith-
lessly and metliodically destroyed. The cul-
tures of centuries, tlie cultures from which
every one of the American nations has derived
its own national inspiration have not only been
temi^orarily blotted out but an endeavor is be-
ing made to extirpate them forever. No coun-

• Not printed herein.

try anywhere, today, is secure from this un-
masked lust for power and loot which has no
limit but domination of the entire world.

"In view of this situation, the Government
of L^ruguay addresses itself to the other Amer-
ican Republics urging positive implementation
of the policy of hemisphere solidarity already
unanimously adopted by the American nations
at previous inter-American conferences.

"Uruguay recalls that its great liberator
Artigas, over a hundred years ago, recognized
the common interests of the peoples of the
Western Hemisphere and suggested the under-
taking of an offer of recipi'ocal and mutual
assistance. Uruguay recollects that during the
World War of 1914-1918 it adopted, long be-
fore its general acceptance in this hemisphere,
the policy that any act susceptible of affecting
adversely the rights of any nation of the
Americas should be considered as constituting
an offense committed against all the American
nations, and should bring about a uniform and
common reaction.

"Pursuant to this policy, Uruguay declared
in 1917 that it would not treat as a belligerent
any American country which, in defense of its
own rights, should find itself in a state of
war with nations of other continents. Finally,
Uruguay recalls that the policy of solidarity
which it espoused twenty-five years ago has
now been accepted by all the other American
countries in a series of inter- American instru-
ments and, therefore, inquires of the other
American Republics, whether, in their judg-
ment, the moment is not opportune to give new
content and definition to the policy of inter-
American solidarity.

"The Goverimient of the United States wel-
comes the opportunity afforded by the initia-
tive of the Government of Uniguay briefly to

JULY 5, 1941

restate the policies which it is presently
pursuing.

"In the fiist place, the Government of the
United States has considered it axiomatic that
the security of each of the American Republics
was dependent upon the security of all. It was
for this simple but basic reason that it whole-
heartedly supported at Buenos Aires, Lima,
Panama, and Habana the several agreements
to make inviolate the peace, security and
territorial integrity of the Americas.

"In tlie second place, the President of the
United States has frequently declared, the last
time formally before the chiefs of mission of
the other American Republics in Washington
on ]May i27 last,^ the unshakable determination
of the United States to give aid to whatever
extent and in whatever quantity may lie within
its power, to countries prepared to resist the
forces of aggression. The Congress has jDassed
legislation to enable the transfer of equipment
and supplies to such countries, and practical
assistance on a stupendous scale is now being
furnished.

"In pursuance of these two policies, the one
of hemispheric solidarity, the other of aid to
countries resisting aggression — but both of
them with one end in view, namely, the security
of the Western Hemisphere — the Government
t)f the United States has offered and extended
cooperative assistance of various types to the
other American Republics. The economic and
financial resources of the United States, th'j
naval and air base facilities acquired from
Great Britain and from Denmark, and military
and naval materiel, have been made available
to all the American Republics on the fullest
cooperative basis for the common defense of
the New World.

"Equally significant of the desire and pur-
pose of the United States to afford the greatest
possible opportunity for realizing to the full
the principle of hemispheric solidarity and
defense, there was incorporated in the Neutral-

ity Act of 1939 a provision excepting, subject
to certain conditions not here important, Amer-
ican states from the operation of the act when
engaged in war against a non-American state
or states.

"The safety of the Americas hangs in the
balance today. Constructive and far-sighted
action now on the part of all the American
Republics acting together will ensure the
preservation for future generations of those
liberties and other blessings which our fore-
fathers so laboriously gained.

"The Government of the United States wel-
comes and wholeheartedly supports the present
initiative of the Govermnent of Uruguay, and
earnestly hopes that it may secure the common
approval of the Governments of all of the
American Republics.

"Department of State,

^'■Washington, July 1, WJfiy

PAYMENT BY MEXICO ON AGRARIAN
CLAIMS

[Released to the press June 30]

The Mexican Ambassador at Washington on
June 30 handed to the Acting Secretary of State
the Mexican Government's check for one million
dollars in payment of the amount due June 30,
1941 on account of the claims of American citi-
zens whose lauds in Mexico have been expropri-
ated since August 30, 1927 under the Mexican
agrarian program. The arrangement under
which the payment became due was effected
by this Government's note of November 9, 1938
and the Mexican Government's reply of Novem-
ber 12, 1938.^

This represents the third payment by Mexico
on account of these claims, the first and second
payments of one million dollars having been
made on May 31, 1939 and June 29. 1940, respec-
tively, under the arrangement of November
9-12! 1938.

The claims in question are under active con-
sideration by the Agrarian Claims Commission,
United States and Mexico.

' BuUrtin of May 31, 1941 (vol. IV, uo. 101), pp.
647-653.

"Press Releases of November 19, 1938 (vol. XIX,
no. 477), pp. 339-342.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Europe

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF IN
BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

A tabulation of contributions collected and
disbursed during the period September (5, 1939
tlirough May 31, 1941, as shown in the reports
submitted by persons and organizations regis-
tered with the Secretary of State for the solici-
tation and collection of contributions to be used
for relief in belligerent countries, in confonn-
ity with the regulations issued pursuant to
section 3(a) of the act of May 1, 1937, as made
effective by the President's proclamations of
September 5, 8, and 10, 1939, and section 8 of
the act of November 4, 1939, as made effective
by the President's proclamation of the same
date, has been released by the Department of
State in mimeographed form and may be ob-
tained from the Department upon request
(press release of July 5, 1941, 59 pages).

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; Luxembourg; the Nether-
lands; Italy; Greece; Yugoslavia; Hungary;
and Bulgaria) or for cbe relief of refugees
driven out of these countries bj' the present
Avar.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

(Released to the press July 5)

The following changes have occuri'ed in the
American Foreign Service since June 21, 1941 :

William C. Burdett, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
Counselor of Embassy and Consul General at

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been assigned for
duty in the Department of State as Director of
the Foreign Service Officers' Training School.

George D. Hopper, of Danville, Ky., Consul
General at Winnipeg. Manitoba, Canada, has
been assigned as Consul General at St. John's,
Newfoundland.

The designation of James T. Scott, of
Georgia, as Commercial Attache at Athens,
Greece, has been canceled. In lieu thereof, Mr.
Scott has been assigned as Consul at Beirut,
Lebanon.

The assignment of Harold B. Quarton, of
Algona, Iowa, as Consul General at Genoa,
Italy, has been canceled. In lieu thereof, Mr.
Quarton has been assigned for duty in the De-
[)artment of State.

Marcel E. Malige, of Lapwai, Idaho, Second
Secretary of Embassy and Consul at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, has been assigned as Consul
at Martinique, French West Indies.

Vinton Chapin, of Boston, Mass., Second
Secretary of Embassy at London, England, has
been designated Second Secretary of Legation
at Dublin, Ireland.

Mason Turner, of Torrington, Conn., Consul
at Lima, Peru, has been assigned as Ccmsul at
Perth, Australia.

Archibald R. Randolph, of Virginia, Third
Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at
Bogota, Colombia, has been assigned as Vice
Consul at Caracas, Venezuela.

Adrian B. Colquitt, of Savannah, Ga., Vice
Consul at Martinique, French West Indies, has
been assigned as Vice Consul at Calcutta, India.

Elim O'Shaughnessy, of New York, N. Y.,
Vice Consul at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, has been
designated Third Secretary of Embassy at Rio
de Janeiro, Briizil, and will serve in dual
capacity.

William Frank Lebus, Jr., of Cynthiana, Ky.,
Clerk at Puerto Cortes, Honduras, has been
appointed Vice Consul at Puerto Cortes, Hon-
duras.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

INDIAN AFFAIRS

CONVENTION PROVIDING FOR AN INTER-AMERICAN
INDIAN INSnrUTE

Panama.

The Mexican Ambassador at Washington
informed the Secretary of State by a note dated
June 27, 1941 that the Panamanian Minister
at Mexico City, in a note dated May 26, 1941,
notified the Government of Mexico of the
adherence of Panama to the Convention Pro-
viding for an Inter- American Indian Institute,
which was opened for signature at Mexico City
on November 1, 1940. The adherence of Panama
was made in accordance with section 2 of
article 16 of the convention and is subject to
the constitutional approval of the National
Assemblv of Panama.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION

Thailand

According to notification no. 382 dated May
1, 1941 from the Bureau of the International
Telecommunication Union at Bern the Lega-
tion of Thailand at Lisbon informed the
Bureau by a letter dated March 25, 1941 that
the Thai Government had approved the re-
visions as adopted at Cairo in April 1938 of the
General Radio Regulations and Additional
Radio Regulations, the Telegraph Regulations
and Telephone Regulations, annexed to the
International Telecommunication Convention
of 1932.

Legislation

Joint Resolution To autliorize the President of the
United States to invite the governments of the coun-
tries of the Western Hemisphere to participate in a
meeting of the national directors of the meteoro-
logical services of those countries, to be held in the
United States as soon as practicable, in 1941 or 1942;
to invite Regional Commissions III or IV of the In-
ternational Meteorological Organization to meet con-
currently therewith ; and to authorize an appropria-
tion for the expenses of organizing and holding such
meetings. [S. J. Res. 81.] Approved June 24, 1941.
(Public Law 125, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 1 p. 5<t.

An Act To amend .sections 4613 and 4614 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States to include cap-
tnres of aircraft as prizes of war. [S. 992.] Approved
June 24, 1941. (Public Law 127, 77th Cong., 1st sess.)
1 p. 5^.

Joint Resolution To pennit travel by a ship of
Canadian registry between American ports. [S. J.
Res. 65.] Approved June 26, 1941. (Public Law 134,
77th Cong., 1st sess.) 1 p.

An Act Slaking appropriations for the Department
of State, the Department of Commerce, the Depart-
ment of Justice, and the Federal Judiciary, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other pur-
poses. [H.R. 4276.] Approved June 2S, 1941. (Public
Law 135, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) [Department of State
Appropriation Act, 1942, pp. 1-15.] 44 lip.

Extending the Period for the Sale or Destruction
of Articles Imported for Exhibition at the New York
and San Francisco World's Fairs of 1940. (H. Rept.
774 and S. Rept. 500, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.J.
Res. 173.) 5 pp. each.

Instruction at the United States Military Academy
To Be Given to One Person From Each American
Republic. (S. Rept. 497, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on
S. 206.) 4 pp.

Supplemental Estimate for Foreign Air-Mall Trans-
portation: Communication From the President of the
United States Transmitting Supplemental Estimate of
Appropriation for the Post Office Department for
Foreign Air-Mail Transportation, Fi.scal Year 1942,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Amounting to $613,486. (S. Doc. 87, 77tli Cong., 1st
sess.) 2 pp.

Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1941 :
Hearings Before the Subcommittee of tlie Committee
on Appropriations, United States Senate, 77th Cong.,
1st .sess., on H.R. 5166, an Act Maliing Appropriations
To Supply Deficiencies in Certain Appropriations for
the Fiscal Tear Ending June 30, 1941, and for Prior
■Piscal Years, To Provide Supplemental Appropriations
for the Fiscal Tear Ending June .30, 1942, and for
Other Purposes. [Department of State, pp. 10f»-lll.]
ii. 111 pp.

Publications

Dep.vrtmext of State

Extradition : Supplementary Convention Between
the United States of America and Mexico — Signed at
Mexico City August 16, 1939 : proclaimed April 4, 1941.
Treaty Series 967. 4 pp. 5fl.

Otiieb Go\-erniment Agencies

The St. Lawrence Survey, Part V : The St. Lawrence
Seaway and Futiu-e Transportation Requirements.
xvi, S3 pp., tables, charts. (Department of Com-
merce. ) 150.

Regulations

The following Govprnment regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bulletin:

General Licenses Under Executive Order No. 8389,
Aijril 10, 1940, as Amended, and Regulations Issued
Pursuant Thereto :

[Amendment to] General License No. 29. June
27.1941. (Treasury Department.) Federal RegU-
trr. July 1, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 127), p. 3174.

[Amendments to] General Licenses No. 2, 5, 25,
27, and [revocation of] General Licenses No. 16
and 23. June 30, 1941. (Treasury Department.)
Federal Register. July 2. 1941 (vol. 6, no. 128),
pp. 3214-3215.
General Rulings Under Executive Order No. 8389,
April 10, 1940, as Amended, and Regulations Issued
Pursuant Thereto : [Ajnendment to] General Ruling
No. 6. June 27, 1941. (Treasury Department.) Fed-
eral Register, July 1, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 127), p. 3174.

Values of Foreign Moneys. July 1, 1941. (Treasury
Department.) [1941 Department Circular No. 1.]
Fedenil Register. July 3, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 129), pp.
32::52-3233.

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BULLETIN

JULY 12, 1941
Vol. V, No. 107— Publication 1622

lontents

Iceland page

Defense of Iceland by United States forces 15

American Republics

Priority aid for construction of steel miU in Brazil . . 19

Representation of United States business in other

American republics 20

Anniversary of the Declaration of Argentine Independ-
ence 21

Europe

Survivors of the S. S. Zamzam 22

The Near East

Suspension of tonnage duties for vessels of Burma . . 22

Commercial Policy

International Wheat Meeting 23

Cultural Relations

Visit of distinguished Argentinean 24

The Ditpartment

Appointment of officers 25

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 25

Foreign Service Regulations 26

International Conferences, Commissions, Etc.
Third General Assembly of the Pan American Institute

of Geography and History 26

(OVEBj

U. S, S|lPfl-fl^.':^^'nFl^!T Of DOCUMENTS
JUL 30 1941

ontents-coTiTiNVET).

General Page

Control of exports in national defense 27

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, Etc.

Monthly statistics 28

Regulations 36

Publications 36

Legislation 37

Iceland

DEFENSE OF ICELAND BY UNITED STATES FORCES

[ Released to the press by the White House July 7]

The text of a message from the President to
the Congress, dated July 7, 1941, transmitting
a message received from the Prime Minister
of Iceland and the reply of the President of
the United States, relating to use of United
States forces in Iceland, follows:

To THE Congress of the United States :

I am transmitting herewith for the infor-
mation of the Congress a message I received
from the Prime Minister of Iceland on July
first and the reply I addressed on the same
day to the Prime Minister of Iceland in re-
sponse to this message.

In accordance with the understanding so
reached, forces of the United States Navy have
today arrived in Iceland in order to supple-
ment, and eventually to replace, the British
forces which have until now been stationed
in Iceland in order to insure the adequate de-
fense of that country.

As I stated in my message to the Congress
of September third last ' regarding the acquisi-
tion of certain naval and air bases from Great
Britain in exchange for certain over-age
destroyers, considerations of safety from over-
seas attack are fundamental.

^Bulletin of September 7, 1940 (vol. Ill, no. 63),
p. 201.

The United States cannot permit the occu-
pation by Germany of strategic outposts in
the Atlantic to be used as air or naval bases
for eventual attack against the Western Hemi-
sphere. We have no desire to see any change
in the present sovereignty of those regions.
Assurance that such outposts in our defense-
frontier remain in friendly hands is the very
foundation of our national security and of the
national security of every one of the independ-
ent nations of the New World.

For the same reason substantial forces of
the United States have now been sent to the
bases acquired last year from Great Britain
in Trinidad and in British Guiana in the
south in order to forestall any pincers move-
ment undertaken by Germany against the
Western Hemisphere. It is essential that Ger-
many should not be able successfully to employ
such tactics through sudden seizure of stra-
tegic points in the south Atlantic and in the
north Atlantic.

The occupation of Iceland by Germany
would constitute a serious threat in three
dimensions :

The threat against Greenland and the north-
ern portion of the North American Continent,
including the Islands which lie oS it.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The threat against all shipping in the north
Atlantic.

The threat against the steady flow of muni-
tions to Britain — which is a matter of broad
policy clearly approved by the Congress.

It is, therefore, imperative that the ap-
proaches between the Americas and those
strategic outposts, the safety of which this
country regards as essential to its national
security, and which it must therefore defend,
shall remain open and free from all hostile
activity or threat thereof.

As Commander-in-Chief I have conse-
quently issued orders to the Navy that all
necessary steps be taken to insure the safety
of communications in the approaches between
Iceland and the United States, as well as on
the seas between the United States and all
other strategic outposts.

This Government will insure the adequate
defense of Iceland with full recognition of the
independence of Iceland as a sovereign state.

In my message to the Prime Minister of Ice-
land I have given the people of Iceland the
assurance that the American forces sent there
would in no way interfere with the internal
and domestic affairs of that country, and that
inmiediately upon the termination of the pres-
ent international emergency all American
forces will be at once withdrawn, leaving the
people of Iceland and their Government in full
and sovereign control of their own territorj'.
Fkanklin D Roosevelt

The White House,
July 7, 19^1.

Message sent iy the Pnme Minister of Iceland
to the Presidoit of the United States

In a conversation of June 24th, the British
Minister explained that British forces in Ice-
land are required elsewhere. At the same time
he stressed the immense importance of ade-
quate defense of Iceland. He also called my
attention to the declaration of the President
of the United States to the effect that he must

take all necessary measures to ensure the safety
of the Western Hemisphere — one of the Presi-
dent's measures is to assist in the defense of
Iceland — and that the President is therefore
prepared to send here immediately United
States troops to supplement and eventually to
replace the British force here. But that he
does not consider that he can take this course
except at the invitation of the Iceland Govern-
ment.

After careful consideration of all the cir-
cumstances the Iceland Government, in view of
the present state of affairs, admit that this
measure is in accordance with the interest of
Iceland, and therefore are ready to entrust the
protection of Iceland to United States on the
following conditions :

1. United States promise to withdraw all
their military forces land, air and sea from Ice-
land immediately on conclusion of present war.

2. United States further promise to recog-
nize the absolute independence and sovereignty
of Iceland and to exercise their best efforts
with those powers which will negotiate the
peace treaty at the conclusion of the present
war in order that such treaty shall likewise
recognize the absolute independence and sov-
ereignty of Iceland.

3. United States promise not to interfere
with Government of Iceland neither while their
armed forces remain in this country nor after-
wards.

4. United States promise to organize the
defense of the country in such a way as to
ensure the greatest possible safety for the in-
habitants themselves and assure that they suffer
minimum disturbance from military activities;
these activities being carried out in consulta-
tion with Iceland authorities as far as possible.
Also because of small population of Iceland
and consequent danger to nation from presence
of a numerous army, great care must be taken
that only picked troops are sent here. Military
authorities should be also instructed to keep
in mind that Icelanders have been unarmed
for centuries and are entii-ely unaccustomed

JtTLY 12, 1941

to military discipline and conduct of troops
towards the inhabitants of the country should
be ordered accordingly.

T). United States undertake defense of the
country without expense to Iceland and promise
compensation for all damage occasioned to the
inhabitants by their military activities.

6. United States promise to further interests
of Iceland in every way in their power, in-
cluding that of supplying the country with
sufficient necessities, of securing necessary
shipping to and from the country and of mak-
ing in other respects favorable commercial and
trade agreements with it.

7. Iceland Government expects that declara-
tion made by President in this connection will
be in agreement with these promises on the
part of Iceland, and Government would much
appreciate its being given the opportunity of
being cognizant with wording of this declara-
tion before it is published.

8. On the part of Iceland it is considered
obvious that if United States undertake defense
of the country it must be strong enough to
meet every eventuality and particularly in the
beginning it is expected that as far as possible
effort will be made to prevent any special
danger in connection with changeover. Iceland
Government lays special stress on there being
sufficient airplanes for defensive purposes
wherever they are required and they can be
used as soon as decision is made for United
States to undertake the defense of the ^country.

This decision is made on the part of Iceland
as an absohitely free and sovereign state and it
is considered as a matter of course that United
States will from the beginning recognize this
legal status of the country, both states imme-
diately exchanging diplomatic representatives.

Message s&nt hy the President of the United
States in. response to a message from, the
Prime Minister of Iceland

I have received your message in which you
have informed me that after careful considera-
tion of all the circumstances, tlie Iceland Gov-

ernment, in view of the present state of affairs,
admits that the sending to Iceland of United
States troops to supplement and eventually to
replace the present British forces there would
be in accoi-dance with the interests of Iceland
and that, therefore, tlie Iceland Government is
ready to entrust the protection of Iceland to
the United States on the following considera-
tions:

1. United States promise to withdraw all
their military forces land, air and sea from
Iceland immediately on conclusion of present
war.

3. United States promise not to interfere
with Government of Iceland neither while
their armed forces remain in this country nor
afterwards.

4. United States promise to organize the
defense of the country in such a way as to
ensure the greatest possible safety for the in-
habitants themselves and assure that they
suffer minimum disturbance from military
activities; these activities being carried out in
consultation with Iceland authorities as far as
possible. Also because of small population of
Iceland and consequent danger to nation from
presence of a numerous army, great care must
be taken that only picked troops are sent here.
Military authorities should be also instructed
to keep in mind that Icelanders have been un-
armed for centuries and are entirely unaccus-
tomed to military discipline and conduct of
troops towards the inhabitants of the country
should be ordered accordingly.

5. United States undertake defense of the
country without expense to Iceland and
promise compensation for all damage occa-
sioned to the inhabitants by their military
activities.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

6. United States promise to further inter-
ests of Iceland in every way in their power,
inchiding that of supplying the country with
sufficient necessities, of securing necessary
shipping to and from the country and of mak-
ing in other respects favorable commercial and
trade agreements with it.

7. Iceland Government expect that declara-
tion made by President in this connection will
be in agreement with these promises on the
part of Iceland, and Government would much
appreciate its being given the opportunity of
being cognizant with wording of this declara-
tion before it is published.

8. On the part of Iceland it is considered
obvious that if United States undertake de-
fense of the country it must be strong enough
to meet every eventuality and particularly in
the beginning it is expected that as far as
possible efforts will be made to prevent any
special danger in connection with change-over.
Iceland Government lays special stress on there
being sufficient airplanes for defensive purposes
wherever they are required and they can be
used as soon as decision is made for United
States to undertake tlie defense of the country.

You further state that this decision is made
on the part of Iceland as an absolutely free
and sovereign state and that it is considei'ed
as a matter of course that the United States
will from the beginning recognize the legal
status of Iceland, both states immediately
exchanging diplomatic representatives.

I take pleasure in confirming to you hereby
that the conditions set forth in your commu-
nication now under acknowledgment are fully
acceptable to the Government of the United
States and that these conditions will be ob-
served in the relations between the United
States and Iceland. I may further say that
it will give me pleasure to request of the Con-
gress its agreement in order that diplomatic
representatives may be exchanged between our
two countries.

It is the announced policy of the Government
of the United States to undertake to join with

the other nations of the Western Hemisphere
in the defense of the New World against any
attempt at aggression. In the opinion of this
Government, it is imperative that the integ-
rity and independence of Iceland should be
preserved because of the fact that any occu-
pation of Iceland by a power whose only too
clearly apparent plans for world conquest in-
clude the domination of the peoples of the New
World would at once directly menace the
security of the entire Western Hemisphere.

It is for that reason that in response to your
message, the Government of the United States
will send immediately troops to supplement and
eventually to replace the British forces now
there.

The steps so taken by the Government of
the United States are taken in full recogni-
tion of the sovereignty and independence of
Iceland and with the clear understanding that
American military or naval forces sent to Ice-
land will in no wise interfere in the slightest
degree with the internal and domestic af-
fairs of the Icelandic people; and with the
further understanding that immediately upon
the termination of the present international
emergency, all such military and naval forces
will be at once withdrawn leaving the people
of Iceland and their Government in full sov-
ereign control of their own territory.

The people of Iceland hold a proud position
among the democracies of the world, with a
historic tradition of freedom and of individual
liberty which is more than a thousand years
old. It is, therefore, all the more appropriate
that in response to your message, the Govern-
ment of the United States, while undertaking
this defensive measure for the preservation of
the independence and security of the democra-
cies of the New World should at the same
time be afforded the privilege of cooperating
in this manner with your Government in the
defense of the historic democracy of Iceland.

I am communicating this message, for their
information, to the Governments of all of the
other nations of the Western Hemisphere.

American Republics

PRIORITY AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL MILL IN BRAZIL

[Released to the press July 0]

Priority aid for the construction of a $45,-
000,000 steel mill in Brazil has been assured
by the Office of Production Management, act-
ing on recommendations of the Department of
State.

The decision to aid Brazil through priorities
is in accordance with this Government's policy
of assisting the other American republics to
obtain essential materials in this country, so
far as this is compatible with our own defense
requirements.

The National Steel Company of Brazil has
already started ground-breaking operations.
The priority aid, permitting the company to
obtain steel, machinery, and many other kinds
of equipment promptly, is designed to make
possible the completion of this mill within two
and one-half to three years.

Of the total cost of $45,000,000, the sum of
$20,000,000 is being supplied through a loan
from the Export-Import Bank. The rest is
being supplied by the Brazilian Governmjent
and Brazilian financial institutions. The
$20,000,000 supplied by this country is to be
spent in the United States, through contracts
with from 250 to 300 different manufacturers
and suppliers.

The contracts and orders involved will be
given priority ratings sufficiently high to
secure adequate deliveries, without delaying
deliveries of our own defense contracts.

As a result of the conversations held at
Washington in the early part of 1939 between
Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, the Foreign Minister of
Brazil, and officials of this Government,^ a

'See Press Releases of March 11, 1939 (vol. XX,
no. 493), pp. 174-182.

commitment was made on the part of the
United States to assist Brazil in the develop-
ment of its economic resources and of its
industries.

The steel-mill project was thereafter pre-
sented by the Brazilian Government as the
most important single item in this program.
Such a mill is of major importance to Brazil
and also is of considerable interest to the
United States. Not only will it provide for
the utilization of a portion of Brazil's vast
natural resources but it will also tend to im-
prove the general standard of living of the
country and thereby increase the market for
products of the United States.

The output of the Brazilian steel mill will to
that extent relieve the pressure on American
industries in the prosecution of the Brazilian
re-armament program.

In consideration of the foregoing factors
and in the light of the demands on the Ameri-
can defense program, the Office of Production
Management, acting upon the recommenda-
tions of the Department of State, which were
concurred in by the Army and Navy Munitions
Board, the Office of Price Administration and
Civilian Supply, and the Coordinator of Com-
mercial and Cultural Relations Between the
American Republics, agreed to give the project
the consideration which it deserves with a view
to granting the necessary priorities for the
equipment destined for the mill. The OPM's
Priorities, Production, and Purchases Divi-
sions, and the Army and Navy JSIunitions
Board have accordingly worked out a program
which will permit construction of the mill
according to schedule and without interference
with the defense program.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

REPRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES RUSINESS IN OTHER AMERICAN

REPURLICS

[Released to the press by the Office of the Coordinator of
Commercial and Cultural Relations Between the Ameri-
can Republics July 11]

Undesirable agents in Central and South
America of United States business firms have
lost more than 1,000 accounts since the Fed-
eral Goverimient moved to eliminate all agents
discovered to be engaged in anti-American ac-
tivities. In some cases a single anti-American
firm has lost as many as 15 accounts, and many
have lost 5 or more accounts.

Despite the complexity and expense of termi-
nating contractual i-elations, more than 50 per-
cent of the United States business being
handled by anti-American agents has so far
been canceled, and work is proceeding to elim-
inate the balance.

With the cooperation of 17,000 export firms
in this country, a close check is being kept of
all new or prospective representatives or new
accounts that companies in this country under-
take. So far only one case has come to the
attention of the Government where a United
States firm inadvertently had taken on an
agent who had been dropped by a competitor.
This was immediately rectified. It ic not an-
ticipated that there will be any further cases,
but if there are, appropriate steps will be taken
to see that thej' are rectified.

As a result of the Government's program,
which has been undertaken jointly by the De-
partments of Commerce and State and the
Office of the Coordinator, machinery has been
set up to insure a continuous flow of informa-
tion both on undesirable firms and on satis-
factory agencies which are available to United
States agents in the other republics. A large

amount of important information is being
systematically collected and analyzed and
is being made available to all Government
departments and agencies for tlieir use in
administration of their defense duties.

The records today contain information con-
cerning some 5,000 firms in Latin America. Of
this number over 1,000 are, on the basis of
present information, definitely known to be
identified with ant i- American activities and,
therefore, undesirable as connections of United
States companies under existing conditions.

A further result of the Government's pro-
gram has been the replacement by many United
States companies having branch operations or
traveling representatives in Latin America, of
certain managers, employees, and traveling
representatives. In addition, there have been
numerous liquidations or reorganizations of un-
desirable agencies as the result of the loss or
threatened loss of United States business ac-
counts. In a number of important cases such
steps have resulted in the elimination of anti-
American influence in the firms.

In commenting on the progress of this pro-
gram. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Coordinator of
Commercial and Cultural Relations Retween
the American Republics, said: "The Govern-
ment has had excellent cooperation from the
export industry as a whole, including the trade
associations concerned with foreign-trade prob-
lems. Exporters in this country recognize the
importance of having their interests and the
interests of the Nation represented in the other
American republics at all times by firms and
individuals whose loyalty to the policy of
hemisphere solidarity cannot be questioned."

JULY 12, 1941 21

ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF ARGENTINE INDEPENDENCE

(ReleaBOd to the press July !)]

The following message from the Pi'esident of
the United States was read on his behalf on
radio programs to be transmitted to Argentina
by the Columbia Broadcasting System and the
National Broadcasting Co. on July 9, 1941:

"I am particularly glad to have the oppor-
tunity to send the greetings of the people and
Government of the United States of America
to the people and Government of the Republic
of Argentina on this day commemorating the
Declaration of Argentine Independence in
1816 which consolidated the ardent and per-
sistent efforts of the people of that great
country to win liberty for themselves and their
children. This day, following within a few
days as it does the anniversary of the Declara-
tion of Independence of the United States of
America, emphasizes the close relationship be-
tween the ideals and aspirations of the peoples
of our two Republics. The spiritual affinity
between Argentina and the United States, to
which the Acting President of the Argentine
Nation, Dr. Ramon Castillo, alluded in his
generous e.xpressions only a few days ago on
tlie Fourth of July, has grown ever stronger
during the century and more since the seeds
of that affinity were sown.

"The Government of the United States is
proud to participate actively in the celebration
of this anniversary through the representation
from its armed forces which the Argentine
Government cordially invited to Buenos Aires
for the occasion. This pride is more than justi-
fied in the commemoration of unwavering
devotion to the principle of liberty and in the
recognition of the firm determination of the
free people of this hemisphere to maintain that
principle for which their forefathers so val-
iantly fought. During these critical times,
when the American republics are confronted

with the active danger presented by the chal-
lenge abroad today to the Christian civilization
which they cherish as a precious heritage, it is
especially heartening to paiticii)ate in an elo-
quent expression of the imity of ideals which
firmly binds the chain of free republics of
this hemisphere.

"In paying tribute to the memories of those
brave patriots who brought the Argentine
Republic into existence and to their successors
who built upon this achievement to make the
gi'eat nation that is Argentina today, we may
take courage and inspiration and the strength
of conviction to preserve the liberty for which
they were prepared to give the last full
measure of devotion."

[Released to the press July fl]

The President has sent the following tele-
giam to the Acting President of Argentina,
His Excellency Dr. Ramon Castillo:

"The White House,

''July 8, 194.1.

"The anniversary of the Declaration of Ar-
gentine Independence has afforded me an op-
portunity, of which I am deeply appreciative,
to send greetings on behalf of the people and
Government of the United States to the peo-
ple and Government of your great country.
This occasion, which commemorates a declara-
tion so closely related to the one in this coun-
try which Your Excellency so generously
remembered only a few days ago, again em-
jihasizes the profound spiritual affinity of the
peoples of Argentina and the United States in
their unflagging efforts to gain and maintain
lasting freedom.

"1 send Your Excellency the assurances of
my highest regard.

Franklin D Roosevelt"

401090 — 41-

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The Acting Secretary of State, Sumner
Wellci^, has sent the following telegram to His
Excellency Dr. Enrique Ruiz-Guinazu, Min-
ister of Foreign Afl'airs and Worship of the
Argentine Eepublic:

"July 8, 1941.

"On the anniversary of the declaration of
Argentine independence, I send most cordial
greetings of the Government of the United
States to the Government of the Great Argen-
tine nation and best wishes for the welfare of
the Argentine people. It is deeply hearten-
ing during this period of emergency to be
vividly reminded by this celebration that the
ideals and governing principles of the peoples
of our two Republics are firmly rooted in the
same ground of liberty.

"Please accept my best wishes for Your
Excellency's personal well-being and happiness.
SuMXXR Welles"

Europe

The Near East

SUSPENSION OF TONNAGE DUTIES FOR
VESSELS OF BURMA

A proclamation (no. 2495) providing that
"the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage
and imposts within the United States" be
"suspended and discontinued so far as respects
the vessels of Burma and the produce, manu-
factures, or merchandise imported in said ves-
sels into the United States from Burma or
from any other foreign counti-y; the suspen-
sion to take effect from June 10, 1941, 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", was signed by the President
on July 1, 1941. The text of this proclama-
tion appears in full in the Federal Register of
July 8, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 131), page 3263.

SURVIVORS OF THE S. S. "ZAMZAM"

[Released to the press July 11]

As a result of extended negotiations with
the German Government, it has been arranged
that the American ambulance drivers who were
on the Zamzam when she was sunk on April
17, 1941, in the South Atlantic, subsequently
landed in France and up to the present de-
tained by the German authorities in occupied
France, will now be released.

The ambulance drivers will proceed to
Lisbon, from which point they will be repatri-
ated to the United States on the U.S.S. West
Point which is proceeding to exchange Ger-
man and Italian consular personnel for Ameri-
can consular persoimel from German- and
Italian-held territories. The ship is expected
to sail from Lisbon July 25 direct for New
York, arriving there about August 1.

A list of American ambulance drivers to be
repatriated to the United States on the U.S.S.
West Point, follows:

George Butcher, of Chula Vista, Calif.

Michael Clark, of New York, N. Y.

Ray Colcord, Jr., of Tulsji, Okla.

.James W. Crudgingtoii, of Carmel, Calif.

William A. Davidson, of Worcester, Mass.

Henry Emsheimer, of New York, N. Y.

Pliilip N. Faverslaam, of Concord, Mass.

George C. Finneran, of Rye, N. Y.

Thomas O. Greenough, of Staunton, Va.

Raymond Haviland, of St. Louis, Mo.

Frederick W. Hoeing, of Rochester, N. Y.

Arthur T. Jeffress, of California.

Donald King, of Chevy Chase, Md.

Arthur Krida, Jr., of South Kent, Conn.

John Morris, of New York, N. Y.

.\rthur Mueller, of Butte, Mont.

Robert Lewis Redgate, of Rye, N. Y.

John W. Ryan, of Newton, Mass.

James W. Stewart, of Oneonta, N. Y.

George O. Ticheoner, of East Orange, N. J.

William A. Wydenbruck-Loe, of New York, N. Y.

Commercial Policy

INTERNATIONAL WHEAT MEETING

[Releiised to the press July 9 J

At the invitation of the Government of the
United States, officials of the Governments of
Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the United
Kingdom have come to Washington to discuss
with officials of this Government the present
situation and the outlook with respect to inter-
national trade in wheat and to consider what
steps might be recommended to their Govern-
ments with regard to the wheat-surplus prob-
lem. Those who will participate in the
discussions are as follows:

Argentina

Mr. Anselmo M. Viacava, Commercial Counselor,
Argeutiue Embassy, Washington
Au.^tralia

Mr. F. P. McDougall, Economic Adviser to the
Australian Government
Canada

Mr. George H. Mclvor, Chief Commissioner, Canadian
Wheat Board

Mr. R. V. Biddulph, European Commissioner,
Canadian Wheat Board

Mr. Charles Wilson, Chief, Agricultural Branch,
Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Mr. A. M. Shaw, Director of Marketing Service.s,
Dominion Department of Agriculture

Mr. J. E. Coyne, Financial Attach^, Canadian Lega-
tion, Washington ^
United Kingdom

Mr. H. F. Carlill, Chief British Representative,
Chairman of the International Wheat Advisory
Committee
United States

Mr. Leslie A. Wheeler, Director, Otflce of Foreign
Agricultural Relations, Department of Agriculture

Mr. R. M. Evans, Administrator, Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, Department of Agri-
culture

Mr. Harry C. Hawkins, Chief, Division of Com-
mercial Treaties and Agreements, Department of
State

(Alternate: Mr. Jacques J. Reinstein, Principal
Divisional Assistant, Division of Commercial
Treaties and Agreements, Department of State)
Mr. Loyd V. Steere, Agricultural Attach^, American
Embassy at London
International Wheat Advisory Committee
Mr. Andrew Cairns, Secretary

The first meeting will take place at the De-
jmrtment of State on July 10. Subsequent
meetings will be held at the Department of
Agriculture.

[Released to the press July 10]

The remarks of the Acting Secretary of
State, Mr. Sumner Welles, at the opening ses-
sion of the International Wheat Meeting at
Washington, July 10, 1941, follow :

"I am happy to welcome you to Washington,
and I want to express my gratification that
all your Governments have considered it de-
sirable to participate in these discussions. This
meeting is a practical example of the con-
stantly increasing collaboration which is tak-
ing place between the American republics and
the countries of the British Commonwealth.
This developing habit of cooperation and the
contacts being made by officials who are con-
cerned with the problems involved in our mu-
tual relations will undoubtedly assist us in
meeting and overcoming many difficulties we
would once have regarded as insuperable.

"The mere discussion of problems of mutual
interest will not suffice, however. If we are
to avoid the recurrence after the present war
of the economic dislocations which marked the
period following the last war, with tlieir tragic
effects upon the standards of living of all coun-
tries, and their incentive to domestic unrest
and international violence, we must devise

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practical means of assuring the restoration of
healthy international trade based on the prin-
ciple of equality of treatment. If we fail to
do so, we will find ourselves again treading the
path which has once before led us to disaster.

"All of us today are faced with grave and
difficult problems. Our preoccupation with the
most immediate of tliese problems, howev.'r,
should not blind us to the necessity of keep-
ing longer-term objectives clearly in mind.
Neither should the problems of war prevent
us from working towards solutions which will
enable us to deal with questions of peace.
Many of our current problems can be solved
only on the basis of assurances as to the plans
and programs of other countries in dealing
with similar problems now and after the war.
I do not think it is an overstatement to say
that the shape of the post-war world will be
determined in no small measure by tlie actions
which we take during the wai'.

"In calling the present meeting to discuss
tlie international wheat situation, the Govern-
ment of the United States has had in mind the
fact that all of us who are wheat producers
are faced at present with problems of a some-
what similar character, altliough of varying
degrees of intensity. All of us ai'e faced with
growing surpluses of wheat. I am informed
that the prospect is that in another year these
surpluses will probably total a billion and a
half bushels, a quantity which may well hang
over the international wheat markets for years.
As producers and as holders of these surpluses,
we have a common interest in the possibilities
which may exist of providing for their orderly
liquidation. We have a common interest in
the conditions which will prevail in the inter-
national wheat market when the war is over.
We have a common interest in the restoration
of the prosperity fif our purcliasers of wheat
and in the need for relief in devastated areas
immediately after the war.

"As officials who have responsibihties in con-
nection with tlie wheat-export policies of your
respective Governments, tliese problems merit
your most serious consideration. I trust that,

as a result of your study of the wheat situa-
tion, you will find it possible to recommend
constructive measures for the solution of these
problems which will be to the mutual advan-
tage of all our countries.

"I wish you all success in achieving the satis-
factory results which we all anticipate from
this meeting."'

Cultural Relations

VISIT OF DISTINGUISHED
ARGENTINEAN

[Released to the press July 12]

Dr. Jose A. Saralegui, distinguished medical
scientist of Buenos Aires, will arrive in New
York on July 14 aboard the S.S. Argentina to
visit this country at the invitation of the
Department of State.

Dr. Saralegui is a specialist in the field of
radiology, having been a founder of the Argen-
tine Society of Radiology and Electrology and
liaving served as Chief of Radiology and
Physiotherapy of the Rivadavia Hospital. As
a writer in his specialty he has been active as
cliief editor of the Radiology Section of the
Review of the Argentine Medical Association.

After his graduation with honors from the
School of Medical Sciences of Buenos Aires,
Dr. Saralegui studied in Eurojie for two years.
At various times since completing his European
studies, he has been engaged in teaching as a
professor in the School of Medical Sciences of
the National University of Buenos Aires. He
has contributed to his nation's medical advance-
ment by participation in various national
medical congl-esses and as .secretary of the
Argentine Medical Association.

The work of Dr. Saralegui is also well known
outside his own country. He was a delegate
to the Congress of the American X-Ray So-
ciety in Washington and is a corresponding
member of the same group. In addition, he
served as a member of the Ligue Franco-
Anglo-Americaine Contre le Cancer and lias

JULY 12, 1941

collaborated with other medical journals in
Argentina and abroad. At present, Dr. Sara-
legui is on the Board of the Instituto Cultural
Argentine Norteamericano. As a member of
this organization he is much interested in
United States affairs and in the promotion of
cultural exchange between this country and
Argentina.

On his arrival in New York, Dr. Saralegui
will be met by an officer of the Department of
State and will then proceed to Washington
where he will confer with Department of State
officials in connection with plans for his stay
in this country.

The Foreign Service

The Department

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

The following departmental orders have been
signed by the Acting Secretary of State, Mr.
Sumner Welles:

Departmental Order 91^9 {signed July 1) :

"Mr. Walter N. Wabnsley, Jr., a Foreign
Service officer of Class VII, is hereby desig-
nated an Assistant Chief of the Division of
tlie American Republics, effective as of June
30, 1941."

Departmental Order 952 {signed July 9) :

"Mr. Max W. Thornburg has been appointed
a Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of
State, effective July 7, 1941, and has been as-
signed to the Office of the Adviser on Inter-
national Economic Affairs. He will act as
consultant on petroleum matters."

departmental Order 953 {signed July 10) :

"Mr. Monnett B. Davis, a Foreign Service
officer of Class I, is hereby assigned as Chief of
the Division of Foreign Service Administra-
tion, effective July 12. Mr. Davis is, under
this assignment, authorized to perform all of
fhe duties and functions incident to the posi-
tion of Chief of the Division of Foreign
Service Administration."

401090—41 3

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press July 12]

The following changes have occurred in tlie
American Foreign Service since July 5, 1941 :

J. Klahr Huddle, of Fort Recovery, Ohio,
now serving in the Department of State, has
been designated Counselor of American Lega-
tion at Bei-n, Switzerland.

Jefferson Patterson, of Dayton, Ohio, First
Secretary of Embassy at Berlin, Germany, has
been designated First Secretary of Embassy
and Consul at Lima, Peru, and will serve in
dual capacity.

The assignment of Thomas McEnelly, of
New York, N. Y., as Consul at Istanbul, Tur-
key, has been canceled.

The assignment of Don C. Bliss, Jr., of
Biloxi, Miss., as Consul at London, England,
has been canceled. In lieu thereof, Mr. Bliss
has been designated Acting Commercial At-
tache at London, England.

Charles H. Deny, of Macon, Ga., Consul at
Perth, Western Australia, has been assigned as
Consul at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Lewis V. Boyle, of California, Consul at
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, died on June 30,
1941.

Cloyce K. Huston, of Crawfordsville, Iowa,
Second Secretary of Legation at Bucharest,
Rumania, has been assigned for duty in the
Department of State.

The assignment of Gei'ald Warner, of
Northampton, Mass., as Consul at Tokyo,
Japan, has been canceled. In lieu thereof, Mr.
Warner has been assigned as Consul at Kobe,
Japan.

William C. Trimble, of Baltimore, Md., who
has been serving as Third Secretary of Em-
bassy and Vice Consul at Paris, Fi-ance, has
been designated Third Secretary of Embassy
and Vice Consul at Lima, Peru, and will serve
in dual capacity.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETUSi

The assignment of Alfred H. Lovell, Jr., of
Michigan, as Vice Consul at Singapore, Straits
Settlements, has been canceled. In lieu
thereof, Mr. Lovell has been designated Third
Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at
Bogota, Colombia, and will serve in dual
capacity.

Kenneth Buren Wasson, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
has been appointed Vice Consul in the Embassy
at Lima, Peru.

FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATIONS

On July 5, 1941, the President signed Execu-
tive Order 8818 amending the Foreign Service
Regulations of the United States (Chapter
XV: Documentation of Merchandise). For
text of this order see the Federal Register of
July 9, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 132), pages 3313-3314.

International Conferences,
Commissions, Etc.

THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOG-
RAPHY AND HISTORY

The Third General Assembly of the Pan
American Institute of Geography and History,
which met in Lima, Pei'u, from March 30 to
April 8, 1941, was attended by official delegates
from all of the 21 American republics. Dele-
gates from the United States of America were
listed in the BulUtin of March 22, 1941 (vol.
IV, no. 91), page 343. Dr. Bolton, Dr. Shot-
well, and Dr. Whitaker, who were appoiiUed
as delegates, did not, however, attend.

The Pan American Institute of Geogi-aphy
and History, an official inter-American organi-
zation with headquarters in Mexico City, was
established pursuant to a resolution adopted by
the Sixth International Conference of Ameri-
can States for the purpose of collecting and
disseminating information on geographical and
historical questions of mutual interest to the

American republics. An assembly, held peri-
odically and composed of delegates from the
American republics, directs and reviews the
work of the Institute.

The discussions of the Third General Assem-
bly were divided into four sections, two for
geography and two for history, as follows :

I. Physical and mathematical geogi'a-
phy — topography, geodesy, cartog-
raphy, and geomorphology
II. Human geography, ethnography, his-
torical geography, economic geog-
raphy, and biological geography

III. Pre-Columbian history and archaeology
and colonial history

IV. History of the American revolutions
and post-revolutionary history

Each section elected its own chairman, and
Mr. S. W. Boggs, delegate from the United
States of America, was designated chairman
of section I. More than 100 papers were pre-
sented during the meetings of these sections.
A Board of Directors for the Institute was
named to serve until the next Assembly, tlie
United States member being Dr. John C.
^lerriam.

A total of 54 resolutions was approved by
the delegates. Many of these evidenced the
theme of Pan American solidarity and recom-
mended further cooperation between the
American nations along geographic and his-
torical lines in the creation of commissions
and other inter- x\.merican entities; the prep-
aration and publication of maps and books;
the exchange of professors and students of
anthropology; the development of geographic
courses and the establishment of geographic
institutes; the preservation of flora and fauna;
the study of factors which might determine the
adaptation to living conditions at different ele-
vations above sea level; and the establishment
of libraries. The Institute was directed to
undertake the compilation and publication of
varied material, including an American his-
torical atlas of the sixteenth, seventeenth,
eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.

JULY 12, 1941

One important resolution related to the crea-
tion of a commission on cartography, to be
established in the Pan American Institute of
Geography and History. The purpose of this
commission is the facilitation and development
of the most modern methods in making maps
in the countries of the Western Hemisphere in
accordance with their own map-making needs.

A' detailed account of the Assembly will be
published by the Peruvian Government.

At the final general session, the Assembly
agreed to meet next in December 1942 at Cara-
cas, Venezuela, the date coinciding with the
Bolivar Centenary. This will be a special
meeting; the next regular meeting will be held
in Santiago, Chile, probably in 1944.

General

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

[Keleiised t» tlic press July 9]

The Secretary of State announced on July 9
that general license GDG 2, authorizing the
exportation to Great Britain and Northern
Ireland of certain machine tools and allied
products, had been amended to include only
precision instruments for use in the metal-
working industries. At the same time, it was
announced that new general licenses author-
izing the exportation of machine tools and al-
lied products to Great Britain and Northern
Ireland had been issued, as follows:

License No. GT)A 2 for machinery for melting or casting
(iDB 2 for machinery for pressing into

form
GDC 2 for machinery for cutting or grind-
ing
GDD 2 for machinery for weldi.ig
GDE 2 for abrasives and abrasive products
GDF 2 for plastic molding machines and

presses
GDH 2 for construction, conveying, mining,

and quarrying machinery
GDK 2 for hydraulic pumps
GDL2 for tools incorporating industrial
diamonds

Collectors of customs have been authorized
to permit, without the requirement of individ-
ual license, the exportation of any of the ar-
ticles and materials enumerated in the above
list to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but
the exporter is required to indicate the ap-
propriate general-license number on the ship-
per's export declaration filed with the collector.

Collectors of customs were informed on July
11, 1941 as follows:

"Further reference is made to the final sen-
tence of the Department's telegram of June 20,^
stating that no licenses outstanding as of that
date authorizing the exportation of petroleum
products would be valid, with certain excep-
tions, for shipments from any port located on
the Atlantic coast.

"This should not be construed as a revocation
of licenses issued prior to June 20 in which a
port on the Atlantic coast was named as the
jjroposed port of exit. Such licenses are valid
for exportations from any port of exit other
than those on the Atlantic coast and it was
intended that persons holding valid licenses
but unable to export through Atlantic coast
ports should nevertheless be able to make ship-
ments of petroleum products from other ports
of exit.

"Unless a license showing a date of issuance
subsequent to June 20 specifically names a port
of exit located on the Atlantic coast, it should
not be honored for the exportation of petro-
leum products through such a port. Hence
the rule that licenses are valid for exportation
from any port of exit is modified to that
extent."

' See the Bulletin of June 21, 1941 (vol. IV, no. 104),
pp. 750-751.

Numbers assigned to every country for which
general licenses are now in existence follow :

Canada 1

Great Britain and Northern Ireland '1

Cuba 3

Argentina 4

Bolivia ■'>

Brazil 6

Chile T

Colombia 8

Costa Rica 9

Curasao, including Aruba, Bonaire, St. Eustatius,

Saba, and St. Martin (Netherlands portion) 10

Dominican Republic It

Ecuador 12

El Salvador 13

Guatemala 14

Haiti 15

Honduras 16

Mexico 17

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Nicaragua 18

Panama 19

Paraguay 20

Peru 21

Surinam 22

Uruguay 23

Venezuela 24

Au.stralia (except Papua and the Territory of New
Guinea under mandate) and Nauru, mandated

territory 26

Bahamas 27

Barbados 28

Bermuda 29

Newfoundland 47

New Zealand 48

Palestine and Trans-Jordan 51

Union of South Africa, including South-West

Africa 57

Egypt 59

Greenland — 61

Iceland . 62

Philippine Islands 63

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, Etc.

MONTHLY STATISTICS

[Relea.sed to the press July 10]

NoTK : In the tables set forth below relating to
arms-export licenses issued and arms exported, statis-
tics concerning shipments authorized and made to the
British Commonwealth of Nations, the British Empire,
British mandates, and the armed forces elsewhere of
Great Britain and its allies are not listed separately
but are combined under the heading British Common-
wealth of Nations.

The figures relating to arms, the licenses for the
export of which were revoked before they were used,
have been subtracted from the figures appearing in
the cumulative column of the table below in regard
(o arms-export licen.ses 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.

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
licensed for export by the Secretary of State
dui-ing the year 1941 up to and including the
month of May :

Category

Value of export license.s issued

t'imntry of rtestinatioi

May 1941

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

I (4)

V (1)

(2)

$16. 07

3, 150. 00

$193. 37

313. 37

Total

193.37

3, 479. 44

I (1)
(4)

III (2)

IV (1)

t2)

62. 35

154.00

892.00
60.00

440.00
435.00

19,644.00
8,530.00

JULY 12, 1941

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

May 1941

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

Argentina— Continued.

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(3)

$7, 106. 28

$9, 005. 28
33, 348. 08

136, 400. 00

187, 790. no

144, 534. 28

308, 632. 47

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
VII (1)

642.00

697.00

864.00

86.64

808.64

Total

628.64

20, 443 04

I (1)
(2)
(4)
(5)

III (I)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

76.26

427, 946. 87
6, 696. 00
54, 000. 00

430, 144. 67
5, 696. 00
54. 000. 00

1, 925. 60
123. 800. 00
12, 812. 00
31, 674. 72

17, 124. 60
459. 264. 00

70, 529. 67
262. 025. 72

Total

667, 830. 44

1,407,296.06

I (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

III (1)
(2)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VI (2)

VII (1)
(2)

Nations, the Britisli Em-
pire, British mandates, and
the armed forces elsewhere
of Great Britain and its
allies.

38, 178. 35

2, 593, 254. 60

3, 856, 269. 00
6, 226, 170. 62
1, 672, 399. 00
4,131,151.00

150. 00

47, 992, 739. 30

115,912.00

45, 162. 40

68, 642. 45

1, 250, 998. 00

4, 136, 217. 60
5,447,198.40

4, 718. 00

4, 865, 568. 14

495, 940. 00

27, 604, 175. 67

18, 725, 679. 79

30, 301, 876. 70

108, 102. 883. 13

6, 099, 567. 68

21, 637, 014. 00

6, 354, 748. 00

323, 498, 064. 09

209, 813. 87

1, 922. 613. 66
3, 434, 985. 30

■^ 1. 879, 643. 00

51, 190, 650. 22

48, 453, 198. 37

7. 467. 00

16, 940, 627. 23

2, 218, 431. 37

Total

82, 929, 568. 76

I (3)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

Chile

38, 080. 00

4, 300. 00
103.86

6, 400. 00
28, 352. 86

4,000.00
14, 198. 00

4. 388. 80
27, 096. 92

Total

22,601.85

I (2)
III (1)

China _._

6, 307, 732. 00

Category

Value of export licenses Issued

Country of destination

May 1941

6 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

China— Continued.

(2)
V (2)

(3)
VII (1)

(2)

$2,500.00
16, 776. 00
987, 700. 00

245,002.64

Total

8, 364, 628. 89

I (1)
(4)
(6)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$49.28

84.30

6, 500. 00

184. 00

49.28

101.30

6, ,500. 00

4, 601. 60

6,200.00

2, 500. 00

26,780.00
3, 675. 29
2,944.00

Total

9, 317. 58

63,628.87

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)

Costa Rica

2.00

1, 078. 55

196.00

1,019.55
171.00

2, 775. 60

4. 000. 00

164.00

3, 869. 20

4, 000. 00

481.20

Total

8, 130. 15

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
VII (1)

(2)

Cuba

317. 56

600. 55

2,906.00

8, 974. 00

744 60

Total

3, 222. 56

25, 661. 33

IV (2)
VII (1)

Total

I (1)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (3)
VII (1)

(2)

76.00

266. ,50
1. 797. 44

1, 106. 00

91.00

Total

76.00

33, 624. 92

I (4)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

22.00
167.00

164.00

207.00
6, 300. 00

364.00
3,000.00

43.20

3, 615. 00

Total

363. 00

13. 640. 46

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Category

I (4)

V (2)

(3)

Value of export licenses issued

Country of destination

May 1941

6 months end-
ing May 31,
1841

$130.00

4, 810. 00

$3,980.00

3,980.00

8,920.00

I (2)
(4)
(6)

III (2)

16,000.00

18, 404. 00

10,000.00

3, 730. 00

48,134.00

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

2, 547. OO

15.000.00

3,262.00

4,634.00
5,000.00

194.40

1, 445. 75

3,262.00

28,821.15

I (4)

IV (1)

(2)

VII (2)

547.60
23.83

547.60

60.83
14.68

.10

571.33

613. 11

I (4)

IV (2)

V (1)
(2)

213.00

649.00

20,000.00

169.00

21.031.00

I (2)

V (2)

(3)

Iran

10. 864. 60

900.64

7,000.00

18, 765. 24

I (I)
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

2, 178. 10
3, 583. 86

200.00
8, 165. 65
233, 000. 00
8, 070. 60
1,600.00
2, 247. 26

908.00

2, 945. 70

18,631.46
8,371.50
43, 613. 67
504,150.00
27, 972. 19
10, 255. 00
17,797.30
42,975.00

Total

259,853.46

676,711.82

I (4)

V (1)
(2)

29.60

2,000.00

655.82

2,685.42

I (1)

(4)

IV (1)

(2)

284.30

360.08
18.00
1.60

1, 495. 17
18.00
48.60

Category

Value of export licenses issued

Country ot destination

May 1941

6 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

V (2)

(3)

$3, 622. 00

28, 850. 00

$379. 68

34,198.07

I (4)

IV (2)
VII (1)

116. 10

Nicaragua _ _

9,311.00

1,360.00

10,671.00

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

26, 000. 00

295.00

770.00
1,650.00

1.96

1.95

296.95

28,421.96

I (4)

IV (2)

V (3)

106. 35
3, 889. 00

106.35

3,938.00
1, 550. 00

Total ----

3,995.36

5,594.35

IV (1)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

19.90

268. 231. 25

6,728.04

29, 816. 25

912.00

48, 762. 04

177,116.25

4,410.69

585.00

Total ---

37,466.29

499, 125. 13

I (4)

m (1)

V (2)
(3)

66, 203. 20

96. 600. 00

3, 400. OO

23,500.00

Total

188, 703. 20

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)

149.93

135.00

2,999.00
374.28

64.80

378.91

199.80

3,902.12

I (3)

(4)

V (2)

vn (1)

(2)

660, 000. 00

39,979.00
8,082.65

770,464.00

8. 082. 66

138,220.00

2,680.00

146, 740. 00

60, 741. 65

1, 623, 606. 65

I (1)
(4)

rv (1)

(2)

V (1)

(2)

VII (15

185.60
46.00

367.20

1,198.00
311.00

460.00

2,500.00

102.60

9,661.00

39, 440. 00

720.80

5,683.60

Total ----

3. 294. 10

57,181.60

JULY 12, 1941

Country of destination

Category

Value of expor
May 1941

licenses Issued

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

IV (1)
(2)

V (2)
(3)

VII (1)
(2)

$26, 202. 00

1,883.00

$2, 770. 00
25,007.00

10, 132. 60
90,896.00
6, 609. 74

555.00

3, 632. 00

Total

28,332.00

139,355.24

84,168,936.33

681, 689, 996. 28

During the month of May, 516 arms-export
licenses were issued, making a total of 2,517
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 1941 up to and in-
cluding the month of May under export licenses
issued by the Secretary of State:

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

May 1941

6 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

V (1)
(2)

Total

3,270.00

I (4)
III (1)

«)
rv (1)

(2)
V (1)

(2)

(3)
VII (1)

(2)

$220.00
61.00

14, 481. on
2,991.00

12,221.00

.58, 547. 50

35,650.00

43, 804. 00

Total

48,152.00

193, 725. 50

I (4)

rv (1)

(2)
VII (1)

864 00

1,371.80

Total

3,057.20

I (1)

(2)
(3)

BrazU....

14,626.00

62,200.00

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

5 months end-

May 1941

ing May 31,
1941

Brazil— Continued.

(4)

$425,619.00

$425,952.70

(6)

6, 274. 00

79,198.00

111

(11

683,200.00

(2)

(1)

17,651.00

79, 478. 60

(2)

2,8.56.00

9, 772. 63

(1)

140, 350. 00

602,991.00

(2)

8,937.76

84, 164. 86

(3)

62, 493. 72

172,649.72

Total ..

677, 706. 47

1,997,172.41

(1)

British Commonwealth of

61,038.03

2,207,662.61

Nations, the British Em-

(2)

3, 054, 646. 00

11,167,866.51

pire, British mandates, and

(3)

2,390,746.00

8, 339, 447. 00

the armed forces elsewhere

C4)

5, 684, 096. 90

22,894,471.76

of Oreat Britain and its

(6)

1,689,432.00

6, 978, 595. 00

allies.

(6)

4,381,896.00

6, 992, 234. 00

243, 647. 00

1, 267, 559. 00

111

(1)

27,716,279.00

127, 484, 666. 04

(2)

2, 232. 00

36, 561. 13

(1)

268, 115. 10

1, 216, 182. 33

(2)

267, 547. 31

2,242,441.93

(1)

466, 334. 00

3,320,281.00

(2)

2,648,921.59

10,793,111.82

(3)

3,060,567.90

37,617,674.07

(2)

133.00

2,677.00

Vll

(1)

2, 344, 678. 80

4,768,086.18

(2)

397, 665. .60

1,067,926.02

Total

54, 656, 866. 13

247,366,231.40

TTT

Chile

24, 000. 00

433, 560. 00
1, 283. 60

(1)

119.60

(2)

633. 96

1, 284. 86

(1)

(?)

68,417.00

207, 351. 00
20,413.00
18 087 75

(31

VTI

2,187.00
12,898.92

(2)

Total. ..

:<\ 170. 66

697,066.13

(?)

238, 249. 26
4.622,818.00

III

2,018,464.00

(2)

1,514.30

34, 100. 00

(?)

405,560.00
291, 620. 00

VII

(3)

(1)

119,320.00

258, 320. 00

(2)

128,625.00

392, 126. 00

Total...

2,499,659.00

6,350,241.65

I
rv

(4)
(1)
(2)

35.80

810.00

959.00

(2)

27.60

97.50

(3)

2,600.00

36,780.00

Vll

(1)

3, 676. 29

(2)

2, 700. 00

Total

2,627.60

44,967.69

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

May 1941

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

I (4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (1)
(2)

VII (1)

$20,761.00
1,019.55

$20, 774. 00

1, 144. 55

2, 513. 00

22, 286. 00

3. 744. Ofl

736.00

21, 780. 55

61, 197. 55

I (1)
(4)

III (1)

IV (1)

(2)

V (2)
VII (1)

(2)

95.00

134.00

8, 629. 00

6,750.00

6, 750. 00
1,719.00

6, 527. 36

1, 195. 00

3, 828. 00
12.50

7, 605. SO
12.50

10, 685. 50

32, 572. 66

IV (2)
VII (1)

266.00

1,957.00

266.00

2,223.00

I CD
(4)

IV (1)
(2)

V (3)
VII (2)

83.20

119.20

81.00

81. .-iO
226.44

190.50

877. 44

29,812.00

66.00

391. 14

31, 146. 14

I (4)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

VII (1)

66.00

2,000.00
35.00

3,600.00

535.00

3,000.00

43.20

2,078.20

7, 244. 20

I (4)
V (2)

130.00

6,295.00

130.00

6, 425. 00

I (4)
IV (2)

60.50
361.90

60.50

361.90

422.40

422. 40

IV (1)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

VII (2)

25.50

16,000.00

15, 000. 00
502,00

5,000.00

1,175.00

Total

15,000.00

21, 702. 50

Category

Value of actual exports

Toiuilry of destiuation

May 1941

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

IV
VII

(1)

(2)
(2)

$27.00

$14. 68

22.68
.10

14.68

49.78

(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)

213.00
649.00

341.00

1,084.00
20,000.00

169.00

Total

862.00

21, 594. 00

I
III

(2)
{«
(2)
(3)

3, 800. 00
684, 000. 00
62, 512. 00

44, 615. 00

762, 940. 00
63, 461. 44
7,600.00

750, 312. 00

878, 616. 44

IV
V

VII

(2)

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

469.00

45.00

35, 934. 60

2,650.00
2, 369. 00
186, 368. 00
4. 706. 60
1, 164. 00
8, 396. 00
3,078.00

7,831.50
20, 590. 02
439, 353. 00
7,430.19
8, 897. 00
18, 245. 26
24, 228. 00

208,631.60

562, 554. 56

(4)
(2)

29.60

422.45

422. 46

Total '.

422.45

452. 05

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(2)
(2)

304.00

1, 088. 86

47.00

47.00
3, 622. 00

Total

47.00

4,961.86

IV (2)

V (1)
VII (1)

5,194.00

9,311.00

3,500.00

1, 360. 00

2,720.00

Total

6,554.00

1.6, 531. 00

(1)
(2)
(3)

19, 277. 00

70.00

26.6. 00
1,6,60.00

Total

70.00

21,182.00

JULY 12, 1941

Category

Value of actual exports

Country of destination

May 1941

5 months end-
ing May 31,
1941

I
IV

V
VII

(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)

$219.00

19.90

1,203.00

$141, 600. 00

268,081.00
33,810.40

26,694.00
1,801.20

69, 684. 00

3, 498. 69

685.00

170,095.20

377, 100. 99

(4)
(2)
(3)

20,091.20
2,500.00

66, 261. 38

2,835.00
15.000.00

22, 591. 20

84, 096. 38

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)

20, 667. 00

47.00
135.00

61.00
667.00

100.00

3,241.00

295.00

667.00

1,000.00

Total

910.00

I
m

V
VII

(3)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(2)

536,026.00
692,091.00

536 026. 00

692,091.00

46,958 20

5, 360. 00

144, 074. 00

Total

1,233.477.00

1,438,206.06

IV
V

(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)

439 49

80.00

311.00
5, 218. 33

4, 200. 00
20.00

24,182.00

1,0.36.00

385.00

Total .. .

4,300.00

IV
V

VII

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(I)
(2)

7,628.00

16,036.00
1, 883. 00

135, 000. 00

820.00

18, 000. 00

231.04

1.00

135, 000. 00
10, 386. 10
62,113.00
5, 060. 94
3, 077. 00

Total

161,680.04

233, 556. 04

(2)

5,920.00

60,487,701.61

260, 510, 548. 81

Arms-Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates the charac-
ter, 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 May 1941 :

Country of origin

Category

Value

Total

Bolivia

I (4)

V (3)
I (2)

(3)
(4)

V (2)

vn (1)

(2)

V (3)

III (1)

IV (1)

V (3)

V (3)
VII (1)

V (2)

V (3)

$32.'j, 000. 00

1, 000. 00
6H3. 00

36. 960. 00
nil. 215. 63
420.00
77,355.00
6, 495. 00
3,000.00

m. 00

100.00
44.000.00

2, 000. 00
135,000.00

2, 962. 00
1,000.00

733, 108. 63

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

44,1.50.00

[ 137,000.00
2, 962. 00

Total - -

1, 247, 220. 63

During the month of May, 29 import licenses
were issued, making a total of 149 such licenses
issued during the current year.

Categories of Arms, Ammunition, and
Implements or 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 Presi-
dent's proclamation of May 1, 1937, enumer-
ating the articles which would be considered
as arms, ammunition, and implements of war
for the purposes of section 5 of the joint reso-
lution of May 1, 1937, as follows :

Category I

(1) Rifles and carbines using ammunition in
excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those
weapons ;

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

(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 the 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 air-
craft carriers and submarines, and armor plate
for such vessels.
Category III

(1) Aircraft, unassembled, assembled, or dis-
mantled, 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 or torpedo
release mechanisms.

Category IV

(1) Revolvers and automatic pistols using
ammunition 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.
Category 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 (dichlorethyl sulphide) ;

b. Lewisite (chlorvinyldichlorarsineand

dichlordivinylchlorarsine) ;

c. Methyldichlorarsine ;

d. Diphenylchlorarsine ;

e. Diphenylcyanarsine ;

f . Diphenylaminechlorarsine ;

g. Phenyldichlorarsine ;
h. Ethyldichlorarsine ;
i. Phenyldibromarsine;
j. Ethyldibromarsine;
k. Phosgene;

1. Monochlormethylchlorf ormate ;

m. Trichlormethylchlorformate(diphos-

gene) ;
n. Dichlordimethyl Ether;

0. Dibromdimethyl 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. Trinitronaphthalene ;
i. Tetranitronaphthalene;
j. Hexanitrodiphenylamine ;
k. Pentaerythritetetranitrate (Penthrite
or Pentrite) ;

1. Trimethylenetrinitramine (Hexogen

or T.) ;
m. Potassium nitrate powders (black
saltpeter powder) ;

JULY 12, 1941

n. Sodium nitrate powders (black soda
powder) ;

o. Amiitol (mixture of ammonium ni-
trate 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 ingredients).

Special Statistics in Eegard to Arms
Exports to Cuba

In compliance with article 11 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 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 arms, ammunition,
and implements of war of all kinds by requir-
ing 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
proclamation 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.

(3) Ammunition for the arms 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; nitro cellu-
lose having a nitrogen content of 12 percent or
less; diphenylamine; dynamite of all kinds;
nitroglycerine; alkaline nitrates (ammonium,
potassium, and sodium nitrate); nitric acid;
nitrobenzene (essence or oil of mirbane) ; sul-
phur; sulphuric acid; chlorate of potash; and
acetones.

(6) Tear gas (CoBUCOCaci) and other simi-
lar 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
preceding paragraph, issued by the Secretary
of State during May 1941, 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)

(5)

$1,073.95

220.83

4,412.00

27, 199. 84

[ $32, 906. 62

The table printed below indicates the value
of the articles and commodities listed above
exported to Cuba during May 1941 under
licenses issued by the Secretary of State :

Section

Value

Total

(1)....

$1, 530. 95

174, 62

18, 130. 90

32, 265. 66

(2) _. _.

(3)...

[ $52, 102. 13

(6).

Tin -Plate Scrap

During the month of May no licenses author-
izing the exportation of tin-plate scrap were
issued.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETES'

HELItTM

The table pi'inted below gives the essential
information in regard to the licenses issued
during the month of May 1941 authorizing the
exportation of helium gas under the provisions
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

The Linrte Air Prod-
ucts Co.

The Cheney Chemi-
cal Co.

NeooNeonCo.

Cheney Chem-
icals Ltd.

Hong Kong..
Canada

0.706....
30

$30
10

Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bullefin:

Export Control Schedule No. 12. [Includes, ef-
fective July 23. 1941. the forms. couTersions, and de-
rivatives of articles and materials designated in
Proclamation 2496, of hides and rubber (Proclama-
tion 2413). "f vegetable fibers and manufactures
(Proclamation 2476), and of machinery (Proclama-
tion 2475).] Federal Register. July 8, 1941 (vol. 6.
no. 131). pp. 3283-3284.

Load Lines : Temporary variance for sea and Great
Lakes eoastwi.se voyages. [Order No. 131.] July 5,
1941. (Commerce Department: Bureau of Marine In-
spection and Navigation.) Federal RegUter, July 8.
1941 (vol. 6. no. 131), pp. 3295-3296.

General Licenses Under Executive Order No. 8389.
April 10, 1940. as Amended, and Regulations Issued
Pursuant Thereto:

Amendments of General Licenses No. 12. 20, 26.
28, and 31, as amended, under Executive Order
No. 8389. April 10, 1940. as amended, and regu-
lations is.-ued pursuant thereto, relation to trans-
actions in foreign exchange, etc. July 8. 1941.
(Treasury Department.) Federal Register, July
10. 1941 (vol. 6. no. 133), p. 3349.

General License No. 52, under Executive Order
No. 83S!t. April 10. 1940. as amended, and regu-
lations issued pursuant thereto, relating to trans-
actions in foreign exchange, etc. [licensing any
transaeriou on behalf of Spain]. July 11, 1941.
(Treasury Department.) Federal Register, July
12, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 135), p. 3404.

Amendment of General Ruling No. 4, as Amended,
Under Executive Order No. 8389, April 10, 1940. as
Amended, and Regulations Issued Pursuant Thereto.
Relating to Transactions in Foreign Exchange. Etc.
July 8. 1941. (Treasury Department.) Federal Reg-
ister, July 10. 1941 (vol. 6. no. 133). p. 3350.

Regulations Relating to Transactions in Foreign
Exchange, Transfers of Credit, Payments, and the
Export and Withdrawal of Coin, Bullion, and Cur-
rency ; and to Reports of Foreign Property Interests
in the United States : Public Circular No. 1, Under
Executive Order No. 8389, April 10, 1940, as Amended,
and Regulations Issued Pursuant Thereto, Relating to
Transactions in Foreign Exchange. Etc. July 9, 1941.
(Treasury Department.) Federal Register, July 11,
1941 (vol. 6. no. 134), p. 3371.

Canal Zone Regulations : Operation and Navigation
of Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters (inspection
and control of vessels in Canal Zone waters). Ap-
proved July 8. 1941. Federal Registfr, July 12, 1941
(vol. 6, no. 135). p. 3407.

Department of State

Naval Mission : Additional Article to the Agreement
of December 12, 1940 Between the United States of
America and Ecuador — Signed April 30, 1941. Execu-
tive .\greemeut Series 206. Publication 1613. 3 pp. 5(*.

Official Exchange of Professors, Teachers, and Grad-
uate Students Under the Convention for the Promotion
of Inter -American Cultural Relations. Inter-Anieriean
Series 20. Publication 1612. 5 pp. 5?*.

Conciliation: Treaty Between the United States of
America and Liberia — Signed at Monrovia August 21,
1939; proclaimed by the President April 4, 1941.
Treaty Series 908. 3 pp. 54.

Extradition : Supplementary Treaty Between the
United States of America and Switzerland — Signed at
Bern January 31, 1940; proclaimed by the President
April 11, 1941. Treaty Series 969. 3 pp. 50.

Extradition: Supplementary Treaty Between the
United States of America and Ecuador — Signed at
Quito September 22, 1939; proclaimed by the Presi-
dent May 19, 1941. Treaty Series 972. 5 pp. 5^.

Other Government Agencies

Final Report of H. H. Martin. Acting Agent of the
United States. Before the Mixed Claims Commission,
United States and Germany, Established Under the
Agreement of August 10, 1922, Between the United

JTJLT 12, 1G41

states of America and Germany— Jurisdiction Ex-
tended by the Agreement of December 31, 1928,
Between the Two Governments. 1941. vlil, 129 pp.
150.

Trade of United States with Japan, China, Hong
Kong, and Kwantung. International reference serv-
ice, vol. I, no. 10. (Commerce Department: Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Division of Re-
gional Information in cooperation with Division of
Foreign Trade Statistics.) 5 pp. 50.

Living and office-operating costs in Trinidad, British
West Indies. International reference service, vol. I,
no. 15. (Commerce Department: Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, Latin American Section of
Division of Regional Information, based on report of
American Consulate at Port of Spain.) 2 pp. 5<f.

Economic conditions in Guatemala in 1940. Inter-
national reference service, vol. I, no. 16. (Commerce
Department : Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce, American Republics Unit of Division of Inter-
national Economy, based on report of American
Legation at Guatemala). 7 pp. 50.

United States trade with Canada in 1940. Interna-
tional reference service, vol. I, no. 17. (Commerce
Department : Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
mei'ce, Divi.sion of International Economics and
Division of Research and Statistics.) 9 pp. 50.

Labor conditions in Latin America. Latin Amer-
ican Series 8. (Labor Department: Bureau of Labor
Statistics.) 22 pp. Free.

Agricultural cooperatives in Argentina, by Juan L.
Teuembaum. May 1941. 49 pp. (Pan American
Union.) [Series on cooperatives no. 17.] Free.

Foreign trade of Latin America — Report on trade
of Latin America with special reference to trade with
United States, under general provisions of tariff act
of 1930: Part II, Commercial policies and trade rela-
tions of Individual Latin American countries. Section
19: Dominican Republic. (Tariff Commission.) viii,
54 pp. EVee.

Legislation

Promoting the National Defense by Limiting the
Entry of Certain Aliens into the United States. (H.
Rept. 875 and Part II of H. Rept. 875 [minority
views], 77th Cong., 1st scss., on H.R. 4873.) 3 pp.
each.

United States Forces in Iceland : Message From
the President of the United States Transmitting a
Message Received From the Prime Minister of Iceland
and the Reply of the President, Relating to Use of
United States Forces in Iceland. (H. Doc. 307, 77th
Cong., 1st sess. ) 5 pp.

Relief of Certain Basque Aliens. ( S. Rept. 518, 77th
Cong., 1st sess., on S. 314.) 2 pp.

Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941 : An Act
Making appropriations to supply defieiencies in cer-
tain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1941, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supple-
mental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1942, and for other purposes. [H.R. 5166.] (Pub-
lic Law 150, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Approved July 3,
1941. [Department of State, pp. 23, 34, 38, 40.] 41 pp.

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ontents

General page

The proclaimed list of certain blocked nationals ... 41

Control of exports in national defense 43

Analysis of State Department appropriations for the

fiscal year 1942 44

American Republics

Export licensing and priorities matters: Statements by

Sumner Welles .'54

Presentation of letters of credence by the Minister of

Haiti 58

Europe

Closing of German and Italian Consulates in the United

States 59

The Near East

Safety of Americans in Syria and Lebanon 65

Cultural Relations

Reduced postage rates on books to the other American

republics 66

Professors from the United States to teach at National

University of Panama 67

Regulations 67

Treaty Information

Military Mission: Detail of a United States Militaiy

Mission to Costa Rica 67

The Foreign Service

Foreign Service regulations 68

Legislation 68

Publications 68

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AUCi 7 1941

General

THE PROCLAIMED LIST OF CERTAIN BLOCKED NATIONALS

[Released to the press July 17]

As a further step in view of the unlimited na-
tional eniergenc}- declared by the President, he
has today issued a proclamation authorizing
the promulgation of a list of persons which
will be known as "The Proclaimed List of Cer-
tain Blocked Nationals". The list will consist
of certain persons deemed to be acting for the
benefit of Germany or Italy or nationals of
those countries and persons to whom the ex-
portation, directly or indirectly, of various
articles or materials is deemed to be detrimental
to the interest of national defense. The list
will be prepared by the Secretary of State act-
ing in conjunction with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary
of Commerce, the Administrator of Export
Control, and the Coordinator of Commercial
and Cultural Relations between the American
Republics.

Simultaneously with the issuance of the
proclamation, a proclaimed list was issued by
the designated Government officials containing
the names of more than 1,800 persons and busi-
ness institutions in the other American repub-
lics. This list is the result of long and inten-
sive investigations and studies by the interested
governmental agencies. The list will be jDub-
lished in the Federal Register'^ and may be
obtained in pamphlet form from various gov-
ernmental institutions and the Federal Reserve
banks. From time to time there will be addi-
tions to and deletions from the list, which will

be made public. The President gave warning
that anyone serving as a cloak for a person on
the list will have his name added forthwith to
the list.

The list will have two principal functions.
In the first place, no article covered by the Ex-
port Control Act of July 2, 1940 may be ex-
ported to persons named in the list except under
special circumstances. Secondly, persons on
the list will be treated as though they were na-
tionals of Germany or Italy within the meaning
of Executive Order 8389, as amended, under
which, on June 14, 1941, the freezing control
was extended to all of the countries of the con-
tinent of Europe and nationals thereof.^

At the time of the issuance of the proclama-
tion, it was also announced that in attaining
the objectives of Executive Order 8389, as
amended, all efforts are being made to cause the
least possible interference with legitimate inter-
American trade. With that end in view the
Treasury Department has issued a general
license with respect to inter-American trade
transactions and the financial transactions inci-
dental thereto involving persons in the other
American republics who may be nationals of a
European country designated in the order.
This general license will permit such classes
of transactions without the necessity of apply-
ing for specific licenses.

The general license, however, will not apply
to persons so long as their names apjiear on the
proclaimed list. In addition, exporters and

^Federal Register of July 19, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 140),
pp. 355T-3573.

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'See Bulletin of June 14, 1941 (vol. iv, no. 103),
p. 718.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETrN

importers in the United States may from time
to time be advised by their banks, or otherwise,
that instruct ions have been issued by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury requiring specific'-license
applications for trade transactions involving
certain persons in the other American republics
who are not named on the proclaimed list.

Furthermore, financial transactions which are
not incidental to licensed trade transactions are
not covered by the general license. With respect
to such purely financial transactions, appropri-
ate specific licenses will have to be obtained
from the Treasury Department.

The proclaimed list will also serve as a guide
to United States firms in the selection of agents
and representatives in the other American
republics.

The text of the proclamation follows:

AUTHORIZIXG A PrOCL-MMED LiST OF CeBTAIN

Blocked N.\tionals and Controixing Cer-
tain Exports

by the presroent of the united states of

AMERICA

A Proclamation

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the
United States of America, acting under and by
virtue of the authority vested in me by Section
5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 "(40 Stat.
415) as amended and Section 6 of the Act of
July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714) as amended and
by virtue of all other authority vested in me,
and by virtue of the existence of a period of
unlimited national emei-gency and finding that
this Proclamation is necessary in the interest of
national defense, do hereby order and proclaim
the following:

Section 1. The Secretary of State, acting in
conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Attorney General, the Secretary of Com-
merce, the Administrator of Export Control,
and the Coordinator of Commercial and Cul-
tural Relations Between the American Re-
publics, shall from time to time cause to be
prepared an appropriate list of

(a) certain persons deemed to be, or to
have been acting or purporting to act, di-
rectly or indirectly, for the benefit of, or
under the direction of, or under the juris-
diction of, or on behalf of, or in collabora-
tion with Germany or Italy or a national
thereof; and

(b) certain persons to whom, or on whose
behalf, or for whose account, the exporta-
tion directly or indirectly of any article or
material exported from the United States,
is deemed to be detrimental to the interest
of national defense.

In similar manner and in the interest of na-
tional defense, additions to and deletions from
such list shall be made from time to time. Such
list and any additions thereto or deletions there-
from shall be filed pursuant to the provisions of
the Federal Register Act and such list shall be
known as "The Proclaimed List of Certain
Blocked Nationals".

Section 2. Any person, so long as his name
appears in such list, shall, for the purpose of
Section 5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917, as
amended, and for the purpose of this Procla-
mation, be deemed to be a national of a foreign
country, and shall be treated for all purposes
under Executive Order No. 8389, as amended, as
though he were a national of Germany or Italy.
All the terms and provisions of Executive Order
No. 8389, as amended, shall be applicable to
any such person so long as his name appears in
such list, and to any property in which any such
person has or has had an interest, to the same
extent that such terms and provisions are appli-
cable to nationals of Germany or Italy, and to
property in which nationals of Germany or
Italy have or have had an interest.

Section 3. The exportation from the United
States directly or indirectly to, or on behalf
of, or for the account of any person, so long as
his name appears on such list, of any article or
material the exportation of which is prohibited
or curtailed by any proclamation heretofore or
hereafter issued under the authority of Section
6 of the Act of July 2, 1940, as amended, or of
any other military equipment or munitions, or

JULY 19, 1941

component parts thereof, or machinery, tools,
or material, or supplies necessary for the manu-
facture, servicing, or operation thereof, is
hereby prohibited under Section 6 of the Act
of July 2, 1940, as amended, except (1) when
authorized in each case by a license as provided
for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940,
or in Proclamation No. 2465 of March 4, 1941,
as the case may be, and (2) when the Adminis-
trator of Export Control under my direction
has determined that such prohibition of expor-
tation would work an unusual hardship on
American interests.

Section 4. The tei-m "person" as used herein
means an individual, partnership, association,
corporation or other organization.

The term "United States" as used herein
means the United States and any place subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, including the Philip-
pine Islands, the Canal Zone, and the District
of Columbia and any other territory, depend-
ency or possession of the United States.

Section 5. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed in any manner to limit or restrict the
provisions of the said Executive Order No. 8389,
as amended, or the authority vested thereby in
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney
General. So far as the said Executive Order
No. 8389, as amended, is concerned, "The Pro-
claimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals",
authorized by this Proclamation, is merely a
list of certain persons with respect to whom and
with respect to whose property interests the
public is specifically put on notice that the pro-
visions of such Executive Order are applicable ;
and the fact that any person is not named in
such list shall in no wise be deemed to mean
that such person is not a national of a foreign
country designated in such order, within the
meaning thereof, or to affect in any manner the
application of such order to such person or to
the property interests of such person.

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

17th day of July, in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty-one,

[seal] and of the Independence of the

United States of America the one

hundred and sixty-sixth.

Franklin D Roosevei/t
By the President:
Sumner Welles

Acting Secretmy of State

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

[Released to the press July 15]

General Licenses

The Secretary of State announced on July
15 the issuance of general licenses, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Executive order
of March 15, 1941, authorizing the exportation
of camelback to various destinations as follows :

Country of destination

Canada

Great Britain and Northern Ireland .

Cuba

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Curagao

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Surinam

Uruguay

Venezuela

Australia

QATA I
GATA2
QATA 3
0ATA4
OATA5
GATA6
QATA 7
QATA 8
QATA 9
QATA 10
QATA 11
QATA 12
QATA 13
QATA 14
QATA 15
QATA 16
QATA 17
QATA IS
QATA 19
QATA 20
QATA 21
QATA 22
QATA 33
QATA 24
QATA 26

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Country of destination

General
license no.

GATA 27

DATA 28

GATA 29

GATA 47

GATA 48

GATA 51

GATA 57

Egypt

GATA 59

GATA 61

GATA 62

GATA 63

Collectors of customs have been authorized
to permit, without the requirement of indi-
vidual license, the exportation of camelback to
the destinations listed above, but the exporter
is required to indicate the appropriate genei'al
license number on the shipper's Export Decla-
ration filed with the collector.

Collectors of customs were informed on July
12 that general licenses for exports destined
for the Philijjpine Islands have been amended
as follows: No. GCK 63 has been amended to
read "belting leather" rather than "leather
belting" and No. GCJ 63 has been amended to
read "sole leather" rather than "leather soles".

Collectors were also informed on that date
that no license is required for the exportation
of "Drano" and "Windex".

T^XLiMiTED Licenses

Collectors of customs were informed on July
12 that additional unlimited licenses have been

issued to the British Purchasing Commission
authorizing exportation to the various parts of
the British Empire of the products in the fol-
lowing list. Collectors were authorized to ac-
cept shipments against these licenses without
presentation of the license form.

To Hong Kong, Oceania, and New Guinea (British) :
zinc pigments, including zinc oxide, leaded zinc oxide,
zinc sulfide, and lithopone ; titanium pigments, in-
cluding titanium dioxide; non-proprietary and pro-
prietary preparations containing quinine ; clirome
pigments containing 10 percent or more chromium,
including chromic oxide (chrome green), head chro-
mate (chrome yellow), and zinc ehromate; and cad-
mium pigments, including cadmium sulfide and cad-
mium lithopone.

To British East Africa, British Malaya, British West
Africa. Cyprus, Falkland Islands, and St. Helena :
iron and steel tanks.

To Aden, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Australia, Bahamas,
Barbados, Bermuda. British East Africa, British
Guiana, British Honduras, British Malaya, Briti.sh
West Africa, Burma, Ceylon, Cypnis, Egypt. Falk-
land Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland.
Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mauritius, Newfound-
land, New Guinea (British), New Zealand, Northern
Rhodesia, Oceania (British), Palestine and Trans-
Jordan, St. Helena, Seychelles and dependencies.
Southern Rhodesia, Trinidad and Tobago, Union of
South Africa, and the Windward Islands : vegetable-
oil seeds ; piue oil ; vegetable and other oil-bearing
raw materials; and rosin.

To Aden, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, British East Africa,
British Guiiina, British Honduras, British Malaya,
British West Africa, Burma, Ceylon. Cyprus, Falk-
land Islands. Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland
(Eire), Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mani'itius, New
Guinea (British), Northern Rhodesia, Oceania (Brit-
ish), St. Helena, Seychelles and dependencies. South-
ern Rhodesia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Wind-
ward Islands : camelback.

ANALYSIS OF STATE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL

YEAR 1942

The first of the following tables shows the
increases and decreases in the State Depart-
ment's appropriations for the 1942 fiscal year
as compared with the 1941 fiscal year. The
second table shows increases and decreases

■made by Congress in the 1942 budget estimates
submitted by the President.

The Department's appropriation bill for 1942
was approved by the President on June 28,
1941 (Public Law 135).

JULY 19, 1941

RECAPITULATION OF TABLE NO. I
Department of State Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1942 Compared With 1941

Appropriation title

Appropriations
tor 1942

Appropriations
for 1941

Increases (+), de-
creases (-) for 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

Department Proper

$3, 318, 440

$3, 272, 580

+ $45,860

Foreign Service (exclusive of

13, 681, 900

13, 559, 500

+ 122,400

See attached statement of details.

Emergency Fund).

Emergency Fund

500, 000

1, 225, 000

-72.5,000

General decrease.

Foreign Service Buildings

450, 000

300, 000

+ 150,000

General increase.

International Obligations

3, 548, 900

3, 733, 000

-184, 100

See attached statement of details.

Grand Total

21, 499, 240

22, 090, 080

-590,840

The 1941 column includes supplemental
appropriations totaling $1,968,500
which were made available before
submission of the 1942 budget to
Congress, most of which were for
emergencies for which funds are not
provided in the regular budget. The
1942 column includes, therefore, only
regular annual appropriations, and
funds for emergencies for 1942 will
again be requested as supplemental
appropriations.

Deduct appropriations in-

-1, 968, 500

+ 1, 968, 500

cluded above in 1941 col-

umn which were provided

in supplemental appro-

priation acts.

Total of appropria-

21, 499, 240

20, 121, 580

+ 1,377,660

tions contained in

ANNUAL appropria-

tion ACTS.

TABLE NO. I
Department of State Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1942 Compared With 1941

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
tor 1941

Increases (+), de-
creases (-) for 1942

Reasons tor increases or decreases

Department Proper

Salaries, Department of

State:

Regular -

$2, 724, 440

$2, 660, 480

+ $63, 960

The increase allowed for regular salaries

Emergency ..

135, 200

-135,200

is for 33 additional permanent posi-

tions.

The 1941 column includes supplemental

appropriations for emergency posi-

tions for which funds are not pro-

vided in the regular budget.

The 1942 column includes therefore only

regular positions, and funds for emer-

gency positions for 1942 will again be

requested as supplemental appropria-

tions.

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BTTLLETIN

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Depabtment of State Appkopeiations foe Fiscal Tear 1942 Compabed With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Reasons (or increases or decreases

Department Proper — Con.
National Defense Activi-
ties (Export Licensing).

$150,000

+ $150,000

Contingent Expenses, De-
partment of State.

166,600

$157, 400

+ 9,200

Printing and Binding, De-
partment of State.

210, 900

-26, 100

Passport Agencies, De-
partment of State.

Collecting and Editing
Official Papers of the
Territories of the United
States.

Total Department
Proper.

Foreign Service

Salaries of Ambassadors
and Ministers.

52, 500

14, 000

-5,000

3, 318, 440

3, 272, 580

635, 000

660, 000

+ 45,860

-25,000

For the fiscal year 1941 allocations
totaling $88,000 were made for this
work from the emergency fund for
the President. The project was be-
gun in 1941 and did not require
salaries on a full annual basis. The
increase of $62,000 in the appropria-
tion for 1942 over funds available for
1941 will provide funds more nearly
on a full annual basis.

Increases were allowed of $6,750 for an
educational motion-picture program;
$300 for newspapers; $1,000 for tele-
phone service; $5,000 for travel;
$1,050 for motor vehicles; $600 for
books, maps, and periodicals; and
$3,000 for expenses of the Committee
on Reciprocity Information. These
increases are offset by non-recurring
items of $8,500 contained in the 1941
appropriation and not repeated for
1942.

Increases were allowed of $2,200 for
acta, congressional documents, etc.;
$700 for cultural-relations pamphlets;
$450 for envelopes; $1,100 for forms;
$1,000 for letterheads; and $450 for
printing for the Committee on Reci-
procity Information. These increases
were offset by non-recurring items
of .$32,000 contained in the 1941
appropriation and not repeated for
1942.

This decrease was based on the assump-
tion that temporary employees re-
quired at these Agencies during rush
periods in normal years would prob-
ably not be required in 1942.

The reduction of $11,000 is in the item
for printing.

The reduction of $25,000 was made on
the assumption that salary lapses
resulting from unfilled positions would
be considerably higher than in nor-
mal years.

JULY 19, 194 1

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Department of State Appropriations for Fiscal Th:ab 1942 Compared With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
for 1941

Increases (+), de-
creases (-) for 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

Foreign Service — Con.

Salaries of Foreign Service

$4, 232, 600

$4, 160, 000

-1- $66, 600

The increase is to provide for automatic

Officers.

promotions.

Transportation, Foreign

717, 200

723, 000

-5, 800

Increases were allowed of $10,000 for

Service.

temporary details; and $2,000 for
regional conferences. These increases
are offset by a non-recurring item of
$17,800 for transfers of ambassadors
and ministers which were provided
for 1941 on the basis of an inaugural
year and are estimated for 1942 on
the normal average requirements of
a non-inaugural year.

Office and Living Quar-

2, 138,000

2, 153,000

-15,000

The reduction of $15,000 was made on

ters, Foreign Service.

the basLs of estimated requirements.

Cost of Living Allow-

338, 500

No change.

ances, Foreign Service.

Representation Allow-

163, 000

150, 000

-M3, 000

The increase of $13,000 was provided to

ances, Foreign Service.

permit certain increases in the allow-
ances to officers who are required to
incur this expense.

Foreign Service Retire-

621, 700

609, 000

-1-12, 700

This increase is required pursuant to

ment and Disability

the computation by the actuary of

Fund.

the Treasury in accordance with
existing law.

Salaries, Foreign Service

2, 867, 000

2, 837, 000

-1-30, 000

This increase was provided to allow

Clerks.

administrative promotions within
wage scales for alien clerks.

Miscellaneous Salaries and

730, 000

097, 000

4-33, 000

Increases were allowed of $9,000 for

Allowances, Foreign

promotions; and $24,000 for 8 cour-

Service.

iers at $3,000 per annum each.

Contingent Expenses, For-

1, 238, 900

1, 226, 000

-1- 12, 900

Increases were allowed of $55,000 for

eign Service.

travel expenses in connection with ex-
tended courier service and $5,000 for
transfer to the Navy Department for
radio broadcasts. These increases
are offset by non-recurring items of
$47,100 contained in the 1941 appro-
priation and not repeated for 1942.

Total Foreign Serv-

13, 681, 900

13, 559, 500

+ 122, 400

ice (Exclusive of

Emergency Fond).

Emergencies Arising in

500, 000

1, 225, 000

-725,000

Appropriation for 1941 includes funds

the Diplomatic and Con-

appropriated for specific emergencies,

sular Service.

and if such funds are required for 1942
supplemental appropriations will be
provided.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Depaetment of State Appeopbiations fob Fiscal Tbiae 1942 Compabed With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
tor 1942

Appropriations
(or 1941

Increases (+) , de-
creases (-) tor 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

Foreign Service Buildings

$450, 000

$300, 000

4-$150, 000

General increase.

Fund.

International Obliga-

tions.

United States Contribu-

1, 026, 600

1, 083, 000

-56,400

This decrease results fi;om the following:

tions to International

An increase of $3,139 is provided for

Commissions, Con-

the Inter-American Radio OfBce at

gresses, and Bureaus.

Habana. A decrease of $10,783 is
made in the International Labor Or-
ganization, of which $8,783 is in the
quota and $2,000 in the expenses.
No funds were appropriated for 1942
for the International Institute of
Agriculture, resulting in a reduction
of $48,756.

Convention for Promotion

100, 000

94, 500

+ 5, 500

A general increase to provide for in-

of Inter-American Cul-

creased salaries to professors when

tural Relations.

that is found to be necessary.

International Boundary

200, 000

198, 000

-1-2,000

The increase is required for additional

Commission, United

expenses necessitated by the regular

States and Mexico (Reg-

Commission in connection with the

ular Commission) .

operation and maintenance of com-
pleted construction projects.

Rio Grande Rectification

1939 appropriation was continued avail-

Project.

able for 1940, 1941, and 1942. No
new funds appropriated.

Lower Rio Grande Flood

950, 000

No change.

Control Project.

Rio Grande Canalization

440, 000

810, 000

-370,000

General decrease in construction work.

Project.

Cordova Island Boundary

6, 500

-t-6, 500

New project.

Fence.

Fence Construction, Inter-

25, 000

+ 25,000

New project.

national Boundary.

International Boundary

43, 000

No change.

Commission, United

States and Canada and

Alaska and Canada.

Salaries and Expenses, In-

27, 000

No change.

ternational Joint Com-

mission, United States

and Great Britain.

Special and Technical

48, 500

No change.

Investigations, Inter-

national Joint Commis-

sion, United States and

Great Britain.

International Fisheries

28, 000

No change.

Commission.

Pacific Salmon Fisheries

40, 000

35, 000

+ 5,000

Increase provided for more extensive

Commission.

studies and operations.

Arbitration of Claim Be-

14, 000

+ 14, 000

Treaty obligation to be undertaken.

tween the United States

and the Netherlands.

JULY 19, 1941

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Department op State Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1942 Compared With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
for 1941

Increases (+), de-
creases (-) for 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

International Obliga-

tions— Continued.

Mixed Claims Commis-

$15, 500

— $15, 500

Non-recurring.

sion, United States and

Germany.

Agrarian Claims Commis-

15, 000

— 15, 000

Non-recurring.

sion, United States and

Mexico.

Meeting of Treasury

3, 000

- 3, 000

Non-recurring.

Representatives, Quito,

Ecuador.

Alaskan International

12, 000

-12,000

Non-recurrino^.

Highway Commission.

Cooperation with the

American Republics:

State Department —

Selection, translation.

$70, 000

40, 000

+ 30, 000

More extensive program.

and dissemination

of Government

publications to the

other American

Republics.

Preparation of an

7,000

-1- 7, 000

New project.

American bound-

ary document.

Division of Cultural

Relations:

Travel of advisory

10, 000

12,000

-2,000

General decrease.

committees.

Travel grants for

45, 000

30, 000

+ 15,000

More extensive program.

educational, pro-

fessional, cultur-

al, and artistic

leaders of the

United States and

other American

Republics.

Travel grants for

40, 000

12,000

-f 28, 000

More extensive program.

students from

the other Ameri-

can Republics

who have re-

ceived scholar-

ships from edu-

cational institu-

tions in the

United States.

Visiting professors

32, 000

15, 000

+ 17,000

More extensive program.

and speciahsts to

be loaned upon

invitation to other

countries.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Department op State Appropriations fob Fiscal Year 1942 Compared With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
for 194 1

Increases (+), de-
creases (-) for 1942

Beasons for increases or decreases

International Obliga-

tions— Continued.

Loan of Govern-

$25, 000

No change.

ment experts and

technicians to

governments of

other American

Republics.

Total State Depart-
ment.

229, 000

134, 000

+ $95,000

Other Department s —

Department of Agri-

50, 000

+ 50, 000

New project.

culture.

Department of Com-

merce:

Civil Aeronautics

10, 000

+ 10,000

New project.

Board.

Administrator of

Civil Aero-

nautics:

Standard meteor-

2,500

— 2, 500

Non-recurring.

ological serv-

ices.

Civilian Pilot

15,000

20, 000

-.5,000

General decrease.

Training.

Coast and Geodetic

Survey:

Tidal Investiga-

13, 000

10, 000

+ 3,000

More extensive program.

tions.

Magnetic obser-

10, 000

+ 10, 000

New project.

vations.

Gravity surveys. -

9,000

No change.

Revision of Hy-

5, 000

— 5, 000

Non-recurring.

drographic

Manual.

Weather Bureau

15,000

+ 15, 000

New project.

Federal Security

Agency:

Public Health Ser-

40, 000

45, 000

—5, 000

General decrease.

vice.

Office of Education,

12, 500

10, 000

+ 2,500

More extensive program.

Interior Department:

Fish and Wildlife

15, 300

15,000

+ 300

More extensive program.

Service.

Geological Survey.^

50, 000

25, 000

+ 2.5,000

More extensive program.

Travel Bureau

25, 000

12, 500

+ 12,500

More extensive program.

Travel Bureau

18, 000

-18,000

Non-recurring.

(Travel brochure

and information

booklet).

JXTLY 19, 1941

Department of State

TABLE NO. I— Continued
Appropriations fob Fiscal, Year 1942 Compared With 1941— Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
for 1041

Increases (+), de-
creases (- ) for 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

Other Departments — Con.

Labor Department:

Children's Bureau.

$15, 000

.$7, 500

+ 7,500

More extensive program.

Women's Bureau

5,000

-5,000

Discontinued.

Library of Congress:

Hispanic Founda-

3,500

5,500

-2,000

General decrease.

tion.

Division of Music:

Bibliograpliy

3,900

3,000

+ 900

More extensive program.

Recordings

9, 500

+ 9, 500

New project.

More extensive program.

Division of Docu-

5, 100

3,400

+ 1,700

ments.

Law Library

7,000

6,600

+ 400

More extensive program.

Office of Librarian

6, 000

+ 6, 000

New project.

(Duplication of

Materials).

Smithsonian Institu-

tion:

Cooperation in con-

39, 000

19, 500

+ 19,500

More extensive program.

nection with the

preservation of

flora and fauna

of other Ameri-

can Republics.

Increased coopera-

5,000

2,500

+ 2,500

More extensive program.

tion with scien-

tific museums in

other American

Republics.

Sending interna-

500

No change.

tional exchanges

to Argentina and

Brazil by mail

instead of freight.

Preparation of

12, 000

6,000

+ 6,000

Intensification of program.

handbook of

South American

Indians.

United States Tariff

5,000

-5,000

Discontinued.

Commission,

Total, Cooperation

600, 300

370, 500

+ 229,800

With the American

Republics.

Total International

3, 548, 900

3, 733, 000

- 184, 100

Obligations.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

TABLE NO. I— Continned
Department of State Appeopbiations for Fiscal Yeab 1942 Compabed With 1941 — Continued

Appropriation title

Appropriations
for 1942

Appropriations
for 1941

Increases (+), Ae-
creases (-) for 1942

Reasons for increases or decreases

Grand Total..

$21, 499, 240

$22, 090, 080
-1,968,500

-590,840
+ 1, 968, 500

Deduct appropriations in-

cluded above in 1941 col-
umn which were provided
in supplemental appropria-
tion acts.

Total of appropria-
tions Contained in
Annual Appropria-
tion Acts.

21, 499, 240

20, 121, 580

-1-1,377,660

Appropriation for Foreign Service Pat Adjustment
(Contained in Independent Offices Appropriation Bill)

Appropriation title

Appropriation
for 1942

Appropriation
for 1941

Increase (-(-), de-
crease (-) tor 1942

Reasons for increase or decrease

Foreign Service Pay Adjust-
ment.

$975, 000

$1, 280, 000

-$305,000

General decrease.

TABLE NO. I— PART 2

Department of State Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1942 Compared With 1941

(Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations Made Subsequent to the Submission of the 1942 Budget)

Appropriation title

Department Proper

Salaries, Department of State

Contingent Expenses, Department of State-
Printing and Binding, Department of Stat€-

ToTAL, Department Proper

$300, 000

$36, 000

102, 500

10, 000

154, 500

JULY 19, 1941

TABLE NO. I— PART 2— Continued

Department of State Appropriations for Fiscal Yeah 1942 Compared With 1941 — Coutinued

(Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations Made Subsequent to the Submission of the 1942 Budget) — Continued

Appropriation title

Foreign Service

Transportation, Foreign Service

Salaries, Foreign Service Clerks

Miscellaneous Salaries and Allowances, Foreign Service.
Contingent Expenses, Foreign Service

Total, Foreign Service.

International Obligations

International Joint Commission — Salaries and Expenses.
Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany.
Eighth Pan American Child Congress

Total, International Obligations.

Grand Total of Sdpplementals and Deficiencies.

$300, 000

$330, 000

94, 000

18, 000

785, 000

1, 227, 000

2,000
9,500
9,000

20, 500

1, 402, 000

TABLE NO. II

Department of State — Fiscal Year 1942

Appropriation title

Approved by

President for

submission to

Congress

Appropriation

approved by

Congress

Increase (+)
Decrease (— )

Department op State;

Salaries, Department of State

National Defense Activities

Contingent Expenses, Department of State

Printing and Binding, Department of State

Passport Agencies, Department of State

Collecting and Editing Official Papers of the Territories of the United
States ,:•

Total, Department of State

Foreign Service:

Salaries, Ambassadors and Ministers

Salaries, Foreign Service Officers

Transportation, Foreign Service

Office and Living Quarters, Foreign Service

Cost of Living Allowances, Foreign Service

Representation Allowances, Foreign Service

Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund

Salaries, Foreign Service Clerks

Miscellaneous Salaries and Allowances, Foreign Service

Contingent Expenses, Foreign Service

Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service .

Total, Foreign Service

FoBBiQN Service Bdildingb Fund

$2, 728, 300

156, 000

170, 100

210, 900

57, 500

20, 000

.'F2, 724, 440

150, 000

166, 600

210, 900

52, 500

14, 000

-$3, 860
-6,000
-3, 500

3, 342, 800

3, 318, 440

-5,000
- 6, 000
-24,360

660, 000
4, 232, 600

717, 200
2, 153, 000

338, 500

170, 000

621, 700
2, 867, 000

730, 000
1, 238, 000

500, 000

635, 000
4, 232, 600

717, 200
2, 138, 000

338, 500

163,000

621, 700
2, 867, 000

730, 000
1,238,900

500, 000

-25,000

-15,000
-7,000

14, 228, 900

14, 181, 900

-47, 000

500, 000

450, 000

-50.000

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

TABLE NO. II— Continued
Depabtment 01' State — Fiscal Yeab 1042 — Continued

Appropriation title

Approved by

President for

submission to

Congress

Increase (.+)
Decrease (— )

International Obligations:

Contributions, Quotas, etc

Convention for tlie Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations. -
Mexican Boundary Commission —

Regular Commission

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control

Rio Grande Canalization

Fence Construction on the Cordova Island Boundarj', Texas

Fence Construction on the International Boundary

International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada and

Alaska and Canada

International Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain —

Salaries and Expenses

Special and Technical Investigations

International Fisheries Commission

International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission

Arbitration of Claim between the United States and the Netherlands.
Cooperation with the American Republics

$1, 077, 367
111, 500

206, 200

950, 000

490, 900

6,500

43, 000

27, 000
48, 500

28, 000
40, 000
15, 000

706, 800

51, 026, 600
100, 000

200, 000

950, 000

440, 000

6, 500

25, 000

43, 000

27, 000
48, 500

28, 000
40, 000
14, 000

600, 300

Total, International Obligations.

3, 750, 767

3, 548, 900

Grand Total.

21, 822, 467

21, 499, 240

-$50, 767
-11,500

-6,200

- 50, 900
+ 25,000

- 1, 000
■ 106, 500

-201, 867

-323,227

American Republics

EXPORT LICENSING AND PRIORITIES MATTERS

STATEMENTS BY SUMNER WELLES

On July 19, 1941 Mr. Sumner Welles, Chair-
man of the Inter-American Financial and
Economic Advisory Committee, made a state-
ment to the Committee with reference to or-
ganization for considering and handling export
control and related policies as follows :

"The broad program in which the United
States is engaged of production of materials
and equipment essential to national and con-
tinental defense has led to a situation of scarcity
with respect to many commodities and the es-
tablishment by the United States of a system
of control of the export and, in many cases, the
domestic consumption of such items. At the

present time some 60 percent, by value, of the
articles exported from the United States are
subject to export licensing and/or priorities.

"It is the objective of this policy on the one
hand to restrict the exportation, and in some
ca.ses domestic consumption, of goods pro-
duced in the United States to amounts con-
sistent with the demands of the defense pro-
gram, while on the other hand to facilitate in
so far as is feasible the exportation to the
other American nations of at least their es-
sential import requirements, and in general as
large amounts of particular United States prod-
ucts as are consistent with the exigencies of de-

JULY 19, 1941

fense. A separate but related phase of policy
concerns the acquisition abroad of strategic ma-
terials essential to the defense program, and, in
general, the utilization of the materials of the
hemisphere in the continental defense.

"It is the view of the United States that
these objectives are of interest and importance
to all of the American republics, and that they
may best be realized by the creation of an inter-
American system of export control involving
strict restriction and control of the exportation
of products outside of the Western Hemisphere
with a maximum of free commerce within the
hemisphere which is compatible with defense
requirements. To this end the United States
has been seeking in individual conversations the
fullest cooperation of all of tlie American re-
publics, and it is the opinion of the Government
of the United States that such cooperation
could most advantageously take the form of the
establishment by each of the American republics
of a system of export control over :

"1. Materials subject to export control by
the United States which are exported to the
other American republics by the United States
or which are produced in the other American
republics.

" (a) The United States will continue to per-
mit exports to the other American republics in
all cases unless United States stocks of the com-
modity in question are dangerously small and
are essential to the defense program. In the
cases of products the supply of which is not
affected by such considerations an attempt will
be made to issue licenses freely for use within
the American republics or at least in amounts
up to the recent import requirements of the
nations in question.

"It has been found possible to issue general
licenses for the export of certain of such prod-
ucts to all of the other American republics.
Moreover, it is possible to issue general licenses
to products in this category for export to
American republics which also control the ex-
portation and re-exportation of such products,
whether imported from the United States or
elsewhere or produced do,mestically. Such

general licenses greatly facilitate trade among
the American republics.

"(b) In the case of articles of the greatest
stringency and importance to the defense pro-
gram, it has been and it will continue to be
necessary to impose a system of priorities as
between the demands of the defense program,
the requirements of the other American repub-
lics, and civilian consumption in the United
States. In these cases it will at best be possible
to grant priorities for only the most urgent
requirements of the other American republics,
and, in view of the control thus obtained, it
will be possible to simplify the administrative
procedure by issuing general licenses for the
exportation of articles for which sucli priorities
have been granted.

"(c) In the case of all other articles the
United States supply of which is less than the
several demands, it will be necessary to impose
some quantitative restriction on exports, and,
in many cases, on domestic consumption. In
all of these cases an effort will be made, if it is
at all possible, to fulfil the most urgent require-
ments of the other American republics, defer-
ring fulfilment of less urgent requirements
imtil the supply situation improves. In these
cases exportations must be individually li-
censed, and it will be necessary that the Gov-
ernment of the United States be assured that
the materials so exported reach their specific
destinations.

"2. Strategic materials and materials impor-
tant in the national and continental defense,
which are produced in the American republics.

"(a) This is an essentially separate though
closely related phase of policy involved in the
defense program. As a result of the gi-eat
expansion in production, there exist in the
United States strong commercial markets for
most, if not all, strategic and critical materials
produced in the Western Hemisphere. More-
over, the appropriate agencies of the Govern-
ment of the United States stand ready to give
consideration to purchasing supplies of such
commodities as a regular part of its program
for building up its own defense reserves and
stock-piles.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BTJLLETm

"This approach on the part of the United
States for cooperative action among the Ameri-
can republics has met with a most gratifying
general response, and, indeed, many of the other
American republics had already embarked on
similar and related courses of action. At tine
present time all of the American republics have
established, or are actively considering, some
form of export control directed to ends similar
to those set forth above. As a result, the United
States has been in a position already to issue gen-
eral licenses for the export to Argentina, Bra-
zil, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, respec-
tively, of lists of commodities in category 1 (a)
mentioned above, as well as of certain commodi-
ties which are subject to priority approval. Ar-
rangements for the issuance of similar general
licenses for the export of commodities in these
categories to a number of additional American
republics are also being completed.

"With respect to the related policy of acqui-
sition of strategic materials, appropriate agen-
cies of the United States have entered into
arrangements for the purchase of many com-
modities from individual producers, groups of
producers, or the Governments of a number of
the American republics.

"As is inevitable, the several systems of ex-
port control already imposed or in contempla-
tion, although they point towards the same
end, differ considerably in scope and form.
There arise as a result a number of practical
problems such as, for example, the question of
the control only of the re-exportation of articles
imported from one particular country as con-
trasted with control over all exports of the
particular articles, whether imported from any
source or produced domestically. Another
problem which gives rise to extensive and com-
plex administrative difficulties lies in applica-
tion by the several republics of controls to
varying lists or groups of commodities. As a
result, the United States, and other nations,
have been compelled to limit the issuance of
general licenses and to restrict the exportation
and re-exportation of the goods therein covered
to such other American republics as happen to
control the particular item.

"Commerce among the American nations can
obviously be made most free mider present
world conditions which have occasioned the im-
position of all of these types of export control,
if all of the American republics adopt parallel
systems of export control thug establishing an
inter-Ajnerican system. To this end, the Gov-
ernment of the United States suggests:

"1. That the Inter-American Financial and
Economic Advisory Committee undertake the
consideration of problems of export control and
the formulation of a plan for an inter-Amer-
ican control system.

"2. That the matter appropriately be re-
ferred to Subcommittee II on Commercial
Problems.

"3. That Subcommittee II elicit information
from the several delegates and governments re-
garding the essential import requirements of
ihe individual American republics, and con-
cerning the various systems of export control
already established by a number of them.

"4. That Subcommittee II consider the steps
towards a broad hemisphere program of con-
trol already taken by a number of the republics,
and formulate detailed recommendations for
an inter-American system which would permit
a maximum of freedom of interchange among
the American republics.

'Tf this suggestion meets with general ap-
proval, the Government of the United States
is prepared to place at the disposal of the Ad-
visory Committee and Subcommittee II infor-
mation regarding the policies and administra-
tive procedures with respect to export licensing
and priorities controls established by it; spe-
cial arrangements entered into with and gen-
eral licenses issued for exports to particular
American republics which have adopted some
form of export control; data available to it
regarding the systems of control in effect in
other American nations; and such information
as it has collected with regard to the import
requirements for certain materials of some of
the American republics."

JTTLY 19, 1941

On July 17, 1941 Mr. Sumner Welles made a
statement to the Inter- American Financial and
Economic Advisory Committee with respect to
procedure of the United States Government for
considering and handling export, licensing and
priorities matters relating to exports to the
other American republics, as follows :

"On June 19, 1941 I made a statement to the
Inter-American Financial and Economic Ad-
visory Committee with reference to organiza-
tion for considering and handling export con-
trol and related policies. In that statement I
summarized the objectives of the United States
system of export control, and pointed out that
these objectives are of interest and importance
to all of the American republics. I indicated
at that time that the response among the Amei--
ican republics in individual conversations with
the United States had been most gratifying.
Since that time this Committee has adopted a
resolution embodying a report of Subcommittee
II recommending that the Governments of all
of the American republics establish parallel sys-
tems of export control, and several additional
American republics have taken legislative or
executive action to establish such systems.

''The report of Subcommittee II referred to
touched on, but did not elaborate on, another
important aspect of the general problem — that
is, the procedures and organization required to
carry out effectively such a policy of export con-
trol. I wish today to indicate the arrangements
determined by the Government of the United
States for handling export licensing and pri-
orities questions relating to exports to the other
American republics.

"The Government of the United States is
establishing two parallel procedures for han-
dling all export licensing and priorities matters,
depending on whether the import requirements
in question are those, on the one hand, of a
Government of an American republic or relate
to needs which a Government wishes to sponsor,
or those, on the other hand, of any other persons
or concerns in the other American republics.

"Government and Government-sponsored
Needs

"The several American Governments are re-
quested to take up all matters relating to gov-
ernment and government-sponsored needs di-
rectly with the Department of State. The vari-
ous Governments are requested to submit to the
Department of State lists of materials and
products covering one or more quarters and
broken down as far as possible into projects —
such as governmental demands, governmental
corporations and utilities, and other particular
projects which they wish directly to sponsor.

"The Governments of the American republics
are requested to designate a single representa-
tive or agency which will present these lists of
materials and products required, which will in-
dicate on behalf of the particular government
the relative order of preference of the various
requests listed, and which will be in a position
to discuss the lists and any particular items re-
quired with the Department of State.

"To the extent that it is agreed to be desirable,
certain of the listed items will be pi'ocured by
the Government of the United States directly
for the account of the other American Govern-
ment in question. Other items on the lists, sub-
ject to the approval of the Department of State,
will be transmitted to the Administrator of
Export Control for preferential processing, as
necessary, through the Office of Production
Management, the Army and Navy Munitions
Board, and other appropriate agencies.

"Other EEQUiKEivrENTS or the American
Repttblics

"The Administrator of Export Control will
undertake to furnish information to, and to
service United States manufacturers and export-
ers, and likewise importers in the other Ameri-
can republics, in all aspects of the problem in-
cluding priorities questions and shipping avail-
abilities. He will undertake to furnish regular
and complete information regarding such mat-
ters and to take every appropriate step to f acili-

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

tate a maximum of free movement within the
Western Hemisphere which is compatible with
the requirements of national and continental
defense.

"The Department of State and the Adminis-
trator of Export Control will thus, in their re-
spective spheres, furnish to the Governments of
the other American republics and to business-
men of the Western Hemisphere full assistance
in carrying out to the greatest extent possible
during this period of emergency, trade in the
essential imports of the other American nations.
This procedure will make it unnecessary for
governmental organizations, business concerns,
and individuals to approach a number of agen-
cies of the United States Government in arrang-
ing for a particular export transaction.

"Applications for specific export licenses will
continue to be received by the Division of Con-
trols of the Department of State."

PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF CRE-
DENCE BY THE MINISTER OF HAITI

I Released to the press July 14]

A translation of the remarks of the newly
appointed Minister of Haiti, Mr. Femand
Dennis, upon the occasion of the presentation of
his letters of credence, follows :

"Mr. PEEsmENT:

"I have the honor to place in Your hands the
Letters which accredit me near the Government
of the United States of America as Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, at
the same time as those which terminate the mis-
sion of my very eminent predecessor.

"No mission can be more flattering than that
of representing one's coimtry near the great
American Democracy, at this time, particularly,
when, guided by one of its most illustrious presi-
dents, it assures, in the more and more anxious
hours through which Humanity is passing, such
powerful aid, such generous assistance against
those who are leading the conflict in the World
for the destruction of Liberty and Justice, this
common ideal of all the democracies.

"To aid in this so noble task, to contribute to
this work of defense of what is so dear to us:
liberty, each country of this hemisphere wishes
to contribute fully from what it possesses — how-
ever little that may be — in the formidable
struggle which threatens our shores.

"It is botli a great honor and a very great joy
for me to confirm, here, the full adherence of my
counti-y to this common defense policy organ-
ized and pursued by Your Excellency's Govern-
ment within the framework of Pan ^Vmerican-
ism, a complete adherence which the Chief of
the Haitian Nation proclaimed so solemnly on
May 15 last, on assuming his high oflSce.

"It is, therefore, Mr. President, with all con-
fidence that I begin my mission near Your Ex-
cellency and Your Government, convinced as I
am, that I shall always meet with efficacious aid
and the greatest good will for the accomplish-
ment of a task which is particularly pleasant for
me and by which I am deeply honored."

The President's reply to the remarks of Mr.
Femand Deimis f oUows :

"Mr. Minister :

"It is most gratifying to me to receive from
your hands the Letter by which His Excellency
President Elie Lescot accredits you as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of Haiti near the Government of the United
States of America. I also acknowledge the
Letters of Recall of your esteemed predecessor,
now the President of the Republic.

"I share with you the sense of the obligation
of the nations of this Hemisphere to join in the
efforts to safeguard the ideals of liberty to
which the peoples of all the American Repub-
lics owe their independence. Your statements
at this time when those ideals are increas-
ingly threatened from abroad are particularly
heartening.

"I look forward happily to the continuation
of the cordiality which characterized the rela-
tions between the Governments of our two
countries during the mission in Washington
of your illustrious predecessor, His Excellency

JULY 19, 1941

M. Elie Lescot. You may be assured that tlie
officials of this Government will welcome the
opportunity which your mission affords to as-
sist in making more effective our joint efforts
to promote a still better understanding between
the peoples of our two countries.

"I ask you to convey to His Excellency Presi-
dent Lescot my best wishes for his welfare and
for the greater prosperity of the Republic
whose destiny he now guides."

urope

CLOSING OF GERMAN AND ITALIAN
CONSULATES IN THE UNITED
STATES

[Released to the press July 15]

Names of Gennan consular officials and em-
ployees, and members of their families, sched-
uled to leave the United States for Lisbon on the
S.S. West Point, sailing from New York on July
16, 1941, follow :

GBStMAN CONSUIATB IN BOSTON, MASS.

OFFICIALS

Dr. Herbert Scholz
Liselotte Scholz
Wilhelm Scholz
Manfred Scholz
Emll Kurth
Gerhard Boldt
Edith Boldt
Uta Boldt

Consul

Wife

Son (5 .years)

Son (3 years)

Butler
Consular secretary

Wife

Daughter (29 months)

EMPLOYEES

Rudolf Lohrengel
Baby Patty Lohrengel
Elisabeth Essig
Erna Guhl

Assistant

Wife
Assistant
Stenographer

German Consttlate Geneiral in Chicago, III.
officials

Dr. Georg Krause-Wichmann
Armgard Krause-Wichmann
Renate Krause-Wichmann
Armgard Krause-Wichmann
Marie Zeissler

Consul
Wife

Daughter (4 years)
Daughter (2 years)
Servant

Hellmut Heerling
Ruth Heerling
Hellmut Klaus Rudolf

Heerling
Wilhelm Friebel
Emma Friebel
Elizabeth Friebel
Alfred Lliders
Johanna Liiders
Alfred Robert Liiders
Lotte Liiders
Ernst Gemming
Anna Gemming
Walter Gemming
Gerda Gemming
Helene Zierhut
Heinz Johannsen
Hilde Johannsen
Uwe Johannsen
Ingeborg Johannsen

Attache
Wife
Son (1^/2 months)

Chancelor

Wife

Daughter (23 years)
First consular secretary

Wife

Son (14 years)

Daughter (5 years)
First consular secretary

Wife

Son (5 years)

Daughter (lyear)

Servant
Consular secretary

Wife

Son (2 years)

Daughter (8 months)

KMPLOYEES

Dr. Bruno Siemers
Fritz Heberling
Elisabeth Heberling
Dietrich Fritz Heberling
Brigitte Elisabeth Heberling
Hedwig Haase
Martha Grause
Frieda Kuhhuann
Paula Dreehsler
Margarethe Hannemann
Edith Weigert
Wilhelm Haensgen
Agnes Haensgen
Karl Schmid
Edmund Westphal
Karl Lippig
Agnes Lippig
Heinz Lippig
Dorothy Lippig
Norman Lippig

Assistant
Assistant

Wife

Son (3 years)

Daughter (9 months)
Stenographer

Mother
Stenographer
Stenographer

Sister
Stenographer
Assistant

Wife
Assistant clerk
Assistant clerk
Assistant clerk

Wife

Son (18 years)

Daughter

Son (5 years)

Geieman Consulate in Clb:veland, Ohio

OFTTCLiLS

Karl Kapp
Amaranth Kapp
Nele Kapp
Peter Kapp
Eckart Briest
Fritz von Alpen
Wilhelm Schaefer
Kiithe Schaefer
Frithjof Schaefer
Roswitha Schaefer
Karl Riidiger Schaefer

Consul general

Wife

Daughter (21 years)

Son (17 years)
Vice consul
Chancelor
Consular secretary

Wife

Son (5 years)

Daughter (2 years)

Son (4 months)

Johann Boden
Margarete Boden
Hans Peter Boden
Georg Hoff

Hans Ohrmann
Franz Russold
Anita Dora Rorig

Consular secretary

Wife

Son (1% years)
Clerk

EMPLOYEES

Assistant
Assistant
Stenographer

German Consulate in Los Angexbs, Cauf.

OFFICIALS

Dr. Georg Gyssllng
Angelika Gyssling
Johann Strauss
Mrs. Christine Boone
Max von Kellenbach
Lydia von Kellenbach
Maria Theresla von Kellen-
bach
Karl Otto von Kellenbach

Consul general

Daughter (13 years)

Butler

Housekeeper
Chancelor

Wife

Daughter (26 years)

Son (27 years)

EMPLOYEES

Kurt Werner
Bertha Werner
Harriett Draegert
Ingeborg Meyer
Rudolf Kleffner
Kurt Hinsch
Liselotte Hinsch

Assistant

Wife
Stenographer
Stenographer
Assistant
Assistant

Wife

Gekman Consulate in New Orleans, La.

OFFICIALS

Edgar Freiherr Spiegel von
und zu Peckelsheim

Erna Freifrau Spiegel von
und zu Peckelsheim

Heuriette Vogtsjohanns

Berthold Rasmus

Lisbeth Rasmus

Walter Ehling

Elisabeth Ehling

Dr. Anton Wagner

Johannes Schmaus

Hildegard Schmaus

Jutta Schmaus

Consul general
Wife

Maid
Chancelor

Wife
First consular secretary

Wife
Commercial attach^
Clerk

Wife

Daughter (6 months)

EMPLOYEES

Erich Koechlin
Elisabeth Koechlin
Martha Freitag
Anna Humelbrunner

Assistant

Wife
Stenographer
Stenographer

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

German Consulate in San Juan, Puerto Rico
officials

Henry Freese
Martha Freese
Marga Freese
Maria Freese

Consul
Wife

Daughter (19 years)
Daughter (11 years)

German Consulate General in New York, N. T.

Dr. Hans Borchers
Adelheid Borchers
Helene Verhoff
Giistav Albert Mueller
Dr. Friedhelm Drager
Erna Drager
Siegmar Lurtz
Hans-Richard Hirschfeld
Ruth Hirschfeld
Heinz Thorner
Eva Thorner
Kamilla Thorner
Bernhart Gustav Lippert
Luise Marie Lippert
Diana BernstortI Lippert
Peter Hubert Schmidt
Gertrude Schmidt
Guenther Schmidt
Peter Schmidt
Irmgard Schmidt
Karl Polstorff
Katharina Polstorff
Hertha Polstorff
Irmgard PolstorfC
Bernhard Trauer
Clara Trauer
Bernhard Trauer
Johannes Vogel
Charlotte Vogel
Peter Wilhelm Vogel
Ursula Anna Vogel
Ursula Momberg
Lu(l\^'lg Schlich
Erica Schlich
Ingeborg Schlich
Gerhard Schlich
Else Seitz
Karl Loerky
Hilde Loerky
Erika Loerky
Richard Loerky
Hans-Joachim Geier
Margarethe Geier
Edith Maria Geier

Consul general

Wife

Maid
Consul
Consul

Wife
Consul
Consul

Wife
Consul

Wife

Daughter (1 year)
Vice consul

Wife

Daughter (7 months)
Cliancelor

Wife

Son (18 years)

Sou (17 years)

Daughter (15 years)
Chancelor

Wife

Daughter (18 years)

Daughter (17 years)
Consular secretary

Wife

Son (17 years)
Consular secretary

Wife

Sou (4 years)

Daughter (2 years)

Maid
Consular secretary
Wife

Daughter (7 years)

Son (1^ years)

Maid
Consular secretary
Wife

Daughter (13 years)

Son (2 years)
Consular secretary

Wife

Daughter (9 months)

JtJLT 19, 1941

Georg Schadt
Rosa Schadt
Walter Schadt
Donald Schadt

Clerk
Wife

Son (10 years)
Son (6 years)

EMPLOYEES

Fritz Kellermeier

Else Kellermeier

Otto Borsdorf

Minna Borsdorf

Lotte Borsdorf

Walter H. Schellenberg

Gotthard Raehmel

Hans Raven

Heinrich Moritz Schaf-

hausen
Fritz Zeglin
Bertha Zeglin
Margot Zeglin
Wilhelm Frerichs
Margot Magda Emmy

Frerichs
Josef Franz Bauer
Wolfgang Manner
Beatrice Manner
Sigrid Manner
Margarete Manner
Wilhelm Engel-Emden
Margarethe Engel
Frieda Sachs
Pauline Uhrig
Ruth Uhrig
Richard Uhrig
Elsa Fastenrath
Emil Fastenrath
Klara Koch
Anna Alles
Liese Busche
Elisabeth Schellenberg
Maria Susanne Etzel
Anneliese Janke
Louise LoefEke
Anneliese Prinz
Gertraude Erika Christier
Anneliese Fischer
Marie Louise Roessler

Assistant

Wife
Assistant

Wife

Daughter (12 years)
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant

Assistant

Wife

Daughter (5 years)
Assistant

Wife (stenographer)

Assistant
Clerk

Wife

Daughter (2 years)

Daughter (3 months)
Night watchman

Wife
Stenographer

Sister

Niece (15 years)

Nephew (7 years)
Stenographer

Husband
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer,
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer (Haiti-

more)

MISCELLANEOUS

Gebmait Consulate in Philadelphia, Pa,
officials

Erich Windels
Liddy Windels
Emma Kohlstrunk
Heinrich Schafhausen
Josephine Schafhausen
Alexandra Schafhausen

Consul general
Wife
Cook
Vice consul
Wife
Daughter (28 years)

EMPLOYEES

Ernst Matthias
Hanna Matthias
Dieter Matthias

Assistant
Wife
Son (2 months)

German Consulate General in San Francisco, Calif.

OFFICIALS

Fritz Wiedemann
Anna-Luise Wiedemann
Eduard Wiedemann
Anna Hafner
Otto Denzer
Gertrud Denzer
Hermann Loeper
Emmi Loeper
Helmut Rubarth
Hildegard Rubarth

Consul general

Wife

Son

Housekeeper

Vice consul

Wife
Chancelor

Wife
Consular secretary

Wife

employees

Kurt Beyer
Margit Beyer
Eleanore Beyer
Christel Wagener
Erna Schrader
Margarethe Lange
Hedwig von Wrangel
Ingeborg Moerschner
Annl Jijrgens
Friedo Petersen

Assistant

Wife

Daughter (11 years)
Stenographer
Stenographer
Stenographer

Aunt
Stenographer

Mother
Night watchman

German Consulate in St. Louis, Mo.

OFFICIAIS

Agnes Nostitz
Walpurga Weber

Widow of Heinz Nostitz
Maid

Herbert Diel
Margarete Diel
Friedrich Ernst Miiller
Katharina MiiUer
Susanne MiiUer
Alois Schneider

Consul general

Wife
First consular secretary

Wife

Daughter (18 years)
Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BTJLLETIN

EMFLOTBES

John Rehm

Employee

Eva Opderbeck

Stenographer

Anna Rehm

Wife

Etidolf Opderbeck

Husband

Magnus Sander

Employee

Rudolf Georg Opderbeck

Son (2 years)

Hermine Sander

Wife

Alfred Schorsch

Assistant

Wenier Schade

Employee

Johanna Schorsch

Mother

Edith Schade

Wife

Elisabeth Schorsch

Wife

Elisabeth Josepha Schuster

Employee

Alfred Schorsch

Son (12 years)

Paul S'eLfert

Employee

Rudolf Schorsch

Son (10 years)

Paul Seifert

Father

Hertha Bell

Stenographer

Paula Seifert

Mother

John Beil

Husband

Karl Seifert

Brother

Herbert Beil

Son (9 years)

Hildegard Wenzel

Employee

Emilie Beltz

Mother

Ingeborg Weldhaas

Employee

Walter Ernst Weidhaas

Father

MISCEIXANEiOUS

Friedrich Zimmer

Employee

Elisabeth Zimmer

Wife

Marie Lehnert

Wife of consular sec-

Karl Eduard Laser

Employee

retary August Leh-

Emily Laser

Wife

nert, at the German

Karl Laser

Son

Legation in Ciuflad

Lorraine Laser

Daughter

Trujillo, Dominican

Martha Laser

Daughter

Republic

Anna Koerner

Employee

Gertrud Lehnert

Daughter (7 years)

Ernst Kordel

Employee

Thea Adelgunde Kordel

Wife

Gekman Libkakt

OF Information

Charlotte Winder

Stenographer

IN New Yoke, N. Y.

Marie Alles

Stenographer

EMPLOYEES

Elisabeth Krakau

Stenographer

Hermine Moser

Stenographer

Dr. Matthias F. Schmitz

Director of Library of
Information

Fritz Treiber

Employee

Elisabeth Schmitz

Wife

MISCEIXANBOUS

Rolf Guenther Schmitz

Son (6 years)

Heinz Dieter Schmitz

Son (3 years)

of Guenther

Gerhard Adler

Employee

Ecknig, em-

Curt Alwardt

Assistant

Rudolf Ernst Ecknig

Father

ployee who

Max Albrecht Blank

Employee

Martha Hedwig Ecknig

Mother'

left United

Anni Blank

Wife

States re-

Gertrud Anna Margarethe

Employee

cently

Esen

of Wilheim

Hermann Esen

Husband

Heinemann,

Walter Rudolf Fischer

Employee

Kaethe Heinemann

Wife

employee
who left
United
States

Werner August GrafC

Employee

Marlene Heinemann

Daughter

Wilhelmine Kaup

Employee

(4 years)

Adolf Kaup

Husband

Gerda E. Kaup

Daughter (2 years)

recently

Erwin Kempin

Employee

Margarete Kempin

Wife

German Nationals Who Abe Not Government

Herman Krachenfels

Assistant

Offictals

Kaethe Krachenfels

Wife
Assistant

Dr. Kurt Rieth
Eugen Buerk

Wilheim Krippendorf

Engineer, Chicago, 111.

Therese Krippendorf

Wife

Karl Hoffmann

Employee of German

Stefan Kuehn

Assistant

Legation at Habana,

Johanna Kuehn

Wife

Cuba

Alfred Liesegang

Employee

Charlotte Hoffmann

Wife

Helmut Majewski

Employee

Jens Peter Hoffmann

Son (5 years)

Margot Meier

Employee

Hoffmann (Christian name

(3 years)

Pauline Meier

Mother

unknown)

Paul Heinrich Penzhom

Employee

Erika Hoffmann

(3 ir

lonths)

JTTLY 19, 1941

Gebman Raileoads Office

ITAUAN Vice Consui-ate in Ai.hant, N. Y.

BMPLOTEE8

Ernst .Srhniitz

Anna Sfhmitz
Franz Berz
Hans Portaek
Arthur Qucitscli
Maria Eclitha Queitsth
Charlie Werner Queltseh
Gustav Schiwek

Charlotte Schiwek
Elisabeth Bogner
Henry C. Tange

Marjorie Constance Tangp
Manfred Nier

General manager of the
German Railroads
Information Office
in New York
Wife

Stepson (21 years)
Director of publication
Boolckeeper and cashier
Wife

Son (16 years)
Manager, mailing de-
partment
Wife
Secretary

Clerk, information de-
partment
Wife
Clerk, information de-
partment

Ship Physicians
Dr. Gerhard Brecher

Mrs. Gerhard Brecher
Dr. Schnitzler

Mrs. Mary Agnes Schnitzler

Assistant at the Brews-
ter Hospital, Jack-
sonville, Fla.
Wife
Assistant at the Brews-
ter Hospital, Jack-
sonville, Fla.
Wife

Transocean News SEB\^c■E in New York, N. Y.

EMPLOYEES

Dr. Manfred Zapp

Edgar Sellmann

Guenther Tonn

Siri Lewaldt

Heinz Theodor Lewaldt

George F. Lewaldt

Ernest Kotz

Kathe Kotz

Ernest Guenther

Hildegard M. Guenther

Editor
Editor
Editor
Stenographer^

Son

Son
Editor

Wife
Editor

Wife

[Released to the press July 15]

Names of Italian consular officials and em-
ployees, and members of their families, sched-
uled to leave the United States for Lisbon on
the S.S. West Point, sailing from New York
on July 16, 1941, follow :

Ignazio Sanfelice del marches! di

Vice consul

Monteforte

Marcella Ruoeco

Maid

Renato Roncati

Clerk

Italian Consl-late in B

.\LT1M0KE, MD.

Eugenic Morreale

Consul

Emilia Morreale

Wife

Margherita Morreale

Daughter

Maria Morreale

Daughter

Gabriella Morreale

Daughter

Luigia Zanor

Maid

Italian Consulate General

IN Boston, Mass.

Francesco Cancellario D'Alena

Consul general

Nilde Cancellario D'Alena

Wife

Maria Pia Cancellario D'Alena

Daughter

Nazzareno Boccini

Chauffeur

Clelia Orfei

Maid

Antonio Francalancia

Clerk

Giacinta Emilia Francalancia

Wife

Mercurio Nicola Antonio Fran-

Son

calancia

Nicolina Francalancia

Daughter

Laura Filomena Francalancia

Daughter

Italo Manfredo Francalancia

Son

Margherita Francalancia

Daughter

Emilia Cecilia Francalancia

Daughter

Carlo Durigon

Clerk

Ada Durigon

Wife

Mario Conti

Clerk

Italian Consulate General

in Chicago, III.

Riccardo Moscati

Consul general

Giuseppe Dall'Agnol

Chancelor

Lorenzo Baiocchi

Clerk

Pietro Colbertaldo

Clerk

Raflaela Colbertaldo

Wife

Giovanni Colbertaldo

Son

Maria Colbertaldo

Mother

Piergentile Testaguzza

Clerk

Italian Consulate in Cleveland, Ohio

Romeo Montecchi

Consul

Isabella Montecchi

Wife

Carlo Fumagalli

Clerk

Achille Martinengo

Clerk

Tonina Martinengo

Wife

Roberto Martinengo

Son

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Italian Consui-ate in Denveb, Colo.

Giovanni Formichella
Anny Formichella
Leopoldo Formicliella
Umberto Formichella
Benito Formichella
Romano Formichella
Maria Naldo

Consul
Wife
Son
Son
Son
Son
Maid

Italian Consulab Agency in Fokt Worth, Tex.
Attilio Ortolan! Consular agent

Italian Vice Consulate at Houston, Tex.
Luigi Nassano Acting vice consul

Italian Consulab Agency in Indian.^polis, Ii\n.
Vicenzo Lapenta Consular agent

Italian Consular Agency in Johnstown, Pa.
Angelo V. JanneUi Consular agent

Italian Consular Agency in Lawrence, Mass.

Ottario D'Amato
Adelina D'Amato

Consular agent
Wife

Italian Consulate in Los Angeles, Calif.

Dlno Semplicini Consul

Violetta Semplicini Wife

Alberta Grimaldi Liebman Clerk

Valerio Liebman Son

Antonietta Albert! Clerk

Gladys Sada Clerk

It.^lian Consulate in Netnv Orleans, La.

Gian Gerolamo Chiavar! Consul

Enrico Tucci Servant

Sisto Vaiiin Servant

Maria Calcich Maid

Count Alessandro Manasse! Vice Consul

Countess Maryel Manassei Wife

Giovanni Manasse! Child

Alessandra Manassei Child

Julia Bertolot Maid

Albertino Bartolucci Clerk

Pietro Coutrucci Clerk

Roberto Tucci Clerk

Italian Consulate General in New York, N. Y.

Gaetano Vecchiotti Consul general

Cecilia Vecchiotti
Alfredo Spina
Umberto Caradossi
Cesare Pasquinelli
Hito Sadik

Wife

Chauffeur
Vice consul
Vice consul
Secretary

Angelina Castello
Michelina Cima
Francesco Maldera
Lucia Maldera
Mario Mai.strello
Maria Cogliolo
Raffaele Di Censo
Amelia Maghina
Antonietta Picone
Luigia Ferraris
Giuseppe Rossin!
Orazio Onomastico
Aldo Testa
Teresa Testa
Ida Rinaldi
Franca Rinaldi
Amedeo Re
Santina Re
Giuseppe Re
Carolina Nunziata Re
R imano Salvatore Re
Corrado Armierl
Tommaso Canale Parola
Antonietta Canale Parola
Matilde Canale Parola
Giuseppe De Martin
Salvatore Lucchesi
Marta Lucchesi
Francesca Lucchesi
Etta De Simone

Amedea Chilov!

Clerk

Clerk
Wife

Clerk

Clerk
Wife
Son

Daughter
Son

Clerk

Clerk
Wife
Daughter

Clerk

Clerk
Wife
Daughter

Wife of the Ital-
ian consul gen-
eral at Lugano,
Switzerland, re-
siding in New
York

Maid

Italian Consulate GENBUiAL in Phil.\delphia, Pa.

Ludovico Censi
Maria Censi
Michela Censi
Nicoletta Censi
Barbara Censi
Michele Macchiaroli
Nicolina Ciapi Mori
Annibale Di Febo

Consul general
Wife
Daughter
Daughter
Daughter

Clerk

Italian Vice Consulate in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Alessandro Capece Minutolo Vice consul

Mario Musella Clerk

Eugenio Morell! Clerk

Maddalena Filotto Clerk

Italian Vice Consulate in Providence, R. I.

Vincenzo Verderosa Acting vice

JULY 19, 1941

Italian Consui-ab Agency in Sacramento, Calif.

Arnaldo D'Auneo Acting consular

agent

Italian Consulate General in San Francisco, Calif.

Carlo Bossi
Olga Boss!
Gregorio Malerba
Raimondo Manziiii
Giovanni Mannu
Giovanna Mannu
Lucio Maria Mannu
Cecilia Barsanti Manciui
Carmelo Ilacqua
Francesco Valente
Italo Unti

Consul general

Wife

Servant
A'ice consul
Clerk

Wife

Son
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk

Italian Consulate in Seattle, Wash.
Antonio Toscani Millo Consul

Giuseppe Bovio
Fernanda Muscolo

Clerk
Clerk

Italian Consular Agency in Springfield, Mass.
Rosario Gori Consular agent

Italian Vice Consulate in St. Louis, Mo.

Alessandro Savorgnan
Rosetta Savorgnan
Elda Richieri
Enrico Gironda
Mario March!

Vice consul

Wife
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk

Italian Consular Agency in Vicksbubg, Miss.
Andrea Bucci Consular agent

Italian Consular Agency in Wilmington, Del.
Carmine Vignola Consular agent

Italian Consltlar Agency in Yonkebs, N. Y.
Edoardo Bertolini

Giovanna Bertolini
Maria Rosa Bertolini
Giorgio Bertolini

Acting consular
agent
Wife
Daughter
Son

Italian Totjrist Information Office in Chicago, III.

Erminio Osti

Muriel Osti Wife

Alessandra Osti Daughter

It.\ijan Totjrist Information Office in New York,
N. Y.

Luigo Carlo Paladini

Allene Paladini Wife

Guglielmo Maggini Clerk

Bianca Maggini Wife

Instituto Nazionale Cambi con l'Estebo in New York,
N. Y.

Luigi Podesta

Representative

Italian Ministry of Corpouations in New York, N. Y.

Ovidio Lefebvre d'Ovidio
Maria Lefebvre d'Ovidio

Officer
Wife

Connected With the Italian Commission to the
New York World's Fair

Armando Tosi
Angelo Coen Brocca
Ruggero Astolfi
Giuseppe Carta
Luigi Spaggiari

Miscellaneous

Antonio Manfredini

Graduate student
at the Colorado
School of Mines,
Golden, Colo.

The Near East

SAFETY OF AMERICANS IN SYRIA AND
LEBANON

[Released to the press July 18]

The American Consul General in Beirut has
informed the Department that, following the
signing of the armistice, all American citi-
zens in Syria and Lebanon are well, so far as
he has been able to ascertain, and that the
properties of American institutions have
suffered no damage.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Cultural Relations

REDUCED POSTAGE RATES ON BOOKS
TO THE OTHER AMERICAN REPUB-
LICS

One of the immediate results of the present
program of inter-American cultural relations
has been the successful negotiation of agree-
ments for reduction of postage rates on books
going to the other American republics. It is
expected that these agi'eements will serve as
a very considerable impetus to the exchange
of publications, particularly in the field of
education.

The new lower rate is o cents per pound up
to 22 pounds, on books containing no publicity
or advertising other than that appearing on
the covers or flyleaves. The new rate is now
in effect to all of the other American republics.

The demand for books, particularly of the
scientific type and of the textbook type, has
greatly increased during the past year, and
the elimination of the obstacle of high postal
rates will undoubtedly create an even greater
demand than heretofore. The resulting in-
creased interchange of publications will serve
to stimulate the further growth of intellectual
ties between the United States and the other
American republics.

The Postal Bulletin of April 21, 1941 gives
a detailed description of the material which
may be mailed under this rate. The specifi-
cations are as follows:

Packages of books mailed at the new rate
should be plainly endorsed by the mailers
"Book" or "Books". The dimensions for such
packages shall be the same as for letters and
other articles in the Postal Union (regular)
mails.

Among the publications to which the reduced
book rate applies, are the following :

Books permanently bound by stitching or stapling,
or by means of spiral or plastic binding, when cov-
ered with paper, cloth, leather, or other substantial
material.

Books enclosed in the usual paper jackets bearing
advertisements of other books.

Music books in regular bound form.

Books consisting largely of pictures, illustrations,
maps, such as a view book or atlas.

Bibles with customary incidental space for
family record.

The above-mentioned postage rate does not
apply to the following :

Annual reports of organizations and Institutions :
also reports or minutes of their conventions or other
meetings published primarily for the benefit of
members.

Books containing advertisements, even though
incidental, of other things than books, as, for in-
stance, playing cards, merchandise, services, etc.

Books of the loose-leaf binder type, which are not
complete or permanent when mailed but to which
other pages are sub.sequently to be added.

Reports of corporations sent to stockholders.

House organs, including publications designed
to promote the commercial interests of a firm or
organization.

Trade directories in which the listings are paid
for.

Telephone directories.

Publications entered as second-class matter.

Publications consisting of pictures to be colored
or cut out.

Publications, including textbooks, having blank
spaces for written ans-wers or other hand work.

Periodical publications.

Sheet music.

Bound volumes of publications entered as .second-
class matter.

Promotional publications of nonprofit organiza-
tions or institutions, such as schools, colleges,
churches, fraternal societies, etc.

Books in any other than final or permanent form.

Publications furnished as a part of a service.

Publications relating to furniture, household ar-
ticles, decorations, etc., in which reference is made
by name to the concerns manufacturing or handling
the article featured.

Fi-eight and passenger tariffs.

Directories or lists of members published in the
interest of the organizations publishing the same.

The following are the only permissible en-
closures with books mailed at the reduced rate :

A single order form, and a single sheet not
larger than approximately the size of a page, re-
lating exclusively to the book with which enclosed.

An invoice showing the price, etc., of the book
may also be enclosed.

JULY 19, 1941

PROFESSORS FROM THE UNITED
STATES TO TEACH AT NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA

A recent despatch from the United States
Embassy in Panama contains the information
that a number of professors from the United
States have been appointed to teaching posts at
the National University of Panama.

Dr. Jeptha B. Dmican, Kector of the National
University of Panama, who was awarded a
travel grant to visit the United States at the
invitation of the Department of State, expressed
a desire during his stay in this country to obtain
the services of a number of our professors for
teaching positions at the university. Arrange-
ments were accordingly made to carry out this
program, and as a result several teachers are
already in Panama or are expected to arrive
shortly.

Those, who have taken up residence in the
university as a result of Dr. Duncan's plan in-
clude the following: Dr. Gaston Litton, pro-
fessor of libary science; Mr. Paul Peavy, pro-
fessor of English and English literature; Dr.
Patrick Romanell, professor of philosophy ; Dr.
Myron Schaeffer, professor of musical appre-
ciation, and Mr. John Cook Ward, professor of
English and English literature. Dr. Sydney
Markham, professor of ait appreciation, is
expected to arrive in the near future.

In addition to the professors mentioned above,
it is understood that final selection will shortly
be made of a professor of journalism,^a profes-
sor of economics and a professor of comparative
anatomv from the United States.

Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bulletin:

Regulations Relating to Transactions in Foreign Ex-
change : General License No. 53 under Executive Order
No. 8389. April 10, 1&40, as Amended, and Regula-
tions Issued Pursuant Thereto [licensing, under cer-
tain conditions, transactions ordinarily incident to im-
porting and exporting of goods between the United

States and any of the American republics, and also
Canada, or between the American republics, and also
Canada, by or on behalf of, or involving property of,
a national of a blocked country]. (Treasury Depart-
ment.) Federal RegiHter, July 19, 1941 (vol. 0, no.
140), p. 3.556.

Export Control Sohodule No. 13 [adding to, effective
July 12, 1941, the forms, conversions, and derivatives
of aircraft parts, equipment, and accessories other than
those listed in Proclamation No. 2237 of May 1, 1937
(item 4a of Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940)].
(Administrator of Export Control.) Federal Register,
July 16, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 137), p. 3477.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division
MILITARY MISSION

DETAIL OF A UNITED STATES MILITARY MISSION TO
COSTA RICA

In response to the request of the Government
of Costa Rica, an agreement was signed on July
14, 1941, at 3 o'clock by the Honorable Sumner
Welles, Acting Secretary of State, and Senor
Dr. Don Luis Fernandez, Minister of Costa Rica
at Washington, providing for the detail of a
United States Militai-y Mission to Costa Rica.

The agreement is effective for a period of four
years beginning with the date of signature. The
services of the Mission may be extended beyond
that period at the request of the Government of
Costa Rica.

The provisions of the agi'eement are similar
in general to provisions contained in agreements
between the United States and certain other
American republics concerning the detail of offi-
cers of the United States Army or Navy to ad-
vise the armed forces of those countries. In
addition to the provisions regarding its purpose
and duration, the agreement contains provisions
in regard to certain requisites and conditions
affecting the fulfilment of the terms of the agree-
ment, and provisions in regard to compensation.

Such agreements are in effect at this time with
respect to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nica-
ragua, Peru, and Venezuela.

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The Foreign Service

FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATIONS

On July 11, 1941 the President signed Execu-
tive Order 8820 amending the Foreign Service
Regulations of the United States (Chapter
XXI : Nationality, Passports, Registration, and
Protection) . For text of this order see the Fed-
eral Register of July 15, 1941 (vol. 6, no. 136),
pages 3421-3422.

Legislation

luter-Aniei-icau Highway: Hearings Before the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives,
Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 1544, an
Act To Provide for Cooperation With Central American
Republics in the Construction of the Inter-American
Highway. June 3, 1941. ii, 33 pp.

An Act To authorize the course of Instruction at the
United States Naval Academy to be given to not ex-
ceeding twenty persons at a time from the American
republics, other than the United States. [S. 207.] Ap-
proved July 14, 1941. (Public Law 168, 77th Cong.,
1st sess.) 1 p.

An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing
the temporary detail of John L. Savage, an employee of
the United States, to service under the government of
the State of New South Wales, Australia, and the gov-
ernment of the Punjab, India" (Act of June 29, 1940,

Public, Numbered 678, Seventy-sixth Congress, third
session). [S. 1488.] Approved July 14, 1941. (Public
Law 172, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 1 p.

Inter American Statistical Institute : Communication
From the President of the United States Transmitting
Recommendation for Consideration of a Report of the
Acting Secretary of State Asking for Legislation To
Enable the United States To Become an Adliering Mem-
ber of the Inter American Statistical Institute, and To
Authorize an Annual Appropriation for the Payment
of the Share of the United States in Support of the In-
stitute. (H. Doc. 317, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 4 pp.

Publications

Department of State

Diplomatic List, July 1941. Publication 1617. ii, 101
pp. Subscription, $1 a year; single copy, 100.

Detail of Military OflS^er To Serve as Director of Poly-
technic School of Guatemala : Agreement Between the
United States of America and Guatemala — Signed May
27, 1941 ; effective May 27, 1941. Executive Agreement
Series 208. Publication 1618. 10 pp. 5«;.

Transit of Military Aircraft: Agreement Between the
United States of America and Mexico — Signed at Wash-
ington April 1, 1941 ; proclaimed April 28, 1941. Treaty
Series 971. 6 pp. 5^.

Other Government Agencies

Italian Commercial Policy and Foreign Trade, 1922-
1940 [from the beginning of the Fascist regime in 1922
to Italy's entry into the war in June 1040]. (U. S.
Tariff Commission.) xiii, 284 pp. 300.

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ontents

The Far East

Japanese military d-marche in Indochina: Statement

by Acting Secretary of State Welles

Informal remarks of the President to the volunteer

participation committee

Freezing of Japanese and Chinese assets in the United

States

American Republics

Boimdary dispute between Peru and Ecuador ....

Europe

Exchange of representatives between the United States
and India

Exchange by the United States and Germany of de-
tained nationals

General

Laying of cornerstone of new wing of Norwegian Lega-
tion: Remarks by Acting Secretary of State Welles .

American nationality

Control of exports in national defense

The Department

Division of World Trade Intelligence

Use of the original records of the Department of State .
Appointment of officers

International Conferences, Commissions, Etc.
Fifth Congress of the Postal Union of the Americas and
Spain

Commercial Policy

Supplemental trade-agreement negotiations with Cuba .

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Treaty Information Page

Promotion of peace: Treaty With the Union of South
Africa Amending the Treaty for the Advancement of
Peace With Great Britain, Signed September 15,

1914 81

Militaiy mission: Agreement With Haiti 81

Commerce: Declaration on the Juridical Personality of

Foreign Companies 82

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 82

Legislation 83

Regulations 83

Publications 84

The Far East

JAPANESE MILITARY DEMARCHE IN INDOCHINA

STATEMENT BY ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE WELLES

[Released to the press July 24]

In response to inquiries by press correspond-
ents, the Acting Secretary made the following
statement :

"It will be recalled that in 1940 the Japanese
Government gave expression on several occa-
sions to its desire that conditions of disturbance
should not spread to the region of the Pacific,
with special references to the Netherlands East
Indies and French Indochina. This desire was
expressly concurred in by manj' other govern-
ments, including the Government of the United
States. In statements by this Government, it
was made clear that any alteration in the exist-
ing status of such areas by other than peaceful
processes could not but be prejudicial to the
security and peace of the entire Pacific area
and that this conclusion was based on a doctrine
which has universal application.

"On September 23, 1940, referring to the
events then rapidly happening in the Indo-
cliina situation, the Secretary of State stated
that it seemed obvious that the existing situa-
tion was being upset and that the changes were
being achieved under duress. Present develoj)-
ments relating to Indochina provide clear in-
dication that further changes are now being
effected under duress.

"The present unfortunate situation in which
the French Government of Vichy and the
French Government of Indochina find them-
selves is, of course, well known. It is only too
clear that they are in no position to i-esist the
pressure exercised upon them.

"There is no doubt as to the attitude of the
Government and people of the United States
toward acts of aggression carried out by use or
threat of armed force. That attitude has been
made abundantly clear.

"By the course which it has followed and is
following in regard to Indochina, the Japanese
Government is giving clear indication that it is
determined to pursue an objective of expansion
by force or threat of force.

"There is not apparent to the Government
of the United States anj' valid ground upon
which the Japanese Government would be war-
ranted in occupying Indochina or establishing
bases in that area as measures of self-defense.

"There is not the slightest ground for belief
on the part of even the most credulous that the
Governments of the United States, of Great
Britain, or of the Netherlands have any ter-
i-itorial ambitions in Indochina or have been
planning any moves which could have been
regarded as threats to Japan. This Govern-
ment can, therefore, only conclude that the
action of Japan is undertaken because of the
estimated value to Japan of bases in that region
primarily for purposes of further and more
obvious movements of conquest in adjacent
areas.

"In the light of previous developments, steps
such as are now being taken by the Government
of Japan endanger the peaceful use by peace-
ful nations of the Pacific. They tend to jeop-
ardize the procurement by the United States

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of essential materials such as tin and rubber
wliich are necessary for the normal economy of
this country and the consummation of our de-
fense program. The purchase of tin, rubber,
oil, or other raw materials in the Pacific area
on equal terms with other nations requiring
these materials has never been denied to Japan.

The steps which the Japanese Government has
taken also endanger the safety of other areas
of the Pacific, including the Philippine Islands.
"Tlie Government and people of this country
fully realize that such developments bear
directly upon the vital problem of our national
security."

INFORMAL REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE VOLUNTEER
PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE '

1 Released to the press by the White House July 24]
[Excerpt]

There are lots of things that people don't
quite understand. You are an information
bureau to all of them. And I will give you
the example.

Here on the East Coast you have been read-
ing that the Secretary of the Interior, as Oil
Administrator, is faced with the problem of not
enougli gasoline to go around in the East Coast,
and how he is asking everybody to curtail their
consumjDtion of gasoline. All right. Now I
am — I miglit be called — an American citizen,
living in Hyde Park, N. Y. And I say, "That's
a funny thing. Why am I asked to curtail my
consumption of gasoline when I read in the
papers that thousands of tons of gasoline are
going out from Los Angeles — West Coast — to
Japan ; and we are helping Japan in what looks
like an act of aggression?"

All right. Now the answer is a very simple
one. There is a world war going on, and has
been for some time — nearlj' two years. One of
our efforts, from the very beginning, was to
prevent the s]n-ead of that world war in certain
areas where it hadn't started. One of those
areas is a place called tlie Pacific Ocean — one
of the largest areas of the earth. There hap-
pened to be a place in the South Pacific where
we had to get a lot of things — rubber, tin, and
so forth and so on — down in the Dutch Indies,
the Straits Settlements, and Indochina. And
we had to help get the Australian surplus of
meat and wheat, and corn, for England.

' July 24, 1941.

It was very essential, from our own selfish
point of view of defense, to prevent a war from
starting in the South Pacific. So our foreign
policy was — trying to stop a war from break-
ing out down tliere. At the same time, from
the point of view of even France at that time —
of course, France still had her head above
water — we wanted to keep that line of supplies
from Australia and New Zealand going to the
Near East — all their troops, all their supplies
that they have maintained in Syria, North
Africa, and Palestine. So it was essential for
Great Britain that we trj- to keep the peace
down there in the South Pacific.

All right. And now here is a nation called
Japan. ^Miether they had at that time aggres-
sive purposes to enlarge their empire south-
ward, tliey didn't have any oil of their own
up in the north. Now, if we cut the oil off,
they probably would have gone down to the
Dutch East Indies a year ago, and you would
have had war.

Therefore, there was — you might call — a
method in letting this oil go to Japan, with
the hope — and it has worked for two years —
of keeping war out of the South Pacific for
our own good, for the good of tlie defense of
Great Britain, and the freedom of the seas.

You people can help to enlighten the average
citizen who wouldn't hear of that, or doesn't
read the papers carefully, or listen to the radio
carefully, to understand what some of these
apparent anomalies mean. So, on the informa-
tion end, I think you have got just as great a
task as you have in the actual organization
work.

JULY 26, 1941 73

FREEZING OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES

[Released to the press by the White House July 25]

In view of the unlimited national emergency
declared bv the President, he issued, on July 25.
an P^xecutive order freezing Japanese assets in
the United States in the same manner in which
assets of various European countries were
frozen on June 14, 1941.- This measure, in
effect, brings all financial and import and ex-
]iort trade transactions in which Japanese in-
terests are involved under the control of the
Government and imposes criminal iienalties for
violation of the order.

This Executive order, just as the order of
June 14. 1941, is designed among other things
to prevent the use of the financial facilities of
the United States and trade between Japan and

F. R. n"15 (Ex. Or. 8S32).

the United States in ways harmful to national
defense and American interests, to prevent the
liquidation in the United States of assets ob-
tained by duress or conquest, and to curb sub-
vei-sive activities in the United States.

At the specific request of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek, and for the purpose of help-
ing the Chinese Government, the President has,
at the same time, extended the freezing control
to Chinese assets in the United States. The
administration of the licensing system with re-
spect to Chinese assets will be conducted with
a view to strengthening the foreign trade and
exchange position of the Chinese Government.
The inclusion of China in the Executive order,
in accordance with the wishes of the Chinese
Government, is a continuation of this Govern-
ment's policy of assisting China.

American Republics

BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN PERU AND ECUADOR

[Released to tbc press July 24]

The following telegram was sent, mutatis
mutandis, on July 24 by the Acting Secretarj'
of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, to the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Dr. Alfreelo Solf
y Muro, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Ecuador, Dr. Julio Tobar Donoso :

'•I desire to express to Your Excellency the
whole hearted support by the Government of
the United States of the appeal which has been
addressed to you and to His Excellency the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (Ecuador)
by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Argentine Republic in relation
to recent developments on the frontier between
Peru and Ecuador.

"I am sure that Your Excellency will agree
with me that it would be impossible for the
three powers which have offered their good

offices to assist in relieving the situation unless
immediate measures are taken to i-estore quiet
in the frontier region. I venture to express
the hope that Your Excellency will be able to
announce to the three Governments tendering
their good offices that such measures either
have been taken or may immediately be taken.
"I have had the honor of addressing an
identic message to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Peru (Ecuador)."

The following is a translation of the appeal
addressed, mutath mutandis., to the Govern-
ments of Peru and Ecuador by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Dr. Ruiz-
Guiiiazii :

"Press news which unfortunately seems to be
confirmed reports further incidents occurring
on the Peruvian-Ecuadoran border, in spite of

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the appeals made bj' all America to those two
countries coupled with fraternal desires for
peace which both Governments accepted with
words of noble adherence.

"At a time when in response to this common
aspiration, we are preparing to study the bases
for conciliation which have been offered, the
renewed aggravation of the conflict, the re-
sponsibility for which is not ours to determine,
delays a purpose which it is the duty of all,
at this hour, to maintain and to strengthen both
for the sake of continental unity and for the
spirit of solidarity with which we have, from
all our causes made a common cause.

"The Argentine Government therefore ad-
dresses a supreme appeal to the Government of
Peru (Ecuador) so that, conscious of its re-
sponsibilitj', and so far as is in its power, the
activities reported in the press be suspended,
with the view at least to permit an effective
start of the conciliation the proceedings which,
with such justified and necessary hopes were to
be initiated in Buenos Aires."'

Europe

EXCHANGE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND INDIA

[Released to the press July 21]

Tlie Government of the United States and
the British Government, in consultation with
the Government of India, have agreed to an
exchange of representatives on a reciprocal
basis between the United States and India.

It is expected that an American Foreign
Service officer will be designated to represent
the United States in the capacity of Connnis-
sioner at Delhi, the capital of India.

The representative of the Government of
India in the United States appointed by the

Governor General is Sir Girja Shankar Bajbai,
who will bear the designation of Agent General
for India in the United States and who, it is
understood, will assume his duties in Wash-
ington in the earlv autumn.

The nomination of Thomas M. Wilson, a
Foreign Service officer of class I, to act as
Commissioner of the United States of America
to India, with rank of Minister, was confirmed
by the Senate on July 24, 1941.

EXCHANGE BY THE UNITED STATES
AND GERMANY OF DETAINED NA-
TIONALS

As the result of an arrangement between the
United States and Germany, four American
citizens who had been held in custody bj- the
German authorities for alleged offenses of a
political nature have been exchanged for four
German nationals who had been detained ni
this country.

The American citizens are Jay Allen and
Richard Hottelet, American newspaper corre-
spondents,' and Frank Nelson and Ivan Jacob-
sen, former employees of the American Con-
sulate in Oslo, Norway. They are underetood
tc have departed from Germany with the
American consular group.

Three of the German nationals, Manfred
Zapp, Guenther Tonn, and Eugen Buerk, had
been charged with failure to register as agents
of a foreign principal in violation of the For-
eign Agent Registration Act of 1938,- and the
fourth, Kurt Rieth, had been held on charges
that he had made misrepresentations at the
time of his entry into the United States as a
temporary visitor in March 1941. The Ger-
mans sailed from the United States for Lisbon
July 16 on the West Point.

' See the BuUetin of March 22, 1941, p. 333.
- .^2 Stat. 631.

General

LAYING OF CORNERSTONE OF NEW WING OF NORWEGIAN LEGATION

REMARKS BY ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE WELLES =

[Released to the press July 22]

We are met here today to join in the dedi-
cation of the new wing of the Norwegian Lega-
tion in Washington.

These ceremonies are surely symbolic of the
hope and of the faith with which we meet.

Those of US who are citizens of the United
States are taking part in these dedication cere-
monies not only because of the welcome priv-
ilege which it affords us of rendering this trib-
ute to our traditional friends, the heroic people
of Norway, but also because we can thus best
evidence our conviction that the Kingdom of
Norway of the past, as we have known it, some
day — and we trust that day will come soon —
will once more be free and independent.

We here in the United States will always re-
member the superb courage with which the
Norwegian people fought in the defense of
their homes and of their liberties against the
overwhelmingly superior strength of an invader
who had treacherously taken them by surprise.
We know how bravely they are still fighting
with their allies on sea and land in many parts
of the world.

We shall always remember the heroism of
their Monarch and of their Crown Prince.
And we have heard with emotion the words of
that same Monarch when he said to his people
only a few days ago, "Hold out. Don't lose
courage. And be assured that Norway will
once again be free and independent, provided
that we all continue to do our duty and our
utmost to reach our goal in the battle which is
now being fought."

Those words seem to us to exemplify the soul
of a people which will never admit defeat and
which will never be cowed by alien domination.

But in a larger sense, these ceremonies con-

'July 22, 1941.

stitute an act of faith in the ultimate victory of
the forces of human liberty ; in the triumph of
civilization itself over the forces of barbarism.

I feel that there are joined with us in spirit
here today, as silent witnesses, the peoples of all
of the other counti-ies which have been merci-
lessly overrun during these past two years. I
know that they believe as we do that out of this
holocaust into which the nations of the earth
have been plunged by the criminal obsession of
world conquest of one man and of the satellites
who surround him, there can come no peace
until the Hitlerite government of Germany has
been finally and utterly destroyed.

For I am confident that the cause of liberty
and of freedom will not go down to defeat.
The determination and courage of free men and
women everywhere must now be exercised to the
full limit of endurance until their victory is
won.

And yet, I do not doubt that millions are
asking tonight — millions in England and in
China — millions of enslaved peoples in Nor-
way and in the other countries now temporarily
occupied — millions in the countries which have
not experienced war — yes, and millions in Ger-
many and in Italy — are asking, What does the
future hold for us after this struggle is over?

Does the end of the present carnage mean
only a return to ruined homes; to the graves
of slaughtered wives and children; to poverty
and want; to social upheaval and economic
chaos ; to the same gray and empty years of con-
fusion and bitterness, so barren in vision and
in human accomplishment, which marked the
decades after the termination of the last war?

It seems to me that those of us who are for-
tunate enough to be able to live as citizens of
the free American republics have our great
responsibility in the framing of the answer
to that question.

For we all of us now see clearly, if we did
not before, that no matter how great our Ameri-
can capacity for defense may be, no matter how
perfect our hemispheric system may become,
our future welfare must inevitably be contingent
upon the existence in the rest of the world of
equally peace-minded and equally secure peoples
who not only will not, but cannot, become a
source of potential danger to us in the New
World.

I feel it is not premature for me to suggest
that the free governments of peace-loving na-
tions everywhere should even now be consider-
ing and discussing the way in which they can
best prepare for the better day which must
come, when the present contest is ended in the
victory of the forces of liberty and of human
freedom and in the crushing defeat of those
who are sacrificing mankind to their own lust
for power and f<n- loot.

At the end of the last war, a great President
of the United States gave his life in the struggle
to further the realization of the splendid vision
which he had held up to the eyes of suffering
humanity — tlie vision of an ordered world
governed by law.

The League of Nations, as he conceived it,
failed in part because of the blind selfishness of
men here in the United States as well as in
other parts of the world; it failed because of
its utilization by certain powei's primarily to
advance their own political and commercial am-
bitions; but it failed chiefly because of the fact
that it was forced to operate, by those who dom-
inated its councils, as a moans of maintaining
the sfahis quo. It was never enabled to operate
as its chief spokesman had intended, as an elas-
tic and impartial instrument in bringing about
peaceful and equitable adjustments between na-
tions as time and circumstance proved necessary.

Some adequate instrumentality must unques-
tionably be found to achieve such adjustments
when the nations of the earth again undertake
the task of restoring law and order to a disas-
trously shaken world.

But whatever the mechanism which may be
devised, of two things I am unalterably
convinced :

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

First, that the abolition of offensive arma-
ments and the limitation and reduction of de-
fensive armaments and of the tools which make
the construction of such armaments possible,
can only be undertaken through some rigid form
of international super-vasion and control, and
that without such practical and essential control
no real disarmament can ever be achieved ; and

Second, that no peace which may be made
in the future would be valid or lasting unless
it established fully and adequately the natural
rights of all peoples to equal economic enjoy-
ment. So long as any one people or any one
government possesses a monopoly over natural
resources or raw materials which are needed by
all peoples, there can be no basis for a world
order based on justice and on peace.

I cannot believe that people of good-will
will not once more strive to realize the great
ideal of an association of nations through which
the freedom, the happiness, and the security of
all peoples may be achieved.

That word, security, represents the end upon
which tlie hearts of men and women eveiywhere
today are set.

Whether it be security from bombing from
the air, or from mass destruction; Mhether it
be security from want, disease, and starvation;
whether it be security in enjoying that in-
alienabk^ riglit which everj- human being should
possess of living out his life in peace and happi-
ness, people throughout the length and breadth
of the world are demanding security, and free-
dom from fear.

That is the objective before us all today — to
try to find the means of bringing that to pass.

"Not in vain the distance beacons."

AMERICAN NATIONALITY

Additional regidations issued pursuant to the
Nationality Act of 1940 governing procedure
for overcoming presumption of expatriation
were issued jointly on July 12, 1941 by the
Department of State and the Department of
Justice. The full text of the regulations in
codified form is printed in the Federal Regis-
ter of July 22, 1941, pages 3581 and 3579. For
previous regulations, see the BuUsthi of Jan-
uary 4, 1941, page 9.

JULY 2 6, 194 1

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN
NATIONAL DEFENSE

Collectors of customs were informed on Jul}'
21 as follows:

"General license GUS-H 19 has been issued
today authorizing: exportations to Panama of
articles and materials subject to export control
requii-ed for hi<Thwa}' projects under super-
vision Public Koads Administration. License
GUS-H 9 authorizes same exportations to Costa
Rica and GUS-H 18 to Nicaragua. You are
authorized to permit such exportations against
these general licenses only when presented with
certification by United States Despatch Agent
that material meets above specified require-
ments."

Collectors of customs were informed on July
24, 1941 that the following general licenses have
been issued to become effective immediately:

Canada

Great
Britain

Philip-
pine
Islands

Derris root, squill, cube root, pyre-

GKU 1

GKR 1
GKX 1

GKO 1
GKWl

GKU 2

GKR 2
GKX 2

GKG 2
GKW2

GKU 63

Alkyd resins, urea formaldehyde resins,
and phenol formaldehyde resins

GKR 63
GKX 63

Acetic acid, acetic aldehyde, and formal-

GKG 63

GKW 63

The following general licenses have been
issued to become effective August 1, ,1941, as
follows:

Canada

Great
Britain

Philip-
pine
Islands

GKW:
OKY I
GKZ 1

GKW 2
GKY 2
GKZ 2

GKW 63

Butyl Acetate

GKY 63

GKZ 63

"Reference is made to the President's procla-
mation of July 17, 1941,^ regarding exports to
blocked nationals, and to the list of such
blocked nationals which has been furnished
you by the Commissioner of Customs."

"The regulations applicable to exportations
to consignees named in the list of blocked na-
tionals shall be effective on and after July 27,
1941. On and after July 27 both an export
license and an official statement of the fact that
it has been determined that the prohibition of
the exportation would work unusual hardships
on American interests should be required in re-
spect to exportations to the consignees named
in the list of blocked nationals in accordance
with the President's proclamation of July 17.

"The requirement that the name and address
of each ultimate consignee be set forth either in
the export declaration or in a document sub-
mitted as a supplement thereto shall become
effective on August 11, 1941. A statement re-
garding this requirement appears in Export
Control Schedule Z, copies of which are be-
ing furnished you by the Commissioner of
Customs." '

[Released to the press July 24]

In accordance with the provisions of the
Executive order of March 15, 1941, the Secre-
tary of State on July 24 issued general license
no. GIT-P/CA, which authorizes the passage
through the Canal Zone, without the require-
ment of an individual export license, of in-
transit shipments of articles and materials
under export control to Panama from all other
foreign destinations and from Panama to all
other foreign destinations. This license applies
only in respect to shipments which are im-
ported into or exported from Panama and which
pass in transit through the Canal Zone.

On July 23, 1941, collectors of customs were
informed as follows :

'■ Bulletin of July 19, 1941, p. 41.
'6 F.R. 3557.
• 6 F.R. 3584.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The Department

DIVISION OF WORLD TRADE
INTELLIGENCE

The following departmental order (no. 956)
was signed by the Acting Secretary of State on
July 21, 1941 :

"There is hereby established in the Depart-
ment of State a Division of World Trade In-
telligence, the routing symbol of which will be
WT, to handle the activities and problems en-
visaged in the President's Proclamation of July
17, 1941, relating to trade with aliens whose
interests are inimical to the United States.

"Mr. John S. Dickey is designated Acting
Chief of the Division which will function in
its present quarters in the Department of Com-
merce Building under the general administra-
tive supervision of Assistant Secretary Dean
Acheson in close collaboration with the Division
of Commercial Affairs and the other divisions
and offices of the Department concerned. . . .

"The provisions of this Order shall be
effective on July 21, 1941."

USE OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Released to the press July 21]

The following departmental order (no. 95c>)
was signed by the Acting Seci'etary of State on
July 18, 194l":

"By Departmental Order 796 of June 19,
1939,^ the confidential or unpublished records
of the Department prior to December 31, 1918
were made available for consultation by persons
who are not officials of the United States Gov-
ernment, subject to conditions set forth in that
order. The provisions of that order are hereby

amended to make available to such persons the
lecords of the Department up to January 1,
1921, with the exception of the Department's
unpublished records concerning the Paris Peace
Conference of 1919 and related subjects. After
the publication of the Paris Peace Conference
volumes of Foreign Relations of the United
States, consideration will be given to the possi-
bility of making the records on the Peace Con-
ference and related subjects available to quali-
fied persons."

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

By Departmental Order 958, the Acting Sec-
retary of State designated Miss Marjorie Moss
as an Assistant Chief of the Visa Division,
effective on the date of the order, July 24, 1941.

International Conferences,
Commissions, Etc.

' Bulletin of July 1, 1939, p. 10.

FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE POSTAL
UNION OF THE AMERICAS AND
SPAIN

[Released to the press July 22]

This Government has accepted the invitation
of the Brazilian Government to participate in
the Fifth Congress of the Postal Union of
the Americas and Spain, which will convene at
Rio de Janeiro on September 1, 1941, and the
President has approved the designation of the
following persons as the official delegates on the
part of the United States :

Mr. John E. Lamlell, director, International Postal

Service, Post Office Department
Mr. George R. Hartman. chief of section, International

Postal Service, Post Office Department

Tlie United States is a member of the Postal
Union of the Americas and Spain and con-
tributes an annual sum toward the expenses of
the International Office of the Union.

Commercial Policy

SUPPLEMENTAL TRADE-AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA

[Released to the press July 26]

On July 26, 1941 the Acting Secretnry of
State issued formal notice of intention to nego-
tiate a trade agreement with the Government
of Cuba supplemental to the agreement con-
cluded August 24, 1934 as amended by the sup-
plementary agreement signed on December 18,
1939.=

The Committee for Reciprocity Information
issued simultaneously a notice setting the dates
for the submission to it of information and
views in writing and of applications to appear
at public hearings to be held by the Committee,
and fixing the time and place for the opening
of the hearings.

There follows a list of products which will
come under consideration for the possible grant-
ing of concessions by the Government of the
United States. Representations which inter-
ested pereons may wish to make to the Com-
mittee for Reciprocity Information need not be
confined to tlie articles appearing on this list
but may cover any article of actual or potential
interest in the import or export trade of the
United States with Cuba. However, only the
articles contained in the list issued July 26 or
in any supplementary list issued later will come
under consideration for the possible granting of
concessions by the Government of the United
States.

Suggestions with i-egard to the form and con-
tent of presentations addressed to the Commit-
tee for Reciprocity Information are included
in a statement released by that Committee on
December 13, 1937.

Lisit of Products on Which the United States
Will Consider Granting Concessions to
Cuba

Note: For the purpose of facilitating identi-
fication of the articles listed, reference is made
in the list to the paragraph numbers of the
tariff schedules in the Tariff Act of 1930.

In the event that articles which are at pres-
ent regarded as classifiable under the descrip-
tions included in the list are excluded there-
from by judicial decision or otherwise prior to
the conclusion of the agreement, the list will
nevertheless be considered as including such
articles.

United
States
Tariff
Act of
1930
Paragraph

'Executive Agreement Series 67 and 165, respec-
tively.

Description of article

Earthy or mineral substances wholly
or partly manufactured and articles,
wares, and materials (crude or ad-
vanced in condition), composed
wholly or in chief value of earthy or
mineral substances, not specially pro-
vided for, whether susceptible of
decoration or not, if not decorated
in any manner:
Marble chip or granite

Sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane
juice, melada, concentrated melada,
concrete and concentrated molasses,
testing by the polariscope not above
75 sugar degrees, and all mixtures
containing sugar and water, testing
by the polariscope above 50 sugar
degrees and not above 75 sugar de-
grees _

and for each additional sugar degree
shown by the polariscopic test

■ 96° sugar $0,009 per pound.

Present rate of
duty (applicable
to Cuban products)

24% ad valorem

$0.006165 per lb.

$0.000135 per lb.
additional, and
fractions of a de-
gree in propor-
tion*

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

United

States

Present rate of

Tariff

DcvScription of article

duty (applicable

Act of

1930

Paragraph

to Cuban products)

502

Molasses and sugar sirups, not spe-

^ cially provided for;

If containing soluble nonsugar solids
(excluding any foreign substance
that may have been added) equal
to more than 6 per centum of the
total soluble solids:

Testing not above 48 per centum

$0.0013 H per gal.'

total sugars.

'I'esting above"^487per centum

$0.0014% addi-

total sugars.

tional for each
per centum of
total sugars and
fractions of a per
centum in pro-
portion.'

Other;

Testing not above 48 per centum

$0,002 per gal.

total sugars.

Testing above 48 per centum total

.$0.0022 additional

sugars.

for each per cen-
ttmi of total sugars
and fractions of
a per centum in
proportion.

S02

Molasses not imported to be commer-

$0.00024 per lb. of

cially used for the extraction of sugar

total sugars

or for human consumption.

601

Wrapper tobacco, and filler tobacco
when mixed or packed with more
than 35 per centum of wrapper to-
bacco;

If unstemmed _ ---

$1.20 per lb.

601

Filler tobacco not sjiecially provided
for. other than cigarette leaf tobacco;

If unstemmed

$0,175 per Ib.«

If stemmed

$0.25 per lb.'

603

Scrap tobacco

$0,175 per lb.'

605

Cigars and cheroots]o( all kinds.

$2.25 per lb. and
12W% ad valorem

701

Beef and veal, fresh, chilled, or frozen..

$0.M8 per lb.

"43

Grapefruit ._

$0,012 or $0,006 per

lb.''

' These rates nf duty, applicable to imports of Cuban origin, were
reduced following the granting of a concession on the products affected
in the trade agreement with the United Kingdom, effective January 1,
1939. That a.erecment limits the quantity of molasses and sugar sirups
which may be entered from all countries in any calendar year, at the
reduced rates under these items, to a total of 1,500,000 gallons.

« Under the snpplementary trade agreement with Cuba, effective
December 23, I'li'i reductions in duty were granted on stemmed or un-
stemmed filler tobacco (other than cigarette leaf tobacco) and scrap tobac-
co of Cuban oricin, the reduced rates being applicable to a quota of
22,000,000 poup'ls (unstemmed equivalent) in any calendar year; any
imports from Cuba in excess of this quantity being subject to rates of
$0.28 per lb. on unstemmed filler tobacco and scrap tobacco and $0.40 per
lb. on stemmc'l filler tobacco. These rates were bound against increase.

' The rate of duty applicable to Cuban grapefruit when imported and
entered for consumption during the period from .\ugust 1 to September 30
inclusive, in any year, was reduced from $0,012 to $0,006 per lb., the maxi-
mum reduction permitted under the authority of the Trade Agreements
Act, in the trade agreement with Cuba effective September 3, 1934.

Department of State

supplemental tk.\de-agfeement negotiations
with cuba

Puhlic Notice

Pursuant to section 4 of an act of Congress
approved June 12. 1934, entitled "An Act to
Amend the Tariff Act of 1930", as extended by
Public Resolution 61. approved April 12. 1940.
and to Executive Order 6750 of June 27. 1934,
I hereby give notice of intention to negotiate
a trade agreement with the Government of Cuba
to supplement and amend the agreement, signed
August 24, 1934 as amended by the supplemen-
tary agreement signed December 18. 1939.

Ail presentations of information and views
in writing and applications for supplemental
oral presentation of views witli resjiect \o the
negotiation of such agi-eement should be sub-
mitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Infor-
mation in accordance with the announcement
of this date issued by that Committee concern-
ing the manner and dates for the submission of
briefs and applications, and the time set for
public hearings.

Sumner AVelle.s
Acting Secretary of State

Washington, D. C,

July 26, 19hU

Committee for Reciprocity Information

strpklemental trade-agreement negotiations
with cuba

Public Notice

Closing date for submission of briefs, August
23, 1941 ; closing date for application to be heard,
August 23. 1941 ; public hearings ojien, Septem-
ber 8, 1941.

The Committee for Reciprocity Information
hereby gives notice that all information and
views in writing, and all applications for sup-
plemental oral presentation of \news, in regard
to the negotiation of a supplemental trade
agreement with the Government of Cuba, of
which notice of intention to negotiate has been

JULY 26, 1941

issued by the Acting Secretary of State on tliis
date, shall be submitted to the Committee for
Keciprocity Information not later than 12
o'clock noon, August 23, 1941. Such commu-
nications should be addressed to "The Chair-
man, Committee for Reciprocity Information,
Tariff Commission Building, Eighth and E
Streets NW., Washington, D. C."

A public hearing will be held, beginning at
10 a.m. on September 8, 1941, before the Com-
mittee for Reciprocity Information, in the hear-
ing room of the Tariff Commission in the Tariff
Commission Building, where supplemental oral
statements will be heard.

Six copies of written statements, either type-

written or printed, shall be submitted, of which
one copy shall be sworn to. Appearance at
hearings before the Committee may be made
only by those persons who have filed written
statements and who have within the time pre-
scribed made written application for a hearing,
and statements made at such hearings shall be
under oath.

By direction of the Committee for Reciprocity
Information this 26th day of July 1941.
E. M. Whitcomb

Acting Secretary
Washixgton, D. C,
July 26, IHl.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

PROMOTION OF PEACE

TREATY WITH THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA AMEND-
ING THE TREATY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE
WITH GREAT BRITAIN, SIGNED SEPTEMBER 15, 1914

[Released to the press July 22]

Reference is made to the Department's press
release of March 19, 1941 concerning the Treaty
for the Advancement of Peace between the
United States and the Union of Sou^h Africa.^

The treaty provides for the establishment of
an international commission to be appointed
within six months of the date of the exchange
of ratifications. The commission will be com-
posed of five members, consisting of one na-
tional member chosen by each of the partici-
pating Govermnents and one non-national
member chosen by each Government from some
third country. The fifth member, or joint
commissioner, will be chosen by agreement be-
tween the Govermnent of the United States and
the Government of the Union of South Africa,

' See Bulletin of March 22, 1941, p. 344.

it being understood that he shall be a citizen of
some country of which no other member of
the commission is a citizen.

The President has designated the following-
named persons to serve on the international
commission on behalf of this Government :

The Honorable Elbert Duncan Thomas, United States
Senate, American national commissioner

His Excellency Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Former Chinese
Ambassador to the United States, American non-
national commissioner

MILITARY MISSION

AGREEMENT WITH HAITI

In conformity with the request of the Gov-
ernment of Haiti an agreement was signed at
Port-au-Prince on May 23, 1941 providing for
the detail to Haiti of ofBcere of the United
States Army to cooperate with the Haitian
Government, the Chief of Staff of the Garde
d'Haiti, and the personnel of the Garde d'Haiti
with a view to enhancing the efficiency of the
Garde d'Haiti.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The agi'eement. is made eii'ective for a peinorl
of four years from the date of signature. The
provisions are similar in general to pro^^sions
contained in agi'eements between the United
States and other American republics concerning
the detail of officers of the United States Army
to advise the armed forces of those countries.

COMMERCE

DECLARATION ON THE JUnmiCAL PERSONALITY OF
FOREIGN COMPANIES

United States

The instrument of ratification by the United
States of the Declaration on the Juridical Per-
sonality of Foreign Companies, which was
opened for signature at the Pan American
Union on June 25, 1936 and signed by the
United States on June 23, 1939, was deposited
with the Union on July 10, 1911. The ratifica-
tion was made subject to the understandings as
follows :

"1. It is understood that tlie companies de-
scribed in the Declaration shall be permitted to
sue or defend suits of any kind, without the re-
quirement of registration or domestication.

"2. It is further understood that the Govern-
ment of the United States may terminate the
obligations arising under the Declaration at
any time after twelve months' notice given in
advance."

The Declaration has been signed by the
United States of America, Chile, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua,
Peru, and Venezuela.

When signing the Declaration statements
formulating its principle were made by Chile
and the Dominican ReiDublic, which read in
translations as follows :

For Chile:

"On signing the present Protocol, the Repre-
sentative of Chile formulates as follows the
principle of the above-inserted Declaration on
the Juridical Personality of Foreign Com-
panies ;

■'Mercantile companies constituted mider the
laws of one of the signatory States with domicile
in the territory thereof, not having any com-
pany office, branch, or representation in any
other of the signatory States may, nevertheless,
appear in court in the territory of these latter
as plaintiffs or as defendants, subject to the laws
of the country, and execute civil and commercial
acts which are not contrary to its laws, except
that, for the continued realization of the said
acts so that they amount to a fulfilling of the
function of the company the mercantile com-
pany must have special authorization from the
competent authorities according to the laws of
the country where such acts are to be carried
out."

For the Dominican Republic :

"On signing the present Protocol, the Repre-
sentative of the Dominican Republic formulates
as follows the principle of the Declaration
inserted above :

'"Companies established under the laws of one
of the Contracting States with domicile in the
territory thereof, not having any company
office, branch, or representation in any other of
the Contracting States, may, nevertheless, exe-
cute in the territory of the said States juridical
acts which are not contrary to their laws and
may appear in court as plaintiffs or defendants,
subject to the laws of the country."

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press July 2(5]

Tlie following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since July 12, 1941:

Career Officers

Samuel W. Honaker, of Piano, Tex., on detail
in the Department of State, has been assigned
as Consul General at Istanbul, Turkey.

JULY 26, 1941

George H. Winters, of Downs, Kans., Consul
at Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, has been
assigned for duty in the Department of State.

Walter H. McKinney, of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., Consul at London, England, has been
assigned for duty in the Department of State.

Theodore C. Acliilles, of Washington, D. C,
Third Secretary of Embassy at London,
England, has been assigned for duty in the
Department of State.

Archibald R. Randolph, of Casanova, Va.,
Vice Consul at Caracas, Venezuela, has been
designated Assistant Commercial Attache at
that post.

Joe D. Walstrom, of Mexico, Mo., Vice Consul
at Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been designated
Assistant Commercial Attache at that post.

Tlie assignment of William C. Trimble, of
Baltimore, Md., as Third Secretary of Embassy
and Vice Consul at Lima, Peru, has been can-
celed. In lieu thereof, Mr. Trimble has been
designated Tliird Ssci'etary of Embassy at
Mexico City, Mexico.

Russell W. Benton, of Buffalo, N. Y., Vice
Consul at London, England, has been assigned
for duty in the Department of State.

William Barnes, of Belmont, Mass., Third
Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul at
Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been assigned for
duty in the Department of State.

XON-CAREEB OFFICERS

Erich W. A. Hoffmann, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
Vice Consul at Moscow, U.S.S.R., has been
assigned as Vice Consul at Manila, P. I.

Sabin J. Dalferes, of Donaldsonville, La., who
has been serving as Vice Consul at Hamburg,
Germany, has been assigned as Vice Consul at
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Edward S. Parker, of Calhoun Falls, S. C,
who has been serving as Vice Consul at Cologne,
Germany, has been assigned as Vice Consul at
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

James A. Noel, of San Diego, Calif., Vice
Consul at Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, has been
assigned as Vice Consul at Guadalajai'a, Jalisco,
Mexico.

Legislation

.Joint Resolution To amend further the amended
joint resolutiou, approved August 16, 1937 {.50 Stat.
668), concerning the importation of articles for ex-
hibition at the New York World's Fair, to permit
transfer of liability for duty on articles so imported,
and to further amend the amended joint resolution
approved May 18, 1937 (50 Stat. 187), concerning the
importation of articles for exhibition at the Golden
Gate International Exposition, to permit transfer of
liability for duty on articles so imported, and for other
purposes. [H. J. Res. 173.] Approved July 18, 1941.
(Public Law 18.5, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 2 pp.

Punishment for Sabotage Against Materials Intended
for Export. (H. Rept. 981, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on
H. R. 10.54.) 3 pp.

Strategic and Critical Materials. (H. Rept. 982,
77th Cong., 1st sess., on H. Res. 162.) [Includes state-
ment on functions of the Department of State in the
administration of export control, p. 11.] 42 pp.

Resolution Extending greetings and felicitations to
the Chamber of Deputies and people of the Republic
of Argentina on the occasion of the celebration of
the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of tlie
Declaration of Argentine Independence. (H. Res. 268,
77th Cong., 1st sess.) July 9, 1941. 2 pp.

Regulations

The following Government regulations may
be of interest to readers of the BidJetin:

Restrictions on Imports and Exports Subject to Proc-
lamation No. 2497 and the Proclaimed List of Certain
Blocked Nationals. (Treasury Department: Bureau
of Customs.) [Treasury Decision 50433.] July 22,
1941. 6 Federal Register 3672.

Export Control Schedule No. 14 [designating as of
August 1, 1941 the forms, conversions, and derivatives
of copper, brass and bronze, and zinc (items 1, 2, and
3, respectively, proclamation 2453) to supersede the
same in Export Control Schedules 1 ; 1, 2, and 8 ; and
1 and 2, respectively ; and adding to the forms, conver-
sions, and derivatives of chemicals (item 1, proclama-

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BCTLLETIN

tion 2496).] July 22, 1&41. (Administrator of Export
Control.) 6 Federal Register 3Q72.

Export Control Schedule Z [determining that effec-
tive July 21, 1941 the forms, conversions, and deriva-
tives of other military equipment or munitions, or
component parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or ma-
terial, or supplies necessary for the manufact\iic,
servicing, or operation thereof (section 3 of proclama-
tion of July 17, 1941) shall consist of the commodities
listed.] July 19, 1941. (Administrator of Export
Control. ) 6 Federal Register 3584.

Publications

Depaetment of State

Treaties Submitted to the Senate, 1940: Procedure
During 1940 on Certain Treaties Submitted to the
Senate 1923-1940 and Their Status as of December 31,
1940. Publication 1620. iv, 12 pp. 100.

Publications of the Department of State (a list
cumulative from October 1, 1929). July 1, 1941.
Publication 1621. 26 pp. Free.

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ontents

The Far East Page

Agreement between Japanese and French Governments
regarding French Indochina: Statement by Acting
Secretary of State Welles 87

Europe

Relations with the Provisional Government of Czecho-
slovakia 88

Contributions for relief in belligerent countries:

List of registrants 89

Tabulation of contributions 90

Government personnel arriving from Europe 90

American Republics

Boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru .... 93
Office ot the Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs . . 94
Visit of members of House Appropriations Subcommit-
tee to other American republics 95

Comment by Acting Secretary of State Welles on state-
ment by Senator Clark of Idaho 96

General

Economic Defense Board 97

The Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals:

Issuance of Supplement No. 1 98

Purpose of the list 99

Immigration visa statistics 99

Control of exports in national defense 100

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, Etc.

Monthly statistics 101

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AUG 35 1941

Contents-coNTiNVEv.

The Foreign Service page

Personnel changes 104

International Conferences, Commissions, Etc.

International Assembly of Surgeons 104

Treaty Information

Commerce: Inter- American Coffee Agreement .... 105
Telecommunications: International Telecommunication

Convention 105

Legisl.\tion 105

Regulations 105

Publications - 106

The Far East

AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPANESE AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS
REGARDING FRENCH INDOCHINA

STATEMENT BY ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE WELLES

[Roleused to the press August 2]

The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner
Welles, issued the following statement on Au-
gust 2 in reply to inquiries from the press con-
cerning the agreement entered into between the
French and Japanese Govermnents regarding
French Indochina :

"The French Government at Vichy has given
repeated assurances to the Government of the
United States that it would not cooperate with
the Axis powers beyond the obligations imposed
on it by the armistice, and that it would defend
the territory under its control against any
aggressive action on the part of third jDOwers.

"This Government has now received informa-
tion of the terms of the agi'eement between the
French and Japanese Governments covering the
so-called 'common defense' of French Indo-
china. In effect, this agi'eement virtually turns
over to Japan an important part of the French
Empire.

"Effort has been made to justify this agree-
ment on the ground that Japanese 'assistance'
is needed because of some menace to the terri-
torial integrity of French Indochina by other
powers. The Government of the United States
is unable to accept this explanation. As I
stated on July 24, there is no question of any

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threat to French Indochina, unless it lies in the
expansionist aims of the Japanese Government.

"The turning over of bases for military
operations and of territorial rights under pre-
text of 'common defense' to a power whose
territorial aspirations are apparent, here pre-
sents a situation which has a direct bearing
upon the vital problem of American security.
For reasons which are beyond the scope of any
known agreement, France has now decided to
permit foreign troops to enter an integral part
of its Empire, to occupy bases therein, and to
prepare operations within French territory
which may be directed against other peoples
friendly to the people of France.

"The French Government at Vichy has re-
peatedly declared its determination to resist
all encroachments upon the sovereignty of its
territories. However, when German and
Italian forces availed themselves of certain
facilities in Syria to carry on operations
directed against the British, the French Gov-
ernment, although this was a plain encroach-
ment on territory under French control, did
not resist. But when the British undertook
defense operations in the territory of Syria,
the French Goveriunent did resist.

"Under these circumstances, this Govern-
ment is impelled to question whether the

DEPABTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

French Government at Vichy in fact proposes
to maintain its declared policy to pi'eserve for
the French people the territories both at home
and abroad which have long been under
French sovereignty.

"This Government, mindful of its traditional
friendship for France, has deeply sympa-
thized with the desire of the French people to
maintain their territories and to preserve them

intact. In its relations with the French Gov-
ernment at Vichy and with the local French
authorities in French territories, the United
States will be governed by the manifest effec-
tiveness with which those authorities endeavor
to protect these teri'itories from domination
and control by those powers which are seeking
to extend their rule by force and conquest, or
by the threat thereof."

Europe

RELATIONS WITH THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

[Released to the press July 30]

The American Ambassador to Great Britain,
Mr. John G. Winant, has been instructed to
deliver the following note to the Foreign Min-
ister of the Provisional Government of Czecho-
slovakia in Great Britain :

"The Secretary of State has directed me to
inform Your Excellency that the Government
of the United States, mindful of the traditional
friendship and special interest, which has ex-
isted between the peoples of the United States
and Czechoslovakia since the foundation of the
Czechoslovak Republic, has watched with ad-
miration the efforts of the people of Czecho-
slovakia to maintain their national existence,
notwithstanding the suppression of the institu-
tions of free government in their country.

"The American Government has not acknowl-
edged that the temporary extinguishment of
their liberties has taken from the people of
Czechoslovakia their rights and privileges in
international affairs, and it has continued to
recognize the diplomatic and consular repre-
sentatives of Czechoslovakia in the United
States in the full exercise of their functions.

"In furtherance of its support of the na-
tional aspirations of the people of Czechoslo-

vakia the Government of the United States is
now i^repared to enter into formal relations
with the Provisional Government established
at London for the prosecution of the war and
tlie restoration of the freedom of the Czecho-
slovak people, under the Presidency of Dr.
Bcnes, and while continuing its relations with
the Czechoslovak Legation at Washington,
would be pleased to accredit to the Provisional
Government an Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary, to reside in London,
for the conduct of relations pending the rees-
tablishment of the Government in Czecho-
slovakia.

"I shall later communicate with Your
Excellency regarding the diplomatic represent-
ative whom my Government would like to
designate."

It should be noted that the relations between
the Government of the United States and the
Provisional Government of Czechoslovakia
will, in accordance with the above note, be con-
ducted in a manner similar to that applicable
to other Governments temporarily established
in London, or in the coui'se of establishment
there.

AUGUST 2, 1941

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF IN
BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

LIST OF REGISTRANTS
[Released to the press July 28]

The following persons and organizations are
now registered with the Secretary of State, pur-
suant to section 8 of the Neutrality Act of 1939,
for the solicitation and collection of contribu-
tions to be used in belligerent countries for
medical aid and assistance or for food and cloth-
ing to relieve liuman suifering.^ The countries
to which contributions are being sent are given
in parentheses.

•162. La Prevoyance, in care of Mr. Gaston Thierry,
8 Garrison Street, Boston, Mass. (France)

463. Tlie Canadian-American Council, 72 First Avenue,
Westwood. N. J. (Canada)

464. Albanian War Victims Relief Association, Room
1117, 205 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. (Albania)

465. American Jugoslav Defense League, Napredak
HaU, Lawrence Road, Cupertino, Calif. (Yugo-
slavia)

466. Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies,
Inc., 4 West Fifty-eighth Street, New York, N. Y.
(France)

467. British Distressed Areas Fund, Inc., 8745 Sunset
Boulevard, Hollywood, Calif. (England)

468. War Relief and Bundles for Scotland, 1606 North
Cahuenga Boulevard, Hollywood, Calif. (Scotland)

469. United Free France. 465 Lexington Avenue, New
York, N. Y. (Free France)

470. American Friends of Yugoslavia, Inc., Room 808,
8 West Fortieth Street, New York, N. Y. (Yugo-
slavia)

471. The Queen Elizabeth Fund, Inc., 317-325 South
State Street, Dover, Del. (Great Britain)

472. Universalist General Convention, 6 Beacon Street,
Boston, Mass. (England and France)

473. Anglo-American Lodge No. 78 of the American
Order Sons of St. George, 17 East Forty-second
Street, New York, N.Y. (Great Britain)

474. Jugoslav War Relief Association of Southern
California, in care of Mr. Ivo H. Lopizich, 111 West
Seventh Street, Los Angeles, Calif. (Yugoslavia)

475. Brooke County Allied War Relief, Follansbee,
W.Va. (Great Britain and Greece)

^For prior registrants, see the Bulletin of May 17,
1941, p. 584.

476. American Red Mogen Dovid for Palestine, Inc.,
220 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Palestine)

477. Houston War Fund, Inc., in care of Mr. T. J.
Caldwell, Union National Bank, Houston, Tex.
(Great Britain)

478. Yugoslav Relief Committee of America, 2659
South Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, 111. (Yugo.slavia)

479. Bandwagon Ball, Inc., in care of Mrs. William
Astor Chanler, 141 East Nineteenth Street, New
York, N.Y. (England and Greece)

480. National Catholic Welfare Conference, Bishops'
Relief Committee, 1312 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, D.C. (All belligerent countries)

481. Bristol Whittaker Fund, In care of Mr. Gordon
D. Donald. 500 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, N.J.
(Great Britain)

482. Merchant Sailors League, Inc., 284 Maiu Street,
Buffalo, N.Y. (Canada and British Empire)

483. Aid to British Pharmacists, In care of Mr. S. L.
Hilton, 1033 Twenty-second Street NW., Washing-
ton, D.C. (England)

484. Walter Heidmann Company, 80 Wall Street, New
York, N.Y. (Germany, Poland, and Netherlands)

485. Tadeusz Stefan Wolkowski, 2 East Twenty-third
Street. New York, N.Y. (Belgium, Netherlands,
France, and Poland)

486. Lithuanian National Relief Fund, Suite 1212, 134
North LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. (Germany)

487. Yugoslav-American Relief Conunittee, Inc., 1905
West Schiller Street, Chicago, 111. (Yugoslavia)

488. The Croatian Fraternal Union of America, 3441
ForlTes Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Yugoslavia)

489. Jugoslav Relief Fund Association, 258 West
Thirty-third Street, Chicago, 111. (Yugoslavia)

490. Britain-at-Bay Aid Society, 41 Magnolia Drive.
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (England)

491. The American-British Art Center, Inc., 44 West
Fifty-sixth Street, New York, N.Y. (United King-
dom aud Canada)

492. Committee for Yugoslav War Relief, Suite 750,
Russ Building, San Francisco, Calif. (Yugoslavia)

493. Yugoslav War Relief Association of State of
Washington, 2411 Bigelow Avenue North, Seattle,
Wash. (Yugoslavia)

494. Paisley Buddies War Relief Society, 598 Engle-
wood Avenue, Detroit, Mich. (Scotland)

495. Mr. Alfred S. Campbell, Sevenoaks Farm, Lam-
bertville, N.J. (England)

496. Bay Ridge Allied Belief, 370 Seventy-fifth Street,
Brooklyn, N.Y. (Great Britain)

497. Armenian General Benevolent Union, 432 Fourth
Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Syria, Palestine, Cyprus,
Greece, and Bulgaria)

498. White and Manning Dance Relief, 98 California
Avenue, Highland Park. Mich. (Great Britain)

DEPAKTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

TABULATIO'N OF CONTRIBUTIONS

A tabulation of contributions collected and
disbursed during the period September 6, 1939
through June 1941, as shown in the reports sub-
mitted by persons and organizations registered
with the Secretai-y of State for the solicitation
and collection of contributions to be used for
relief in belligerent countries, in conformity
with the regulations issued pursuant to section
3 (a) of the act of May 1, 1937, as made eflPective
by the President's proclamations of September
5, 8, and 10, 1939, and section 8 of the act of
November 4, 1939, as made eflfective by the Pres-

ident's proclamation of the same date, has been
released by the Department of State in mimeo-
graphed form and may be obtained from the
Department upon request (press release of July
31, 1911,60 pp.).

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; Luxembourg; the Nether-
lands; Italy; Greece; Yugoslavia; Hungary;
and Bulgaria) or for the i-elief of refugees
driven out of these countries by the present war.

GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ARRIVING FROM EUROPE

[Released to the press July 31]

A list of United States Government personnel

arriving in New York August 1, 1941 on the
West Point follows :

Foreign Service Officers

Home address

Henry H. Balch and wife

William H. Beach

Sidney A. Belovsky

Hiram Bingham, Jr

Ellis A. Bonnet

Roy E. B. Bower

Thomas D. Bowman

Charles C. Broy and three children

Robert L. Buell

George R. Canty

Harry E. Carlson

William G. Conklin

Peter K. Constan

Sabin J. Dalferes

Richard M. de Lambert

Hasell H. Dick...

Edmund J. Dorsz and wife

Edward A. Dow and wife and daughter
Edward A. Dow, Jr

Genoa

Antwerp

Bremen

Lisbon

Amsterdam

Munich

Rome

Brussels

Leipzig

Amsterdam

Vienna

.A. n twerp

Belgrade

Hamburg.-
Antwerp...
Bordeaux..
Stuttgart..

Leipzig

Brussels

Consul general.

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Consul general

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Consul general
Vice consul

Madison, Ala.
Concord Wharf, Va.
Hornell, N. Y.
New Haven, Conn.
Eagle Pass, Tex.
Alameda, Calif.
Smithville, Mo.
Sperryville, Va.
Rochester, N. Y.
Boston, Mass.
Joliet, 111.
Metuchen, N. J.
Boston, Mass.
Donaldsonville, La.
Raton, N. Mex.
Sumter, S. C.
Detroit, Mich.
Omaha, Nebr.
Omaha, Nebr.

AUGUST 2, 1941

Foreign Service Officers — Continued.

Maurice P. Dunlap

Dwight W. Fisher and wife

Man^^on Gilbert

Edmuncl A. Gullion

Arnlioth G. Heltberg

Theodore J. Hohenthal and wife

Phil H. Hubbard and wife and two daughters

Richard S. Huestis

John D. Johnson

Easton T. Kelsey

Alfred W. Klieforth

C. Porter Kuykendall and wife

Francis A. Lane

John H. Lord

Erik W. Magnuson and wife

Donal F. McGonigal

Roy McWilliams and wife

John J. Meily and wife

Lucien Memminger and wife and daughter

Orsen N. Nielsen

Herbert V. Olds

Brigg A. Perkins

Austin R. Preston and son

Karl L. Rankin and wife

Sydney B. Redecker and wife and son

Leslie E. Reed and wife and daughter

Joseph M. Roland

Lester L. Schnare

Byron B. Snyder

Frederick A. Sterling

Laurence W. Taylor

Hugh H. Teller and wife >

Charles T. Terry and wife

Samuel R. Thompson

Alfred R. Thomson

J. Kittredge Vinson

George P. Waller

Frederick L. Washbourne and wife

Howard F. Withey and wife

John R. Wood and wife and three children

Archer Woodford

Bergen

Antwerp

Brussels

Salonika

Bergen

Vienna

Milan

Rotterdam

Salonika

Oslo..

Cologne

Konigsberg

Bremen

Rotterdam

Hamburg

Amsterdam

Biarritz

Zagreb

Copenhagen

Munich

Rotterdam

Oslo

Belgrade

Frankfort on the

Main.
Athens

Vienna

Milan

Genoa

Stockholm

Paris

Stuttgart

Venice

Cardiff

Hamburg

Cologne

Luxembourg

Florence

Trieste..

Paris.

Hamburg

Title

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Vice consul

Consul general

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Vice consul

Acting consular
agent.

Consul

Consul general

Vice consul

Consul

Consul and commer-
cial attach^.
Consul

Consul general and
first secretary.

Vice consul

Consul

Vice consul

Minister

Vice consul

Consul

Consul general

Vice consul

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Vice consul

Consul

Home address

St. Paul, Minn.
Washington, D. C.
Evansville, Ind.
New Castle, Ky.
Oakland, Calif.
Berkeley, Calif.
Poultney, Vt.
Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Highgate, Vt.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Boalsburg, Pa.
Towanda, Pa.
St. Louis, Mo.
Plymouth, Mass.
Chicago, III.
Troy, N. Y.
Chicago, 111.

Allentown, Pa.
Charleston, S. C.
Beloit, Wis.
Lynn, Mass.
Berkeley, Calif.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Manitowoc, Wis.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

St. Paul, Minn.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Macon, Ga.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Texas.

Bakersfield, Calif.
Montague, Mich.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Silver Spring, Md.
Houston, Tex.
Montgomery, Ala.
Washington, D. C.
Reed City, Mich.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Paris, Ky.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BTJLLETEN

Foreign Sebvice Clebks

Name Home address

Alex T. Alexopoulos and wife and

three children Beaumont,

Tex.

Rita Altobelll New York, N. Y.

Vincent Anderson Seattle, Wash.

Anna G. Antoniades and two chil-
dren Huntington, L. I.,

N. Y.

Marie Belaeff and mother New York, N. Y.

Beatrice Bergen Lynn, Mass.

Louise H. Bittner Bloomington, III.

Maggie Carlson Illinois.

William C. Caton and wife and
daughter Champaign, 111.

Samuel C. Chambers and wife Chicago, 111.

Helen E. Clark New York, N. Y.

Olga Parkan de Bona New York, N. Y.

Philbert Deyman Hibbing, Minn.

Ragnhild Dunker Boston, Mass.

Louise Eberle New York, N. Y.

Frank Ellis and wife and two chil-
dren Zanesville, Ohio.

Walter Engele (Not known)

Ernestine Etzel and son Johnstown, Pa.

Fred Feekart (Not known)

Helene Fischer New York, N. Y.

Ethel Fjelle Minneapolis,

Minn.

Henry C. Furstenwalde and wife and
daughter New York. N. Y.

Gerd A. Gillhoff Holyoke, Mass.

Olga Haag Jersey City, N. J.

Raymond R. Hall and wife and son._ Chicago, 111.

Francis Hejno and wife and daugh-
ter New York, N. Y.

Louise Hertweck New York, N. Y.

Ur.sula Hosang Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edith Johansen Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sofia Kearney and mother (Not known)

Frank Keller and wife New York, N. Y.

Ethel Keyser San EYancisco,

Calif.

Kurt Kinne . (Not known)

Gerllnde Kubach (Not known)

Dorthea Lamjie and son Farming dale,

L. I., N. Y.

Ivan Lavretsky and wife New York, N. Y.

Ruth Lobig New York, N. Y.

Charles Meehan and two daugh- Seneca Falls,
ters N. Y.

Roberta Meyerkort Port Gibson,

Miss.

Mrs. Hedwig Oeder New York, N. Y.

Teresa Offie Sharon, Pa.

Josefa Otten New York, N. Y.

Bovio Pallucca and wife and two

sons Kansas.

William Paternoster and wife and

son New York, N. Y.

Matthew O. Peters and father Clare, Mich.

Forrest Pfeiffer and wife Harrison, Nebr.

Joseph A. Ponti Vallejo, Calif.

Henry Puetz (Not known)

Josepli St. Onge and wife Maryland.

E. M. Sampson North Carolina.

Harry Schramm and wife New York, N. Y.

Charles Sehwanitz and wife . San Antonio,

Tex.

Jerome Stenger New York, N. Y.

Ferdinand C. Stephan San Francisco,

Calif.
Anthony Stevens and wife and three

children Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert Stevens (Not known)

Katie Tilly New York, N. Y.

Anneliese von Eitzen New York, N. Y.

Wives and Families of Officeks and Empfotees of
THE Department of State

Miss Susan Evans

Mrs. Julian B. Foster and three children

Mrs. Frank C. Lee and daughter

Mrs. Osborne MacAuley

Mrs. Thomas McEnelly

Mrs. Marie L. Morrison

Mrs. Guglielma Pepe

AMhJucAN Battle Monuments Commission

Marius Aneder.sen

Henry R. Browu

George Constantinides and wife

Percy Cradick and wife and daughter

William Dorsey

Daniel F. Gibbs and wife and daughter

Adolphe Kaess and wife

William Moses and wife

Col. T. Bentley Mott and wife

Orlando Overstake and wife and daughter

Ceasar Santini

Arthur E. Stephans

Public He.\lth StmcEONs

Don S. Cameron and wife

Frederick Kreuger and wife and daughter

Vernon B. Link and wife

War, Navy, and Treasury Departments Pebsonnp'

Yvette Cross

United States Naval Attach^ Inge

Mrs. HoUingshead

Joseph E. Martin, Jr.

Col. Bernard Peyton

Elizabeth Wasson and mother

American Republics

BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU

[Released to the press August 1]

The folloNTing messages were sent on August
1, 1941 by the President of the United States to
the Presidents of Ecuador and Peru :

To the President of Ecuador

I have just been informed of the agreement
which has been reached by the Governments of
Ecuador and Peru to take measures which will
prevent the recurrence of the recent hostilities
in the frontier region between the two countries.
This agreement constitutes a notable triumph
for those principles of peace and continental
solidarity to which all of the American repub-
lics adhere. It thei'efore gives me pleasure to
congratulate Your Excellency both on my be-
half and on that of the people of the United
States on the taking of a step which will ensure
the continuing discussion of the frontier ques-
tion between Ecuador and Peru and its eventual
solution in an atmosphere of harmony and good
will.

To the President of Peru

The announcement that Peru and Ecuador
have agreed upon a cessation of hostilities justi-
fies the confidence which is shared by all of the
American republics that differences between the
nations of this continent will never again be rec-
onciled except through the peaceful processes
which have been devised for the purpose and to
which we all adhere. I take this opportunity of
congratulating Your Excellency upon this aus-
picious occasion and of expressing my very best
wishes for your personal welfare and that of the
Peruvian people.

The following messages were sent by the Act-
ing Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner AVelles, to
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador and
Peru:

To the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador

It is with a sense of the most profound satis-
faction that I learned of the agreement
which has been reached regarding the cessation
of hostilities between Ecuador and Peru. I
wish to congratulate you for the outstanding
part which you played in achieving this result.
I know that we both share the conviction that
this restoration of peaceful conditions in the
frontier region is a guarantee that further dis-
cussions of the points at issue between the two
Governments will be carried out in that atmos-
phere of good will and mutual understanding
which has come to characterize the relations of
the American republics among themselves.

To the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru

It gives me the greatest satisfaction to con-
gratulate Your Excellency upon the agreement
for the cessation of hostilities between Peru and
Ecuador. A situation which was a source of
legitimate and profound concern to all the
American republics is thus, I am confident, now
terminated and the further consideration of all
pending questions between the two countries
may now proceed in accordance with those prin-
ciples of peaceful discussion and mutual rmder-
standing which the American republics hope
may always prevail in this Hemisphere.

94 DEPARTMENT OF STATE BTILLETrN

OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Executive Order

establishing the office of the coordinator of
inter-american affairs in the execttitve
office of the president and defining its
functions and duties

By virtue of the authority vested in me by
tlie Constitution and statutes of the United
States, and in order to define further the
functions and duties of the Office for Emer-
gency Management with respect to the un-
limited national emergency declared by tlie
President on May 27, 1941, and to provide for
the development of commercial and cultural re-
lations between the American Republics and
thereby increasing the solidarity of this Hemi-
sphere and furthering the spirit of cooperation
between the Americas in the interest of Hemi-
sphere defense, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. There is established within the Office for
Emergency Management of the Executive Office
of the President the Office of the Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs, at the head of which
there shall be a Coordinator apjsointed b,y the
President. The Coordinator shall discharge and
perform his duties and responsibilities under the
direction and supervision of the President. The
Coordinator shall serve as such without com-
pensation, but shall be entitled to actual and
necessary transportation, subsistence, and other
expenses incidental to the performance of his
duties.

2. Subject to such policies, regulations, and
directions as the President may fi'om time to
time prescribe, the Office of the Coordinator of
Inter- American Affairs shall:

a. Serve as the center for the coordination of
the cultural and commercial relations of the
Nation affecting Hemisphere defense.

b. Formulate and execute programs, in co-
operation with the Department of State which,
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 the national defense
and strengthen the bonds between the nations
of the Western Hemisphere.

c. Formulate, recommend, and execute pro-
grams in the commercial and economic fields
which, by the effective use of governmental and
private facilities, will further the commercial
well-being of the Western Hemisphere.

d. Assist in the coordination and carrying
out of the purposes of Public Resolution No.
83 ajjproved June 15, 1941, entitled "To au-
thorize the Secretaries of War and of the Navy
to assist the governments of American repub-
lics to increase their military and naval estab-
lishments, and for other purposes."

e. Review existing laws and recommend such
new legislation as may be deemed essential to
the effective realization of the basic cultui'al
and commercial objectives of the Government's
program of Hemisphere solidarity.

f. Exercise and perform all powers and func-
tions now or heretofore vested in the Office for
Coordination of Commercial and Cultural Re-
lations Between the American Republics, estab-
lished by order of the Council of National De-
fense on August 16, 1940.

g. Keep the President informed with respect
to progress made in carrying out this Order;
and perform such other related duties as the
President may from time to time assign or
delegate to it.

3. In the study of problems and in the execu-
tion of programs, it shall be the policy of the
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American
Affairs to collaborate with and to utilize the
facilities of existing departments and agencies
which perform functions and activities affect-
ing the cultural and commercial aspects of
Hemisphere defense. Such departments and
agencies are requested to cooperate with the
Coordinator in arranging for appropriate clear-
ance of proposed policies and measures involv-
ing the commercial and cultural aspects of In-
ter-American affairs.

AUGUST 2, 1941

4. Within the limits of funds appropriated or
allocated for purposes encompassed by this Or-
der, the Coordinator may contract with and
transfer funds to existing governmental agen-
cies and institutions and may enter into con-
tracts and agreements with individuals, edu-
cational, informational, commercial, scientific,
and cultural uistitutions, associations, agencies,
and industrial organizations, firms, and cor-
porations.

5. The Coordinator is authorized and directed
to take over and carry out the provisions of any
contracts heretofore entered into' by the Office
for Coordination of Commercial and Cultural
Relations Between the American Republics, es-
tablished by order of the Council of National
Defense on August 16, 1940. The Coordinator
is further authorized to assume any obligations
or responsibilities which have heretofore been
undertaken by the said Office for and on behalf
of the United States Government.

6. There is hereby established within the Office
of the Cooi'dinator of Inter- American Affairs a
Committee on Inter-American Affairs, consist-
ing of the Coordinator as Chairman, one
designee each from the Departments of State,
Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce, the
President of the Export-Import Bank and such
additional representatives from other agencies
and departments as may be designated by the
heads of such departments or agencies at the
request of the Coordinator of Inter-American

Affairs. The Committee shall consider and cor-
relate proposals with respect to the commercial,
cultural, educational, and scientific aspects of
Hemisphere defense relations, and shall make
recommendations to the appropriate Govern-
ment departments and agencies.

7. The Coordinator may provide for the
internal organization and management of the
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American
Affairs. The Coordinator shall obtain the
President's approval for the establishment of
the principal subdivisions of the Office and the
appointment of the heads thereof. The Co-
ordinator may appoint such committees as may
be required for the conduct of the activities of
his office.

8. Within the limits of such funds as may be
appropriated to the Coordinator or as may be
allocated to him by the President, the Coordi-
nator may employ necessary personnel and make
provisions for necessary supplies, facilities, and
services. However, the Coordinator shall use
such statistical, informational, fiscal, personnel,
and other general business services and facilities
as may be made available to him through the
Office for Emergency Management.

Franklin D Roosevelt

The White House,
July 30, 19^1.

[No. 8840]

VISIT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE TO OTHER

AMERICAN REPUBLICS

[Released to the press July 27]

Congressman Louis C. Rabaut, of Michigan,
chairman of the Subcommittee of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations which deals with the
provision of funds for the activities of the De-
partment of State, and four of his colleagues
on that Subconmiittee will depart August
11 from Miami on a trip of approximately two
months to a number of the other American re-
publics. The other members of the Committee
making the trip with Mr. Rabaut are John M.

Houston, of Kansas, Harry P. Beam, of Illi-
nois, Vincent F. Harrington, of Iowa, and Al-
bert E. Carter, of California. Tliey will be
accompanied by Jack K. McFall, secretary of
the Subcommittee, and Guy W. Ray, Foreign
Service officer now on duty in the Department
of State.

The primary purpose of this tour will be to
gain a firet-hand knowledge of the work of this
Government's Foreign Service establislunents.
At this time, when the complexity and number

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of the problems confronting our Government
in the realm of foreign policy are daily in-
creasing, it is of particular importance that
there be established between the legislative and
executive branches of the Govermnent a clear
understanding as to the requirements of the
situation. The trip of Mr. Rabaut and his
colleagues will, in this respect, supply a highly
valuable amplification and extension of the
detailed annual hearings before the Subcom-
mittee at wliich representatives of the State
Department explain their requirements and
are cross-examined by the members of the
Subcommittee.

In addition to the activities of the State De-
partment, a large number of other agencies of
the Government are engaged, under the aus-
pices of the Interdepartmental Committee on
Cooperation with the Other American Repub-
lics, in projects designed to promote mutual
understanding and good-will through the exe-
cution of constructive projects involving joint
contributions on the part of our Government
and of the governments of the other American
republics. Mr. Rabaut and his colleagues will
have an opportunity of seeing these projects,
which their support has made possible, in
actual operation and will thus be able to
evaluate the results being obtained.

The members of the Committee will have an
opportunity to obtain a first-hand knowledge
of the other American countries, which will
enable them to gain a better understanding of
the needs of common defense, the importance
of collaboration by this Government with the
govenmients of the other American republics,
and the wide range of activities which are re-
quired to make this collaboration fully effec-
tive. This knowledge and understanding will
be useful to the members of the Committee in
presenting to their colleagues in the Congress
matters relating to the defense and solidarity
of the American republics.

This visit by members of the Committee was
discussed several months ago in connection
with hearings on the Department's appropria-
tion bill, and Secretary Hull is quoted in the
record of the hearings as stating that such a
trip would be of real value to the Goverimient
and as expressing the hope that the Committee
would be able to carry out the plan. Mr.
Welles expressed the opinion in a recent letter
to Chairman Rabaut tha' developments in the
international situation during the past few
months strengthen and render even more
urgent the reasons for the proposed trip by
members of the Appropriations Subcommittee.

COMMENT BY ACTING SECRETARY OF
STATE WELLES ON STATEMENT BY
SENATOR CLARK OF IDAHO

[Released to the press July 29]

In answer to an inquiry at his press confer-
ence July 29 with regard to a statement
attributed to Senator Clark, of Idaho, attack-
ing the good-neighbor policy, the Acting Secre-
tary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, stated :

"I feel that all that it is really necessary for
me to say is that the statement as such seems
to me to be unbelievable, and I am quite sure
it does not reflect the views or the opinions of
the American people. I am positive, of course,
that it is not shared by any responsible author-
ity in the Government. It is a point of view
utterly at vai'iance with the policy that has
been pursued by this administration in its rela-
tions with the other American republics during
the past nearly nine years, and the benefits of
this policy, I think, have been appreciated so
fully, not only by the other American republics
but by the people of the United States as well,
as to make any serious comment from me
unnecessary."

General

ECONOMIC DEFENSE BOARD

[Released to tlie press by the White House July 30]

Executive Order

establishing the economic defense board

By virtue of the authority vested in me by
the Constitution and statutes of the United
States, by virtue of the existence of an unlim-
ited national emergency, and for the purpose
of developing and coordinating policies, plans,
and programs designed to protect and
strengthen the international economic relations
of the United States in the interest of national
defense, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The term "economic defense," whenever
used in this Order, means the conduct, in the
interest of national defense, of international
economic activities including those relating to
exports, imports, the acquisition and disposi-
tion of materials and commodities from foreign
countries including preclusive buying, transac-
tions in foreign exchange and foreign-owned
or foreign-controlled property, international
investments and extensions of credit, shipping
and transportation of goods among countries,
the international aspects of patents, interna-
tional communications pertaining to commerce,
and other foreign economic matters. ^

2. There is hereby established an Economic
Defense Board (hereinafter referred to as the
"Board"). The Board shall consist of the
Vice President of the United States, who shall
serve as Chairman, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
War, the Attorney General, the Secretary of
the Navy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Secretary of Commerce. The Chairman may,
with the approval of the President, appoint
additional members to the Boai-d, Each mem-
ber of the Board, other than the Chairman,
may designate an alternate from among the
officials of his Department, subject to the con-

tinuing approval of the Chairman, and such
alternate may act for such member in all mat-
ters relating to the Board.

3. In furtherance of such policies and objec-
tives as the President may from time to time
determine, the Board shall perform the follow-
ing functions and duties :

a. Advise the President as to economic defense
measures to be taken or functions to be per-
formed which are essential to the effective de-
fense of the Nation.

b. Coordinate the policies and actions of the
several departments and agencies carrying on
activities relating to economic defense in order
to assure unity and balance in the application
of such measures.

c. Develop integrated economic defense plans
and programs for coordinated action by the de-
partments and agencies concerned and use all
appropriate means to assure that such plans and
programs are carried into effect by such depart-
ments and agencies.

d. Make investigations and advise the Presi-
dent on the relationship of economic defense
(as defined in paragraph 1) measures to post-
war economic reconstruction and on the steps
to be taken to protect the trade position of the
United States and to expedite the establishment
of sound, peace-time international economic
relationships.

e. Review proposed or existing legislation
relating to or affecting economic defense and,
with the approval of the President, recommend
such additional legislation as may be necessary
or desirable.

4. The administration of the various activi-
ties relating to economic defense shall remain
with the several departments and agencies now
charged with such duties but such administra-
tion shall conform to the policies formulated or
approved by the Board.

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5. In the study of problems and in the fonmi-
lation of programs, it shall be the policy of the
Board to collaborate with existing departments
and agencies which perform functions and ac-
tivities pertaining to economic defense and to
utilize their services and facilities to the maxi-
mum. Such departments and agencies shall co-
operate with the Board in clearing proposed
policies and measures involving economic de-
fense considerations and shall supply such in-
formation and data as the Board may require in
performing its functions. The Board may ar-
range for the establishment of conmaittees or
groups of advisers, representing two or more
departments and agencies as the case may re-
quire, to study and develop economic defense
l^lans and programs in respect to particular com-
modities or services, geographical areas, types
of measures that might be exercised, and other
related matters.

6. To facilitate unity of action and the maxi-
mum use of existing services and facilities, each
of the following departments and agencies, in
addition to the departments and agencies repre-
sented on the Board, shall designate a responsi-
ble officer or officers, subject to the approval of
the Chaii-man, to represent the department or
agency in its continuing relationships with the
Board : The Departments of the Post Office, the
Interior, and Labor, the Federal Loan Agency,
the United States Maritime Commission, the
United States Tariff Commission, the Federal
Trade Commission, the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, the Securities and

Exchange Commission, the National Resources
Planning Board, the Defense Communications
Board, the Office of Production Management,
the Office of Price Administration and Civilian
Supply, the Office for Coordination of Com-
mercial and Cultural Relations Between the
American Republics, the Permanent Joint
Board on Defense, the Administrator of Export
Control, the Division of Defense Aid Reports,
the Coordinator of Information, and such addi-
tional departments and agencies as the Chair-
man may from time to time determine. The
Chairman shall provide for the systematic con-
duct of business with the foregoing departments
and agencies.

7. The Chairman is authorized to make all
necessary arrangements, with the advice and
assistance of the Board, for discharging and
performing the responsibilities and duties re-
quired to carry out the functions and authorities
set forth in this Order, and to make final deci-
sions when necessary to expedite the work of
the Board. He is further authorized, within the
Imiits of such funds as may be allocated to the
Board by the President, to employ necessary per-
sonnel and make provision for the necessary sup-
plies, facilities, and services. The Chairman
may, with the approval of tlie President,
appoint an executive officer.

Franklin D Roosevelt

The White House,
July SO, 1941.

[No. 8839]

THE PROCLAIMED LIST OF CERTAIN BLOCKED NATIONALS

ISSUANCE OF SUPPLEMENT NO. 1

[Released to the press July 29]

Pursuant to the procedure contemplated in
the proclamation of the President promulgated
July 17, 1941 ^ providing for the prejjaration
of a list of certain blocked nationals, the Sec-

" BuUetin of Jul.v 19, 1941, p. 42.
"6 Federal Register 3773.

retary of State, acting in conjunction with the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of Commerce, the Adminis-
trator of Export Control, and the Coordinator
of Commercial and Cultural Relations Between
the American Republics, has issued Supplement
No. 1,2 dated July 28, 1941, to "The Proclaimed
List of Certain Blocked Nationals" dated July

AUGUST 2, 1941

17, 1941.^ Supplement No. 1 contains such de-
letions and amendments as are immediately pos-
sible. Additions to the list and further dele-
tions will be made from time to time on the
basis of continuing study.

PURPOSE OF THE LIST
(Released to the press July 29]

At the press conference July 29, the Acting
Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, in re-
sponse to inquiries from the press, said :

"The chief effect of the publication of the
list of blocked nationals is to deny the benefits
of inter-American trade to persons who have
hitherto been using large profits to finance sub-
versive activities aimed at undermining the
peace and independence of the Western Hemi-
siDhere. Trade that had previously been
usurped by such anti-American interests is now
being transferred into the hands of persons,
largely citizens of the other republics, who are
devoted to the best interests of the countries in
which they reside, all of which are committed
to the solidarity of the Americas in the face of
threats from abroad.

"Recent events liave emphasized the correct-
ness of the charge that the totalitarian powers
are striving to disturb the peace of this hemi-
sphere and to extend their disruptive control
over the affairs of American republics. Swift
action by the governments affected has nipped
dangerous plans of the totalitarians in the bud
and indicates the determination of the American
republics to defend their integrity and peace.
The issuance of the proclaimed list, marking
persons who are contributing to these anti-
American activities, is but another step in block-
ing the efforts of those who have sinister designs
on the Americas.

"A great many American firms have for sev-
eral months been voluntarily changing their
trade connections when it became evident that
their business was in the hands of groups un-
friendly to inter- American interests. Publica-
tion of the list of blocked nationals is a clarify-
ing step in marking those who under present

' 6 Federal Register 3557.

conditions should not participate in vital inter-
American transactions. Such a step is of the
utmost importance in view of the steady increase
in trade between the United States and the other
American republics, and at a time when the
United States is making every effort to see that
essential materials are made available to the
other republics for use in their defense efforts.
"The list as first published is of course not
final. Changes have already been announced;
and other deletions, as well as additions, will be
made in order that the list may reflect accurately
the results of continuing study of the firms and
persons involved. This Government will show
the greatest zeal in removing names whenever
altered situations with respect to individual
firms warrant such action."

IMMIGRATION VISA STATISTICS

[Released to the press August 1]

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940,
American consular officers abroad issued 57,573
quota and 21,757 non-quota immigration visas,
making a total of 79,330 immigration visas, as
compared with a total of 82,666 immigration
visas issued in the fiscal year 1939, and as com-
pared with a total of 74,948 immigration visas
in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1938.

Of the total of 79,330 immigration visas issued
in the fiscal year 1940, "new" immigrants re-
ceived the 57,573 quota visas and 18,778 of the
non-quota visas, or a total of 76,351. The re-
maining 2,979 non-quota visas were issued to
students, whose admission into the United
States is on a temporary basis, and to aliens
previously lawfully admitted into the United
States for permanent residence who were re-
turning from temporary absences. Of the
76,351 "new" immigrants, 13,846, or approxi-
mately 18 percent, consisted of fathers, mothers,
and husbands of American citizens, and wives
and unmarried minor children of lawful alien
residents of the United States.

The annual immigration quotas for all coun-
tries total 153,774, against which 57,573 quota
visas were issued in the fiscal year 1940, repre-
senting an under-issue of approximately 63 per-

100

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cent. Forty-seven percent of the quota immi-
gration visas issued in the fiscal year 1940 were
received by persons chargeable to the quota for
Germany, including former Austria, as com-
pared with 46 percent in 1939.

The quotas for the following countries were
fully issued during the 1940 fiscal year: Aus-
tralia, Cliina, Free City of Danzig, Greece,
Hungary, Palestine, Turkey, and the Philip-
pine Islands.

Of the 18,778 non-quota visas (not including
students and returning residents) issued in the
fiscal year 1940, 12,163, or approximately 64
percent, were received by persons born in
countries of the Western Hemisphere. Of the
latter number 7,955 visas were issued to persons
born in Canada, as compared with 7,811 in the
fiscal year 1939, and 1,876 visas were issued
to Mexican-bom persons, as compared with
2,262 in the pi-evious fiscal year.

Owing to disturbed conditions abroad the
demand for immigration visas has increased
since a few months prior to the end of the fiscal
year of 1940, as compared with the several pre-
ceding years. By June 30, 1940, the total
number of aliens registered at consular offices
as intending quota immigrants amounted to
720,108, as compared with 657,353 on June 30,

1939, and 317,606 on June 30, 1938. Of the
total number of aliens registered on Jmie 30,

1940, 301,935 were chargeable to the quota for
Germany, 125,562 to the quota for Poland,
87,685 to the quota for Czechoslovakia, and
40,284 to the quota for Hungary. These figures
do not include the non-quota immigration-visa
demand, of which no register is kept by con-
sular officers.

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

(Released to the press July 28]

In accordance with the provisions of the
Executive order of March 15, 1941,^ the Secre-
tary of State amiounced that general licenses
were issued on July 28 authorizing the exporta-
tion to various coimtries of certain articles and

' Bulletin of March 15, 1941, p. 284,

materials named in the proclamations, regula-
tions, and Executive orders issued pursuant to
section 6 of the Export Control Act approved
July 2, 1940.

Collectors of customs have been authorized to
permit, without the requirement of individual
license, the exportation of any of the articles
and materials enumerated in the following list
to the respective countries named in the list,
but the exporter is required to indicate the
appropriate license number on the shipper's
export declaration filed with the collector.

The following general licenses are effective
immediately :

General Licenses to Canada
License No. oKu 1 for derris root, squill, cube root,
pyrethrum, and rotenone

GKB 1 for alkyd resins, urea formalde-
hyde resins, and phenol form-
aldehyde resins

GKX 1 for acetone

GKG 1 for acetic acid, acetic aldehyde,
and formaldehyde

OKW 1 for methanol

Oeiieral Licenses to Great Britain

License No. gku 2 for derris root, squill, cube root,
pyrethrum, and rotenone
GKB 2 for alkyd resins, urea formalde-
hyde resins, and phenol form-
aldehyde resins
GKX 2 for acetone
GKG 2 for acetic acid, acetic aldehyde,

and formaldehyde
GKw2 for methanol

General Licenses to the Philippine Islands
License No. gku 63 for derris root, squill, cube root,
pyrethrum, and rotenone

GKB 63 for alkyd resins, urea form-
aldehyde resins, and phenol
formaldehyde resins

GKX 63 for acetone

GKG 63 for acetic acid, acetic aldehyde,
and formaldehyde

GKw63 for methanol

The following general licenses become effec-
tive on August 1, 1941 :

General Licenses to Canada
License No. gkw 1 for butanol

OKT 1 for butyl acetate
6KZ 1 for ethyl acetate

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101

General Licenses to Great Britain
License No. gkw 2 for butanol

GKY 2 for butyl acetate
GKZ 2 for ethyl acetate

General Llcenseg to the Philippine Islands
License No. gkw 63 for butanol

GKY 63 for butyl acetate
GKZ 63 for ethyl acetate

[Released to the press by the White House August 1]

It was announced on August 1 that the Presi-
dent has directed the Administrator of Export
Control to initiate further regulation in respect
to the export of petroleum products in the inter-
est of the national defense.

The action will have two immediate effects.
It will prohibit the exportation of motor fuels
and oils suitable for use in aircraft and of cer-
tain raw stocks from which such products are
derived to destinations other than the Western
Hemisphere, the British Empire, and the unoc-
cupied territories of other countries engaged in
resisting aggression. It will also limit the ex-
portation of other petroleum products, except
to the destinations referred to above, to usual or
pre-war quantities and provide for the pro-rata
issuance of licenses on that basis.

[Released to the press August 1]

All valid licenses authorizing the exportation
of petroleum products to countries other than
the following were revoked August 1 : Coun-
tries of the Western Hemisphere, the British
Empire, and the unoccupied territories of other
countries resisting aggression. The holders of

these licenses have been informed that, if they
wish to re-submit applications for licenses, these
applications would be promptly considered in
accordance with the policy set forth in the
statement issued by the President concerning the
exportation of petroleum products.

Pending applications for licenses to export
petroleum products to countries other than those
referred to above were returned to the applicants
with the same suggestion.

General license no. GEH, issued by the Sec-
retary of State on June 20, authorizing the ex-
portation from those ports located on any coast
of the United States except the Atlantic coast of
certain petroleum products,^ has been revoked
in respect to shipments to countries other than
those referred to above. Exports to such coun-
tries will be permitted upon the issuance of in-
dividual licenses in accordance with the policy
set forth in the President's statement.

[Released to the press August 2]

Genei-al license no. GEG has been extended
indefinitely authorizing the exportation from
those ports which are located on the Atlantic
coast to those countries of the Western Hemi-
sphere designated under the caption of Group
B ^ in a list released June 20, 1941, of those
petroleum products listed in Export Control
Schedule No. 10 ^ which have not, prior to
June 20, 1941, been subject to the requirement
of a license under the export-control regula-
tions. Accordingly, this general license did
not expire on July 31, 1941.

Traffic in Arms, Tin-Plate Scrap, Etc.

MONTHLY STATISTICS

[Released to the press August 2]

Note: The Department, In order that military in-
formation of interest to the national defense may not
be improperly disseminated, will henceforth publish
data relating to arms-export licenses issued and arms
exported in the form set forth below.

The figures relating to arms, the licenses for the
export of which were revoked before they were used,

^Bulletin of June 21, 1941, p. 750.
''Bulletin of May 10, 1941, p. 561.
' 6 Federal Register 3059.

102

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have been subtracted from the figures appearing in
the cumulative columns 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, tliat 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.

Akms-Expoet Licr.NSEs Issued

The table printed below indicates by cate-
gory subdivision the value of the arms, ammu-
nition, and implements of war licensed for
export by the Secretary of State during the
year 1941 up to and including the month of
June.

Category

I (1)-.
(2)..
(3)..
W)
(6)..
(6)..

in (1)-.

(2)..

IV (1)-
(2).

V (D-

(2).
(3).

VI (2).

VII (1).
(2).

Export licenses issaed

$6, 206. 29
6. 947, 383. 78
315, 271. 20
38, 243. 358. 49
2,855,984.00
53. 003, 673. 25

13, 789. M2. 65

6, 926. 56

330,388.80

145, 438. 66

2,729.574.00

7.425,968.83

59. 977, 880. 26

1,275.00

3,618,937.75

757,041.00

190, 045. 250. 52

$27. 614, 816. 19

28, 175, 432 67

26.064,061.90

147, 756, 533. 99

7, 977. 717. 68

74. 640. 687. 25

6, 351, 748. 00

344, 052, 078. 74

240. 298. 43

2. 387, 594. 24

3, 694, 121. 83
6.017,943.53

68,881.730.22

110, 129. 230. 11

8, 742. OO

21,029.135.72

3,638.136.23

I (1)-.-

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

11.--

in (1)

(2)

IV (1)

(2)

V (1)

(2)

(3)

VI C2)

VII (1)

(2)

Total

Actual exports

$144.
1.727,
1.879.
3, 119,
2, 379,
3, 079,

1. 553,
1,796,
7, 735,

687. 36
956.00
892.20
092. 19
322,00
790.00
948. 00
298.00
450.25
437.83
920.71
578.28
456. 45
246.41
912.00
754. 84
073. 95

1. 815. 77
i, 156. 76
1,908.20
1.911.88
■.115.00
;.O74.00
1,507.00
!, 687.04
), 223. 21
>.751.41
1, 818. 76
!, 630. 28
1, 608. 91
), 768. 95
r, 489. 00
).011.69
), 678. 49

4S, 796, 815. 47 312.331,156.28

Arms-Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates by category
subdivision the value of the arms, ammunition,
and implements of war licensed for import by
the Secretary of State during the month of June
1941:

866,663.037.70

I (2)...-

(3)..-.

(4)....

(6)..-
Ill (1)..-

(2) ...
V (1)...-

(2)..-

'3)....
VII 0)....

(2) — -

Total

$10.00
0, 900. 00
7, 209. 00
12,050.00
125.000.00
400. 00
40. 333. 00
2,600.00
68, 700. 00
38, 200. 00
4, 160. 00

305. 562. 00

Asms Exported

The table printed below indicates by category
subdivision the value of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war exported during the year
1941 up to and including the month of June
under export licenses issued by the Secretary of
State :

Categories of Arms, Ammunition, and
Implements of War

The categories of arms, ammunition, and im-
plements of war in the first column of the three
tables printed above are the categories into
which those articles were divided in the Presi-
dent's proclamation of May 1, 1937. enumerating

AUGUST 2, 1941

103

the articles which would be considered 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 12, 1941,
pp. 33-35].

Special Statistics in Kegard 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 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 ship-
ment 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 arms, ammunition,
and implements of war of all kinds by requir-
ing 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 procla-
mation 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

(3) Ammunition for the arms and small arms
under (1) above.

(4) Sabers, swords, and military machetes
with cross-guard 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 potash ; and acetones.
(6) Tear gas (CacoCH^Ci) and other sim-
ilar non-toxic 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 June 1941, the number of licenses
and the value of the articles and commodities
described in the licenses :

Number of licenses

Section

Value

(1)

$2, 255. 30

(2)

(3)

67.26
16, 709. 50

(6)

7. 973. 07

27.005.12

The table printed below indicates the value of
the articles and commodities listed above ex-
ported to Cuba during June 1941 under licenses
issued by the Secretary of State :

Section

Value

S9S6.25

163.80

9.209.00

7, 886. 55

18,245.60

Tin-Plate Scrap

During the month of June no licenses author-
izing the exportation of tin-plate scrap were
issued.

Helium

The table printed below gives the essential
information in regard to the licenses issued
during the month of June 1941 authorizing the
exportation of helium gas under the provisions
of the act approved on September 1, 1937, and
the regulations issued pursuant thereto :

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Applicant for

Purchaser in for-

Country of

Quantity

Total

license

eign country

destination

feet

Goodyear Aircraft

J. A. Boettner,

Canada...

7.000

$294.00

Corp.

Goodyear Air-
craft Corp.

The Ohio Chemical

CompaiSia Man,

Mexico.-..

4.00

& Manufacturing

S. A.

Co.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

On July 29, 1941, the Senate confirmed the
nomination of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., of
Pennsylvania, Ambassador to Poland, to serve
concurrently and without additional compensa-
tion as Minister near the Government of Yugo-
slavia now established in London. Mr. Biddle
will continue to serve concurrently as Ambassa-
dor near the Government of Belgium and as
Minister near the Governments of Norway and
the Netherlands now established in London.

[Released to the press August 1]

The follo^ving changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since July 26, 1941 :

Career Officers

North Winship, of Macon, Ga., Counselor of
Legation at Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South
Africa, has been assigned as Consul General at
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Herbert C. Hengstler, of Middletown, Ohio,
Consul General at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is
retiring from the Foreign Service, effective Jan-
uary 1, 1942.

Alfred T. Nester, of Geneva, N. Y., Consul at
Guayaquil, Ecuador, has been assigned as Con-
sul General at Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Caldwell S. Johnston, of Reno, Nev., Vice
Consul at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has been
assigned as Consul at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Non-career Officers

The assignment of Thomas B. Clark, of
Reagan, Tex., as Vice Consul at Agua Prieta,
has been canceled. Mr. Clark is retiring from
the Foreign Service, effective March 1, 1942.

Davis A. Guttman, of New York, N. Y., has
been appointed Vice Consul at Asuncion,
Paraguay.

International Conferences,
Commissions, Etc.

INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF
SURGEONS

[Released to the press August 1]

This Government has accepted the invitation
of the Mexican Government to participate in
the International Assembly of Surgeons, which
will be held in Mexico City from August 10 to
14, 1941. The President has approved the
following persons as official delegates on the
part of the United States:

Cupt William Seaman Bainbridge, Medical Corps,
United States Naval Reserve, Retired, New York,
N. Y.

Surg. Jolin R. Murdock, Public Health Service.

There will be three categories of delegates
to this meeting, namely, members of the Inter-
national College of Surgeons, official delegates,
and private delegates who will attend in their
individual capacity.

AUGUST 2, 1941

105

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division
COMMERCE

INTER-AMERICAN COFFEE AGREEMENT

Venezuela

By a letter dated July 28, 1941, the Director
General of the Pan American Union informed
the Secretary of State that the instrument of
ratification by Venezuela of the Inter- American
Coffee Agreement, which was signed at Wash-
ington on November 28, 1940, was deposited with
the Union on July 22, 1941. The instrument of
ratification is dated June 30, 1941.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION

Guatemala

By a note dated July 14, 1941, the Spanish
Ambassador at Washington informed the Sec-
retary of State that the instrument of ratifica-
tion by Guatemala of the International Tele-
communication Convention signed at Madrid
December 9, 1932 was deposited with the Span-
ish Government on April 15, 1941. The Am-
bassador's note states also that the General
Kadio Regulations, the Additional Radio Regu-
lations, and the Telegraph Regulations as re-
vised at Cairo in 1938, were included in the
ratification with "reservations which the Gov-
ernment of Guatemala makes with respect
thereto".

Legislation

Compensation for Disability or Death Resulting From
Injury to Persons Employed at Military, Air, and Naval
Bases Acquired by the United States From Foreign
Countries. (H. Kept. 1070, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on S.
1&12.) 7 pp.

Strategic and Critical Materials : Hearings Before a
Subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs,
United States Senate, 77th Cong., 1st sess.. Relative to
Strategic and Critical Materials and Minerals, May 15,
19, 21, 26, June 4, 11, 16, and July 1, 1941. iv, 307 pp.

Regulations

Providing for Admission to St. Elizabeth's Hospital
of Insane I'ersons Belonging to the Foreign Service of
the United States. (S. Rept. 598, 77th Cong., 1st sess.,
on H.R. 4498.) 3 pp.

The following Goverimient regulations may
be of interest to readers of the Bulletin:

Regulations Relating to Transactions in Foreign Ex-
change, Transfers of Credit, Payments, and the Export
or Withdrawal of Coin, Bullion and Currency ; and to
Reports of Foreign Property Interests in the United
States : Amendment to Regulations [to include China
and Japan]. July 26, 1941. (Treasury Department.)
6 Federal Register 3722.

General Licenses Under Executive Order 83S9, April
10, 1940, as Amended, and Regulations Issued Pur-
suant Thereto :

Amendment of General License No. 13, as
Amended, Under Executive Order No. 8389, April
10, 1940, as Amended, and Regulations Issued PuV
suant Thereto, Relating to Transactions in For-
eign Exchange, etc. July 26, 1941. (Treasury
Department.) 6 Federal Register 3722.

Granting of General Licenses Nos. 54, 55, 56, 57,
58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, C6, 67, 68, and 69 Under
Executive Order No. 8389, April 10, 1940, as
Amended, and Regulations Issued Pursuant
Thereto Relating to Transactions in Foreign Ex-
change, etc. July 26, 1941. (Treasury Depart-
ment.) 6 Federal Register 3722-3726.

Registration and Fingerprinting of Aliens in Accord-
ance With the Alien Registration Act, 1940 : Regula-
tions Governing Replacement of Lost, Mutilated or
Destroyed Alien Registration Receipt Cards. July 30,
1941. (Department of Justice: Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service.) [Fourth Supplement to General
Order No. C-21.] 6 Federal Register 3825.

Customs Regulations of 1937, Further Amended to
Dispense With Consular Invoices for Certain Merchan-
dise Transferred From a Foreign-Trade Zone Into Cus-
toms Territory. July 29, 1941. (Treasury Depart-
ment: Bureau of Customs.) [Treasury Decision
50438.] 6 Federal Register 3858.

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Publications

Department of State

Military Aviation Mission : Additional Article to the
Agreement of December 12, 1940 Between the United
States of America and Ecuador — Signed April 30, 1941.
Executive Agreement Series 207. 2 pp. 50.

department of state bxjlletin
Other Government Agencies

statistical Classification of Imports Into the United
States, With Rates of Duty and Regulations Govern-
ing the Preparation of Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual
Statements of Imports, Effective January 1, 1941. (De-
partment of Commerce : Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce.) 241 pp. 500.

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AUGUST 9, 1941
Vol. V, No. Ill— Publication 1631

Europe Page

Economic assistance to the Soviet Union 109

Address by Assistant Secretaiy of State Berle .... 110

American Republics

Increase in coffee quota Ill

Boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru .... 112
Letter of appreciation on behalf of the President of

Paraguay and Senora de Morinigo 112

General

Statement by the Secretary of State 1 13

Suspension of International Load Line Convention . . 114

Control of exports in national defense 116

Commercial Policy

Agreement with the Soviet Union 115

International Wheat Meeting 116

The Department

Consultant on international petroleum matters. . . . 117

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 117

Cultural Relations

Distinguished visitor from Chile 118

Chilean committee for mterchange of art with the

United States 119

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ontents-coNTifivEu

Treaty Information Page

Commerce: Agreement With the Soviet Union . ... 119

Economic Assistance: Soviet Union 120

Extradition: Treaty With Great Britain 120

Restriction of War: Convention Relatmg to the Treat-
ment of Prisoners of War 121

Navigation: International Load Line Convention. . . 121
International Law: Convention on Kights and Duties

of States 121

Indian Aflairs: Convention Providing for an Inter-
American Indian Institute 121

Regulations 122

Legislation 122

Europe

ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION

[Released to the press August 5]

The Department of State made public on Au-
gust 5, 1941 the following exchange of notes
between the Acting Secretary of State of the
United States, Mr. Sumner Welles, and the Am-
bassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lics, Mr. Constantino A. Oumansky :

The Acting Sea'etary of State to the Ambassa-
dor of the Soviet Union

August 2, 1941.
My Dear Mr. Ambassador :

I am pleased to inform you that the Govern-
ment of the United States has decided to give all
economic assistance practicable for the purpose
of strengthening the Soviet Union in its strug-
gle against armed aggression. This decision
has been prompted by the conviction of the Gov-
ernment of the United States that the strength-
ening of the armed resistance of the Soviet
Union to the predatory attack of an aggressor
who is threatening the security and independ-
ence not only of the Soviet Union but ulso of all
other nations is in the interest of the national
defense of the United States.

In accordance with this decision of the Gov-
ernment of the United States and in order to
implement the policy enunciated above, the Gov-
ernment of the United States is giving the most
friendly consideration to I'equests from the Gov-
ernment, institutions, or agencies of the Soviet
Union relative to the placing in this country of
orders for articles and materials urgently re-
quired for the needs of the national defense of
the Soviet Union and, for the purpose of pro-

moting the speedy completion and delivery of
such articles and materials, is extending to these
orders priority assistance upon the principles
applicable to the orders of countries struggling
against aggression.

In order to facilitate the extension of eco-
nomic assistance to the Soviet Union, the De-
partment of State is also issuing unlimited li-
censes permitting the export to the Soviet Union
of a wide variety of articles and materials
needed for the strengthening of the defense of
that country, in accordance with the principles
applicable to the furnishing of such articles and
materials as are needed for the same purpose by
other countries resisting aggression.

The appropriate authorities of the Govern-
ment of the United States, in pursuance of the
decision to which I have above refeiTed, are also
giving their favorable consideration to requests
for the extension of available American ship-
ping facilities for the purpose of expediting the
shipment to the Soviet Union of articles and
materials needed for the national defense of
that country.

I am [etc.] Sumner Welles

The Anibassador of the Soviet Union to the
Acting Secretary of State

August 2, 1941.
My Dear Mr. Acting Secretary :

I am pleased to take notice of the contents of
your communication of this date in which you
informed me that the Government of the United
States has decided to give all economic assistance
practicable for the purpose of strengthening the

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Soviet Union in its struggle against armed ag-
gi-ession. You add that this decision has been
prompted by the conviction of the Government
of the United States that the strengthening of
the armed resistance of the Soviet Union to the
predatory attack of an aggressor who is threat-
ening the security and independence not only of
the Soviet Union but also of all other nations is
in the interest of the national defense of the
United States.

On behalf of my Government, I wish to em-
phasize the correctness of the view that the ag-
gressor who has treacherously invaded my
coimtry is threatening tlie security and inde-
pendence of all freedom loving nations and that
this threat naturally creates a community of
interest of national defense of those nations.
My Government has directed me to express to
the Government of the United States its grati-
tude for the friendly decision of the Government
of the United States and its confidence that the
economic assistance 3'ou refer to in j'our note
will be of such scope and carried out with such
expedition as to correspond to the magnitude
of the military operations in wliich the Soviet
Union is engaging, in offering anned resistance
to the aggressoi" — a resistance which, as you so
justly observed, is also in the interest of the na-
tional defense of the United States.

I am also pleased to note your statement that :

"In accordance with this decision of the Gov-
ernment of the United States and in order to

imjDlement the policy enunciated above, the
Government of the United States is giving the
most friendly consideration to requests from
the Government, institutions, or agencies of the
Soviet Union relative to the placing in this
country of orders for articles and matei'ials
urgently required for the needs of the national
defense of the Soviet Union and, for the pur-
pose of promoting the speedy completion and
delivery of such articles and materials, is ex-
tending to these orders priority assistance upon
the principles ajiplicable to the orders of coun-
tries struggling against aggression.

''In order to facilitate the extension of eco-
nomic assistance to the Soviet Union, the De-
partment of State is also issuing unlimited li-
censes permitting the export to the Soviet
Union of a wide variety of articles and mate-
rials needed for the strengthening of the de-
fense of that country, in accordance with the
principles applicable to the furnishing of such
articles and materials as are needed for the same
purpose by other countries resisting aggression.

'"The appropriate authorities of the Govern-
ment of the United States, in pursuance of the
decision to which I have above referred, are also
giving their favorable consideration to requests
for the extension of available American ship-
ping facilities for the purpose of expediting the
shipment to the Soviet Union of articles and
materials needed for the national defense of
that coimtry."

I am [etc.] Constantine A. Oumanskt

ADDRESS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE BERLE '

[Released to the press August 9]

We meet today in the hospitality of the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, a state which through
the endless changes of European history has
given an example of devotion to fi'eedom and
independence. Let it stand as a symbol of the

' At the reception given in Washington, D. C, by the
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg in honor of George P.
Waller, Consul of the United States of America, August
8, 1941.

many small nations which have mightily con-
tributed to the life of Europe.

Though this .small countiy is today submerged
by irresistible force, we know beyond question
that the processes of force can create no lasting
result. Though its civilian population is
literally enslaved, its mind and heart will not
and cannot be broken.

An invading army has seized its territory. A
conqueror, claiming to establish a "new order",

AUGUST 9, 1941

111

has put its young men to work at forced labor ;
and has taken its girls from their homes, has
forced them into German industry, and pro-
poses to make them, if possible, mothers of alien
children. This is the grim reality behind fine
phrases about a "new order".

Yet there is no shadow of doubt that the
nations of Europe and the people of Europe,
great and small, wait only for the opportunity
to break the chains of this temporary barbar-
ism, and to reestablish the laws and customs of
civilization.

My Government is happy in the knowledge
that the lot of the people of Luxembourg has
been in some slight degree alleviated by the
representative there of the Foreign Service of
the United States, Consul Waller.

It is the plan of this Government, when the
tide of barbarity shall be rolled back, to tuni
the full measure of its economic strength to
bringing help, relief, and sustenance to the tens
of millions of families in many countries who
are now hungry, cold, homeless, sick, separated,
or in prison by the ruthless act of a group of
tyrants.

Out of the shadows there emerge the outlines
of the world to come.

In it, small nations will be able to live in free-
dom and in peace, in a family of nations ruled
by law which respects the right of the weak as
well as the strong. The basis of existence must
be national. But a necessary condition must be
a general accord under which all countries are
assured of participation in the economic life of
the world and under which all races are assured
the right to live in conditions of equality and
self-respect.

Modern life has provided the tools, the
capacity, and the transport which can assure
freedom from want. It has created the com-
munications which can guarantee freedom of
information and of science. It can and must
create the law which gives freedom from fear.

In the day of reconstruction the voices of
those who suffer now will not be forgotten. We
are bold to think that the sorrow of the present
is the prelude to a coming age more secure, more
brilliant, more gracious, and more free than any
we have yet seen.

American Republics

INCKEASE IN COFFEE QUOTA

[Released to the press August 5]

Pursuant to provisions of article VII of the
Inter-American Coffee Agreement (Treaty
Series 970)^ the quota for imports of coffee into
the United States from countries which ai'e not
signatories of the agi-eement is to be increased
in proportion to the increase in the quotas for
countries which are signatories of the agree-

'BiiUefhi of November .30, 1940, p. 48:i.

ment, authorized by the resolution of the Inter-
American Coffee Boai-d on August 2, 1941. By
virtue of this resolution of the Board the total
quota for the signatory countries for the cur-
rent quota-year ending September 30, 1941 will
be increased, effective August 11, 1941, from
1.5,804,757 bags of 60 kilograms net to 16,239,240
bags. The corresponding increase in the quota
for non-signatory countries is from 360,932 bags
to 370,854 bags.

112

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUI.LETIN

BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN
ECUADOR AND PERU

(Released to the press August 7]

Texts of telegrams from the President of
Peru, His Excellency Manuel Prado, and the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, His Excel-
lency Alfredo Solf y Muro, in reply to tele-
grams of congratulations from the President of
the United States and the Acting Secretary of
State on the occasion of the suspension of hos-
tilities between Peru and Ecuador,^ follow:

The President of Peru to the President of the
United States

I wish to express my appreciation to Your
Excellency for your courteous congratulations
on the occasion of the suspension of frontier
hostilities betM'een Peru and Ecuador. Tlie
Peruvian Government will omit no effort to re-
establish normality in its relations with the
Ecuadoran Government and to maintain them
in an atmosphere of peace and cooperation. I
beg of Your Excellency to accept my fervent
wishes for the happiness of the American people
and for your personal welfare.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru to the
Acting Seci'etary of State of the United
States

I am very grateful for your kind telegram
of congratulations. It is my privilege to assure
Your Excellency that my Government will al-
ways be disposed to cooperate effectively for the
maintenance of peace in the Americas, the
strengthening of continental solidarity and in
the maintenance of a pacific and cordial under-
standing with Ecuador which will permit the
happy solution of our differences.

LETTER OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF
OF THE PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY
AND SENORA DE MORINIGO

[Released to the press August 6]

The Department of State has made public
the following translation of a letter from the

' Bulletin of August 2, 1941, p. 93.

Minister of Paraguay in the United States,
Seiior Dr. Don Juan Jose Soler, to the Act-
ing Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles:

"Washington, July 28, J94J.
"Mr. Secretary:

"I have the honor to inform Your Excellency
that yesterday Seiiora Dolores F. de Morinigo
and her son, Higinio, departed by airplane of
the Pan American Airways on their return to
Paraguay. Seiiora de Morinigo arrived at
Miami on May 7 last, invited by President
Roosevelt to submit her son, who was suffering
from the effects of infantile paralysis, to a spe-
cialized treatment at the Warm Springs Foun-
dation, Georgia.

"I am accordingly pleased to express to Your
Excellency :

"(1) The reiteration of the appreciation of
President Morinigo for the deference which he
has been shown and which he has accepted,
both for the respect in which it affects him per-
sonally and for its high value as American
cordiality. This appreciation, directed in the
first instance to the host, President Roosevelt,
extends to Your E.xcellency as a spontaneous
and effective cooperator in the conception and
carrying out of this noble initiative.

"(2) Senora de Morinigo requested me, be-
fore leaving, to convey officially through the
worthy intermediation of Your Excellency, to
Her Excellency, Mrs. Roosevelt, to Mrs. Cor-
dell Hull, and to Mrs. Sumner Welles, and the
distinguished ladies of American society to
whom Seiiora de Morinigo is obligated, the
expi-essions of her gratitude for the reception
at the White House, for the teas given in her
honor, and for the numerous and courteous at-
tentions received on the occasion of her visit
to Washington and recently on departing from
Miami.

"(3) The general health of the child has im-
proved notably and the difficulties have begun
to give way with the treatment applied. Effec-
tive progress has been noted in the movement
of the muscles and the manner of walking.
The deformities which were beginning to be
visible in the bone structure of the child due to

AUGUST 9, 1941

defective locomotion have been corrected.
Now, with adequate orthopedic apparatus, this
locomotion approaches normality. No oper-
ation has been performed, since the doctor be-
lieves that only after two years would condi-
tions be appropriate to perform one, for which
purpose the treatments and massages that are
recommended will be continued in Paraguay.
In addition, the doctor wishes to receive re-
ports periodically concerning the condition of
the child. All of these recommendations will
be followed out by Dr. Eaul Pena, who was
sent to Warm Springs expressly to receive the
pertinent instructions.

"Finally, I do not wish to conceal from Your
Excellency the satisfaction and the intimate

113

appreciation with which Sefiora de Morinigo
has regarded the efforts of the eminent Chief
Surgeon, Dr. C. E. Irwin, to combat the effects
of the disease, as well as the endeavors of the
Director of the Foundation and all of the ad-
ministrative personnel to provide her with a
tranquil and comfortable stay in Warm
Springs.

"Having complied with the pleasant duty
with wliich I have been charged by the Pres-
ident of the Republic and Sefiora de Morinigo,
I take advantage of this opportmiity to greet
you, Mr. Secretary, with my highest considera-
tion and personal esteem.

Juan Jose Soler"

General

STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

[Released to the press August 4 ]

At his press confez-ence on August 4, the
Secretary of State made the following state-
ment :

"I think that no rational person needs any
argument to convince him that during the
weeks of my absence the most clinching demon-
stration has been given of what some of us for
some years have insisted was being planned.
That is, that there is a world movement of con-
quest by force, accompanied by methods of gov-
erning the conquered peoples that are rooted
mainly in savagery and barbarism. That situ-
ation calls for ever-increasing preparations
for our national defense and ever-increas-
ing production of military supplies both for
ourselves and for those who are resisting the

would-be world conquerors. On these points
there should be absolute unity among the Amer-
ican people, in the first place, and among the
other free peoples who have not yet been con-
quered. With full effort and ever-increasing
production and preparation for defense, when-
ever and wherever such defense is most effec-
tive, a successful resistance to the present world
movement of invasion and destruction can be
made and, in my judgment, undoubtedly will be
made. I feel very strongly that with unity of
purpose, maximum effort, and firm determina-
tion, the remaining free peoples of the world
will win and that those who are at present the
victims of the forces of barbarism can hope for
the restoration of their human rights and
liberties."

114 DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION

[Released to the press August 9]

The President lias issued a proclamation de-
claring the International Load Line Conven-
tion, signed at London July 5, 1930 (Treaty Se-
ries 858), suspended in the ports and waters of
the United States, so far as the United States is
concerned, for the duration of the present emer-
gency.

The convention contains provisions with re-
si^ect to the placing of load lines on ships en-
gaged in international voyages other than ships
of war, ships solely engaged in fishing, pleasure
yachts, and ships not carrying cargo or pas-
sengers, and those of less than 150 tons, flying
the flags of the contracting parties.

The proclamation is based upon an opinion of
the Attorney General dated July 28, 1941 ^ in
which he concluded that peacetime commerce
and voyages were assumed as the basis of the
convention; that the present situation with re-
spect to shipping is wholly different from that
obtaining at the time the convention was
signed ; and that the conditions essential to tlie
operation of the convention and assumed as the
basis for it are almost in complete abeyance.
He pointed out that of the 36 countries which
became parties to the convention, 10 are at war
and 16 are under military occupation and that
in these circumstances the Government of the
United States is free to declare the convention
inoperative or suspended.

In view of the pressing need for tonnage in
the trade between the United States and the
other American republics, particularly tanker
facilities for petroleum products, the shortage
in which has a direct bearing upon national and
hemispheric defense, the Department of State
has conferred with the American republics that
are parties to the convention, namely, Argen-
tina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Panama,
Peru, and Uruguay, all of which have agreed to
the suspension.

The load lines will be fixed during the period
of the suspension by the Secretary of Commerce,

pursuant to provisions of the act of Congress
approved March 2, 1929 - stipulating that no
line shall be established which in the judgment
of the Secretary '"is above the actual line of
.safety".

The British Government, which is the de-
positaiy of the convention, has been informed
of this Government's action.

The text of the proclamation, entitled "Sus-
pending the International Load Lines Conven-
tion in Ports and Waters of the United States
and in so far as the United States of America is
Concerned" is printed below :

By the President of the United States of
America

A Proclamation

Whereas a convention establishing uniform
jjrinciples and rules with regard to the limits to
which ships on international voyages may be
loaded, entitled "International Load Lines Con-
vention", was signed by the respective plenipo-
tentiaries of the United States of America and
certain other countries at London on July 5,'
1930; and

Whereas, following ratification by the United
States of America and certain other countries,
the Convention, in accordance with Article 24
thereof, came into force with respect to the
United States of America and cei-tain other
countries on January 1, 1933; and

Whereas the provisions of the Convention
were carefully formulated "to promote safety of
life and property at sea" in time of peace by
regulating the competitive loading of merchant
ships employed in the customary channels of
international trade; and

Whereas the conditions envisaged by the Con-
vention have been, for the time being, almost
wholly de.stroyed, and the partial and imperfect
enforcement of the Convention can operate only
to prejudice the victims of aggression, whom it

' 40 Op. Att. Gen., No. 24.

'45 Stat. 1492.

AUGUST 9, 1941

115

is the avowed purpose of the United States of
America to aid; and

Whereas it is an implicit condition to the
binding effect of the Convention that those con-
ditions envisaged by it should continue without
such material change as has in fact occurred;
and

Whereas under approved principles of inter-
national law it has become, by reason of such
changed conditions, the right of the United
States of America to declare the Convention
suspended and inojjerative :

Now, THEREFORE, I, FrANKLIN D. RoOSEVELT,

President of the United States of America, exer-
cising in behalf of the United States of America
an unquestioned right and privilege under ap-
proved principles of international law, do pro-
claim and declare the aforesaid International
Load Lines Convention suspended and inopera-
tive in the ports and waters of the United States
of America, and in so far as the United States of
America is concerned, for the duration of the
present emergency.

In waTNESS 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 9th day

of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen

hundred and forty-one, and of the

[seal] Independence of the United States

of America the one hundred and

sixty-sixth.

Franklin D Roosevelt
By the President:
CoRDELL Hull

Secretary of State.

[No. 2500]

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

[Released to the press August 4]

The Secretary of Stat« annoimced on August
i the issuance of general licenses GATE i for the
exportation of rubber-belting to Canada and
GATE 63 for the exportation of rubber-belting
to the Philippine Islands.

Collectors of customs have been authorized
to permit, without the requirement of indi-
vidual license, the exportation of any of the
articles and materials enumerated above, to the
respective countries named, but the exporter is
required to indicate the appropriate license
number on the shipper's export declaration
filed with the collector.

Commercial Policy

AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET UNION

[Released to the press August 5]

The commercial agreement between the
United States of America and the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republics which was pro-
claimed on and became effective on August 6,
1937 and which was renewed for successive
periods of one year on August 5, 1938, August
2, 1939, and August 6, 1940,^ was continued in

' Executive Agreement Series 105, 132, 151, and 179.
406325 — 41 2

force for another year, that is, until August 6,
1942, by identic notes exchanged at Washington
on August 2, 1941 by the Acting Secretary of
State of the United States, Mr. Sumner Welles,
and the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, Mr. Constantino A.
Oumansky.

Although it is expected that in the coming
year the character and amoimt of United States
trade with the Soviet Union will be governed

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largely by the defense needs of the United
States and of the Soviet Union and other coun-
tries struggling against the forces of armed
aggression rather than by the usual commer-
cial considerations, the exchange of notes will
insure the continuance during the emergency
period of our established commercial relations
with the Soviet Union on the basis of the 1937
commercial agreement.

The following table gives the value in dollars
of exports to and imports from the Soviet
Union in the agreement years:

[Source: Official records of the United States Department of Commerce.)

Agreement year (beginning August)

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

1939-40

1940-41 (10 months) '"-

U.S. domestic

exports to
U.S.S.R. (in
tiiousands of
U.S. dollars)

33, 286
30, 987
64, 338
50, 160
73, 636
57, 481

U.S. import*
for consump-
tion from
U.S.S.R. (in
thousands of
U.S. dollars)

21,200

23, 240
22, 874

24, 739
24, 773
22, 710

• Preliminary data for the 10 months, August 1940 through May 1941.

The text of the identic notes exchanged
follows :

"Washington, August 2, 1941-
"Excellency :

"In accordance with the conversations which
have taken place, I have the honor to confirm on
behalf of my Government the agreement which
has been reached between the Governments of
our respective countries that the agreement
regarding commercial relations between the
United States of America and the Union of
Soviet Socialist Kepublics recorded in the ex-
change of notes of August 4, 1937 = between the
Ambassador of the United States of America
at Moscow and the People's Commissar for
Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, which came into force on August 6,

1937, on the date of proclamation thereof by the
President of the United States of America and
approval thereof by the Council of People's
Commissai-s of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics and which was renewed on August 5.

1938, August 2. 1939, and August 6, 19-40 shall
continue in force until August 6, 1942.

"The present agreement shall 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.]"

INTERNATIONAL WHEAT MEETING

[Released to the press August 4]

There follows the text of a statement prepared
for the press by officials of the Governments of
Argentina, Australia, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and the United States, who convened
in Washington on July 10, 1941 ^ to consider the
present situation and outlook with respect to
international trade in wheat :

"The representatives of Argentina, Australia,
Canada, the United Kingdom and the United
States of America who have been considering
world wheat problems in Washington since the
tenth of July recessed on the third of August to

meet again on the eighteenth of August. A pro-
visional draft agreement is being submitted to
the Governments forthwith, together with a re-
quest for instructions which will enable the
delegates to prepare a definitive text when they
reconvene.

"The range of the wheat discussions has been
considerably wider than hitherto. The prob-
lems of furnishing post-war relief to countries
which have suffered from the devastation of war
occupied a prominent place in the agenda. The
need for an equitable sharing of world markets
to avoid cut-throat competition was fully con-

' Bulletin of July 12, 1941, p. 28.

' Bulletin of August 10, 1940, p. 106.

AUGUST 9, 1941 i

sidered as a new phase of an old problem.
Stocks available for export at the end of July
1941 amounted to about two years' normal re-
quirements of imported wheat and, in conse-
quence, the representatives of the exporting
countries have been compelled to face the neces-
sity of controlling production in order to pi'e-
vent stocks from continuing to rise above their
present record high level.

"The representatives have recognized that
when the war is over European agriculture will
be distorted, livestock herds will be severely re-
duced by the acute shortage of feed grains, farm
equipment will be dilapidated, and, in conse-
quence, there will be urgent need and oppor-
tunity for reconstruction.

"The advance of knowledge about the rela-
tionship of food to health suggests that this
reconstruction should result in the provision
for each country of diets more adequate for
health and happiness, thus improving upon pre-
war conditions.

"Much progress has been made in the consid-
eration of all these problems in the hope that
by the establishment of an ever-normal granary
and of a large pool of relief wheat, the con-
sumers of the world may be guaranteed abun-
dant post-war supplies at prices reasonable
both to them and to producers and free of
charge to those in need of relief."

The Department

CONSULTANT ON INTERNATIONAL
PETROLEUM MATTERS

[Released to the press August 6]

The appointment of Max W. Thornburg as a
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of
State to act as consultant to the State Depart-
ment on international petroleum matters was
announced in the Bulletin of July 12, 1941, page
25. Because of tlie close connection between pe-
troleum matters and other international eco-
nomic questions, Mr. Thornburg was assigned

117

to the Office of the Adviser on International
Economic Affairs.

The vital role played by oil in the present
war and in our own national-defense efforts has
given it a weight in shaping many State De-
partment policies that waiTants a specialist
within that Department who is acquainted with
the oil problems of various foreign countries.

Mr. Thornburg, while devoting his special
attention to the State Department's interest in
petroleum problems, will work closely with the
Office of the Petroleum Coordinator. He will
keep that Office cuiTently acquainted with the
international aspects of tlie petroleum prob-
lem and will infoim the State Department of
the plans and policies formulated by the Co-
ordinator in meeting his responsibilities.

Mr. Thornburg was graduated in engineering
from the University of California in 1917 and
from the University of Grenoble (France) . He
served in the A. E. F. during the World War.
For the past 20 years he has held positions in
the oil industry, both in the production and dis-
tribution fields. Mr. Thornburg has resigned as
vice president of the Bahrein Petroleum Co. to
place at the service of the Government his large
experience gained in the Middle and Far East
and, since the outbreak of the present war, in
London, where he has worked with British oil-
supply authorities.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

The Senate on August 7, 1941 confirmed
the nomination of Lii;coln MticVeagh, of Con-
necticut, now Envoy Extraordinary and Min-
ister Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to Greece, as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iceland.

[Released to the press August 9]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since August 1.
1941:

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Career Officers

Carlos C. Hall, of Kingman, Ariz., Consul
at Medellfn, Colombia, has been designated
Second Secretary of Legation and Consul at
La Paz, Bolivia, and will serve in dual ca-
pacity.

Kobert G. McGregor, Jr., of New Eochelle,
N. Y., Consul at Mexico, D. F., Mexico, has
been designated Second Secretary of Embassy
at that post.

William C. AfFeld, Jr., of Minneapolis,
Minn., Vice Consul at Kobe, Japan, has been
assigned as Vice Consul at Caracas, Venezuela.

Stephen E. Aguirre, of El Paso, Tex., Third
Secretary of Embassy at Mexico, D. F., Mex-
ico, has been assigned as Vice Consul at Mexi-
cali, Baja California, Mexico.

Vernon L. Fluharty, of Worthington, Ohio,
Third Secretary of Embassy and Vice Consul
at Bogota, Colombia, has been assigned as Vice
Consul at Medellfn, Colombia.

James M. Gilchrist. Jr., of Chicago, 111., has
been appointed Foreign Service Officer, Un-
classifiecl, Secretary in the Diplomatic Service,
and Vice Consul, and has been assigned for
duty in the Department of State.

Byron Wliite, of Fayetteville, N. C, has been
appointed Foreign Service Officer, Unclassified,
Secretary in the Diplomatic Service, and Vice
Consul, and has been assigned as Vice Consul
at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Non-career Officers

Raymond Phelan, of San Jose, Calif., Vice
Consul at Barranquilla, Colombia, has been
appointed Vice Consul at Agua Prieta, Sonora,
Mexico.

James M. Bowcock, of Denver, Colo., who
has been serving as Vice Consul at Munich,
Germany, has been appointed Vice Consul at
Tenerife, Canary Islands.

J. Brock Havron, of "VVliitwell, Tenn., Vice
Consul at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has
been appointed Vice Consul at Acapulco de
Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico.

Francis M. Withey, of Reed City, Mich., Vice
Consul at Nice, France, has been appointed
Vice Consul at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Cultural Relations

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR FROM
CHILE

[Released to the press August 6]

Sefiorita Magdalena Petit, of Santiago, Chile,
will arrive in New York on August 11 aboard
the S.S. Santa Lucia of the Grace Line on an
invitation extended by the Department of State
to visit the United States.

Senorita Petit comes from a family dedi-
cated to science and the arts and as a child
manifested an early interest in an intellectual
and artistic career. In the field of music she
collaborated with the Bach Society, attracting
wide attention with her original compositions.
Later, foi-saking a musical career, she devoted
her time to writing. In the latter field of en-
deavor she has become very successful and is
the author of La Qu'mtrala (novel), K'lmera-
hmd (play), La Quintrala (a dramatization
of the novel), Diego Portales (biography),
Lofi Pincheita (novel, recently adapted for
the screen), and Vn. Autm- en Busca de
Re present acion.

In 1932 her historical novel, Diego Portales,
won a prize. Tliis novel is a noteworthy recon-
struction of an important Chilean epoch and
a psychological portrait of a minister of state.
It is a good example of the author's favorite
genre, the psychological novel, which is per-
haps attributable to her French inheritance.
Her latest novel, Los Pincheira (1939), por-
trays in a romantic setting the lives of Chilean
bandits.

Seilorita Petit has also contributed articles
to various magazines, including Atenea and
Nosotros. At present she is much engrossed in
the theater and has published several plays.
She is particularly interested in the "little
theater movement" and its development in
Chile.

Seiiorita Petit will come to Washington
shortly after her arrival in New York in order
to confer with officers of the Department of
State regarding the itinerary of her visit in the
United States.

AUGUST 9, 1941

CHILEAN COMMITTEE FOR INTER-
CHANGE OF ART WITH THE UNITED
STATES

A recent letter addressed to the Honorable
Claude G. Bowers, American Ambassador at
Santiago, Chile, by Senor Domingo Santa
Cruz, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the
University of Chile, contained the informa-
tion that a special committee had been organ-
ized to encourage cultural relations in the field
of art between Chile and the United States.
The committee plans to aid in the exchange of
art exhibits between the two countries and also
to make it possible for persons interested in art
in the two countries to meet and communicate
with one another.

The committee is composed of the following
persons :

Domingo Santa Cruz, dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts
and professor of composition of the National Con-
servatory of Music, president

Jos6 Perotti, director of the School of Applied Arts and
professor of modeling

Samuel Negrete, director of the National Conservatory
of Music and professor of composition

Carlos Humeres, director of the School of Fine Arts
and professor of history of art

119

Julio Ortiz de Zarate, director of the National Mu-
seum of Fine Arts and head professor of metal arts
in the School of Applied Arts

Carlos Isamitt, president of the National Association
of Composers

Romano De Dtiminicis, secretary of the Faculty of
Fine Arts and professor of morphology and his-
tory of art

Jorge Caballero, commissary of expositions of the fac-
ulty and professor of painting in the School of
Fine Arts

Eugenio Pereira Salas, professor of history of Ameri-
can art in the School of Fine Arts and secretary
of the Chile -United States Cultural Institute

Hector Banderas, painter and professor of the School
of Applied Arts

Senora Filomena Salas wiU serve as secretary
of the committee.

This committee plans to work in close cooper-
ation with the Chilean Committee on Intellec-
tual Cooperation, as well as with the Chile -
United States Cultural Institute.

The formation of the committee is the direct
result of recent visits made by several of its
members to the United States at the invitation
of the Department of State. Members who
have visited the United States under the pro-
gram for bringing distinguished visitors of the
other American republics to the United States
are Senor Domingo Santa Cruz, Dr. Carlos
Humeres, and Dr. and Senora Pereira Salas.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

COMMERCE

AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET UNION

The commercial agreement between the
United States of America and the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics which was pro-
claimed on and became effective on August 6,
1937 and which was renewed for successive
periods of one year on August 5, 1938, August

2, 1939, and August 6, 1940 (Executive Agree-
ment Series 105, 132, 151, and 179), was con-
tinued in force for another year, that is, until
August 6, 1942, by identic notes exchanged at
Washing-ton on August 2, 1941 by the Acting
Secretary of State of the United States and
the Ambassador of the Soviet Union. The text
of tlie identic notes appears in this Bidletin
under the heading "Commercial Policy".

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ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

Soviet Union

An exchange of notes dated August 2, 1941
between the Acting Secretary of State and the
Ambassador of the Soviet Union regarding the
decision of the Government of tlie United States
to give economic assistance to the Soviet Union
in its struggle against armed aggression, ap-
pears in this Bulletin under the heading
"Europe".

EXTRADITION

TREATY WITH GREAT BRIT.UN

Burma

There is printed below the text of a note dated
July 22, 1941 from the British Ambassador at
Washington to the Secretary of State i-egard-
ing the participation of Burma as an Overseas
Territory of His Majesty the King in the Ex-
tradition Treaty between the United States and
Great Britain signed on December 22, 1931
(Treaty Series 849) :

"No. 463. British Embassy,

'■'Washington, D. C. July 22nd, 19^.
"Sir:

"I have the honour to inform you, in accord-
ance with instructions from His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
fairs, that His Majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom have had mider consideration
the position of Burma in relation to the Extra-
dition Treaty between the United Kingdom and
the United States of America signed at London
on the 22nd December, 1931.

"2. Article 2 of the said Treaty provides that
for the purposes of that Treaty 'the territory of
His Britannic Majesty shall be deemed to be
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Chan-
nel Islands and the Isle of Man, and all parts of
His Britannic Majesty's Dominions overseas
other than those enumerated in Article
14 . . . ' . Article 14 provides that His Ma-
jesty may accede to the Treaty on behalf of the
Dominion of Canada, the Conmionwealth of
Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the
Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and

Newfoundland — and India. The fourth para-
graph of Article 18 contains a provision to the
effect that on the entry into force of the Treaty
of the 22nd December, 1931, the provisions of
Article 10 of the Treaty of the 9th August, 1842
[Treaty Series 119], of the Convention of the
12th Jidy, 1889 [Treaty Series 139], of the Sup-
plementary Convention of the 13th December,
1900 [Treaty Series 391], and of the Supple-
mentary Convention of the 12th April, 1905
[Treaty Series 458], relative to extradition,
should cease to have effect, save that in the case
of each of the Dominions and India, mentioned
in Article 14, those provisions should remain in
force until such Dominion or India should have
acceded to the Treaty of the 22nd December,
1931, or until replaced by other treaty arrange-
ments.

"3. At the time when the Treaty entered into
force in relation to the countries covered by
Article 2, the term 'India' in article 14 of the
Treaty of 1931 included Burma. His Majesty
has however not acceded to the Treaty in re-
spect of India, which therefore continues to be
bound by the earlier treaty arrangements men-
tioned in the preceding paragraph, and conse-
quently, as Burma inherits from India such
international obligations as are applicable,
Burma, though now separated from India, con-
tinues to be bound by the earlier treaty
arrangements.

"4. Since the 1st April, 1937, the date of
separation from India, Burma has possessed the
status of an Overseas Territory of His Majesty
The King. The Government of Burma having
now expressed the wish to participate in the
Treaty, I have the honour to propose to Your
Excellency that Burma should be regarded as
participating in the said Treaty of 1931 as from
the 1st November, 1941, as if Burma had been
included at the time of its signature in the
territories enumerated in the first paragraph of
Article 2 of the Treaty.

"5. Kequisitions for the extradition of fugi-
tive criminals who have taken refuge in Burma
should be addressed to the Governor of Burma.
"6. If this proposal is agreeable to the United
States Government, I have the honour to sug-

AUGUST 9, 1941

gest that the present note and Your Excel-
lency's reply hereto should be regarded as plac-
ing upon record the agreement i-eached in the
matter and that this agreement should be
terminable by either party by a notice given in
accordance with the provisions of Article 18.
"I have [etc.]

"(For the Ambassador)

N. M. Butler"

The proposal contained in the above note was
accepted by this Government, and the Am-
bassador was so informed by a note dated
August 1, 1941. According to the agreement
reached in the exchange of notes, Burma shall
be considered as participating in the Extradi-
tion Treaty of 1931 as from November 1, 1941.

RESTRICTION OF WAR

CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF
PRISONERS OF WAR

Colombia

The Swiss Minister at "Washington transmit-
ted to the Secretary of State with a note dated
July 25, 1941 a certified copy of the proces-ver-
bal of the deposit of the instrument of ratifica-
tion by Colombia of the Convention Eelating to
the Treatment of Prisoners of War, signed at
Geneva July 27, 1929 (Treaty Series 846). The
deposit of the instrument of ratification took
place on June 5, 1941.

In accordance Avith the provisions of article
92 of the convention the ratification will become
effective six months from the date of the deposit,
namely, December 5, 1941.

According to the information of the Depart-
ment the following countries have deposited in-
struments of ratification or of adherence to the
convention : Aden, United States of America,
Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Burma, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hun-
gary, India, Iraq, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mex-
ico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Kumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Thailand (Siam) , Turkey, Union of South
Africa, and Yugoslavia.

121
NAVIGATION

INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION

On August 9, 1941 the President issued a proc-
lamation suspending in the ports and waters of
the United States the International Load Line
Convention signed at London July 5, 1930
(Treaty Series 858) , for the duration of the pres-
ent emergency. An announcement to the press,
together with the text of the proclamation, ap-
pear in tills BuUetin under the heading "Gen-
eral".

INTERNATIONAL LAW

CONVENTION ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES

Haiti

The American Minister to Haiti reported by
a despatch dated August 2, 1941 that the Presi-
dent of Haiti signed on July 17, 1941 the Decree
Law No. 14, ratifying on behalf of the Govern-
ment of Haiti the Convention on Rights and
Duties of States signed at the Seventh Interna-
tional Conference of American States, Monte-
video, on December 2(5, 1933 (Treaty Series
881).

The countries which have deposited instru-
ments of ratification or of adherence to this con-
vention are the United States of America, Bra-
zil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Domini-
can Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and
Venezuela.

INDIAN AFFAIRS

CONVENTION PROVIDING FOB AN INTER-AMERICAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE

El Salvador — Honduras

By a telegram dated August 1, 1941 the Amer-
ican Ambassador to Mexico reported that he had
been informed by the Mexican Foreign Office
that the instruments of ratification by El Salva-
dor and by Mexico of the Convention Providing
for an Inter- American Indian Institute, signed
at Mexico City on October 29, 1940, had been
deposited on July 30, 1941 and July 29, 1941,
respectively.

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Regulations

Legislation

Export Control Schedule No. 15 [determining tbat
effective August 2, 1941 the forms, conversions, and
derivatives of petroleum products and tetraethyl lead
(items 1 and 2, respectively, Proclamation 2417) shall
consist of the commodities listed (superseding petro-
leum products and tetraethyl lead as listed in Export
Control Schedule No. 10)]. August 2, 1941. (Admin-
istrator of Export Control.) 6 Federal Register 3888.

Relief of Certain Basque Aliens. (H. Rept. 1103,
77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.R. 1&44.) 3 pp.

Making Eligible for Citizenship Any Alien Not Ra-
cially Ineligible to Naturalization Heretofore Admitted
to the United States for Permanent Residence Under
Special Act of Congress. (H. Rept. 1111, 77th Cong.,
1st sess., on H.R. 5428.) 4 pp.

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BULLETIN

AUGUST 16, 1941
Vol. V, No. 112— Publication 1632

ontents

General Page
Joint declaration of the President of the United States

and the Prime Minister of Great Britain 125

America's ObUgations and Opportunities: Address by

Wallace McClure 126

Control of exports in national defense 132

Europe

Assistance to the Soviet Union: Joint message from the
President of the United States and the Prune
Minister of Great Britain to the President of the
Soviet of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R. . . . 134

Death of Director General of the British Purchasing

Commission 135

Canada

Permanent Joint Board on Defense 135

The,Far East

Repatriation of Americans m Japan 135

Commercial Policy

Agreement with the Soviet Union 136

Supplementary trade agreement with Canada .... 136

Cultural Relations

Travel grants to students from the other American

republics 136

The Department

Passes for entrance to Department of State 140

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 1^0

[over]

U, S, SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SEP 5 1941

0/lf 6 AliS— CONTINUED

Treaty Information Page

Promotion of peace: Treaties With Australia, Canada,
and New Zealand Amending the Treaty for the Ad-
vancement of Peace With Great Britain, Signed
September 15, 1914 141

Commerce:

Supplementary Trade Agreement With Canada . . . 142

Agreement With the Soviet Union 143

Inter-American Coffee Agreement 143

Sovereignty: Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
tration of European Colonies and Possessions in the
Americas 143

Indian affairs: Convention Providing for an Inter-
American Indian Institute 143

Regulations 144

Legislation 144

Publications 144

General

JOINT DECLARATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE
PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN

[Released to the press by the White House August 14]

The following statement was signed by the
President of the United States and the Prime
Minister of Great Britain :

"The President of the United States and the
Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing
His Majesty's Government in the United King-
dom, have met at sea.

"They have been accompanied by officials of
their two Governments, including high-ranking
officers of their Military, Naval, and Air
Services.

"The whole problem of the supply of mu-
nitions of war, as provided by the Lease-Lend
Act, for the armed forces of the United States
and for those countries actively engaged in
resisting aggression has been further examined.

"Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Supply
of the British Government, has joined in these
conferences. He is going to proceed to Wash-
ington to discuss further details with appro-
priate officials of the United States Govern-
ment. These conferences will also cover the
supply problems of the Soviet Union.

"The President and the Prime Minister have
had several conferences. They have considered
the dangers to world civilization arising from
the policies of military domination by conquest
upon which the Hitlerite government of Ger-
many and other governments associated there-
with have embarked, and have made clear the
stress which their countries are respectively tak-
ing for their safety in the face of these dangers.

"They have agreed upon the following joint
declaration :

"Joint declaration of the President of the
United States of America and the Prime Min-
ister, Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's
Govermnent in the United Kingdom, being met
together, deem it right to make known certain
common principles in the national policies of
their respective countries on which they base
their hopes for a better future for the world.

"First, their countries seek no aggrandize-
ment, territorial or other;

"Second, they desire to see no territorial
changes that do not accord with the freely
expressed wishes of the peoples concerned;

"Third, they respect the right of all peoples
to choose the form of government under which
they will live; and they wish to see sovereign
rights and self-government restored to those
who have been forcibly deprived of them;

"Fourth, they will endeavor, with due re-
spect for their existing obligations, to further
the enjoyment by all States, great or small, vic-
tor or vanquished, of access, on equal terms, to
the trade and to the raw materials of the world
which are needed for their economic prosperity ;

"Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest
collaboration between all nations in the eco-
nomic field with the object of securing, for all,
improved labor standards, economic advance-
ment, and social security;

"Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi
tyranny, they hope to see established a peace
which will afford to all nations the means of
dwelling in safety within their own boundaries,
and which will afford assurance that all the men
in all the lands may live out their lives in free-
dom from fear and want ;

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"Seventh, such a peace should enable all men
to traverse the high seas and oceans without
hindrance ;

''Eighth, they believe that all of the nations
of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual
reasons, must come to the abandonment of the
use of force. Since no future peace can be
maintained if land, sea, or air armaments con-
tinue to be employed by nations which threaten,
or may threaten, aggression outside of their
frontiers, they believe, pending the establish-
ment of a wider and permanent system of gen-
eral security, that the disarmament of such na-
tions is essential. They will likewise aid and
encourage all other practicable measures which
will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crush-
ing burden of armaments.

Franklin D Eoosevelt
Winston S CHtmcHrLL"

[Released to the press August 14]

At liis press conference on August 14 the
Secretary of State, when asked for comment

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upon the joint declaration of the President of '
the United States and the Prime Minister of
Great Britain, said :

"It is a statement of basic principles and
fundamental ideas and policies that are uni-
versal in their practical application. They have
heretofore been generally accepted by all civil-
ized nations and were being strongly supported
until certain comitries decided to launch a uni-
versal movement to destroy the whole structure
of civilized relations between nations and to
establish a system of rule over peoples who
would be conquered, based, as I said some days
ago, largely on barbarism and savagery.^ That
interruption is still going on.

"As I said, they are the basic doctrines and
policies that have received the support of all
civilized nations and should continue to receive
their support until they are completely restored
throughout the world."

AMERICA'S OBLIGATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

ADDRESS BY WALLACE McCLURE =

[Released to the press August 13]

Speaking at Denver in 1911 at the tercen-
tenary celebration of the King James transla-
tion of the Bible into English, the former
President of Princeton, then Governor of New
Jersey, pointedly asserted that "not a little of
the history of liberty lies in the circumstance
that the moving sentences of this Book were
made familiar to the ears and the understand-
ings of those peoples who have led mankind in
exhibiting the forms of govermnent and the im-
pulses of reform which have made for freedom
and for self-government among mankind." If
Woodrow "Wilson was right in so asserting, it
surely follows that this English-speaking na-
tion of ours, and particularly you and other
groups like yours who, as special students of the

Bible, must be considered leaders in your cor-
porate capacity and as individuals in your sepa-
rate communities, have opportunities for serv-
ice to mankind and obligations to live up to
them which are not universally possessed and
the possession of which must be accounted a
privilege and a responsibility of the first order
in human affairs.

It is of importance that you should be keenly
alive to this responsibility as you turn aside
momentarily from your general purpose of

' BuUetin of August 9, 1941, p. 113.

' Delivered on the occasion of "I Am An American
Day" before the Massanetta Springs Summer Bible
Conference Encampment, Harrisonburg, Va., August 13,
1941. Dr. McClure is Assistant Chief of the Treaty
Division, Department of State.

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Bible study to celebrate "I Am An American
Day" and to invoke the patriotic impulse which
it implies. It is uniquely fortunate for us that
the scene of our assembly, acutely conscious as
we are of the lengthening shadow of the cur-
rent world cataclysm, should be in what we
may not inaccurately think of as the locality
of Woodrow AVilson's birth, the place of the
nativity of the Commander in Chief of the
American Army and Navy in the most recent
of his country's ordeals at arms. For, as you
are poignantly aware, it is hardly half an
hour's drive from this spot where we hold our
evening's discourse, that, 85 years ago, this
great American President and great world
statesman of the First World War was born.
He was born, moreover, into the household of a
man of the church, a man who knew and who
taught the Bible and who was prepared to ed-
ucate his son in public service according to
Christian precept.

Some of you, doubtless, were present in May
of this year when he who is President of the
United States in these multiplying months of
the Second World War, the Commander in
Chief's trusted lieutenant in the First, dedi-
cated the old manse at Staunton as a perma-
nent memorial, saying of Woodrow Wilson,
"We applaud his judgment and his faith."

That judgment and that faith, touching the
needs of humanity in days which many of us
yet vividly remember, can hardly be a false
guide to us today who, here in the Valley of
Virginia, are seeking to understand a book that
teaches us to serve our fellow men, teaches us
that the pursuit of happiness is most successful
when we follow the precept, "Even as ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so to
them."

Patriotism claims sei^vice as its essence, serv-
ice flowing from love of country, service that
genuinely contributes to the public welfare.
He is the greatest patriot who is the staunchest
practitioner of the Golden Rule. He is the
greatest statesman who so leads his people that
in the great world neighborhood they love their
neighbors as themselves. Wilson was such a

statesman. As was said of him at the time by
a distinguished Japanese minister of the Gos-
pel, he seemed to rise above the imbecilities of
war and to know no hatreds.

The thoughts of the Chief of the American
State were centered upon the construction of
peace ; and, indeed, as the Acting Secretary of
State said a few weeks ago, he "gave his life
in the struggle to further the realization of the
splendid vision which he had held up to the
eyes of suffering humanity — the vision of an
ordered world governed by law.

"The League of Nations, as he conceived it,"
Mr. Welles continued, "failed in part because of
the blind selfishness of men here in the United
States. . . ." ^ To patriots gathered in any
community of our country to ponder upon the
implications of the phrase, "I am an Amer-
ican", this truth is of supreme concern. Blind
selfishness is the nemesis of patriotism. We
can no more serve country at the same time
giving ear to greed than we can serve both
God and Mammon. But to build for our coun-
try and our people an ordered and law-gov-
erned world in which to be and live is to rise
to patriotic heights unparalleled save by those
who, in its early beginnings, gave this country
being and created for it national life. They
did their part : it is for us of this day and time,
if we would worthily carry on their work, to
lend our influence to the end that the whole
human neighborhood shall be for all of us a
place in which our children can abide in peace
and happiness.

To this end let those who now aimlessly cry
"Peace, peace", when there is no peace, rather
give the full tide of their energy to preparing
for a just peace when the time for peace ar-
rives. Their non-cooperation now serves only
to build up an antipathy for them that will
render them impotent when the time of their
matchless opportunity comes — their opportu-
nity to thwart the greed and reactionism that

' Bulletin of July 26, 1941, p. 76.

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will as surely endeavor to assert itself on the
morrow of the Second as it did in the wake of
the First World War. The supreme test of
patriotism now is and will be the exhibition of
unshakable determination that the old myopia,
the old stubborn self-seeking that has made of
the world a battlefield, will not succeed in mak-
ing the kind of a peace that can only lead to
broken peace again, and, in endless vicious
spirals, to fast-moving preparation for a third
world war.

The League of Nations failed for other rea-
sons in addition to the selfishness of some of our
fellow citizens here in the United States, chief
among them that "it was forced to operate, by
those who dominated its councils, as a means of
maintaining the status quo.'''' It was never en-
abled to operate, Mr. Welles continued, in the
way that Wilson had intended, "as an elastic
and impartial instrument in bringing about
peaceful and equitable adjustments between
nations as time and circumstance proved
necessary."

The patriot who is also a student of affairs
well knows that no human institution stands
and moves not. All things human change, and
where there is no progress there is sure to be
backsliding. The patriotism of the future will
therefore be prepared at whatever sacrifice to
see that the world's j^eace machinery is kept dil-
igently in steady motion forward, "stretching
itself to the measure of the times", as Wilson
said was essential in the Federal Constitution,
and vigorously eliminating all disruptive influ-
ences, whether springing from stupidity or
greed, before they develop into the malignancy
of war. The patriotism of the future cannot
confine itself to national frontiers — for the
peojjles' pursuit of happiness cannot be carried
on altogether within the physical confines of
their respective territorial boundaries.

Yet it remains true, of coui'se, that within
those frontiers the need for comjDletely self-
forgetful service is as great as ever, for there are
those who continually seek to blind us with false
contentions that the supposed demands of their
tiny group, or money-making endeavor, or re-
stricted community, are the needs of the Nation

and that failure to support special legislation
for the fulfillment of those demands is unpa-
triotic and "un-American". Precisely the re-
verse is more often true. Patriotism has no con-
nection with all of us doing without in order
that a few of us may have a disproportionate
share of a diminishing national income.

Every man wlao would in good conscience
take part in the celebration of future "I Am An
American Days" must always take his stand un-
alterably against all forms of special privilege
and must seek the maximum of production of
the good things of life to be distributed as
widely as possible toward meeting every indi-
vidual's legitimate needs and reasonable wishes.
That this shall be time is the most obvious pre-
requisite of economic security, and economic
security is a fundamental condition of content-
ment, respect for law, local, national, and world
order, and the maintenance of peace.

It is therefore a matter of prime importance
as we prepare for the reconstruction of our
affairs as human beings after the present world
war, (hat we think in terms of reducing and
eliminating barriers to trade, well knowing that
such barriers are likewise barriers to the crea-
tion and enjoyment of material goods, and well
knowing that to neglect this basic phase of our
national life is to neglect alike our opportunities
and our obligations.

Inaugurating the Foreign-Trade Week in
Maj' of the present year Secretary Hull, in a
radio address beamed to reach well-nigh all the
world remarked that

". . . it is none too early to lay down at
least some of the principles by which policies
must be guided at the conclusion of the war,
to press for a broad program of world economic
reconstruction and to consider tentative plans
for the application of those policies.

"The main principles, as proven by expe-
rience, are few and simple:

"1. Extreme nationalism must not again be
permitted to express itself in excessive trade
restrictions.

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"2. Non-discrimination in intei-national com-
mercial relations must be the rule, so that inter-
national trade may grow and prosper.

"3. Raw-material supplies must be available
to all nations without discrimination.

"4. International agreements regulating the
supply of commodities must be so handled as
to protect fully the interests of the consuming
countries and their people.

"5. The institutions and arrangements of
international finance must be so set up that they
lend aid to the essential enterprises and the
continuous development of all countries, and
permit the payment through processes of trade
consonant with the welfare of all countries." ^

This is a program of enlightenment. It lays
the foundation for plenty. "Too many human
relationships, within and among nations," Mr.
Hull liad said on a former occasion, "rest upon
the shifting sands of selfish search for immedi-
ate advantage."

Now immediate or special advantage for
some is all but invariably at the expense of
the more important long-term welfare not only
of the public generally but even of the sup-
posed beneficiaries. For the curtailment of
production and distribution, reducing as it does
the common wealth, nnist shortly threaten the
very privileges that are carved out of it and
bi"ing down together, whether in war or eco-
nomic depression, both the favored few and
the underprivileged many. "Barbarism rather
than civilized existence becomes the scheme of
life" when such counsels are in the ascendancy.

The desire for wealth, if it is wisely directed,
is a desire for a world community in which
all are prosperous, not one in which the wealthy
must constantly be on guard against the ma-
chinations, sometimes real, sometimes imagi-
nary, of those who have been deprived of
opportunity to be wealthy also. It seems incon-
testable that "protection" against the "pauper
labor" of the rest of the world has cost Ameri-
can labor far more than would ever have been
given up through reasonable collaboration with
their fellow workers elsewhere, evidenced by

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more encouragement of the exchange of the re-
spective national products than has heretofore
been vouchsafed. We who are Americans, cele-
brating today that fact, can hardly be proud of
our lack of judgment to say nothing of our
selfishness. After all, liberality and equality
are matters of common sense even more than of
right and wrong. Self-interest that is not en-
lightened defeats its own purpose. With en-
lightenment, under the scarcely to be challenged
rule that in the little world that ours has be-
come what is best for all is best for each, it
ceases to be selfish.

A liberal economic basis for a world or-
ganized for peace is the objective of every
patriot who has learned the lesson that the
years have taught, who has seen how economic
strife leads to poverty, poverty to anger, anger
to war.

It is war we have — shooting war all around
the world. We in the United States have not
ceased to strive to put out the fire that has
crept steadily nearer with the months of our
current years. We may do well to pause for
a few moments in order to remind ourselves
of the cumulative events of the decade now
coming to an end.

In his testimony before the Committee on
Foreign Affairs in January of this year, when
the bill that has become "An Act further to
promote the defense of the United States" was
under consideration. Secretary Hull outlined
the steps by which international relations had
deteriorated since the present reign of lawless-
ness began.-

The first of the steps in this fatal direction
occurred in 1931 with the forceful occupation of
Manchuria, "in contravention of the provisions
of the Nine Power Treaty and of the Kellogg-
Briand Pact", upsetting the order created by
the Washington Conference of 1921-1922, and
the setting up in a part of China of the "Man-
chukuo" regime under Japanese control, estab-
lished and maintained by force of arms. In

' Bulletin of May 17, 1941, ij. 575.

• Biilletin of January 18, 1941, p. 85.

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July 1937, Japan embarked upon the present
phase of its large-scale military operations
against China, employing invading forces of
more than a million men and setting up new
puppet regimes where deemed expedient. Jap-
anese sijokesmen have left no doubt of an in-
tention to obtain forceful mastery of an area
containing almost one half of the entire popu-
lation of the earth, with consequent arbitrary
control of the sea and trade routes in that
region — "a matter of immense significance, im-
portance, and concern to every other nation
wherever located." "Previous experience and
ciu-rent developments". Secretary Hull re-
minded his former colleagues in the House of
Representatives, "indicate that the proposed
'new order' in the Pacific area means, politi-
cally, domination by one country. It means,
economically, employment of the resources of
the area concerned for the benefit of that coun-
try and to the ultimate impoverishment of other
parts of the area and exclusion of the interests
of other countries. It means, socially, the de-
struction of personal liberties and the reduc-
tion of the conquered peoples to the role of
inferiors."

Italy made the first overt breach of world
order to be charged to a European country.
This occurred with the conquest of Ethiopia in
1935, "in direct contravention of solemnly ac-
cepted obligations under the Covenant of the
League of Nations and under the Kellogg-
Briand Pact." This was followed in 1939 by
the seizure of Albania "in violation of unequiv-
ocal treaty obligations", and in 1910 by the
Italian entry into the war being waged by
Germany for a "new order" based upon "un-
limited and unrestricted use of armed force",
and by the attack upon Greece.

From the time Hitler and his associates came
into power in 1933, Germany began the feverish
construction of vast armaments — accompanied
by an accumulating array of broken promises.
Continuing his testimony, Mr. Hull said:
"After employing for several months at the
Disarmament Conference in Geneva tactics
which have since become a distinct pattern of
German policy — further demands as previous

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

demands are met — Germany, in October 1933,
rendered impossible any effective international
agreement for limitation of armaments by
withdrawing from the Disarmament Confer-
ence. There then followed nearly six years
during which Germany, having determined
upon a policy of unlimited conquest, moved in-
evitably toward the catastrophe of war." The
entire German economy became harnessed to
belligerent preparation. More than half of the
national income was expended for military
purposes.

Contemporaneously occurred a series of
movements for sti-engthening the German
strategic position: the occupation and fortifi-
cation of the Rhineland in direct violation of
tlie Locarno Treaty ; the absorption of Austria,
in direct violation of pledges given by Hitler
to respect its sovereignty and independence;
the dismemberment and eventual seizure of
Czechoslovakia, in direct contravention of the
most solemn assurances; the annexation of
Memel. Then came, in quick succession be-
ginning two years ago, the brutal devastation
of Poland, and, despite neutrality on their part
scrupulously observed, the invasion and occu-
pation of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Bel-
gium, and Luxembourg; the defeat of France,
with augmenting pressure to violate the armis-
tice agreed upon with that country; and sub-
sequently the seizure of Rumania, the disrup-
tion of Yugoslavia, and the overthrow of
Greece. And now, in climax, a treaty notori-
ously entered into as a part of this wild plunge
into destiny is itself accorded the fruits of the
same contemptuous attitude, and Russia be-
comes the scene of what has been described as
the greatest battle in human history.

In the face of such a record dare anyone say
that there exists no danger to the American
republics? Replying to allegation that, since
Germany has not been able to cross the English
Channel, its armed forces cannot cross the
Atlantic, Secretary Hull said:

"German forces could cross the Channel in
an hour's time were it not for the fact that
Britain, now thoroughly prepared and well

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armed, is fighting eveiy hour of the day to pre-
vent that crossing and is fortified with every
known device to repel a landing. The 20 miles
of water between continental Europe and Brit-
ain are under British, not Geiman, control.
Were Britain defeated, and were she to lose
command of the seas, Germany could easily
cross the Atlantic — especially the South At-
lantic— unless we were ready and able to do
what Britain is doing now. Were the Atlantic
to fall into German control, the Atlantic would
offer little or no assurance of security.

"Under these conditions our national secur-
ity would require the continuous devotion of
a very great part of all our work and wealth
for defense production, prolonged universal
military service, extremely burdensome taxa-
tion, unending vigilance against enemies within
our borders, and complete involvement in power
diplomacy. These would be the necessities of a
condition as exposed as ours would be."

That is why, throughout this lengthening
crisis, your Government by both word and deed
has constantly endeavored to stay the hand of
the aggressor and to encourage the utilization
of procedure within the bounds of law and
order. It continues to do so.

In the conduct of your international rela-
tions it has directed its efforts to the following
objectives:

". . . (1) Peace and security for the United
States with advocacy of peace and limitation
and reduction of armament as universal inter-
national objectives; (2) support for law, order,
justice, and morality and the principle of non-
intervention; (3) restoration and cultivation
of sound economic methods and relations, based
on equality of treatment; (4) development in
the 23romotion of these objectives, of the full-
est practicable measure of international co-
operation; (5) promotion of the security, soli-
darity, and general welfare of the Western
Hemisphere."

In proceeding by whatever legitimate means
have been available toward the attainment of
these objectives, the United States has not
turned its back upon pre-war peace machinery:

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only this morning the old system of treaties for
the advancement of peace, inaugurated by Sec-
retary of State William Jennings Bryan prior
to the First World War, was confirmed by the
exchange of ratifications of treaties between
this country and three members of the British
Commonwealth of Nations, Australia, Canada,
and New Zealand.'

We cannot tell what expenditure of our
strength and our substance will be required of
us that the task of consolidating our safety
through the restoration and preservation of
order may be completed; but after the force
of the aggressor has been met by superior force
in defense, after the method of unification by
the sword has been outlawed and rendered
ridiculous by an accomplished unification
through intelligence, we shall come to realize
that more basic than the power of armed might
is the power of persuaded and convinced col-
laboration. We shall then realize the essential
truth of Secretary Hull's words with which he
addressed, on Christmas Eve, 1938, the Eighth
International Conference of American States
at Lima :

"There are those who think the world is based
on force. Here, within this continent, we can
confidently deny this. And the course of his-
tory shows that noble ideas and spiritual forces
in the end have a greater triumph. Tonight
especially we can say this, for on this night
nearly two thousand years ago there was born
a Son of God who declined force and kingdoms
and proclaimed the great lesson of universal
love. Without force His Kingdom lives today
after a lapse of nineteen centuries. It is the
principality of peace ; the peace which we here
hope in humble measure to help to give by His
gi-ace to the continent of the Americas." -

The peace that we hope may be given to the
continents of America we likewise hope may be
given to the world, "We of America", as Wood-
row Wilson once said, "long since learned that
intellectual development and moral fitness are

' See p. 141.

^ Press Releases of December 24, 1938, p. 478.

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the most powerful elements of national advance-
ments." Just after Christmas, 1918, standing
in his grandfather's church at Carlisle, close by
the Scotch border and in the midst of a country
from which so much of religious inspiration has
been brought into the Valley of Virginia, Wil-
son uttered his belief that wliile the First World
War, concluded by the Armistice of a few
weeks previous, had "... brought the nations
temporarily together in a combination of
physical force we shall now be drawn together
in a combination of moral force that will be
irresistible.

"It is moral force that is irresistible. It is
moral force as much as physical that has de-
feated the effort to subdue the world. Words
have cut as deep as the sword. The knowledge
that wrong was being attempted has aroused
the nations. They have gone out like men upon
a crusade. No other cause could have drawn
so many nations together. They knew that an
outlaw was abroad who proposed unspeakable
things. It is in quiet places like this all over

the world that the forces accumulate which pi'es-
ently will overbear any attempt to accomplish
evil on a large scale. Like the rivulets gather-
ing into the river and the river into the seas,
there come from communities like this streams
that fertilize the consciences of men, and it is
the conscience of the world that we are trying
to place upon the throne which others would
usurp."

May it not be that from quiet places such
as Massanetta Springs, where patriots are as-
sembled to celebrate "I Am An American Day",
patriots who have learned the "stern lessons of
duty" which Wilson learned from his Carlisle
grandfather, there is growing irresistibly in
these days the universal pledge that this war
against force as the primary method of conduct-
ing human affairs shall be won and that there
shall be established and faithfully maintained
an order of human affairs that is hospitable to
the enjoyment of life by human beings whose
personal worth, individual dignity, and pursuit
of happiness are the foundation of government.

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

Unumited Licenses

Unlimited licenses were issued on July 23,
1941 to the Belgian Congo Purchasing Commis-
sion, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., for
exportation of the following articles and ma-
terials to the Belgian Congo:

Iron and steel 'products

Structural shapes, steel piling, skelps, rails,
splice bars and tie plates, bars, hoops and baling
bands, pipe and tubes, wire and wire rope,
barbed wire, woven-wire fence, bale ties, fence
posts, black plate, steel sheets strip, axles, wheels,
track spikes, castings, forgings, ingots, billets,
blooms, slabs, sheet bars, wire rods, drums and
containers, and storage tanks.

Ferroalloys

Ferromanganese, spiegeleisen, ferrosilicon,
ferrochrome, ferrotungsten, ferrovanadium, fer-

rocolumbium, ferrocarbontitanium, ferrophos-
phorus, and ferromolybdenum.

Rubber tires and tubes

Solid tires for automobiles and motor trucks,
other casings and tubes, automobile inner tubes,
automobile casing (other automobile casings),
and automobile casing (truck and bus casings).

Lead pigments

Red lead pigments, in oil and dry.

Borax

Boric acid and borax glass.

Zinc pigments

Lithopone, zinc sulphide, and zinc oxide, in-
cluding leaded zinc oxide.

Miscellaneous

Phosphoric acid, gauges, and abrasives and
abrasive products.

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133

The Belgian Congo Purchasing Commission
will furnish a prior-release certificate to each
exporter authorized to make use of their un-
limited licenses in the same manner as the pro-
cedure now being followed by the British Pur-
chasing Commission. Collectors of customs
were authorized on August 4 to permit exporta-
tions to the Belgian Congo against licenses is-
sued to the Belgian Congo Purchasing Com-
mission upon presentation of such prior-release
certificate but without requiring the presentation
of the actual license.

Collectors of customs were informed on
August 14, 1941 that additional unlimited
licenses have been issued to the Netherlands
Purchasing Commission for exports of the fol-
lowing articles or materials to Curasao, Suri-
nam, and the Netherlands Indies :

Petroleum-refining machinery, including parts; well-
drilling machinery, including petroleum and gas-well-
drilling apparatus and parts and other well-drilling
apparatus and parts; the following electrical ma-
chinery and apparatus containing mica subject to export
control — radio-transmitting sets, tubes, and parts ; radio
receiving sets, complete ; radio tubes or valves for
receiving sets ; radio-transmitting sets, tubes, and parts.
Tetraethyl lead ; aircraft parts, equipment, and acces-
sories, other than those listed in the President's procla-
mation of May 1, 1937; asbestos manufactures — not
valid for the exportation of crude asbestos ; petroleum —
crude oil ; gasoline ; petrolatum and petroleum jelly ;
liquefied petroleum gases, paraffin wax, petroleum as-
phalt, other petroleum products n.e.s., including white
mineral oil; lubricating oil and grease ; ^kerosene, gas
oil and distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil ; naphtha for
cleaning fluids, solvents, paints thinners, etc.

Collectors were also informed that license
DG 623 has been substituted for license dj 350
to authorize the exportation of gauges only to
the Netherlands Indies. License DJ 350 has
been canceled.

The Commission will give to approved ap-
plicants for the use of the unlimited licenses
a numbered certificate setting forth all essen-
tial data concerning the particular shipment.
The exporter will be instructed to present this
certificate to collectors of customs, and when
this certificate is presented, collectors are au-

thorized to permit the exportation to be made
against their unlimited license. In the ab-
sence of such certificate, exportations should
not be permitted against the unlimited licenses
issued to the Netherlands Purchasing Commis-
sion. Applicants who do not wish to make
use of the unlimited licenses may apply to the
Department for an individual license in the
usual manner.

General Licenses

[Released to the press August 11]

The Secretary of State announced on August
11 the issuance of general license gam 63, au-
thorizing the exportation of mercury com-
pounds, not to include metallic mercury, to the
Philippine Islands.

[Released to the press August 13]

The Secretary of State on August 12 revoked
all general licenses for the export of silk, ex-
cept the general license authorizing exports to
the Philippine Islands, and all individual
licenses for the export of silk, except a very
small number authorizing shipments to meet
the urgent defense needs of countries resisting
aggression.

[Released to the press August 16]

The Secretary of State announced on August
16 that, in accordance with the provisions of
the Executive order of March 15, 1941,^ two
additional general in-transit licenses had been
issued for shipments passing through the
United States.

The first of these licenses, git-B/bc, author-
izes the clearance, without individual license,
of shipments in transit through the United
States to the Belgian Congo from any country
in Group B - or any one of the following

' Bulletin of March 15, 1941, p. 284.

' Group B comprises the following countries : Argen-
tina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Curagao, Dominican Republic, EI Salvador, Ecuador,
Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras. Iceland, Mex-
ico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam,
Uruguay, Venezuela.

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countries : Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brit-
ish Guiana, British Honduras, Canada, Falk-
land Islands, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, New-
foundland, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward
Islands.

The second general license, GIT-BC/B, author-
izes the clearance from the United States, with-
out individual license, of shipments in transit
through the United States from the Belgian
Congo to any country in Group B or to any
country named in the above list.

License RequifvEments

Collectors of customs have been informed of
the following rulings which have been made re-
cently respecting the requirements of an export
license for certain articles and materials:

License required

Bituminous emulsion (asphaltic road oil) ;
asbestos wick or rope (packing) ; mixtures of
vegetable oils ; j'arn composed of silk and wool ;
tractor winches capable of lifting three or more
tons and not shipped with tractor; used silk
stockings (they are considered in the classifica-
tion "waste silk and used silk rags") ; and the

following items of metal-working machinery,
previously exempt: Portable tools driven by
fractional horse-power motors or by com-
pressed air; spare or I'eplacement parts for
machine tools; and portable welding equip-
ment (single-operator sets, gasoline- or elec-
tric-motor driven, with capacity up to 600
amperes).

Machinery, motors, and similar equipment,
owned and operated in Mexico or Canada, but
brought to the United States for servicing or
repairs, may be shipped back across the border
without being subject to licensing requirements.

No license required

Crossties (iron and steel railway ties) ; gum
arable; brass working barrels with bronze ball
valves for deep-well pumps; barium pellets
ready for assembling into radio tubes; rubber
thread; diesel-powered tractors; locomotives
not diesel-electric; aluminum hydrate; medici-
nal castor oil or drums therefor ; asbestos brake
lining or block attached to brake band or shoe;
pipe cutters, handpowered; emery-wheel dress-
ers not incorporating industrial diamonds;
digitalin ; and completely finished articles made
from synthetic resins.

Europe

ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION

JOINT MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOVIET OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF THE U.S.S.R.

[Released to the press August 15]

The following text of a joint message from
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill was delivered personally on Friday
afternoon, August 15, by the British and Amer-
ican Ambassadors to Josef Stalin, President of
the Soviet of People's Commissars of the
U.S.S.R. :

"We have taken the opportunity afforded by
the consideration of the report of Mr. Harry

Hopkins on his return from Moscow to consult
together as to how best our two countries can
help your country in the splendid defense that
you are making against the Nazi attack. We
are at the moment cooperating to provide you
with the very maximum of supplies that you
most urgently need. Already many shiploads
have left our shores and more will leave in the
immediate future.

"We must now turn our minds to the con-
sideration of a more long term policy, since

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there is still a long and hard path to be trav-
ersed before there can be won that complete
victory without which our efforts and sacrifices
would be wasted.

"The war goes on upon many fronts and be-
fore it is over tiiere may be further fighting
fronts that will be developed. Our resources
though immense are limited, and it must be-
come a question as to where and when those re-
sources can best be used to further the greatest
extent our common effort. This applies equally
to manufactured war supplies and to raw
materials.

"The needs and demands of your and our
armed services can only be determined in the
light of the full knowledge of the many fac-
tors which must be taken into consideration in
the decisions that we make. In order that all of
us may be in a position to arrive at speedy de-
cisions as to the apportionment of our joint
resources, we suggest that we prepare for a
meeting to be held at Moscow, to which we
would send high representatives who could dis-
cuss these matters directly with you. If ihis
conference appeals to you, we want you to know
that pending the decisions of that conference we
shall continue to send supplies and material as
rapidly as possible.

"We realize fully how vitally important to
the defeat of Hitlerism is the brave and stead-
fast resistance of the Soviet Union and we feel
therefore that we must not in any circum-
stances fail to act quickly and immediately in
this matter on planning the program for the
future allocation of our joint resources.

Franklin D Koosevelt
Winston S CiroECHiUi"

DEATH OF DIRECTOR GENERAL OF
THE BRITISH PURCHASING COMMIS-
SION

[Released to the press August 15]

The Secretary of State on August 15 made the
following statement:

"I was exceedingly sorry to learn of the death
of Arthur Purvis. Since he first came to this
country in November 1939 his dealings with this

Government as Director General of the British
Purchasing Commission and Chairman of the
British Supply Council proved him to be both
a true Englisliman and a man who out of his
own experiences fully understood American
problems and believed in the mutual benefits of
Anglo-American cooperation."

Canada

PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON
DEFENSE

[Released to the press August 15]

The anniversary of the meeting at Ogdens-
burg, N.Y., at which President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada dis-
cussed mutual problems of defense in relation
to the safety of Canada and the United States
and reached agreement on the creation of a
Permanent Joint Board on Defense,^ will occur
on Sunday, August 17. It will be marked by an
international broadcast featuring Mayor Fio-
rello H. La Guardia and Col. O. N. Biggar,
K.C., respective chairmen of the American and
Canadian Sections of the Board. The broad-
cast will be at 5 : 30 p.m. eastern daylight-sav-
ing time and carried over the N.B.C.-C.B.S.
networks.

The Far East

REPATRIATION OF AMERICANS IN
JAPAN

(Released to the press August 16]

In accordance with its policy of assisting
Americans abroad to return home during the
present world disturbance, the DeiJartment has
recently had under active consideration the
question of providing transportation to the

' See Uie Bulletin of August 24, 1940, p. 154.

136

United States for those American citizens in
Japan who desire to return to this country and
whose plans for return have been disrupted by
the recent cancelation of regular sailings of
trans-Pacific passenger vessels from Japanese
ports.

Consideration was given by this Government
to the possibility of diverting to Japan for this
purpose, with the proffered cooperation of the
American President Lines, the steamship Presi-
dent Ooolidge, which was scheduled to leave
Shanghai on August 14 on its homeward voyage.
The time available toward effort to make the
necessary arrangements was short. The matter
was discussed by the Department of State,
the American Embassy at Tokyo, and the
Japanese Foreign OiEce. It developed that
among American citizens who desired to take
passage from Japan at this time there were ap-
proximately 20 officials and something over 100
private citizens. The Japanese Foreign OfBce
indicated that the Japanese Government was
willing to permit the President Coolidge to
enter a Japanese port for the purpose only of
taking off' American official personnel. Under
these circumstances it has seemed advisable and
has been decided that the President Coolidge
adhere to her regular schedule and proceed di-
rectly from Shanghai to San Francisco without
calling at a Japanese port.

The Department is continuing to give its
close and serious attention to the question of
providing transportation for American citizens

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

desiring to return to the United States from
Japan, as well as for Americans elsewhere.

Commercial Policy

AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET
UNION

[Released to the press August 14]

On August 6, 1941 the President issued his
proclamation of the agreement effected by an
exchange of notes dated August 2, 1941 ^ by the
Acting Secretary of State and the Soviet Am-
bassador extending until August 6, 1942 the
agreement concerning commercial relations be-
tween the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed on
August 4, 1937 and extended annually in Au-
gust 1938, 1939, and 1940. The agreement of
August 2, 1941 was approved by the Council
of the People's Commissars on August 4, 1941.

SUPPLEMENTARY TRADE AGREEMENT
WITH CANADA

An announcement regarding the exchange of
ratifications between the United States and
Canada of the supplementary trade agreement
signed December 13, 1940, appears in this Bul-
letin under the heading "Treaty Information".

Cultural Relations

TRAVEL GRANTS TO STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS

Travel grants have been awarded by the Gov-
ernment of the United States under the appro-
priation for the fiscal year 1942 to 37 students
from the other American republics, as part of
the program to develop closer inter-American
relations. These grants were made available to
persons who otherwise would not have been

able to take advantage of scholarships which
had been awarded them in the United States,
principally through the Institute of Interna-
tional Education of New York, N. Y. Payment
of their necessary travel expenses from their

' Bulletin of August 9, 1941, p. 115.

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137

homes to this country and return was authorized
under an appropriation voted by the Seventy-
seventh Congress.

The geographical allocation of awards to stu-
dents for study in the United States is as fol-
lows: Argentina (3), Brazil (14), Chile (10),
Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1),
Haiti (1), Honduras (1), Peru (3), and Uru-
guay (1). These students have been awarded
fellowships at the following institutions in this
country : George Peabody College for Teachers
(2), Vanderbilt University (2), University of
Pennsylvania (1), Northwestern University
(1), Curtis Institute of Music (1), University
of Chicago (1), University of Kansas (2), Col-
orado School of Mines (1), Florida State Col-
lege for Women (2), Wittenberg College (2),
Iowa State College (1), Oregon State College
(1), Oberlin College (1), Tufts College (1),
University of Florida (1), Stanford University
(1), Hamilton College (1), University of Michi-
gan (2), Mount Holyoke College (2), Smith
College (1), Williams College (1), West Vir-
ginia University (1), Cornell University (1),
State College of Washington (1), RadcliflPe Col-
lege (1), Women's College of the University of
North Carolina (1), Bowling Green State Uni-
versity (1), State College of Agriculture and
Engineering, Raleigh, N. C. (1), Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (1), and Fenn College (1).

The following wide range of interests is re-
vealed by the fields of study in which these in-
dividuals are to specialize: American history,
journalism, economics, practical pedagogy, gen-
eral education, musical education for children,
education through radio, physical education,
methods of teaching painting and drawing,
teaching of English in secondary schools, school
administration and supervision of rural educa-
tion, American literature, phonetics and the
English language, American geogi'aphy, dra-
matics, romance philology, music, social sci-
ences, anthropology, philosophy, mathematics,
electrical engineering, insurance, soil chemistry,
prospecting and exploring metallic ore deposits,
animal feeding, plant physiology, housing and
urbanization.

Brief biographies of the students awarded
travel grants follow :

Argentina

Juan Horacio Buelink, of Buenos Aires, has
the degree of Doctor in Economic Sciences from
the University of Buenos Aires. He will study
insurance in the United States at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Florence Chaudet, of Cordoba, is a graduate
of the Institute of Languages of the National
University of that city and is at present a teacher
of French. She comes to this coimtry to study
English and French literature at Mount Hol-
yoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

Rebecca Sokol is a teacher of American litera-
ture in Buenos Aires, and wishes to further her
studies in American literature in the United
States. She will attend Smith College, North-
ampton, Mass.

Brazil

Jorge Barata studied at the University of
Brazil and is connected with the Ministry of
Education in Rio de Janeiro. He comes to the
United States to study school administration
and supervision of rural education at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Jorge Freire Campello is a graduate of the
University of Sao Paulo. He plans to study
school administration at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.

Octavio da Costa Eduardo is a graduate of
the University of Sao Paulo and is at present
engaged in anthropological research. He will
continue the.se studies, supplemented by sociol-
ogy, at Northwestern University, Chicago, lU.

Isaac Feldman is first violinist of the Munici-
pal Theater in Rio de Janeiro and will continue
his musical studies at the Curtis Institute, Phila-
delphia, Pa.

Cecilia de Cerqueira Leite Gon^alves is a
senior at the University of Brazil and plans to
study education, particularly education through
radio, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kans., which is granting free maintenance. The
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs is pro-
viding her tuition.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Joao Tavares Nieva de Figueiredo, of Eio de
Janeiro, is a mining engineer in the Brazilian
Bureau of Mines. He will take postgraduate
work at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden,
Colo.

Yolanda Leite is a graduate of the Faculty of
Philosophy of the University of Sao Paulo and
is at present engaged in teaching French. She
will study phonetics and English at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn.

Benjamin Moraes Filho is a graduate of the
University of Rio de Janeiro and is president
of a school he founded in 1935. He will study
general education and practical pedagogy at
the George Peabody College for Teachers at
Nashville, Tenn.

Haydee Vieira Moraes is a graduate of the
University of Rio de Janeiro and is teaching in
that city. She will also study at the George
Peabody College and will specialize in musical
education for children.

Dr. Roberto Menezes de Oliveira, of Rio de
Janeiro, will study cardiology at the University
of Michigan. He has been in charge of the
Department of Radiology and Cardiology at the
Navy Aviation Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

Dr. Joao Hortencio de Medeiros is a graduate
of the Engineering School at Rio de Janeiro and
is assistant engineer at the Marine Arsenal in
that city. He will continue his engineering
studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N. Y. He is to receive the $500 award
for maintenance established by the Women's
Auxiliary of the American Society of Mechan-
ical Engineers in memory of the late Calvin W.
Rice.

Armando de Sa Pires is a graduate of the
Law School of the University of Brazil. He
will study English and American literature at
Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.

Maria Luisa Ribeiro is a senior at the Uni-
versity of Brazil and comes to the United States
to study ijhonetics and English as well as the
teaching of English in secondary schools at
Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee,
Fla.

Samuel Marino Politi is a graduate of the
University of Sao Paulo and assistant professor
at that University. He will study economics at
the University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Mr.
Politi has been proposed for the Alpha Delta
Phi Fraternity exchange which would provide
his maintenance.

Chile

Carlos Barry Silva is a student at the Insti-
tuto Pedagogico of the University of Chile, and
will study psychology, mathematics, and jour-
nalism at the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kans., where his maintenance is being provided
at the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and tuition by
the Rotary Club District Assembly.

Ismael Jordan Squella is a student at the
Catholic University of Chile and will continue
his studies in animal feeding and related prob-
lems at the Iowa State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts at Ames, Iowa.

Guido Alfonso Jorquera Alvarez is a grad-
uate of the University of Concepcion, where he
is at present engaged in teaching. He comes
to the United States to study soil chemistry at
Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oreg.

Manuel Olguin Machado is at present teach-
ing and taking graduate work at the Institute
Pedagogico of the University of Chile. He will
study philosophy at Oberlin College, Oberlin,
Ohio.

Armando Pereda Oviedo is a graduate of the
University of Concepcion. He will study at
Tufts College, Medford, Mass., where he will
specialize in education, psychology, and Eng-
lish and American literature.

Mario Perez de Arce Lavin, of Santiago, is a
senior at the School of Architecture of the Uni-
versity of Chile. He wishes to continue these
studies in the United States and will be at the
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

Danilo Poklepivic Petricic graduated from
the University of Chile and is at present an elec-
trical engineer employed in Santiago. He will
take postgraduate courses in electrical engineer-

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139

iiiil at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.,
where the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity will pro-
vide tuition and maintenance.

Ramon Sepiilveda Bravo is a senior special-
izin<j in English at the University of Chile, in
preparation for a teaching career. He will
study English, education, and English and
American literature at Hamilton College,
Clinton, N. J.

Pedro de Vidts is a graduate of the School
of Engineering of the University of Chile, and
is head of the Engineering Section of the Pub-
lic Housing Agency. He comes to the .United
States to study housing problems at the State
College of Agriculture and Engineering,
Raleigh, N. C.

Maria Elena "Watt Torres is a student at the
University of Concepcion and wishes to con-
tinue her studies in sociology and American and
English literature in the United States. Her
scholarship will be at the Florida State Col-
lege for Women, Tallahassee, Fla., and is made
possible by a cash stipend from the Florida
Federation of Women's Clubs.

Colombia

Elvira Calle Villegas is a graduate student
in education at Bogota and wishes to come to
the United States preparatory to becoming a
teacher of English and French in her own
country. She will study at Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, Mass.

Gustavo Correa Forero is a graduate of the
Escuela Normal Superior and is at present pro-
fessor of Latin at the Colegio Antonio Nariiio of
Bogota. He will study Romance philology
with special emphasis on Spanish philology at
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.

Costa Rica

Odilie Cantillano Vives is a normal-school
graduate and has studied at the Santa Cecilia
Music School in San Jose. She wishes to study
American geography and history at West Vir-
ginia University, Morgantown, W. Va., where
her tuition and maintenance have been made

available by the West Virginia Federation of
Women's Clubs.

EcuadoT

Carlos Alberto Cordova G. is a student at
the University of Cuenca and will study at
Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio.

Haiti

Pierre G. Sylvain is a graduate of the ficole
Nationale de Droit and studied at Cornell Uni-
^•ersity in the summer session of 1933. He is at
present director of the Agricultural Colony of
Pourcine. He will study plant physiology and
do research on tropical fruits at Cornell Uni-
versity, Ithaca, N. Y.

Honduras

Margarita Lopez Castro is a normal-school
graduate and will study methods of education
in the United States at the State College of
Washington, Pullman, Wash.

Peru

Daniel Dubuc V. is a graduate of the National
School of Physical Education at Lima and is
at present a teacher of physical education. He
will study physical education as it applies to
boys' camps and out-door schools for children
at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.

Rafael Infante Jaramillo, of Barranco, is a
graduate of La Salle High School in Lima and
the Military School of Chorrillos. He comes
to the United States to take a course in engi-
neering at Fenn College, Cleveland, Ohio.

Maria Luisa Saco Miro-Quesada is a graduate
of the University of San Marcos of Lima and is
at present teaching. She will study methods
of teaching painting and drawing at Radcliffe
College, Cambridge, Mass.

Uniguay

Antoinette Portes is a graduate of the Lycee
Frangais in Montevideo and will study at the
Women's College of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, N. C, where she will
specialize in English and American literature.

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The Department

The Foreign Service

PASSES FOR ENTRANCE TO DEPART-
MENT OF STATE

[Released to the press August 13)

On and after August 14, 1941 passes -will be
required for all persons entering the Depart-
ment of State. All officials and employees of
the State Department and the other agencies of
the Government occupying the building have
been furnished witli the necessai-y identification,
and the following regulations will apply to
visitors :

An information desk will be maintained in the
main lobby at the Pennsylvania Avenue en-
trance to the building. During regular hours,
two or more State Department information
clerks will be stationed at desks near this en-
trance for the purpose of facilitating the ad-
mission of officials and other visitors to the
Department. Representatives of other Govern-
ment departments. Members of Congress, mem-
bers of the Diplomatic Cor^DS, and representa-
tives of the press carrying White House cre-
dentials will be admitted at the main entrance
and the diplomatic entrance upon appropriate
identification.

The information clerk of the Department will
obtain from all other visitors their names, the
purpose of their visit, and the name of the per-
son or office to be visited. Upon satisfactory
identification the visitor will be issued a pass
which he will be instructed to sun-ender upon
departure from the building. A i-ecord card
of visitors' passes indicating pertinent informa-
tion will be prepared and retained by the in-
formation clerk. In case of doubt, a telephone
inquiry will be made to the officer or office to
which the visit is proposed prior to the issuance
of the visitor's pass.

No bundles, packages, or other property may
be removed from the building except in cases
where appropriate property passes have been
issued by the Director of Persoimel.

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 16]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since August 9, 1941 :

Career Officers

Robert F. Kelley, of Boston, Mass., First
Secretary of Embassy at Ankara, Turkey, has
been designated Counselor of Embassy at An-
kara, Turkey.

Frederick P. Hibbard, of Denison, Tex., First
Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, Portugal, has
been designated Counselor of Legation at Lis-
bon, Portugal.

The assignment of Warden McK. Wilson, of
Indianapolis, Ind., as First Secretary of Em-
bassy at Rome, Italy, has been canceled. In
lieu thereof Mr. Wilson has been assigned for
duty in the Department of State.

Joseph C. Satterthwaite. of Tecumseh, Mich.,
Second Secretary of Embassy at Ankara,
Turkey, has been designated First Secretary
of Embassy at Ankara, Turkey.

George H. Butler, of Evanston, 111., Second
Secretary of Embassy at Lima, Peru, has been
designated First Secretary of Embassy at Lima,
Peru.

Fayette J. Flexer, of Joliet, 111., Second Sec-
retary of Embassy and Consul at Santiago,
Chile, has been designated First Secretai-y of
Embassy and Consul at Santiago, Chile, and
will continue to serve in dual capacity.

Raleigh A. Gibson, of Decatur, 111., Second
Secretary of Embassy at Mexico, D.F., Mexico,
has been designated First Secretary of Em-
bassy at Mexico, D.F., Mexico.

Homer S. Fox, of Manistique, Mich., Acting
Commercial Attache at London, England, has
been assigned for duty in the Department of
State.

Calvin H. Oakes, of Charleston, S. C, Consul
at Calcutta, India, has been assigned for duty
in the Department of State.

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141

The following persons have been appointed
Foreign Service Officers, Unclassified; Vice
Consuls of Career; and Secretaries in the Dip-
lomatic Service of the United States ; and they
have been assigned as Vice Consuls at their re-
spective posts:

William \V. Walker, of Asheville, CoI6n

N. C.
Walter W. Birge, Jr., of Xcw York, Nuevo Laredo

N. Y.
John H. Burns, of Pauls Valley, Okla_- Ciudad Juarez

Kenneth A. B.vrns, of Greele.v, Colo Nogales

David LeBreton, Jr., of Washington, Monterrey

D. C.
John A. Calhoun, of Berkeley, Calif— Tijuana
Ernest V. Siracusa, of Huntington Mexico, D. F.

Beach, Calif.
James P. Speer, 2d, of Comanche, Mt^xico, D. F.

Okla.

Walter L. Smith, of Harrisburg, Pa

William L. Blue, of Memphis, Tenn

Alden M. Haupt, of Chicago, 111

Wilfred V. MacDonald, of St. Louis,
Mo.

W. Paul O'Neill, Jr., of Rydal, Pa

F. Lester Sutton, of Brldgeton, N. J

Paul F. DuVivier, of New York, N. Y-

Edwin W. Martin, of Oberlin, Ohio

Edward L. Freers, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
James S. Triolo, of Alameda, Calif

Agiia Prieta
Niagara Falls
Vancouver
Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Windsor

St. John's,
Newfound-
land

Hamilton,
Bermuda

Port-of-Spain

Bogota

Non-career Officers

Jame.s E. Callahan, of Allston, Mass., Vice
Consul at Cork, Ireland, has been appointed
Vice Consul at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

PROMOTION OF PEACE

TREATIES WITH AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND NEW ZEA-
LAND AMENDING THE TREATY FOR THE ADVANCE-
MENT OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, SIGNED
SEPTEMBER 15, 1914

[Released to the press August 13]

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cord^ll Hull, and
the British Ambassador at Washington, Lord
Halifax, the Canadian Charge d'Aii'aires ad
interim, Mr. H. H. Wrong, and the Australian
Minister, Mr. Richard Gardiner Casey, ex-
changed ratifications on August 13, 1941, at 11
a.m., of treaties between the United States and
New Zealand, Canada and Australia, respec-
tively, signed on September 6, 1940,^ amending
in their application to each of those dominions
the provisions which concern the organization
of commissions for the settlement of disputes
contained in the Treaty for the Advancement

' See the BiiUrtin of September 7, 1940, p. 2(17.

of Peace between the United States and His Bri-
tannic Majesty, applicable to the British Em-
pire, signed at Washington September 15, 1914
(Treaty Series 602) . The Senate of the United
States gave its advice and consent to the ratifi-
cation of the three amending treaties on Novem-
ber 26, 1940, and the President ratified them on
December 20, 1940. The three treaties have
been ratified by His Britannic Majesty for the
three dominions concerned.

The treaty of 1914 between the United States
and His Britannic Majesty provided for the
establishment of an international commission
of five members, the duties of which were to
make investigations and reports to the Gov-
ernments with reference to disputes arising be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
(meaning any part of the British Empire) and
referred to the commission by the Governments.
One member of the commission was chosen from

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its own citizens by the Government of the
United States and one member from its own
citizens by tlie Government of Great Britain;
one member was chosen by each Government
from some tliird country; and a fifth member
was chosen by agreement between tlie two Gov-
ernments from a country of which no other
member of the commission is a citizen. Tlae
treaty of 1914 also provides that in tlie event
the interests affected by any dispute about to
be investigated should be mainly interests of
one of the self-governing dominions of the Brit-
ish Empire the dominion concerned might fur-
nish a list of persons from which a member of
the commission would be appointed to serve in
place of the British national member.

The amendatory treaties with xVustralia, Can-
ada, and New Zealand provide for the estab-
lislunent of a separate connnission between the
United States and each of those dominions in-
stead of a single commission established in the
way provided under the treaty of 1914, on
which, in cases in which the interests involved
might be mainly interests of one of the several
dominions, one member might be appointed
from a list recommended by the dominion con-
cerned. The commission established under
each of the amendatory treaties will consist of
five members, the same number as the com-
mission established under the treaty of 1914
with Great Britain. One national and one
non-national member will be appointed by the
United States, and one national and one non-
national member will be appointed by Austra-
lia, Canada, and New Zealand, respectively.
The fifth member of the several commissions
will be chosen by agreement between the Gov-
ernment of the United States and the Gov-
ernments of Australia, Canada, and New
Zealand, respectively, 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 integral part of the treaties between the
United States and Australia, Canada, and New

Zealand, respectively, for observance and ful-
fillment between the United States and each of
the dominions. The relations between the
United States and the United Kingdom under
the treaty of 1914 and the constitution of the
commission to investigate and report on dis-
putes that might arise between them are not
affected by the amendatory treaties.

An amendatory treaty similar to those be-
tween the United States and Australia, Canada,
and New Zealand was signed with the Union of
Soutli Africa on April 2, 1940 (Treaty Scries
906). Ratifications were exchanged on March
11, 1941,^ and the treaty was proclaimed by the
President on March 18, 1941.

COMMERCE

SUPPLEMENTARY TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CANADA

[Ucleaspd to tUe press August i:i]

On August 13, 1941, at 11 a.m., the Secretary
of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and the Charge
d'Affaires ad interim of Canada, Mr. H. H.
Wrong, exchanged the duplicate original of the
President's proclamation of the supplementary
trade agreement between the United States and
Caiuida signed on December 13, 1940- and the
ratification of that agreement by His Britannic
Majesty for Canada.

This agreement, which relates solely to silver
or black foxes, silver- or black-fox furs and
skins, and related articles, amends the trade
agreement between the United States and Can-
ada signed November 17, 1938 (Executive
Agreement Series 149), by imposing quantita-
tive limitations on imports of all of those
articles into the United States and prescribing
the rate of import duty on silver- or black- fox
furs and skins imported into the United States.

Pursuant to its own terms the agreement
came into force provisionally on December 20,
1940. It was proclaimed by the President on
December 18, 1940. As also provided in the
agreement it came into force definitively on

• See the BuUcUn of March 15, 1941, p. 293.
'See the Bulletins of December 14, 1940, p. 553, and
December 21, 1940, p. 575.

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143

August 14, the day following the date of the
exchange of the President's proclamation and
the King's ratification.

AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET UNION

An announcement regarding the proclama-
tion by the President of the commercial agree-
ment with the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics effected by an exchange of notes dated
August 2, 1941 (see the Bulletin of August 9,
1941, page 115), appears in this Bulletin under
the heading "Commercial Policy".

INTER-AMEmCAN COFFEE AGREEMENT

VeTiezuela

The American Ambassador to Venezuela
transmitted to the Secretary of State with a
despatcli dated August 1, 1941, a copy of the
Gaceta Oficial of Venezuela of July 31, 1941
containing the text of a law passed by Congi-ess
on June 9, 1941 and signed by the President of
Venezuela on June 30, 1941 approving the Inter-
American Coffee Agreement (Treaty Series
970) opened for signature on November 28, 1940
at the Pan American Union.

SOVEREIGNTY

CONVENTION ON THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION
OF EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS IN THE
AMERICAS

ArgentiiM

The American Ambassador to Argentina in-
formed the Secretary of State in a despatch
dated July 30, 1941 that the Chamber of Dep-
uties of the Government of Argentina approved
unanimously on July 24, 1941 the Convention
and the Act of Habana on the Provisional Ad-
ministration of European Colonies and Posses-
sions in the Americas signed at Habana July
30, 1940.

Haiti

The American Minister to Haiti transmitted
to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated
August 2, 1941, a copy of the official bulletin

of the Republic of Haiti, dated July 21, 1941,
containing tlie text of Decree Law 13 of July
17, 1941, ratifying the Convention on the Pro-
visional Administration of European Colonies
and Possessions in the Americas signed at
Habana July 30, 1940.

INDIAN AFFAIRS

CONVENTION PROVIDING FOR AN INTER-AMERICAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE

Bolivia

The Mexican Ambassador at Washington in-
formed the Secretary of State by a note dated
July 30, 1941 that the Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Bolivia at Mexico City signed on
December 18, 1940 the Convention Providing
for an Inter- American Indian Institute, which
was opened for signature at Mexico City on
November 1, 1940.

Honduras

By a telegram dated August 1, 1941 the
American Ambassador to Mexico reported that
he had been informed by the Mexican Foreign
Office that the instrument of ratification by
Honduras of the Convention Providing for an
Inter-American Indian Institute, opened for
signature at Mexico City on November 1, 1940,
had been deposited on July 29, 1941. This in-
formation was erroneously stated as applying
to Mexico instead of Honduras in the Bulletin
of August 9, 1941, page 121.

United States

By a despatch dated August 7, 1941 the
American Ambassador to Mexico reported that
on August 1, 1941 the instrument of ratification
by the United States of the Convention Provid-
ing for an Inter-American Indian Institute,
opened for signature at Mexico City on Novem-
ber 1, 1940 and signed on the part of the United
States on November 29, 1940, was deposited
with the Mexican Foreign Office.

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Regulations

Portugal or any national thereof has any interest].
6 Federal Register 4046.

Export Control Schedule No. 16. [Determines, effec-
tive August 27, 1941, additional forms, conversions,
and derivatives of vegetable products, machinery,
chemicals, and cadmium {items in Proclama ions 2496,
2475, 2496. and 2463, respectively).] August 8, 1941.
(Administrator of Export Control.) 6 Federal Regis-
ter 4004.

Load Lines: Foreign Voyages During the National
Emergency. August 9, 1941. (U.S. Department of
Commerce: Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navi-
gation.) [Order No. 135.] 6 Federal Register 4010.
[See also correction to this order in 6 Federal Register
4077.]

Order of the Council of National Defense Revoking
the Order Creating the OflBce for Coordination of
Commercial and Cultural Relations Between the Amer-
ican Republics [the functions and duties of this office
having been taken over by the newly established Office
of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in the
Executive Office of the President]. (Council of Na-
tional Defense.) 6 Federal Register 4063.

General Licenses Under Executive Order 8389, April
10, 1940, as Amended, and Regulations Issued Pur-
suant Thereto Relating to Transactions in Foreign
Exchange, etc. :

General License No. 9 [authorizing certain purchases
and sales by U.S. banking institutions for accounts of
nationals of blocked countries]. 6 Federal Register
4045.

General License No. 70 [licensing transactions by or
on behalf of Portugal or involving property in which

Legislation

Providing for the Representation of the Government
and People of the United States in the Observance of
the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Coming of Rev.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg to the American Colonies.
(H. Rept. 958, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.J. Res. 208.)
5 pp.

Amending the Alien Registration Act. (H. Rept. 1151,
77th Cong., 1st sess., on S. 1512. ) 2 pp.

Clearance and Entry for Certain Vessels. (H. Rept.
1158, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.R. 5289.) 4 pp.

Amending the Nationality Act of 1940 To Preserve
the Nationality of Citizens Residing Abroad. (H. Rept.
1170, parts 1 and 2, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.R. 5511.)
2 pp. each.

Prohibiting the Purchase of Foreign-Grown Cotti.n
With Public Funds. (S. Rept. 657, 77th Cong., 1st sess.,
on S. 1831.) 3 pp.

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ontents

Europe Pae*
Message of the President to the Congress regarding con-
ference at sea with British Prime Minister .... 147

Dehvery of planes to the Middle East 147

Visit to the United States of H. R. H. the Duke of

Kent 148

American Republics

Allocation of coffee quota 148

General

Nationality regulations 149

Foreign merchant marine training ships 149

Control of exports in national defense 150

Commercial Policy

Supplemental trade-agreement negotiations with Cuba . 1 52

Cultural Relations

Committees to advise the Department of State in cul-

tm'al-relations program 154

The Department

Appointment of officers 156

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 156

Legislation 156

Publications 157

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SEP 5 1947

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Treaty Information Page

Promotion of peace: Treaties with Australia, Canada,
and New Zealand amending the treaty for the ad-
vancement of peace with Great Britahi signed

September 15, 1914 157

Commerce:

Supplementary trade agreement with Canada . . . 157
Declaration on the Juridical Personality of Foreign

Companies 157

Supplemental trade agreement with Cuba 158

Fisheries: Protocol amending the agreement of June 8,

1937 for the regulation of whaling 158

Flora and fauna: Conventions with Canada and Mexico

regarding migratory birds 158

Regulations 158

Europe

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE CONGRESS REGARDING CONFERENCE
AT SEA WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER

[Released to the press by the White House August 21]

To THE Congress of the United States :

Over a week ago I held several important
conferences at sea with the British Prime
Minister. Because of the factor of safety to
British, Canadian, and American ships and
their i>ersonnel, jio prior announcement of
these meetings could pi'operly be made.

At the close, a public statement by the Prime
Minister and the President was made. I quote
it for the information of the Congress and for
the record :

[For text of public statement which follows
here, see Bulletin of August 16, 1941, p. 125.]

The Congress and the President having
heretofore determined through the Lend
Lease Act on the national policy of American
aid to the democracies which East and West
are waging war against dictatorships, the
military and naval conversations at these
meetings made clear gains in furthering the
effectiveness of this aid.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister and I are
arranging for conferences with the Soviet
Union to aid it in its defense against the
attack made by the principal aggressor of the
modern world — Germany.

Finally, the declaration of principles at this
time presents a goal which is worth while for
our type of civilization to seek. It is so clear
cut that it is difficult to oppose in any major
particular without automatically admitting a
willingness to accept compromise with Nazism ;
or to agree to a world peace which would give
to Nazism domination over large numbers of
conquered nations. Inevitably such a peace
would be a gift to Nazism to take breath —
armed breath — for a second war to extend the
control over Eui'ope and Asia to the American
Hemisphere itself.

It is perhaps unnecessary for me to call at-
tention once more to the utter lack of validity
of the spoken or written word of the Nazi
government.

It is also unnecessary for me to point out
that the declaration of principles includes of
necessity the world need for freedom of reli-
gion and freedom of information. No society
of the world organized under the announced
principles could survive without these freedoms
which are a part of the whole freedom for
which we strive.

Franklin D Roosevelt

The White House,
August £, 194.1.

DELIVERY OF PLANES TO THE MIDDLE EAST

[Released to the press by the White House August 18]

The President announced on August 18, 1941,
an important step to speed delivery of planes
direct to the British forces in the Middle East.

Agreements have been concluded under which
the Pan American Airways System will ferry
aircraft from the United States to West Africa
and will then ferry those planes on to the
Middle East.

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148

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In connection with the ferry system Pan
American Airways is establishing an air-
transport service from West Africa to the
Middle East, and plans are under way for a
transport service from the United States to
West Africa. Planes owned by the United
States Government will be used by Pan Ameri-
can, and they will be operated by American
personnel. The route of delivery is so ar-
ranged that it will nowhere pass through the
zone of actual warfare.

The transport services will supplement the
ferry system by returning ferry personnel and
carrying spare plane parts and items essential
to effective delivery of aircraft to the Middle
East. The route will also be available for
general commercial use, providing direct air
service from New York or Baltimore to Africa.

The ferry system and the transport services
provide direct and speedy deliveiy of aircraft
from the "arsenal of democracy" to a critical
point in the front against aggression. The im-
portance of this direct line of communication
between our country and strategic outposts in
Africa cannot be overestimated.

VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF
H. R. H. THE DUKE OF KENT

[Released to the press August 20]

His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who
is at present in Canada, will arrive by air-
plane at the La Guardia Airport Saturday,
August 23, at 2 : 30 p. m. daylight-saving time,
accompanied by Mr. J. A. Lowther, his private
secretary, and Wing Comdr. Sir Louis Greig.
Immediately thereafter they will go to Hyde
Park to visit the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.

The Duke of Kent and his party will accom-
pany the President to Washington, where they
will arrive Monday, August 25. The Duke
will go direct from the Union Station to the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia and will then
leave for a visit to the military and naval
reservations in the area of Norfolk, Va. The
party will return later in the day to the White
House, where His Royal Highness will remain
and attend a small informal dinner that
evening.

On the morning of Tuesday, August 26,
the Duke of Kent will visit the Glenn L.
^lartin plant in Baltimore, returning to Wasli-
ington late in the afternoon. After a brief
stop in Washington, the Duke of Kent will
depart that evening for Canada.

American Republics

ALLOCATION OF COFFEE QUOTA

[Released to the press August 22]

The President yesterday signed an Execu-
tive order allocating the coffee quota estab-
lished pursuant to provisions of the Inter-
American Coffee Agreement for countries not
signatories of the agreement. This allocation
becomes effective on October 1, 1941.

The quotas are expressed as percentages of
the total quota for the countries which are
not signatories of the agi-eement, rather than
in actual quantities in bags, to obviate the ne-
cessity of issuing a new Executive order in the

event the import quotas are modified pursuant
to the procedure set forth in the agreement.
The percentages correspond to the proportion
of coffee imports into the United States from
countries which are not signatories of the agree-
ment supplied during the 4-year period 1937-
40 by each of the groups of countries to which
allocations are made by the Executive order.
The allocations established by the Executive
order are designed to afford each non-signatory
country an opportunity to supply a fair share
of the total quota for such countries and, at the

AUGUST 23, 1941

149

same time, to insure adequate supplies of cer-
tain special types of coffee needed in this
country for blending purposes. Termination
of the allocation order one month prior to the
end of the quota year provides a certain
amount of flexibility which is deemed desirable.
It means that during the month of September
1942 the onJy restriction on the importation
into the United States of coffee from countries
which are not signatories of the Inter- Ameri-
can Coffee Agreement will be the total quota
established for all such countries pursuant to
the terms of that agreement.

The text of the order is as follows :

Allocating the Quota Under the Inteh-
American Coffee Agreement for Countries
Not Signatories of the Agreement

Whereas I find that it is necessary to allocate
the quota established under the Inter- American
Coffee Agreement, signed on November 28,

1940, for countries which are not signatories of
the said agreement in order to afford such coun-
tries an opportunity to supply a fair share of
the quota :

Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by section 2 of the joint resolution
of Congress approved April 11, 1941 (Public
Law 33, 77th Cong., 1st sess.), it is hereby
ordered as follows:

1. For the quota year beginning October 1,

1941, the quota limiting entries for consump-
tion of coffee produced in countries which are
not signatories of the Inter-American Coffee
Agreement shall be allocated as follows:

British Empire, except Aden and

Canada 33. 04 percent

Kingdom of the Netherlands and its

possessions 361. 77 percent

Aden, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia 7. 24 percent

Other countries not signatories of the

Inter-American Coffee Agreement 22. 95 percent

2. During the effective period of this order,
no coffee produced in the countries specified in
paragi'aph 1 may be entered for consumption in
excess of the respective quotas calculated by
applying the percentages specified in para-

gi-aph 1 to the total quota for countries not
signatories of the Inter-American Coffee
Agreement.

3. This order shall cease to be effective on
September 1, 1942.

Frankun D KoosEVEiyr
The Whtte House,
Aufftisf 21, 19U.

[No. 8863]

General

NATIONALITY REGULATIONS

Regulations under the Nationality Act of
1940 regarding the issuance of certificates of
identity for admission to the United States to
prosecute an action under section 503 of the
act were issued on August 19, 1941 by the
Department of State, with the approval of
the Department of Justice. The text of the
regulations in codified form is printed in the
Federal Register of August 22, 1941, page
4298.

FOREIGN MERCHANT MARINE
TRAINING SHIPS

An Executive order (no. 8850) of August
16, 1941, authorizes the Commandant of the
Coast Guard, in the interest of national de-
fense, to "purchase, charter, requisition the
use of, or the possession of, any or all foreign
vessels designed as merchant marine training
ships which are lying idle in waters within
the jurisdiction of the United States". He
was also authorized and directed "to operate
any or all of such vessels in the training of
Coast Guard cadets and merchant marine
personnel", to "repair, reconstruct, or recondi-
tion any or all of such vessels", and to make
to the owner of any vessel taken "just com-
pensation for such vessel or 'the use thereof".
The full text of the proclamation is printed
in the Federal Register of August 20, 1941,
page 4179.

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CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

[Released to the press August 19]

The President on August 19, 1941, signed a
proclamation [no. 2503] adding six articles
and materials to the list of those subject to
export control by virtue of section 6 of the act
of July 2, 1940.

The additional articles and materials, which
will be brought under control as of September
10, 1941, ai-e as follows :

1. Furs

2. Synthetic fibers

3. Wood

4. Natural asphalt or bitumen

5. Nonferrous metals

6. Precious metals

The text of the proclamation is printed in
the Federal Register of August 21, 1941, page
4231.

[Released to the press August 20]

The Secretary of State announced on August
20, 1941 the issuance of general licenses for
the exportation of new commodities which will
be placed under export control on August 27.
The new general licenses wiU bear the following
numbers :

Canada

Great Britain

and Northern

'Ireland

PhUipplne
Islands

Drugs, herbs, leaves, and roots:

Acoaite leaves and roots.'. _.

Colchlcum roots and seeds.

Industrial chemicals:
Citric acid

OLA 1
GLB 1

GLC 1
OLD 1

OLA 2
OLB 2

GLC 2
GLD 2

OLA 63
GLB 63

In addition to the foregoing, several forms,
conversions, and derivatives of material already
under export control will i-equire a license for
their exportation on August 27, but will be
included with other material of the same
nature under existing general licenses. The
newly licensable forms, conversions, and deriva-
tives, together with the existing general
licenses under which they may be exported, are
as follows:

Philippine
Islands

Canada

and Northern
Ireland

Electrical machinery and appa-

ratus:

Radio transmitting sets, tubes,

and parts, in addition to those

containing mica, subject to

GDM 1

GDM 2

ODM 63

Coal-tar products:

GCX 1

OCX 2

OCX 1

GCX 2

Chemical specialities:

Chromium tanning mutures. . .

GADl

GAD 2

GAD 63

Phenol-formaldehyde resins:

Unfabricated in powder, flake

or liquid form, sheets, plates.

rods, tubes, and other unfin-

ished forms

GKRl

GKR 2

GKR 63

Urea-formaldehyde resins: Un-

fabricated in powder, flake, or

liquid form, sheets, plates,

rods, tubes, and other unfln-

GKR I

GKR 2

GKR 63

Drugs, herbs, leaves, and roots:

PjTethrum or insect flowers.

powder, or extract

QKU 1

GKU2

OKU 63

Cadmium:

Dross, flue dust, residues, and

GCMl

GCM2

OCM63

[Released to the press August 21]

The Secretary of State announced on August
21 that general license GWW has been issued
authorizing the exportation of all articles and
materials listed in Export Control Schedule
No. 17 ' to the following countries :

Group A '

Group B '

Netherlands Indies

China (valid only when shipment is made via

Burma)
Belgian Congo
Tahiti

New Caledonia
Marquesas Islands
French Cameroons
French Equatorial Africa
Turkey
Iraq
French West Indies (D^sirade, Guadeloupe, Les

Saintes, Martinique, Marie Galante, St. Martin —

northern part, St Bartholomew)
French Guiana
Miquelon and St. Pierre

'6 Federal Register 4136.

'Bulletin of May 10, 1941, pp. 560-561.

AUGUST 2 3, 1941

Liberia

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Philippine Islands

Collectors of customs have been authorized
to permit exportations of articles and materials
listed in Export Control Schedule No. 17 to the
foregoing countries without the requirement
of an individual license.

[Released to the press August 23]

The Secretary of State announced on August
23 the issuance of general license G-62, authoriz-
ing the exportation to Iceland of all articles
and materials under export control, with the
exception of the following:

1. Arms, ammunition, and implements of war

2. Tin-plate scrap

3. Helium

4. Articles and materials designated in the

President's Proclamation No. 3465, dated
March 4, 1941 (technical data)

5. Graphite

6. Radium

7. Uranium

8. Titanium

9. Atropine

10. Belladonna

11. Caffein

12. Theobromine

13. Hyoscyamus (henbane)

14. Digitalis seeds

15. Cork

Those excepted articles above-named will
continue to require an individual license for
their exportation to Iceland.

Collectors of customs have been instructed
to permit the exportation of articles and mate-
rials, other than those above listed, to Iceland
without requiring the presentation of an
individual license.

Collectors of customs were informed on
August 22 that general licenses GDQ l, GDQ 2,
and GDQ 63 authorizing the exportation of
grinding mills and classifiers and equipment
therefor have been issued for Canada, Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Philip-
pine Islands, respectively.

Collectors of customs were informed on Au-
gust 20, 1941 "that general license GEG, as

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now interpreted, authorizes the exportation
from those ports which are located on the At-
lantic Coast to those countries of the Western
Hemisphere designated as Group B ' . . . of
those petroleum products designated by the
following letter reference and name in Export
Control Schedule No. 15 : -

G— Crude Oil

D — Natural Gasoline

G — Motor Fuel

H — Motor Fuel

K— Naphtha, Mineral Spirits, Solvents, Tractor

Fuels, and other light products
L — Kerosene

M— Gas Oil and Distillate Fuel Oil
N— Residual Fuel Oil
Q— Motor OU
R — Other Lubricating Oil
S — Lubricating Grease
T — Liquefied Petroleum Gases
U— Paraffin Wax
V— Asphalt
X — Other Petroleum Products

"If any of the above mentioned petroleum
products also corresponds to the definitions set
forth in paragraphs A, B, E, F, I, J, O, P, or
W, in Export Control Schedule No. 15, its
exportation is not permissible under general
license no. GEG.

"General license no. GEH governs the expor-
tation of the same petroleum products which
may be exported under general license no.
GEG. General license no. GEH, as now inter-
preted, authorizes the exportation of those
petroleum products from any port not located
on the Atlantic coast to those countries of
the Western Hemisphere designated in Group
B . . . and to the Netherlands Indies, Free
China, the Free French Territories, and the
Belgian Congo."

Collectors of customs were informed on Au-
gust 20, 1941 that the following affidavit will
be required on certain exportations of petro-
leum products, as further defined below :

' Bulletin of May 10, 1941, p. 561.
» 6 Federal Register 3888.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

"New Petroleum AFTiDAvrr

"It is not possible to obtain by commercial
distillation from any of the Petroleum Prod-
ucts covered by this export declaration being

shipped under Export Control License No.

more than 3% of a fraction having an
A.S.T.M. end point of 300 degrees Fahrenheit
which will have, with the addition of 3 cc of
tetraethyl lead per gallon, an octane niunber
of the A.S.T.M. Knock Test Method of 80 or
more. In addition, it is not possible to obtain
by commercial distillation, as distillate or resid-
uum, products having more than 60 seconds,
Saybold Universal, viscosity at 210 degrees F.
with a viscosity index of 60 or more.

"The above affidavit, executed by the shipper
or by an officer or duly authorized agent of
the shipper, properly notarized, will now be
required on all Export Declarations covering

any of the petroleum products which are iden-
tified as follows in Export Control Schedule
No. 15 :

C — Cnide Oil

H— Motor Fuel

K — Naphtha, Mineral Spirits, Solvents, Tractor

Fuels, and other light products
li — Kerosene

M— Gas Oil and DistUlate Fuel Oil
N— Residual Fuel Oil
Q— Motor Oil
R— Other Lubricating Oil

when any such items are submitted for ship-
ment under either individual or general license
to destinations other than those in the British
Empire, the Western Hemisphere, Netherlands
Indies, Philippine Islands, Free China, Bel-
gian Congo, the U. S. S. R., or the Free French
Territories. . . .

"It is to be noted that the above affidavit is
not required for the exportation of those pe-
troleum products which may be exported to
certain destinations of the Western Hemisphere
under general license no. GEG."

Commercial Policy

SUPPLEMENTAL TRADE-AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA

(Released to thf press August 19)

Public notice of intention to negotiate a
trade agreement with the Government of Cuba
was issued on July 26, 1941. In connection
with that notice, there was published a list of
products on which the United States will con-
sider the granting of concessions to Cuba, and
it was announced that concessions on products
not included in the list would not be considered
unless supplementary' announcement were
made.

The Secretary of State announced today,
August 19, additional products on which the
United States will consider granting conces-
sions to Cuba.

The Committee for Reciprocity Information
has prescribed that all information and views

in writing and all applications for supplemen-
tal oral presentation of views relating to prod-
ucts included in this supplementary list shall
be submitted to it not later than 12 o'clock
noon, September 6, 1941.

Suggestions with regard to the form and
content of presentations addressed to the Com-
mittee for Reciprocity Information are in-
cluded in a statement released by that Com-
mittee on December 13, 1937.

Supplement to the List of Products on Which
the United States Will Consider Granting
Concessions to Cuba

Pursuant to section 4 of an act of Congress
approved June 12, 1934. entitled "An Act to

AUGUST 23, 1941

Amend the Tariff Act of 1930", as extended
by Public Resolution 61, approved April 12,
1940, and to Executive Order 6750, of June 27,
1934, public notice of intention to negotiate a
trade agreement with the Government of Cuba
was issued on July 26, 1941. In connection
with that notice, there was published a list of
products on which the United States will con-
sider the granting of concessions to Cuba, and
it was announced that concessions on products
not included in the list would not be consid-
ered unless supplementary announcement were
made.

I hereby announce that the products de-
scribed in the attached list have been added
to the list issued on July 26, 1941.

CORDEIiL HULIi

Secretary of State

Washington, D. C,
August 18, 1941.

In the event that articles which are at pres-
ent regarded as classifiable under the descrip-
tions included in the following list are
excluded therefrom by judicial decision or
otherwise prior to the conclusion of the sup-
plementary agreement, the list will nevertheless
be considered as including such articles.

153

United

States

Tariff Act

of 1930

Description of article

All medicinal preparations of animal
origin, not specially provided for.

Chemicals, drugs, medicinal and sim-
ilar substances, whether dutiable
or free, when imported in capsules,
pills, tablets, lozenges, troches, am-
poules, jubes, or similar forms, in-
cluding powders put up in medic-
inal doses.

Drugs of animal origin which are nat-
ural and uncompounded and not
edible, and not specially provided
for, but which are advanced in
value or condition by shredding,
grinding, chipping, crushing, or
any other process or treatment what-
ever beyond that essential to the
proper packing of the drugs and the
prevention of decay or deteriora-
tion pending manufacture, and sot
containing alcohol.

Present rate of
duty (applicable to
Cuban products)

Not less than 20%
ad val.

United
States

Tariff Act
of 1930

Paragraph

Description of article

Present rate of

duty (applicable to

Cuban products)

706

Frog legs, fresh, chilled, frozen, pre-

$0.04S per lb., but

pared, or preserved.

not less than 16%
ad val.

746

$0.12 per lb.

7S2

Fruits in their natural state, or in
brine, pickled, dried, desiccated,
evaporated, or otherwise prepared
or preserved, and not specially pro-
vided for.

28% ad val.«

763

Fruit pastes and fruit pulps

28% ad val. »

$0,028 or 0.014 per

lb."

" The rate of duty, applicable to imports of Cuban origin,
wag reduced on dried, desiccated, or evaporated bananas fol-
lowing the granting of a concession on such products in the
trade agreement with Costa Rica, eCfectlve August 2. 1937.
That agreement reduced the general rale of duty on these
products from 35% ad val. to 17%% ad val. and the rate to
Cuba was thereby automatically reduced to 14% ad val., in
accordance with the provision in the Cuban trade agreement
under which imports from Cuba are entitled to a rate of duty
not less than 20% below the lowest rate applicable to imports
of similar products originating in any other country. The
reduced general rate of duty was bound against increase in
the trade agreement with Ecuador, effective October 23, 1938.

The rate of duty, applicable to imports of Cuban origin,
was reduced on prepared or preserved guavas, not specially
provided for. following the granting of a concession on these
products In the trade agreement with Haiti, effective June 3,
1935. That agreement reduced the general rate of duty on
these products from 35% ad val. to 17%% ad val. and the
rate to Cuba was thereby automatically reduced to 14% ad
val., as in the ease noted above of dried, desiccated, or evapo-
rated bananas. The reduced general rate of duty on prepared
or preserved guavas was subsequently bound against increase
in trade agreements with Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador,
and Costa Rica.

' The rate of duty on mango pastes and pulps, and guava
pastes and pulps, of Cuban origin, was reduced from 28% ad
val. to 14% ad val. in the trade agreement with Cuba effective
September 3, 1934.

" The rate of duty applicable to imports of Cuban origin of
"lima beans, green or unripe, in their natural .state, when im-
ported and entered for consumption during the period from
December 1 to the following May 31, inclusive, in any years",
was reduced from $0,028 to $0,014 per lb. in the trade agree-
ment with Cuba effective September 3, 1934. The duty on
green or unripe lima beans of Cuban origin remained at the
rate of $0,028 per lb. for any imports during the remainder of
the year. The purpose of including lima beans in the present
additional list of products upon which the United States will
consider the possible granting of concessions to Cuba in the
proposed supplementary trade agreement, is to modify the
language of the concession in the original Cuban agreement
so that it may conform more clbsely to the language of Para-
graph 765 of the Tariff .\ct of 1930. It is not contemplated
that any action which may be taken in the proposed supple-
mentary agreement under this paragraph will result in a
change in either the present seasonal period during which the
reduced rate of duty applies to lima beans of Cuban origin, or
in the rate of duty, which has already been reduced during
the seasonal period by the maximum extent permitted under
the Trade Agreements Act.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETS

Committee for Rbciprocitt Information

supplemental trade- agreement negotiations
with cuba

Public Notice

Supplementary List of Products

Closing date for submission of briefs, Septem-
ber 6, 1941; closing date for application to
be heard. September 6, 1941 ; public hearings
open, September 8, 1911.

The Committee for Reciprocity Informa-
tion hereby gives notice that all information
and views in writing, and all applications for
supplemental oral presentation of views, with
regard to the supplementary list of products
announced by the Secretary of State on this
date in connection with the negotiation of a
supplemental trade agreement with the Gov-
enunent of Cuba, shall be submitted to the
Committee Jor Reciprocity Information not
later than 12 o'clock noon, September 6, 1941.
Such communications should be addressed to
"The Chairman, Committee for Reciprocity
Information, Tariff Commission Building,
Eighth and E Streets NW., Washington, D. C."

A public hearing will be held, beginning at
10 a. m. on September 8, 1941, before the Com-
mittee for Reciprocity Information, in the
hearing room of the Tariff Commission in the
Tariff Commission Building, when supplemen-
tal oral statements will be heard with regard
to the products contained in the supplementary
list, unless persons interested in these products
request that they be heard at a later date
acceptable to the Committee.

Six copies of written statements, either type-
written or printed, shall be submitted, of which
one copy shall be sworn to. Appearance at
hearings before the Committee may be made
only by those persons who have filed written
statements and who have within the time pre-
scribed made written application for a hearing,
and statements made at such hearings shall be
under oath.

By direction of the Committee for Reciproc-
ity Information this 18th day of August 1941.
E. M. Whitcomb
Acting Secretary

Washington, D. C.,
August IS, 19^1.

Cultural Relations

COMMITTEES TO ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN CULTURAL-
RELATIONS PROGRAM

On July 31, 1941 the President appointed
four committees to advise the Department of
State, through the Division of Cultural Rela-
tions, on certain phases of the program of
cultural relations. This action was taken
pursuant to section 2 of the act of August 9,
1939, "An Act to Authorize the President to
Render Closer and More Effective the Rela-
tionship between the American Republics".
These committees are authorized to serve until
June 30, 1942.

The General Advisory Committee is to ad-
vise the Department, through the Division, of
Cultural Relations, on general policy in the
planning and execution of the program of
cultural relations and to serve as a coordinat-
ing body for the other advisory committees.
It is composed of the following persons:

Robert G. Caldwell, Ph.D., Dean of Humanities, Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology
Ben M. Cherrington, Ph.D., Director, Foundation for

AUGUST 23, 1941

155

the Advancement of the Social Sciences, Univer-
sity of Etenver

Steiihen Diiggan, Ph.D., LL.D., Director, Institute of
International Education

Waldo G. Leland, Ph.D., Litt.D., Director, American
Council of Learned Societies

The Honorable Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of
Congress

Mr. Carl H. Milam, Secretary, American Library
Association

Beardsley Ruml, Ph.D., Dean, Department of Social
Sciences, University of Chicago

James T. Shotweli, Ph.D., LL.D., Chairman, National
Committee of the United States of America on
International Intellectual Cooperation

George N. Shustor, President, Hunter College

John W. Studcbaker, LL.D., Commissioner of Educa-
tion, Federal Security Agency

The Honorable Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of
the United States.

The Advisory Committee on Inter-American
Cooperation in Agricultural Educa^tion will
advise the Department of State regarding
agricultural education, particularly in connec-
tion with the Department's work with land-
grant colleges of the United States in inter-
American studies and exchange students, and
in the proposed Institute of Tropical Agricul-
ture. This committee has as its chairman,
Knowles A. Ryerson, M.S., Assistant Dean,
College of Agriculture, University of Cali-
fornia, Davis, Calif. Other members of the
committee are:

Earl N. Bressman, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Office
of Foreign Agricultural Relations, Department of
Agriculture, Executive Secretary

Thomas Barbour, Ph.D., Sc.D., Director, Museum of
Comparative Zoology,. Harvard University

Homer J. Henuey, Ph.D., Dean of Agriculture, Colo-
rado State College

H. Harold Hume, Dean, College of Agriculture, Uni-
versity of Florida

Fred J. Kelly, Ph.D., Chief, Division of Higher
Education, Office of Education, Federal Security
Agency

J. G. Lee, Jr., Dean, College of Agricultui-e, Louisiana
State University

Edgar J. Fisher, Ph.D., Assistant Director,
Institute of International Education, is chair-
man of the Advisory Committee on the Adjust-
ment of Foreign Students in the United States.

This committee is to advise the Department of
State on problems involving the adjustment of
students from abroad to their new environment
and on plans for more effective guidance and
hospitality. The other members are:

Rollin S. Atwood, Ph.D., Acting Director, Institute

of Inter-American Affairs, University of Florida
Gladys Bryson, Professor, Smith College
Ben M. Cherrington, Ph.D., Profe.ssor of International

Relations, University of Denver
Charles W. Hackett, Ph.D., Professor of Latin

American History, University of Texas
Charles B. Lipman, Ph.D., Sc.D., Dean, Graduate

Division, University of California
Martin McGuire, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School of

Arts and Sciences, Catholic University of America
Mr. John L. Mott, Director, International House, New

York
J. Raleigh Nelson, Ph.D., Director, International

Center, University of Michigan

The Advisory Committee on Exchange Fel-
lowships and Professorships will advise on
general matters relating to the interchange of
students and professors, and specifically on the
selection of gi-aduate students and professors
under the Convention for the Promotion of
Inter-American Cultural Relations. The com-
mittee is under the chainnanship of Stephen
Duggan, Ph.D., LL.D., Director, Institute of
International Education, and is composed of
the following members :

Albert L. Barrovps, Ph.D., Executive Secretary,
National Research Council

Charles G. Fenwick, Ph.D., Professor of Political
Science, Bryn Mawr College

Waldo G. Leland, Ph.D., Litt.D., Director, American
Council of Learned Societies

Arthur P. Whitaker, Ph.D., Professor of Latin Ameri-
can History, University of Pennsylvania

Donald Young, Research Secretary, Social Science
Research Council

In order to increase the cooperation between
the Department of State and the Office of the
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs several
persons who are active in the work of the latter
office were selected to serve on the committees.
In addition every effort was made to have
represented on the committees the point of view
of different sections of the country.

156

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The Department

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

By Departmental Order 960, Mr. Lloyd C.
Mitchell was appointed an Assistant Chief of
the Division of Accounts, effective as of August
16, 1941.

Mr. Eobert M. Carr was appointed, by De-
partmental Order 962, an Assistant Chief of
the Division of Commercial Treaties and
Agreements, effective as of August 18, 1941.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

The Senate, on August 21, 1941, confirmed
the nomination of Willys R. Peck, of Califor-
nia, now Counselor of Embassy in China, as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiarj' of the LTnited States of America to
Thailand.

[Released to the press August 23]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since August 16,
1941:

Career Officers

George C. Howard, of Washington, D. C,
who has been serving as Commercial Attache
at Stockholm, Sweden, has been designated
Second Secretary of Embassy and Consul at
Bogota, Colombia, and will serve in dual
capacity.

The assignment of Clarence C. Brooks, of
West Hoboken, N. J., as Consul at Buenos
Aires, Argentina, has been canceled. In lieu
thereof, Mr. Brooks has been designated Sec-
ond Secretary of Embassy at Santiago, Chile.

Robert L. Buell, of Rochester, N. Y., Second
Secretary of Embassy and Consul at Berlin,

Germany, has been assigned as Consul at
Singapore, Straits Settlements.

Francis H. Styles, of Falls Church, Va.,
Consul at Dublin, Ireland, has been designated
Second Secretary of Legation at Dublin, Ire-
land, and will sei^e in dual capacity.

The following persons have been appointed
Foreign Service Officers, Unclassified; Vice
Consuls of Careef ; and Secretaries in tJie Dip-
lomatic Service of the United States ; and have
been assigned as Vice Consuls at their respec-
tive posts:

Bobert H. MoBride, of Pontiac, Mich__-Habana, Cuba

Gray Bream, of Casper, Wyo Halifax, N. S., Canada

Robert S. Folsom, of West Somerville,

Mass Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Stuart W. Rockwell, of Radnor, Pa--Panania, Panama
Charles W. Smith, of Burbank,

Calif Vancouver, B. C. Canada

Non-career Officers

Robert W. Weise, Jr., of Minneapolis, Minn.,
has been appointed Vice Consul at Santiago,
Chile.

Henrj^ Dearborn, of Andover, Mass., has
been appointed Vice Consul at Barranquilla,
Colombia.

Legislation

An Act To provide compensation for disability or
death resulting from injury to persons employed at
military, air, and naval bases acquired by the United
States from foreign countries, and on lands occupied
or used by the United States for military or naval
purposes outside the continental limits of the United
States, including Alaska, Guantanamo, and the Philip-
pine Islands, but excluding the Canal 2Jone, and for
other purposes. [S. 1642.] Approved- August 16,
1941. (Public Law 208, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 2 pp.

Joint Resolution Providing for the representation of
the Government and people of the United States in
the observance of the two hundredth anniversary of
the coming of Doctor Henry Melchior Muhlenberg to
the American colonies. [S. J. Res. 40.] Approved
August 16, 1941. (Public Law 209, 77th Cong., 1st
sess.) 2 pp.

AUGUST 23, 1941

157

An Act To provide for the establishment of the
Coronado International Memorial, In the State of
Arizona. [S. 752.] Approved August 18, 1941. (Pub-
lie Law 216, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 2 pp.

Statement by the Prime Minister of England and
the President of the United States: Message From the
President of the United States Transmitting a Public
Statement Made by Both Prime Minister of England
and the President of the United States With Regard
to the Declaration of Principles Necessary Under the
Code of the Two Countries. (H. Doc. 358, 77th Cong.,
1st sess.) 3 pp.

Publications

Department of State

Temporary Diversion for Power Purposes of Addi-
tional Waters of the Niagara River Above the Falls :
Arrangement Between the United States of America
and Canada — Effected by exchange of notes signed at
Washington May 20, 1941. Executive Agreement
Series 209. Publication 1630. 3 pp. 50.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

PROMOTION OF PEACE

treaties with AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND NEW ZEA-
LAND AMENDING THE TREATY FOR THE ADVANCE-
MENT OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN SIGNED
SEPTEMBER 15, 1914

[Released to the press August 21]

On August 21, 1941, the President issued his
proclamations of the treaties between the
United States and Australia, Canada, and
New Zealand, respectively, amending in their
application to each of those Dominions certain
provisions of the Treaty for the Advancement
of Peace between the United States and His
Britannic Majesty signed at Washington Sep-
tember 15, 1914 (Treaty Series 602). The
three amending treaties were signed on Septem-
ber 6, 1940, and the ratifications of the Presi-
dent of the United States and His Britannic
Majesty were exchanged at Washington August
13, 1941.

COMMERCE

SUPPLEMENTARY TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CANADA
[Beleased to the press August 21]

On August 21, 1941 the President issued his
proclamation in regard to the exchange of rati-
fications of the supplementary trade agreement

between the United States and Canada, signed
on December 13, 1940, amending in regard to
silver or black foxes, silver- or black- fox furs
and skins, and related articles, the trade agree-
ment between the United States and Canada
signed on November 17, 1938 (Executive
Agreement Series 149). The supplementary
agreement came into force provisionally on
December 20, 1940 and, as is declared by the
President's proclamation, definitively on Au-
gust 14, 1941, the day following the exchange
of ratifications.

DECLARATION ON THE JURIDICAL PERSONALITY OF
FOREIGN COMPANIES

[Released to the press August 21]

United States

On August 21, 1941, the President issued
his proclamation of the Protocol containing a
Declaration on the Juridical Personality of
Foreign Companies, which was opened for
signature by the states members of the Pan
American Union at the Pan American Union
on June 25, 1936 and was signed by the Secre-
tary of State on June 23, 1939, with two in-
terpretative understandings.' The Senate gave

' See the Bulletin of July 26, 1941, p. 82.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

its advice and consent to ratification of the
Protocol, subject to the two understandings on
June 12, 1941. It was ratified by the President
on June 23, 1941, and the ratification of the
United States, inchiding the two underetand-
ings, was deposited with the Pan American
Union on July 10, 1941. The Republic of
Venezuela deposited its ratification of the
Protocol on September 23, 1937.

The Declaration in the Protocol provides
that foreign companies constituted under the
laws of one country and having their seats in
its territory may engage in any commercial
activity in countries in which they do not have
a permanent establishment, branch, or agency,
which is not contrary to the laws of such coun-
tries, and may enter appearances in the courts
as plaintiffs or defendants.

SUPPLEMENTAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CUBA

Public notice of intention to negotiate a trade
agreement Mith the Government of Cuba was
issued on July 26, 1941, and a list of products
on which the United States will consider
granting concessions to Cuba was published in
the Bulletin of July 26. Additional products
on which the United States will consider
granting concessions to Cuba were announced
by the Secretary of State on August 19, 1941
and are published in this Bulletin under the
heading "Commercial Policy".

FISHERIES

PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT OF JUNE 8,
1937 FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING

Canada

By a note dated August 13, 1941 the British
Ambassador at Washington informed the
Secretary of State that the instrument of rati-
fication of the Canadian Government of the
Protocol signed in London on June 24, 1938
(Treaty Series 944) amending the Agreeinent
for the Regulation of Whaling signed Jmie 8,
1937 (Treaty Series 933), was deposited in the
archives of the Foreign Office of the British
Govermnent on July 21, 1941. The countries

which have now deposited their respective in-
struments of ratification or accession to the
Protocol are the United States, Canada, Den-
mark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, and
Norway.

FLORA AND FAUNA

CONVENTIONS WITH CANADA AND ME.\ICO REGARDING
MGRATORY BIRDS

On August 16, 1941, the Pi-esident issued a
proclamation (no. 2501) amending previous
regulations governing the "hunting, taking,
capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase,
shipment, transportation, carriage, exporta-
tion, and importation of migi-atory birds and
parts, nests, and eggs thereof," included in the
terms of the Convention for the Protection of
Migratory Birds, signed by the United States
and Great Britain, in respect of Canada, on
August 16, 1916 (Treaty Series 628) and the
Convention with Mexico for the Protection of
Migratory Birds and Game Mammals, con-
cluded February 7, 1936 (Treaty Series 912).

The full text of the proclamation is printed
in the Federal Register of August 21, 1941,
page 4232.

Regulations

Export Control Schedule No. 17 [determining, effec-
tive August 29, 1941, additions to the forms, con-
versions, and derivatives of rubber (proclamation
2413), chemical wood pulps (proclamation 2482),
iron and steel (proclamation 2449), non-ferrous metals
(proclamations 2413, 2453, and 2464), machinery
(proclamation 2475), and chemicals (proclamation
2496). August 15, 1941. (Administrator of Export
Control.) 6 Federal Register 4136.

Regulations Relating to Transactions in Foreign
Exchange . . . and to Reports of Foreign Property
Interests in the United States : Amendment of Public
Circular No. 1, August 18, 1941 [extending the time
from July 14 to September 30, 1941 within which
such reports shall be filed] ; and Instructions for
Preparation of Reports on Form TFR-300 of All
Foreign-Owned Property Subject to the Jurisdiction
of the United States, August 16, 1941. (Treasury
Department.) 6 Federal Register 4196.

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Certificate of Identity for Admission to the United 20, 1941. (Department of Justice: Immigration and

States To Prosecute an Action Under Section 503 of Naturalization Service.) [General Order C-33.] 6

the Act. August 19, 1941. (Department of State and Federal Register 4295.

Rules Governing Broadcast Services Other Than

Department of Justice.) 6 Federal Register 4298 and c-t.jjT./.i.r j ^ j-*

1, . ivc, V, u ■/ Standard Broadcast [amendments regarding frequency

^-^"- assignments to international broadcast stations].

Admission [to the United States] of Holders of August 18, 1941. (Federal Communications Commis-

Certificates of Identity To Prosecute an Action Under sion.) 6 Federal Register 4303.

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BULLETIN

AUGUST 30, 1941
Vol. V, No. 114— Publication 1635

ontents

American Republics Page

Anniversary of the declaration of Uruguayan inde-
pendence:

Remarks by the Under Secretary of State 163

Message from the President of the United States . . 164
Use of foreign-flag merchant vessels in American

ports 16S

The Far East

Military mission to China 166

Europe

Contributions for relief in belligerent countries .... 166

General

Control of exports in national defense 167

Warrants of precedence for vessels carrying strategic

and critical materials 168

Cultural Relations

Travel grants to students 168

Medical specialist from the United States to lecture in

other American republics 169

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 170

The Department

Appointment of officers 170

Regulations 170

U, S, SIIPERINTFNnENT OF DOCUMENTS

ontents-coNTiNVED

Treaty Information Page

International law: Convention on Rights and Duties

of States 171

Sovereignty: Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
tration of European Colonies and Possessions in

the Americas 171

Opium:

Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regu-

lathig the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs . . . 171

Intel-national Opium Convention 172

Industrial property: Poland 172

Labor:

Convention Concern mg Safety Provisions in the

Building Industry 172

Convention Concerning Workmen's Compensation

for Occupational Diseases (Revised 1934) ... 173
Military and naval missions:

Detail of United States Army Officer as Director of
the Military Academy of the National Guard of

Nicaragua 173

Naval mission to Colombia 173

Fisheries: Pacific Halibut Fisherj^ Convention With

Canada 173

Flora and fauna: Convention on Nature Protection
and WUdlife Preservation in the Western Hemi-
sphere 174

American Republics

ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF URUGUAYAN INDEPENDENCE

REMARKS BY THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE '

[Released to the press August 25]

We are commemorating today the anniver-
sary of the independence of Uruguay. In the
celebration of this historic anniversary, the
peojjle of Uruguay are joined in spirit by the
people of the United States and, likewise, I feel
sure, by the peoples of all of the other American
republics throughout the length and breadth of
the Western Hemisphere.

For, in the greatness of their spirit and in
their steadfast devotion to freedom, the Uru-
guayan peojDle have come to symbolize for all of
us the very word "independence". Throughout
the course of their independent life they have
unfailingly advanced the cause of human lib-
erties and the cause of social betterment. They
have contributed a high example to all democ-
racies and to all other peace-loving peoples, not
only within the Western Hemisphere but
throughout the entire world.

I count it a special privilege to, speak tonight
on the same program with one of the most dis-
tinguished statesmen of the Americas, Dr. Juan
Carlos Blanco, the first Uruguayan Ambassador
to the United States.

He has succeeded as the diplomatic repre-
sentative in Washington of Uruguay, Don Jose
Richling, who is regarded as a personal friend
by innumerable citizens of the United States,
both within and without this Government, and

' Delivered by Mr. Welles in Spanish over the facili-
ties of the international short-wave stations of the
National Broadcasting Co., stations WNBI and WRCA,
in New York, August 25, 1941.
4109S:; — 41

who has rejiresented his country in Washington
with such ability for so many years.

The arrival in this country of Dr. Blanco as
the first Ambassador of the Republic of Uru-
guay marks the raising in formal rank of the
diplomatic representation in our two countries
and signalizes once more the recognition by our
two nations of the outstanding importance of
the relations between them.

SjDurred by repeated evidences of the deeply
rooted spirit of independence possessed by the
Uruguayan people, I believe it is imperative at
this time for all of us to give a renewed empha-
sis to the constant need for vigilance and precau-
tion against attempts — bold or subtle — to under-
mine our free institutions. The Uruguayan
Govermnent, supported by the alertness of a
citizenry quickly sensitive to any threat to their
liberty, was among the first of the American
governments to bring into the light of day the
stealthy plotting of subversive elements directed
by alien powers determined to extend their
deadly tyramiy to the Western Hemisphere.
The Uruguayan Government has been dili-
gently aware of the need not only for constant
vigilance within its own borders, but for the
systematic cooperation of all of the American
republics in the strengthening and integration
of their moral and material defense.

To assist in systematizing such cooperation,
the distinguished Minister of Foreign Ati'airs of
Uruguay, Dr. Alberto Guani, suggested to the
governments of the other American republics
only a few weeks ago that thej" decide jointly

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not to treat as a belligerent any nation of the
Americas that might be forced into war with a
non-American nation. As in 1917, when the
Uruguayan Government took simihir coopera-
tive action, the immediate and important effect
of this practical measure would be to make the
port facilities of all of the American republics
available to the public vessels of all American
nations engaged in the defense of the continent.

These instances of Uruguayan initiative,
among many others which I might cite, are typ-
ical of the policy of the Republic of Uruguay
in all that relates to practical inter-American
collaboration and to the defense of the inde-
pendence and integi-ity of the Americas.

The other nations of the Americas are equally
aware of the need for drastic action to uproot
un-American influences. Whenever these
threats to our freedom have been brought out
into the open, the citizens of one Amei'ican
country after another have shown the same firm-
ness of will, the same decision, in maintaining
the liberties for which our forefathers fought
and died.

There is another form of precaution, how-
ever, which I feel it necessary to mention. That
is the precaution now becoming essential for
all of us to husband the supplies of materials
which are so urgently required by the coun-
tries valiantly resisting the dictatorships in
their vain attempt at world conquest, and thus
assisting in insuring the safety of the Western
Hemisphere.

Stupendous as is the productive capacity of
the Americas, the demand today for certain
categories of goods is far greater than can be
met from existing output. Strict economy in
the United States in the utilization of certain
materials is, and may be increasingly, neces-
sary. I wish, however, officially to state that, so
far as concerns the type of goods of which the
United States is the principal or sole supplier,
they will be made available on an equal basis
to the people of the other American republics
as liberally as they are to the people of this
country.

Moreover, we in the United States expect to
supply in increasing volume the defense mate-

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rials urgently needed from us by the other
American govermnents.

We will be able to do this not only because
of rapidly increasing facilities of production
but also because we know we can count upon the
full cooperation of the other American repub-
lics themselves in taking accurate stock of their
greatest individual needs so that those that are
the most urgently required by each national
economy may be met fii^st.

I can think of no occasion more appropriate
than this — the celebration of the national holi-
day of the Republic of Uruguay — to reaffirm
the determination of the Government of the
United States to collaborate to the fullest ex-
tent with its sister republics in the defense of
the Western Hemisphere, in the preservation
of our common liberties, and in making every
possible practical contribution to the mainte-
nance of the stability of our respective na-
tional economies during this critical period of
world upheaval.

This anniversary of Uruguayan independ-
ence is a reminder to us all that the cause of
freedom can best be served by the same spirit
of self-sacrifice, courage, and determination as
that displayed more than a century ago by the
intrepid Artigas and his group of devoted
followers.

To the Government and people of Uruguay
I extend in the name of the Government of
the United States our greetings and best
wishes on this anniversary, which has become
a day of outstanding significance in the his-
tory of the New World.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES

[Released to the press August 26]

The President of the United States has sent
the following telegram to His Excellency, Gen.
Alfredo Baldomir, President of the Oriental
Republic of Uruguay:

"The White House, August 25, 191^1.

"This aimiversary of the independence of
Uruguay gives me the welcome opportunity

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to extend to Your Excellency my cordisil felici-
tations and best wishes for the security and
peace of the people of Uruguay.

"As I look back over the past year, I am
particularly impressed by the many coura-
geous and practical demonstrations which Your

Excellency and Your Government have given
of devotion to those ideals of freedom and
democracy which the people of the United
States are proud to share with the people of
Ui'uguay.

Franklin D Rooseaklt"

USE OF FOREIGN-FLAG MERCHANT VESSELS IN AMERICAN PORTS

[Released to the press by the Pan American Union August 28]

The Inter- American Financial and Economic
Advisory Committee announced on August 28
that in its plenary session of that date, it had
formally adopted and jDlaced into effect, with
the approval of the governments of all of the
American republics, a plan for the effective use
in the interests of inter-Anierican commerce of
the foreign-flag merchant vessels lying inactive
in the ports of the American Continent. The
text of the plan is as follows :

Plans for Placing Skips in American Ports into
Service

(1) The basic principle of the plan is that
the vessels now lying in American ports shall
be utilized in accordance with the resolution of
April 26, 1941 ^ in such a manner as to promote
the defense of the economies of the American
republics as well as the peace and security of
the continent.

(2) To this end there should be an immediate
transfer of such vessels to active service. Just
and adequate compensation for such vessels
shall be made.

(3) In order to attain the maximum efficiency
in the operation of available shipping, there
must be the closest cooperation among the mari-
time authorities of the ship-operating nations
of the Western Hemisphere in planning the
most effective use of all available vessels. This
cooperation must extend to the allocation of
particular vessels to the several trade routes;
to efficient scheduling where more than one ship-

' Bulletin of May 3, 1041, p. .531.

ping line serves an individualport or nation;
to the diversion of at least minimum shipping
facilities to those nations not reasonably ade-
quately served and in which there lie no or not
sufficient inactive vessels to alleviate at least
partially the situation; and to the exchange or
inter-change among the ship-operating nations
of vessels of various types in order that each
may operate the type of vessels which it is in a
position to handle and which are appropriate
to the type of commerce to be borne.

(4) It is recognized that several of the Amer-
ican nations operate merchant marines and are
in a position to handle efficiently the operation
of some or all of the inactive vessels lying in their
ports. Other American republics may not have
the appropriate organization to operate ships
or may not desire to undertake to do so. In such
cases, the Government of the United States and
United States shipping companies are prepared,
in the closest cooperation and coordination with
services provided by other ship-operating na-
tions of the Western Hemisphere, to o^Derate
for their account or in any other appropriate
way those vessels other American republics do
not operate themselves. The Government of
the United States is also prepared to make ap-
propriate arrangements to take over and oper-
ate any such vessels in general services.

(5) The Government of the United States
has been informed that the British Government
agrees to recognize the transfers of vessels re-
sulting from this plan of operation and to waive
its belligerent rights so long as the following
conditions ai'e met :

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(a) The vessels transferi-ed are operated in
accordance with this plan.

(&) The vessels are operated under the flag of
any American republic in inter-American trade,
or by the Goverimient of the United States in
general services in accordance with paragraph

(4).

(c) Such service of the vessels now inactive
shall not result in the diversion of any other
vessels owned or controlled by Governments or
nationals of an American republic to services
inimical to the interests of Great Britain.

(d) Any funds or proceeds from such vessels
shall not be made available to the governments
or nationals of the countries whose flags they
flew until the present war is terminated.

(c) Crews of the vessels shall be nationals of
the countries whose flag the vessels fly or shall be
comprised of officers and personnel satisfactory
to the Inter-American Financial and Economic
Advisory Committee.

(6) The Government of the United States is
prepared to render through the Maritime Com-
mission every possible technical assistance and
cooperation to the Governments of the other
American republics.

The Committee is continuing to study details
incident to the actual placing of the vessels into
service and is esjiecially considering i)roposals
of the British Government for the implementa-
tion of paragraph 5 of the plan.

The function of the mission will be to study,
in collaboration with Chinese and other authori-
ties, the military situation in China, the need of
the Chinese Government for materiel and mate-
rials; to formulate recommendations regard-
ing types and quantities of items needed; to
assist in procurement in this country and in
delivery in China of such materiel and mate-
rials; to instruct in the use and maintenance
of articles thus provided : and to give advice and
suggestions of appropriate character toward
making lend-lease assistance to China as effec-
tive as possible in the interest of the United
States, of China, and of the world effort in
resistance to movements of conquest by force.

The sending of this mission is in keej^ing with
and is on parallel lines to the sending of a simi-
lar mission to the Soviet Union. The purposes
of the two missions are identical.

General Magruder has had long experience in
China, where he twice served as military attache.
He, therefore, will be working on familiar
ground, among people he knows well and to
whom he is well known. An adequate staff of
thoroughly qualified officers will accompany
General Mxigruder.

Europe

The Far East

MILITARY MISSION TO CHINA

(Released to the press by the White House August 26]

This Government is preparing to send a mili-
tary mission to China. The mission will be sent
for the purpose of assisting in carrying out the
purposes of the Lend-Lease Act. It is being
organized and it will operate under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of War. Its chief will be
Brig. Gen. John Magi'uder.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF IN
BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES

A tabulation of contributions collected and
tlisbursed during the period September 6, 1939
through July 1941, as shown in the reports
submitted by persons and organizations regis-
tered with the Secretary of State for the solici-
tation and collection of contributions to be
used for relief in belligerent countries, in con-
formity with the regulations issued pursuant
to section 3 (a) of the act of May 1, 1937 as
made effective by the President's proclama-
tions of September 5, 8, and 10, 1939, and sec-
tion 8 of the act of November 4, 1939 as made

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effective by the President's proclamation of
the same date, has been released by the De-
partment of State in mimeographed form and
may be obtained from the Department upon
request (press release of August 28, 1941,
55 pp.).

This tabulation has reference only to con-
tributions solicited and collected for relief

in belligerent countries (France; Germany;
Poland; the United Kingdom, India, Aus-
tralia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union
of South Africa; Norway; Belgium; Luxem-
bourg; the Netherlands; Italy; Greece; Yugo-
slavia; Hungary; and Bulgaria) or for the
I'elief of refugees driven out of these coun-
tries by the present war.

General

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

[Released to the press August 27]

The President, on August 27, 1941, signed a
proclamation (no. 2506) making subject to ex-
port control all military equipment or munitions
or component jaarts thereof, or machinery, tools,
or materials, or supplies necessary for the manu-
facture, servicing, or operation thereof, which
had not been made subject to such control under
previous proclamations.

Pursuant thereto, Lt. Col. William E. Chick-
ering, Acting Administrator of Export Con-
trol, issued Export Control Schedule No. 19,^
effective upon the signing of the proclamation,
which prescribes the forms, conversions, and
derivatives of the additional articles and mate-
rials placed under control. This includes
numerous animal products, vegetable jiroducts,
textile fibers, and manufacturers.

It was announced at the State Department
that general licenses will be issued covering the
exportation of these commodities from the
United States and its territories and possessions
but not from the Philippine Islands. This will
not include exports to consignees whose names
appear on the Proclaimed List of Certain
Blocked Nationals. It was also stated that
United States exporters need only place general-
license symbols gwt on export declarations cov-
ering shipments of any of these commodities.

' 6 Federal Regixtrr 4470.

The practical effect of the foregoing will be
to limit the exportation from the Philippine
Islands of the materials to which reference is
made, but to permit them to flow freely from the
United States.

The text of the proclamation is printed in the
Federal Register of August 29, 1941, page 4469.

[Released to the press August 28]

The Secretary of State announced on August
28 the issuance of general license G-Al author-
izing the exportation to Newfoundland of all
the articles and materials for the exportation of
which to Canada general licenses were in effect
as of this date.

The Secretary also announced the consolida-
tion of all general licenses authorizing exporta-
tions to Canada under one license, G-1. This
license number should henceforth be used by
exporters in lieu of the license numbers hereto-
fore used to identify general licenses authoriz-
ing exports to Canada. The consolidation re-
ferred to herein does not change in any way the
list of articles and materials for which gen-
eral licenses were in effect on this date in respect
to shipments to Canada.

[Released to the press August 30]

The Secretary of State announced on August
30 the issuance of four additional general
licenses authorizing shipments in transit

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through the United States between other coun-
tries of the Western Hemisphere and the
U.S.S.R., and between British Empire ports
and the U.S.S.R.

License GIT-B/R authorizes in-transit shipments

through the United States from other countries of

the Western Hemisphere to the U.S.S.R.
License GIT-R/B authorizes in-transit shipments

through the United States from the U.S.S.R. to other

countries of the Western Hemisphere.
License GIT-A/R authorizes in-transit shipments

through the United States from countries of the

British Empire to the U.S.S.R.
License GIT-R/A authorizes in-transit shipments

through the United States from the U.S.S.R. to

countries of the British Empire.

Collectors of customs were notified on August
25 that the following affidavit, executed by the
shipper or by an officer or duly authorized agent
of the shipper, will be required on all export
declarations covering shipments of "Other
Motor Fuel and Gasoline" designated as Item
G of Export Control Schedule No. 15 when
shipped to destinations other than those in the
British EmfDire, Western Hemisphere, Nether-
lands Indies, Philippine Islands, Free China,

Belgian Congo, the Free French Territories,
and the U.S.S.R.:

"This motor fuel does not conform to the defi-
nitions of either High Octane Motor Fuel or
Medium Octane Motor Fuel designated as Items
E and F of Export Control Schedule No. 15.

Tlie affidavit must be notarized.

WARRANTS OF PRECEDENCE FOR VES-
SELS CARRYING STRATEGIC AND
CRITICAL MATERIALS

On August 26, 1941, the President issued an
Executive order (no. 8871) authorizing the
U. S. Maritime Commission to issue warrants to
American and foreign vessels which will give
them precedence in docking, sailing, and load-
ing privileges in order to expedite the movement
of strategic and critical materials in and out of
United States i:)orts. The text of this order
appears in the Federal Reghter of August 29,
1941, page 4469.

Cultural Relations

TRAVEL GRANTS TO STUDENTS

[Released to the press August 2D]

A number of students from tlit other Ameri-
can republics have been awarded travel grants
in addition to those previously listed in \\\% Bul-
letin of August 16, 1941, page 136. This brings
to 43 the total number of such grants awarded
by the Government of the United States under
the appropriation for the fiscal year 1942.
These grants were made available to persons
who otherwise would not have been able to take
advantage of scholarships which had been
awarded them in the United States, principally
through the Institute of International Educa-

tion of New York, N. Y. Payment of their
necessary travel expenses from their homes to
this country and return has been authorized
under an appropriation voted by the Seventy-
seventh Congress.

The geographical allocation of these addi-
tional awards to students for study in the
United States is as follows: Argentina, 1;
Brazil, 1 ; Chile, 1 ; Colombia, 1 ; and Uruguay,
2.

Brief biographies of the students awarded
travel grants follow :

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169

Argentina

Horace H. Pozzo is a second -year law stu-
dent at the University of Buenos Aires. He is
the recipient of a scholarship covering tuition
and maintenance, plus a cash stipend of $300 to
study English, American history, American lit-
erature, and dramatics at Bard College, New
York.

Brazil

Manoel Marques de Carvalho replaces Jorge
Barata who was forced to decline his appoint-
ment. Senhor Carvalho is head of the Section
of Applied Psychology at the National Institute
for the Study of Education, Ministry of Educa-
tion, Eio de Janeiro. His scholarship includes
tuition and room at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, where he will study psychology'.

Wanda Galvao of Siio Paulo, who has been
teaching English and Portuguese, has received a
scholarship to study American literature and
history at George Peabody College for Teachers,
Nashville, Tenn.

Chile

Marmaduke Grove, a graduate in civil engi-
neering from the University of Cliile, has been
awarded a scholarship to study seismic struc-
tures at the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kans. His maintenance will be provided at the
Delta Upsilon Fraternity and tuition by the
Rotary Club District Assembly. He replaces
Carlos Barry Silva who was unable to accept
his appointment.

Amanda Parada Hernandez is in her final
year at the School of Nursing of the Uni-
versity of Chile. She has a scholarship to
study at the College of St. Teresa, School of
Nursing, which is connected with the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Golomhia

Milciades Martinez Gustin, a graduate of
the faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Univer-
sity of Bogota, is the recipient of a tuition
scholarship at Iowa State College of Agi-i-
culture and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa,
where he will study genetics and obstetrics.
The Institute of International Education has
provided a stipend for his maintenance.

Uruguay

Yvonne Desscnt, a gi-aduate of the Lycce
Fran^-ais in Montevideo, has received a schol-
arship covering tuition and maintenance at
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va.

Adolfo Halty Dube graduated from the
School of Architecture of the University of
Montevideo and is at present a decorator and
architect in Montevideo. His scholarship in-
cludes tuition at the University of Illinois,
Urbana, 111., where he will study painting and
aesthetics.

Joao Tavares Nieva de Figueiredo, who was
scheduled to study at the Colorado School of
Mines, will now follow a jjost-graduate course
in prospecting and exploring metallic-ore de-
posits at the University of Minnesota, Min-
neapolis, Minn.

Two students from the United States have
been awarded travel grants to studj' in the
other American republics:

Hubert E. Mate, of Birmingham, Ala., has
been awarded a grant to study Brazilian lit-
erature in Siio Paulo, Brazil.

Ulrich H. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is
the recipient of a grant to study botany, ge-
netics, and agronomy at Rio de Janeiro, with
special emphasis on the economic plants of
Brazil.

MEDICAL SPECIALIST FROM THE
UNITED STATES TO LECTURE IN
OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS

[ Released to the press August 30 ]

Dr. Esmond R. Long, Director of the Henry
Phipps Institute for Study, Treatment, and
Prevention of Tuberculosis and one of the best-
known tuberculosis specialists in this country,
was invited by the Government of Colombia to
go to Bogota to advise on the use of a large
sum of money given to the Colombian Govern-
ment by a philanthropist for the building of a
tuberculosis hospital in Bogota.

In order to take advantage of Dr. Long's
presence in South America, the Governments of
Panama, Costa Rica, and Venezuela extended

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invitations to him to visit their respective coun-
tries and lecture on tuberculosis, which he is now
doing. Dr. Long's visit to these countries has
been made possible through a travel gi-ant
awarded to him by the Dejjartment of State.

Dr. Long was born in Chicago, 111. He was
graduated from the University of Chicago and
received from that institution the degrees of
A.B. and Ph.D.. obtaining his M.D. from Rush
Medical College (University of Chicago).
Later he did post-graduate work at the German
University of Prague. He is special consultant
in tuberculosis, United States Office of Indian
Affairs, pi-esident of the Wistar Institute of
Anatomy and Biology, member of the American
Medical Association, member of the American
Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists
and of various other health and medical
associations.

The Department of State has awarded the
travel grant to Dr. Long in the belief that the
series of lectures he is delivering and the con-
tacts he is making in Panama, Costa Rica, and
Venezuela will contribute in an effective manner
to the strengthening of relations between the
members of the medical profession in the United
States and these three countries.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press August 30]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since August 2S.
1941 :

Career Officehs

Henry H. Balch. of Madison, Ala., who has
been serving as Consul General at Genoa, Italy,
is retiring from the Foreign Service effective
February 1, 1942.

Harold D. Finley, of Saratoga Springs.
N. Y., now serving in the Department of State,
has been designated First Seci-etary of Embassj'
at Mexico, D.F., Mexico.

Karl L. Rankin, of South Bridgton, Maine,
who has been serving as Commercial Attache
and Consul at Belgrade, Yugoslavia, has been
designated Commei-cial Attache at Cairo,

Egypt-
George F. Bogai'dus, of Des Moines, Iowa, has
been appointed Foreign Service Officer, Un-
classified, Secretary in the Diplomatic Service,
and Vice Consul, and has been assigned as Vice
Consul at Montreal, Canada.

Herbert F. N. Schmitt, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., has been appointed Foreign Service Offi-
cer, Unclassified, Secretary in the Diplomatic
Service, and Vice Consul, and has been assigned
as Vice Consul at Quebec, Canada.

Non-career Officers

Robert C. Bates, of Great Falls, Mont., has
been appointed Vice Consul at Georgetown,
British Guiana.

William L. Brewster, of Brownsville, Tex.,
has been appointed Vice Consul at Torreon,
Mexico.

The Department

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

By Departmental Order 963, Mr. Guillermo
A. Suro was appointed Chief of the Central
Translating Office, effective as of August 20,
1941.

Regulations

Export Control Schedule No. 19 [prescribing, effective
August 27, 1941, tbe forms, conversions, and deriva-
tives of additional articles and materials placed under
control by Proclamation 'J'lOo, including animal prod-
ucts, vegetable products, textile products, and manu-
factures]. August 27, IWl. (Administrator of Ex-
port Control.) 6 Federal Register 4470.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

INTERNATIONAL LAW

CONVENTIO'N ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES

Haiti

By a letter dated August 20, 1941 the Director
General of the Pan American Union informed
the Secretary of State that the instrument of
ratification by Haiti of the Convention on
Rights and Duties of States signed at Monte-
video December 26, 1933 (Treaty Series 881),
was deposited with the Union on August 13,
1941. The instrument of ratification is dated
July 24, 1941.

The countries which have now deposited their
respective instruments of ratification or adher-
ence to this convention are the United States of
America, Brazil, Chile, Colombia. Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salva-
dor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nica-
ragua, Panama, and Venezuela.

SOVEREIGNTY

CONVENTION ON THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION
OF EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS IN THE
AMERICAS

Haiti

By a letter dated August 20. 1941 tlie Director
General of the Pan American L^nion informed
the Secretary of State that the instrument of
ratification b}- Haiti of the Convention on
the Provisional Administration of European
Colonies and Possessions in the Americas, signed
at the Second Meeting of the Ministers of For-
eign Aiiairs of the American Republics at
Habana July 30, 1940 (Treaty Series 199), was
deposited with the Union on August 13, 1941.
The instrument of ratification is dated July 24,
1941.

Guatemala

By a letter dated August 21, 1941 the Direc-
tw' General of the Pan American Union in-
formed the Secretary of State that the instru-
ment of ratification by Guatemala of the Con-
vention on the Provisional Administration of
European Colonies and Possessions in the
Americas, signed at the Second Meeting of the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American
Republics at Habana July 30, 1940, was de-
posited with the Union on August 14. 1941.
The instrument of ratification is dated July 28,
1941.

Instruments of ratification of the Convention
on the Provisional Administration of European
Colonies and Possessions in the Americas have
now been deposited with the Pan American
Union by the United States of America, Brazil,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala,
Haiti, Panama, and Peru.

OPIUM

CONVENTION FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND
REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC
DRUGS

Para.gxKiy

By a circular letter dated July 7, 1941, the
Under Secretary General of the League of Na-
tions informed the Secretary of State that the
instrument of ratification by Paraguay of the
Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and
Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs,
signed at Geneva July 13, 1931 (Treaty Series
863), was deposited on June 25, 1941, with the
Secretariat.

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INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION

Paraguay

By a circular letter dated July 7, 1941, the
Under Secretary General of the League of Na-
tions informed the Secretary of State that the
instrument of ratification by Paraguay of the
International Opium Convention, signed at
Geneva February 19, 1925, was deposited on
June 25, 1941, with the Secretariat.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Poland

There is printed below a translation of a note
from the Swiss Minister at Washington to the
Secretary of State and a translation of the en-
closure therewith from the German Legation at
Bern to the Swiss Government concerning the
protection of literary and industrial property in
Poland :

'•August 9, 1941.
"Mr. Secretary of State :

''By order of my Government I have the honor
to advise you that the German Legation at Bern
has, under date of June 6, informed the Swiss
Government, in the terms of the note a copy of
which is attached herewith, of the regime which
is applied in the matter of industrial property
in the General Government of Poland, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Paris Con-
vention of Union for the Protection of Indus-
trial Property and of the Madrid Arrangement
relative to the Suppression of False Indications
of Origin on Goods, previously signed by the
Polish Government.

"Please accept [etc.] Charles Bruggmann''

[Enclosure — Translation]

"A 2482 German Legation

"The German Legation has the honor, in
accordance with instructions received, to ad-
vise the Swiss Government of the following:
"The former Polish Kepublic adhered to the
Multilateral Treaties listed below in the mat-
ter of Protection of Industrial Property and
Protection of Literary and Artistic Copyright.

"(1) The Paris Convention of Union of
March 20, 1883, for the Protection of Indus-
trial Property, revised at Brussels November
14, 1900, at Washington June 2, 1911 and at
The Hague November 6, 1925.

"(2) The Madrid Arrangement of April 14,
1891, for the Suppression of False Indications
of Origin on Goods, Revised June 2, 1911, and
at The Hague November 6, 1925.

"(3) The Bern Convention for the Protec-
tion of Literary and Artistic Copyright of
September 9, 1886, revised at Berlin November
13, 1908 and at Rome June 2, 1928.

"With regard to the legal status created by the
establishment of the General Government, the
German Legation is instructed to make the fol-
lowing communication to the Government of
the Swiss Confederation as the Depositary of
the treaties in question:

" "The carrying out of the international obli-
gations [flowing] from the above-named agree-
ment— in so far as no special war measures have
been or shall in the future be taken with respect
to the rights of enemy aliens — is guaranteed
hereafter as in the past in the General Govern-
ment; for persons residing in the General
Government, therefore, the rights they have
from the above treaties will be claimed hence-
forth, on a basis of reciprocity.'

"The German Legation has the honor to re-
quest of the Swiss Government, in accordance
with instructions, an acknowledgment of the
above communication.

''The German Legation is happy to avail
[etc.]

"Bern, June 6, IBIp^y

LABOR

CONVENTION CONCERNING SAFETY PROVISIONS IN
THE BUILDING INDUSTRY

Mexico

By a circular letter dated July 28, 1941 the
Acting Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the
League of Nations informed the Secretary of
State that the instrument of ratification by Mex-

AUGUST 3 0, 194 1

173

ico of the Convention Concerning Safety Pro-
visions in the Building Industry, adopted by tlie
International Labor Conference at its twenty-
thii-d session (Geneva, June 3-23, 1937), was
registered Mith the Secretariat on July 4, 1941.
The letter also states that the convention will
come into force, in accordance with article 20
thereof, 12 months after the date of the regis-
tration by the Secretariat of the Mexican rati-
fication, one previous ratification of this conven-
tion having already been received, namely, that
of Switzerland, on May 23, 1940.

CONVENTION CONCERNING WORKMEN'S COMPENSA-
TION FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES (REVISED
1934)

Iraq

By a circular letter dated August 5, 1941 the
Secretary General of the League of Nations in-
formed the Secretary of State that the instru-
ment of ratification of Iraq of the Convention
Concerning Workmen's Compensation for Oc-
cupational Diseases (Revised 1934), adopted by
the International Labor Conference at its eight-
eenth session (Geneva, June 4-23, 1934), was
registered with the Secretariat on July 25, 1941.

MILITARY AND NAVAL MISSIONS

DETAIL OF UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER AS
DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD OF NICARAGUA

[Released to the press August 25]

In response to the request of the Government
of Nicaragua, there has been signed by the Sec-
retary of State and the Minister of Nicaragua at
Washington, Senor Dr. Don Leon DeBayle, an
agreement providing for a continuation of the
detail of an officer of the United States Army to
serve as Director of the Military Academy of
the National Guard of Nicaragua. The agree-
ment was signed on August 25, 1941.

The agreement is in effect a continuation of a
similar agreement between the United States
and Nicaragua signed May 22, 1939 (Executive
Agreement Series 156). Like the agreement of
May 22, 1939, the new agreement contains provi-
sions similar in general to provisions contained
in agreements betM-een the United States and

certain other American republics providing for
the detail of officers of the United States Army
or Na^^ to advise the armed forces of those
countries. The agreement will shortly be
printed as Executive Agreement Series 217.

NAVAL MISSION TO COLOMBIA
[Released to the press August 30]

An agreement was signed on August 30, 1941
by Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, and Senor
Dr. Gabriel Turbay, Ambassador of Colombia
at Washington, making certain modifications
in the Naval Mission Agreement between the
United States and Colombia which was signed
on November 23, 1938 (Executive Agreement
Series 140), effective for a period of four years
from that date.

The supplementary agreement is made effec-
tive from the date of signature for the remain-
der of the period during which the agreement
of 1938 continues in effect, and modifies in cer-
tain respects the provisions of the agreement
of 1938 relating to the method of making com-
pensation to the members of the mission for
their services in Colombia.

FISHERIES

PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERY CONVENTION WITH
CANADA

By a letter dated August 21, 1941 Mr. Ed-
ward W. Allen, Secretary of the International
Fisheries Commission, informed the Secretary
of State that, pursuant to the Pacific Halibut
Fishery Convention between the United States
of America and Canada signed January 29, 1937
(Treaty Series 917) and the regulations adopted
thereunder, the Commission deems the limit of
catch in area 3 as defined in the regulations will
be attained at midnight September 14 and that
accordingly areas 3 and 4 will at that time be
closed to all halibut fishing for the duration of
the closed season established by the regulations.
The letter also states that the Commission has
annoimced that permits for the retention and
landing of halibut taken incidental to fishing
for other species in any area will become invalid
at midnight October 4, 1941.

CONVENTION ON NATURE PROTECTION AND WILDLIFE
PRESERVATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941
Vol. V, No. 115— Publication 1638

ontents

General

Labor Day address by the President

Control of exports in national defense

Acquisition of idle foreign merchant vessels

Europe

American mission to the Soviet Union

Lend-lease assistance to the Government of Poland . .

American Republics

Remarksof President of Mexico on foreign policy . . .

Presentation of letters of credence by the Ambassador of

Uruguay

International Conferences, Commissions, Etc.

Fourth Pan American Highway Congress

Second Inter- American Travel Congress

Cultural Relations

Exchange of professors, teachers, and graduate stu-
dents

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes

Regulations

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on tent s—coNTmvED

The Depaktment

Appointment of Special Assistant to tlic Under Secre-
tary of State 188

Treaty iNFOKiViATioN

Military niission: Agreement w itli Bolivia 188

Postal: Universal Postal Convention, 1939 188

Industrial property: Convention for the Protection of

Industrial Property 188

Sovereignty: Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
tration of Ein-opean Colonies and Possessions in the
Americas 188

Publications 189

Legislation 189

General

LABOR DAY ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT '

[Released to the press by the White House September 1]

On this day — this American holiday — we
celebrate the rights of free laboring men and
women.

The preservation of these rights is now vitally
important not only to us who enjoy them but to
the whole future of Christian civilization.

American labor now bears a tremendous re-
sponsibility in the winning of this most brutal,
most terrible of all wars.

In our factories and shops and arsenals we are
building weapons on a scale great in its magni-
tude. To all the battle fronts of the world these
weapons are being dispatched, by day and by
night, over the seas and through the air. And
this Nation is now devising and developing new
weapons of unprecedented power toward the
maintenance of democracy.

Why ai'e we doing this? Why are we deter-
mined to devote our entire industrial effort to
the prosecution of a war which has not yet ac-
tually touched our own shores?

We are not a warlike people, "^e have never
sought glory as a nation of wan-iors. We are
not interested in aggression. We are not inter-
ested— as the dictators are — in looting. We do
not covet one squai-e inch of the ten-itory of any
other nation.

Our vast effort and the unity of purpose
which inspires that effort are clue solely to our
recognition of the fact that our fundamental
rights — including the rights of labor — are
threatened by Hitler's violent attempt to rule
the world.

' Broadcast from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library,
Hyde Park, N. Y., September 1, 1&41.

These rights were established by our fore-
fathers on the field of battle. They have been
defended — at great cost but with great success —
on the field of battle, here on our own soil and in
foreign lands and on all the seas all over the
world.

There has never been a moment in our history
when Americans were not ready to stand up as
free men and fight for their rights.

In times of national emergency one fact is
brought home to us clearly and decisively — the
fact that all of our rights are interdependent.

The right of freedom of worship would mean
nothing without freedom of speech. And the
rights of free labor as we know them today could
not survive without the rights of free enterprise.

That is the indestructible bond that is between
us — all of us Americans: Interdependence of
interests, privileges, opportunities, responsibili-
ties— interdependence of rights.

That is what unites us — men and women of all
sections, of all races, of all faiths, of all occupa-
tions, of all political beliefs. That is why we
have been able to defy and frustrate the enemies
who believed they could divide us and conquer
us from within.

These enemies all know that we possess a
strong Navy, gaining in strength. They know
that that Navy, as long as the Navies of the
British Empire and the Netherlands and Nor-
way and Russia exist, can together guarantee
the freedom of the seas. These enemies know
that if these other Navies are destroyed, the
American Navy cannot now, or in the future,
maintain the freedom of the seas against all the
rest of the world.

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178

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

These enemies know that our Army is increas-
ing daily in its all-round strength.

These enemies know that today the chief
American fighters in the battles now raging are
those engaged in American industry, employers
and employees alike.

These enemies know that the course of Amer-
ican production in the past year has shown
enormous gains and that the product of these
industries is moving to the battle fronts against
Hitlerism in increasing volume each day.

But these enemies also know that our Ameri-
can effort is not yet enough, and that unless we
.step up the total of our production and more
greatly safegiuird it on its journeys to the bat-
tlefields, these enemies will take heart in push-
ing their attack in old fields and new.

I give solenm warning to those who think
that Hitler has been blocked and halted thai
they are making a very dangerous assumption.
When in any war your enemy seems to be mak-
ing slower progress than he did the year be-
fore, that is the very moment to strike with
redoubled force — to throw more energy into the
job of defeating him — to end for all time the
menace of world conquest and thereby end all
talk or thought of any peace founded on a com-
promise with evil itself.

And we know that a free labor system is the
very foundation of a functioning democracy.
We know that one of the first acts of the Axis
dictatorships has been to wipe out all the prin-
ciples and standards which labor has been able
to establish for its own preservation and
advancement.

Trade unionism is a forbidden philosophy
under these rule-or-niin dictators. For trade
unionism demands full freedom of expression
and peaceful assembly. Trade unionism has
helped to give to every one who toils the posi-
tion of dignity which is his due.

The present position of labor in the United
States as an interdependent unit in the life of
the Nation has not come about by chance. It
has been an evolutionary process of a healthy
democracy at work.

Hitler has not worked that way. He will not,
he cannot work that way. Just as he denies all

rights to individuals, he must deny all rights to
groups — of labor, of business, of learning, of the
church. He has abolislied trade unions as ruth-
lessly as he has persecuted religion.

No gi-oup of Americans has realized more
clearly what Nazi domination of the world
means than has organized labor — what it means
to their standard of living, their freedom, their
lives. No group has a greater stake in the defeat
of Nazism, in the preservation of the funda-
mental freedoms, in the continuance of democ-
racy throughout the world.

We have already achieved much ; it is impera-
tive that we achieve infinitely more.

The singlemindedness and sacrifice with
which we jointly dedicate ourselves to the pro-
duction of the weapons of freedom will deter-
mine in no small part the length of the ordeal
through which humanity must pass.

We camiot hesitate, we cannot equivocate in
the great task before us. The defense of Amer-
ica's freedom must take precedence over every
private aim and over every private interest.

We are engaged on a grim and perilous task.
Forces of insane violence have been let loose by
Hitler upon this earth. We must do our full
part in conquering them. For these forces may
be unleashed on this Nation as we go about our
business of protecting the proper interests of
our country.

The task of defeating Hitler may be long and
arduous. There are a few appeasers and Nazi
sympathizers who say it cannot be done. They
even ask me to negotiate with Hitler — to pray
for crumbs from his victorious table. They do,
in fact, ask me to become the modern Benedict
Arnold and betray all I hold dear — my devotion
to our freedom, to our churches, to our country.
This course I have rejected — I reject it again.

Instead, I know that I speak the conscience
and determination of the American people when
I say that we shall do everything in our power
to crush Hitler and his Nazi forces.

American workers and American farmers,
American businessmen and American church-
men— all of us together — have the great re-
sponsibility and the great privilege of laboring

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941

to build a democratic world on enduring foun-
dations.

May it be said on some future Labor Day by
some future President of the United States that
we did our work faithfully and well.

CONTROL OF EXPORTS IN NATIONAL
DEFENSE

Executive Order

amending regul.vti0n8 governing the exporta-
tion of articles and materials designated in
proclamations issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 6 of the act of congress
approved july 2, 1940

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority
vested in me by section 6 of the act of Congress
approved July 2, 1940, entitled "An Act To ex-
pedite the strengthening of the national de-
fense", 54 Stat. 712, 714, as amended, I hereby
prescribe that sections 7 and 8 of Executive
Order 8712,^ dated March 15, 1941, shall be
amended to read as follows :

7. Export licenses shall not be transferred
except by written authorization of the Secretary
of State. All export licenses are subject to rev-
ocation without notice. If not revoked, licenses
are valid for one year from the date of issuance.

8. No article or material, the exportation of
which is prohibited or curtailed pursuant to the
said section 6, shall be loaded or carried onto an
exporting carrier for export by water or by air
or presented to such an exporting carrier for
loading or presented to the collector of customs
for inspection and clearance for exportation
until an original license therefor, or such other
document as the Secretary of State shall pre-
scribe, has been presented to the collector of
customs at the port at which the article or mate-
rial is to be so loaded, carried, or presented. No
such article or material shall be mailed for ex-
portation until an original license, or such other
dociunent as the Secretary of State shall pre-

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scribe, has been presented to the postmaster at
the post office where the article or material is to
be mailed. If the article or material is to be
exported by any means of export other than by
water, air, or mail, such license or other docu-
ment need not be presented to the collector of
customs prior to loading, carrying onto, or pres-
entation to, the exporting carrier, but must be
presented to the collector of customs at the port
of exit prior to inspection by the customs in-
spectors or other export inspection officials at
that port, and at all events prior to exportation.
Upon specific authorization to collector of cus-
toms or postmaster by the Secretary of State,
the presentation of a license may be waived.
Frankun D Roosevelt
The. White House,
September 2, 19^1.

[No. 8889]

[Released to the press September 5]

The Secretary of State on September 5 invited
attention to the fact that general license GWW,^
which authorizes the exportation of the articles
and materials set forth in Export Control
Schedule 17,' is not valid for forms, conversions,
and derivatives set forth in schedules other than
Schedule 17.

The Department has been informed that many
exporters have misunderstood the scope of gen-
eral license GWW and are acting in the belief
that all forms, conversions, and derivatives of
the materials referi'ed to in Export Control
Schedule 17 are included imder GWW, instead of
those precisely specified in that schedule.

Collectors of customs were informed on Au-
gust 29, 1941 that additional unlimited licenses
have been issued to the British Purchasing Com-
mission for the exportation of petroleum coke,
naphtha, mineral spirits, solvents, and other
light products to the following parts of the

' Bulletin of March 15, 1941, p. 284.

' Bulletin of August 23, 1941, p. 1.50.
' 6 Federal Register 4136.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

British Empire : Aden, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,
Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brit-
ish East Africa, British Guiana, British Hon-
duras, British Malaya, British West Africa,
Burma, Ceylon, Cyprus, Egypt, Falkland Is-
lands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India. Ireland
(Eire), Jamaica, Leeward Islands. Mauritius.
Newfoundland, New Guinea (British), New
Zealand. Northern Rhodesia, Oceania (British),
Palestine and Trans-Jordan, St. Helena, Sey-
chelles and Dependencies, Southern Rhodesia,
Trinidad and Tobago, Union of South Africa,
and the Windward Islands.

ACQUISITION OF IDLE FOREIGN
MERCHANT VESSELS

The President, on September 2, 1941, signed
an Executive order (no. 8881)^ amending Exec-
utive Order 8771, of June 6, 1941,= so that the
provisions thereof shall be applicable to "any or
all foreign merchant vessels, including all ap-
purtenances thereto as described in said order,
Ij'ing idle in waters within the jurisdiction of
the United States, including the Philippine Is-
lands and the Canal Zone, at any time after June
6, 1941 and up to and including June 30, 1942."

Europe

AMERICAN MISSION TO THE SOVIET UNION

(Released to the press by the White House September 3)

Announcement was made on September 3 of
appointment by the President of the members
of the mission to the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics as follows:

W. Averell Harriman, now serving as the PreskleutV
Special Representative in London on Material Aid
to the British Empire, chairnmn

Maj. Gen. James H. Burns, Executive Officer, Division
of Defense Aid Reports associated with Harry L.
Hopliins. General Burns has served with distinc-
tion in the Ordnance Deijartment of the Army

Maj. Gen. George H. Brett, Chief of Air Corps, at present
on a special mission to Great Britain and the
Middle East in connection with deliveries of Amer-
ican aircraft

Admiral William Harrison Standley, U.S. Navy, former
Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37. Admiral
Standley was a member of the Delegation of the
United States to the General Disarmament Con-
ference held in London, 1934; also a delegate on
the part of the United States to the London Naval
Conference of 1935

William L. Batt, Deputy Director, Production Division,
Office of Production Management ; Chairman, Busi-
ness Advisory Council for the Department of Com-
merce. Mr. Batt is President of S. K. F. Industries,
Inc., and Chairman of the Board, American Man-
agement Association

The mission will join with a similai'ly consti-
tuted British mission under the chairmanship of
Lord Beaverbrook for a conference in Moscow
with the Government of the Soviet Union re-
garding the supplying to the Soviet Union by
the United States and Great Britain of muni-
tions, raw materials, and other supplies needed
by the Soviet Union for her defense against
German aggression.

The holding of this conference was agreed to
between the President and the Prime Minister
at their recent meeting at sea.

' 6 Federal Register 4551.
'Bulh'iin of June 7, 1^1, p. 701.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941

LEND-LEASE ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND

181

(Released to the press by the White House September 4]

The President announced on September 4
tliat he had authorized the transfer of various
defense articles to the Government of Poland
under the Lend-Lease Act and declared tJiat
the gallant resistance of the forces of the Gov-
ernment of Poland is "vital to the defense of the
United States".

This action, the President said, demonstrates
our intention to give material support to "the
fighting determination of the Polish people to

establish once again the independence of which
thej' were so inhumanly deprived".

Polish troops are now training m Canada for
action overseas. Under the President's order,
machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, artillery
equipment, trucks, and other supplies will be
sent to these troops in the near future.

The President stressed the importance of this
new aid to the Government of Poland as a con-
tinuing expression of "the policy of the United
States to extend aid to all who resist aggres-
sion".

American Republics

REMARKS OF PRESIDENT OF MEXICO ON FOREIGN POLICY

[Released to the piess September 2)

At the Secretary of State's press conference
on September 2 a correspondent inquired
whether the Secretary had read the remarks of
the President of Mexico concerning the inter-
national situation generally, and relations with
the United States pai'ticularly, at the openfng
of the Mexican Congress on September 1.

The Secretary replied that he had noted with
interest and appreciation the remarks of the
President of Mexico which had feo forcefully
showed Mexico's determination to support those
forces resisting threats of aggi-ession agahist

this hemisphere, and to maintain an independ-
ent i^osition in the face of totalitarian threats.
It is also gratifying to note Mexico's coopera-
tion with the policies announced by this Gov-
ernment.

With respect to the President's comment on
pending negotiations with this Government, the
Department is gratified to note the hopefulness
of tlie President of Mexico with respect to the
settlement of all problems and claims between
the two Governments. This Government, of
course, hopes very much for such an early out-
come.

PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF CREDENCE BY THE
AMBASSADOR OF URUGUAY

[Released to the press September 3]

A translation of the remarks of the newly ap-
pointed Ambassador of Uruguay, Senor Dr. Don
Juan Carlos Blanco, upon the occasion of the
presentation of his letters of credence, follows :

"Mr. President:

"I have the honor to present to Your Excel-
lency the letter of recall of my distinguished
predecessor, as well as the credentials which
accredit me as Ambassador Extraordinary and

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Plenipotentiary of Uruguay near the Govern-
ment of the United States.

"The United States is a great and powerful
nation, animated by an idealistic and cordial
spirit, and Uruguay is a highly progressive na-
tion experiencing a commercial development of
the greatest importance.

"The fact that both peoples are essentially
democratic and love individual liberty, purity
of electoral suffrage, and administrative hon-
esty has created the mutual sympathy which
binds our two nationalities together and has led
them to a cordial collaboration.

"I consider it a privilege to have been desig-
nated by the President of Uruguay, General
Architect Alfredo Baldomir, to be the first Am-
bassador in the United States. I am well aware
of the honor it is to cultivate relations with the
gi-eat President who is a symbol of personal vir-
tues and whose actions now represent the con-
science of men of many countries of the world.
"I wish to tell you, Mr. President, that the
Republic of Uruguay, which has lived for long
years in pence and prosperity, wishes to bind
even closer its political and commercial ties with
tlie United States, as well as to contribute with
faith and decision to the collective defense of our
continents.

"The policj' of the good neighbor personified
in the person and in the generous directives of
Your Excellency have had a happy and deep
repercussion in my country and I wish to tell you
also that the Government and people of Uru-
guay are disposed to support that policy, which
is undoubtedly destined to assure a very happy
life for the peoples of these continents, thus real-
izing the destinies pointed out by Washington
and, in Uruguay, by Artigas."

President Roosevelt's reply to the remarks of
Seiior Dr. Don Juan Carlos Blanco follows :

"Mr. Ambassador:

"It gives me profound pleasure to receive tlie
letters by which His Excellency the President

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

of Uruguay has accredited you as the first Am-
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
near the Government of the United States of
America. I accept also the letters concluding
the mission of your distinguished predecessor,
Mr. Richling, whose relations with officials of
this Government have been upon an exception-
ally friendly basis.

"It is, to my mind, particularly appropriate
that the relations between Uruguay and the
United States should be marked at this time
by the excliange of Ambassadors. This rais-
ing in the formal rank of the representation ex-
changed by our two Governments is a re-affirma-
tion of the deep spirit of friendship and co-
operation wliich has long existed between our
peoples and Governments, and is a recognition
of the still greater significance which has been
given to those close relations by the mutual ef-
forts of our two Governments for the defense
of the American Continent and its peaceful
economic development.

"I am deeply appreciative of Your Excel-
lency's generous statement concerning the par-
ticipation of the United States and the officers
of this Government in efforts toward better in-
ternational relations.

"Tliere are indeed great similarities between
the ideals and aspirations of the peoples of
Uruguay and the United States, both of whom
cherish deeply in their hearts the spirit of
democracy; both are determined to defend that
essential right of free men to govern the national
life tlirough freely chosen representatives.

"You may be sure, Mr. Ambassador, that it
will always be a pleasure for me and for my
collaborators to discuss with you the many mat-
ters that are of mutual interest to our peoples
and Governments, and every endeavor will be
made to cooperate with you in facilitating rela-
tions between our two countries.

"I wish to take advantage of this opportunity
to request you to inform your distinguished
President, General Alfredo Baldomir, that I
send him my warmest personal greetings and
wishes for his well-being, and also that the Gov-

SEPTEMBER 6, 194 1

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eminent of the United States — as one of the 21
American governments deeply concerned with
the safety of the American Continent — is pro-
foundly appreciative of the very constructive
actions of the Government of Uruguay toward
the consolidation of the moral and material de-

fenses of the continent. These actions are, I
believe, extremely effective means of perpetu-
ating for our descendants the happy benefits
which our forefathers won under the leadership
of those gi-eat patriots, Artigas and Washing-
ton."

International Conferences, Commissions, Etc.

FOURTH PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY CONGRESS

[Released to the press September 4]

The President has approved the designation
of the persons indicated in the list printed be-
low as members of the delegation of the United
States of America to the Fourth Pan American
Highway Congress, which will be in session in
Mexico City from September 15 to 24, 1941.
This meeting will be held concurrently with the
Second Inter-American Travel Congress, at
which this Government will also be represented
officially.

The United States has sent official delegates
to all of the preceding highway congresses
which have met periodically in the capitals of
the American republics to discuss questions per-
taining to highway planning, engineering,
maintenance, and finance. Special emphasis
will be given at the forthcoming Congress to
topics affecting the Pan American Highway,
which is assuming a position of commanding
importance as an integral part of the hemi-
spheric-defense program.

Delegates

Thp Honorable Josh Lee, U.S. Senator from Okla-
homa, ehairman of the delegation

The Honorable Wilburu Cartwright, U.S. Representa-
tive from Oklahoma

The Honorable Luther A. Johnson, U.S. Representa-
tive from Texas

The Honorable Jesse P. Wolcott, U.S. Representative
from Michigan
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Edwin W. James, Chief, Division of Highway Tran.s-
port. Public Roads Administration

William F. Machold. A.ssistant Director, Commercial
and Financial Division, Office of the Coordinator
of Inter-American AfEairs, Office for Emergency
Management

John Van Ness Philip, Member, Pan American High-
way Finance Committee

Hal G. Sours, President, American Road Builders'
Association, Columbus, Ohio

J. S. Williamson, President, American Association of
State Highway Officials, Columbia, S.C.

Technical Advisers

John Abbink, President, Business Publishers' Inter-
national Corporation, New York, N.Y.

Wainwright Bridges, Clerk, Committee on Roads,
House of Representatives

Roy W. Crum, Director, Highway Research Board,
National Research Council

Raleigh A. Gibson, Second Secretary, American Em-
bassy, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Stephen James, Director, Pan American Highway
Confederation

Barton P. Root, Public Utilities Unit, Bureau of For-
eign and Domestic Commerce, Department of
Commerce

Charles M. Upham, Engineer-Director, American
Road Builders' Association

Secretary

Morris N. Hughes, Consul, American Consulate Gen-
eral, Mfeico, D.F., Mexico

Assistant Secretary

Miss Hannia Cabrera, Public Roads Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

SECOND INTER-AIVIERICAN TRAVEL CONGRESS

[Released to the press September 4]

The Second Inter- American Travel Congress
will be in session in Mexico City from Septem-
ber 15 to 24, 1941. This conference, which will
be held under the auspices of the Mexican Gov-
ernment, will meet concurrently with the
Fourth Pan American Highway Congress.

The First Inter-American Travel Congress
was held in San Francisco in April 1939 and
was attended by representatives of the govern-
ments of practically all of the American repub-
lics as well as the Dominion of Canada. The
Second Congress will continue studies initiated
at San Francisco embracing a wide range of
subjects affecting railway, steamship, airway,
and highway interests and the improvement and
coordination of their facilities.

The President has approved the designation
of the persons indicated in the following list as
members of the delegation on the part of the
Government of the United States to the forth-
coming Congress :

Delegates
The Honorable John H. Kerr, U.S. Representative

from North Carolina, chairman of the dtlegation
William P. Blocker, American Consul General, Ciiuiad

Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Newton B. Drury, Director, National Park Service,

Department of the Interior
L. C. Elliott, Regional Manager, Civil Aeronautics

Administration, Fort Worth, Tex.
Warren Kelchner, Chief, Division of International

Conferences, Department of State
W. Bruce Macnamee, Chief, United States Travel

Bureau, Department of the Interior
W. Creighton Peet, Jr., Secretary, United States

Maritime Commission
L. Welch Pogue, General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics

Board
W'alter C. Bundle, Chief, Travel Section, Office of the

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Office for

Emergency Management
Secretary
John W. Carrigan, Third Secretary, American Em-
bassy, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Assistant Secretary

Harry H. Pierson, Divisional Assistant, Division of

Cultural Relations, Department of State

Cultural Relations

EXCHANGE OF PROFESSORS, TEACHERS, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

[Released to the press September 2]

The Department of State aimounces that in
accordance with the provisions of the Conven-
tion for the Promotion of Inter- American Cul-
tural Relations, the following panels of gradu-
ate students have been submitted to the Amer-
ican republics named :

To Colombia
Thais White Daywood. 1407 N. Alta Vista Boulevard,

Hollywood, Calif.
Frank Marion Duffey, South Charleston, Ohio
Robert Louis Gilmore, 1700 LeRoy, Berkeley, Calif.
Roger Meldrum Hughes, 2428 Laurel Avenue, Omaha,

Nebr.
Ella Pettit Levett, 550 Huger Street, Charleston, S.C.

To Costa Rica
Lucie Elliott Adams, ."i26 Fillmore Street, Denver,

Colo.
Henry Leonardo Coster, 2643 Broadway, Walnut

Park, Calif.
Albert Fort Gardner, 841 Vi Levering Avenue, Los

Angeles, Calif.
Theodore Lawrence White, Box 387, Falfurrias, Tex.
Miuter Wood, 327 Davis Street, Conway, Ark.

To the Dominical) Republic
Joseph Hysen Alii, 1131 East Huron Street, Ann

Arbor, Mich.
James David DeMarchi, 791 East Union Street, Mil-

lersburg. Pa.
Anson Conant Piper, 63 Bowdoiu Street, Newton

Highlands, Mass.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941

185

Harris Dean Stallings, 625 Thirteenth Avenue, Brook-
ings, S. Dali.
William Sylvane S'tokes, 1225 MontebeUo BoTilevard,

Montebello, Calif.
To Mexico
James Dunbar Bell, 602:i Woodlawu Avenue, Chicago,

III.
Thomas Ewiiig Cotner, Jr., 319 Oak Cliff Boulevard,

Dallas, Tex.
Herbert Passin, 2431 North Bernard Street, Chicago,

111.
Stanley Linn Robe, 2343 Columbia Street, Eugene,

Oreg.
Francis A. Robinson, lOlS South Main Street, Mt.

Pleasant, Mich.
To Panama
Edward Phillips Chynoweth, 623 Howard Place, Mad-
ison, Wis.
Dorothea Daly, 58 Franklin Street, Northampton,

Mass.
Jack Chalmers Herman, 3142 State Street Drive, New

Orleans, La.
Henry Irwin Jorgensen, 14 Los Laureles Avenue,

Salinas, Calif.
George Wilson Willoughby, Scattergood Hostel, West

Branch, Iowa
To Paraguay

Lucia Fraucina Hamilton, 1111 Seventeenth Street

South, Birmingham, Ala.
Frederic Haven Hensler, 3301 East Mercer Street,

Seattle, Wash.
William Mackey, 1018 Grandview Avenue, Boulder,

Colo.
Grant Parrish, 862 Sherman Avenue, Salt Lake City,

Utah
Ernest Emory Stowell, 2811 South Lamont, Spokane,

Wash.
To Venezuela
Robert Carlyle Beyer, 1392 West Minnehaha Avenue,

St. Paul, Minn. ^

Claudia De Wolf, 132 High Street, Bristol, R. I.
Milton L. Genilel, 106 Fort Washington Avenue, New

York. N. Y.
G. Alonzo Stanford, Shelby, Mich.
Eleanor Zygler Willis, 1525 Arch Street, N.S., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.

Each Governineiit receiving a panel lias the
privilege of selecting two persons from the five
nominated to receive fellowships. The Gov-
ernment of Panama has just selected Edward P.
Chynowetli and Dorothea Daly to receive fel-
lowships in that country.

The following students have been selected
from panels submitted to the Department of
State by the other American republics :

From Brazil
Ernanl Calbucci
Rodolfo Ernesto Henser
Frederico Herrmann, Jr. (alternate)

From Chile

Marfa Marchant de Gonzalez Vera (renewal)

Laura Vergara Santa Cruz

Renato Salazar Justiniano (alternate)

From the Dominican Republic

AmSrico Alejandro Martinez y Martinez (renewal)
Oscar Rafael BatUe Morel (renewal)

From Nicaragua
Rodolfo Abaflnza Salinas (renewal)
Eduardo Montealegre Callejas
Rodrigo S.lnchez (alternate)

Prof. Arthur S. Aiton of the Department of
History of the University of Michigan, who was
.selected by the Government of Costa Kica as
exchange professor under the convention/ sailed
from New Orleans on August 16 for San Jose,
Costa Rica. Professor Aiton is scheduled to
lecture on history at the University of Costa
Rica.

The following supplementary list of exchange
professors has been submitted by the United
States in identical panels to the other ratifying
governments. This list supplements the list
prepared as of January 1, 1940,^ and the two
lists will be in effect until December 31, 1941.

Pierre Crabites, Special Lecturer, Law School, Louisi-
ana State University

Ralph Warner Hammett, Associate Professor in Archi-
tecture, University of Michigan

William Titus Home, Professor of Plant Pathology ami
Plant Pathologist, Citrus Exiieriment Station,
Riverside, Calif.

Everett W. Lord, former Dean of the College of Busi-
ness Administration, Boston University

Percy Alvin Martin. Professor of History, Stanford
University

Robert Gatlin Reeves, Pi-ofessor of Biology, Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College

Paul Reece Rider, Professor of Mathematics, Washing-
ton University (St. Louis, Mo.)

James Sykes, Assistant Professor of Music, Colorado
College

Samuel Stanley Wilks, Associate Professor of Mathe-
matics, Princeton University

' Bulletin of March 15. 1941, p. 289.
- Bulletin of April 6, 1940, p. 357.

186

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

This oflBcial exchange of students and pro-
fessors is indicative of the interest of the vari-
ous governments concerned. The provisions of
the Buenos Aires Convention serve to supple-
ment the efforts of private organizations and
institutions in the field of cultural relations.

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press September 6]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since August 30,
1941:

Career Officers

Dudley G. Dwyre, of Fort Collins, Colo., First
Secretary of Legation and Consul General at
San Jose, Costa Rica, has been designated First
Secretary of Legation at Guatemala, Guate-
mala.

Robert L. Smyth, of Berkeley, Calif., First
Secretary of Embassy at Peiping, China, has
been assigned for duty in the Department of
State.

Paul C. Squire, of Boston, Mass., who lias
been serving as Consul at Venice, Italy, has been
assigned as Consul at Geneva, Switzerland.

Earl L. Packer, of Ogden, LTtah, who has been
serving as Consul at Dresden, Germany, has
been designated First Secretary of Legation at
Dublin, Ireland.

Richard B. Haven, of Chicago, 111., who has
been serving as Consul at Turin, Italy, has been
assigned as Consul at Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Guy W. Ray, of Wilsonville, Ala., now serv-
ing in the Department of State, has been desig-
nated Second Secretary of Embassy at Mexico,
D. F., Mexico.

Foy D. Kohler, of Toledo, Ohio, who has been
serving as Third Secretary of Legation and Vice
Consul at Athens, Greece, has been designated
Third Secretary of Legation and Vice Consul at
Cairo, Egypt, and will serve in dual capacity.

Phil H. Hubbard, of Poultney, Vt., who has
been serving as Consul at Milan, Italy, has been
assigned as Consul at Ziirich, Switzerland.

J. Kenly Bacon, of Newton, Mass., Second
Secretary of Legation and Consul at Port-au-
Prince, Haiti, has been assigned for duty in the
Department of State.

Arthur R. Williams, of Golden, Colo., Vice
Consul at Cali, Colombia, has been assigned as
Consul at Cali, Colombia.

Stephen E. Aguirre, of El Paso, Tex., Vice
Consul at Mexicali, Mexico, has been assigned
as Consul at Mexicali, Mexico.

George Lewis Jones, Jr., of Parkton, Md., who
has been serving as Assistant Commercial At-
tache at Athens, Greece, has been designated
Third Secretary of Legation and Vice Consul
at Cairo, Egypt, and will serve in dual capacity.

Reginald P. Mitchell, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
now serving in the Department of State, has
been designated Third Secretary of Legation and
Vice Consul at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and will
serve in dual capacity.

Fred K. Salter, of Sandersville, Ga., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Frankfort on the
Main, Germany, has been assigned as Vice
Consul at London, England.

William N. Fraleigh, of Summit, N. J., who
has been serving as Third Secretary of Legation
and Vice Consul at Athens, Greece, has been as-
signed as Vice Consul at Istanbul, Turkey.

Lubert O. Sanderhoff, of Pasadena, Calif.,
now serving in the Department of State, has
been assigned as Vice Consul at Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico.

Kenneth A. Byrns, of Greeley, Colo., Vice
Consul at Nogales, Mexico, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Mexico, D. F.. Mexico.

John Fremont Melby, of Bloomington, 111.,
Third Secretary of Embassy at Caracas, Vene-
zuela, has been assigned for duty in the Depart-
ment of State.

Robert J. Cavanaugh, of Rock Island, 111.,
Vice Consul at Montreal, Canada, has been ap-
pointed Foreign Service Officer, Unclassified,
Secretary in the Diplomatic Service, and Vice
Consul, and has been assigned as Vice Consul at
Montreal, Canada.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941

The following Foreign Service officers, vice
consuls at their respective posts, have been as-
signed to the Department of State and will at-
tend the Foreign Service School:

Stewart G. Anderson, of Chicago, 111 Toronto

Charles W. Adair, Jr., of Xenia, Ohio__ Mexico, D.F.

H. Gardner Ainsworth, of New Or-
leans, La Winnipeg

Leonard J. Cromie, of New Haven,

Conn Montri'jil

\V. William Duff, of New Castle, Pa— Habana

Irveu M. Eitreim, of Mount Vernon, S.

DaU Mexico, V.F.

C. Vaughau Ferguson, Jr., of Schenec-
tady, N. Y Winnipeg

Richard E. Gnade, of Oil City, Pa Vancouver

John M. McSweeney, of Boston, Mass Montreal

Claude G. Ross, of Huntington Park,

Calif Mexico, D.F.

Robert Rossow, Jr., of Culver, Ind Vancouver

Harry H. Schwartz, of Los Angeles,

Calif Vancouver

Bromley K. Smith, of San Diego, Calif. Montreal

Henry T. Smith, of Atlanta, Ga Matamoros

Oscar S. Straus, 2d, of Purchase, N. Y, Montreal

John L. Topping, of New York, N. Y_. Montreal

Andrew B. Wardlaw, of Greenville,

S. C Toronto

Livingston D. Watrous, of Fort Hamil-
ton, N. Y Ciudad Juarez

Eraser Wilkins, of Baltimore. Md Halifax

NON-CAREEK OFFICERS

Manson Gilbert, of Evansville, Ind., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Brussels, Bel-
gium, has been appointed Vice Consul at Port-
au-Prince, Haiti.

Albert J. Cope, Jr., of Salt Lake City, Utah,
who has been serving as Vice Consul at Stutt-
gart, Germany, has been appointed Vice Consul
at Lisbon, Portugal.

Frank H. Cussans, of Ada, Ohio, who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Bordeaux,
France, has been appointed Vice Consul at Ge-
neva, Switzerland.

J. Stanford Edwards, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who has been serving as Vice Consul at Copen-
hagen, Denmark, has been appointed Vice Con-
sul at Glasgow, Scotland.

Julius C. Jensen, of Casper, Wyo., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Stuttgart, Ger-

187

many, has been appointed Vice Consul at Zurich,
Switzerland.

Charles M. Gerrity, of Scranton, Pa., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Frankfort on the
Main, Germany, has been appointed Vice Con-
sul at Dublin, Ireland.

Buford G. Rogers, of Mount Olive, Miss., who
has been serving as Vice Consul at Bordeaux,
France, has been appointed Vice Consul at
Bern, Switzerland.

Carroll C. Parry, of St. Louis, Mo., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Vienna, Ger-
many, has been appointed Vice Consul at Lis-
bon, Portugal.

Jolin A. Lehrs, of Maryland, who has been
serving as Vice Consul at Copenhagen, Den-
mark, has been appointed Vice Consul at Basel,
Switzerland.

Francis A. Lane, of Chicago, 111., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Bremen, Ger-
many, has been appointed Vice Consul at Cork,
Ireland.

Thomas R. Flack, of Chicago, 111., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Vienna, Ger-
many, has been appointed Vice Consul at Basel,
Switzerland.

Francis B. Moriarty, of Washington, D. C,
who has been serving as Vice Consul at Turin,
Italy, has been appointed Vice Consul at Mal-
aga, Spain.

Harold M. Granata, of Grasmere, Staten Is-
land, N. Y., who has been serving as Vice Con-
sul at Rome, Italy, has been appointed Vice Con-
sul at Seville, Spain.

T. Monroe Fisher, of Strasburg, Va., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Florence, Italy,
has been appointed Vice Consul at Bilbao,
Spain.

Regulations

Export Control Schedule No. 20 [adding, effective
August 30, 1941, certain wood and paper products to the
forms, conversions, and derivatives of the articles and
materials designated in Pi-oclamation 2506]. August
30, 1941. (Administrator of Export Control.) 6 Fed-
eral Register 4535.

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The Department

APPOINTINIENT OF SPECIAL ASSISTANT
TO THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
STATE

Departmental Order 964, signed by the Secre-
tary of State on September 2, 1941, reads as
follows :

"Mr. Charles Bunn has been appointed a Spe-
cial Assistant to the Under Secretary of State,
effective September 2, 1941, vice Mr. Charles P.
Curtis, Jr., resigned.

"The symbol designation of Mr. Bumi's office
shall be TA/B.

"Departmental Order No. 935 of April IG,
1941 ^ is amended accordingly."

POSTAL

UNFVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION, 19.39

Finland

The American Legation at Helsinki trans-
mitted to the Department with a despatch dated
July 24. 1941 a copy of Finland's Treaty Series
for 1941, Issue No. 13-14, which contains the
text of the Universal Postal Convention signed
at Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939, and the achnin-
istrative decree signed on May 30, 1941, bringing
the convention into effect in respect of Finland
on July 1, 1941.

The decree states that the convention was rati-
fied by Finland on June 28, 1940, and that the
Argentine Government was notified of the rati-
fication on the same date.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division
MILITARY MISSION

AGREEMENT WITH BOLIVIA

[Released to the press September 4]

In response to the request of the Govenmient
of Bolivia, an agreement was signed on Septem-
ber 4, 1941 by Cordell Hull, Secretary of State,
and Senor Dr. Don Luis Fernando Guachalla,
Minister of Bolivia at Washington, providing
for the detail of a United States military avia-
tion mission to Bolivia.

The agi-eement, which is made effective for a
period of four years beginning with the date of
signature, contains provisions similar in general
to provisions contained in agi-eements between
the United States and certain other American
republics providing for the detail of officers of
the United States Army or Navy to advise the
armed forces of those countries

' Bulletin of April 19, 1941, p. 480.

CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY

By a note dated April 10, 1941 the Swiss Min-
ister at Washington transmitted to the Secretary
of State a copy of a note dated March 29, 1941
b}' which the Legation of the Slovak Republic
at Bern informed the Swiss Federal Council of
the adherence of its Government to the Conven-
tion for the Protection of Industrial Property
as revised at The Hague November 6, 1925.

The Minister's note added that the adherence
would become effective on May 10, 1941.

SOVEREIGNTY

CONVENTION ON THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION
OF EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS IN THE
AMERICAS

The Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
tration of European Colonies and Possessions in
the Americas, signed at the Second Meeting of
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ameri-
can Republics at Habana July 30, 1940, will en-
ter into force when two thirds of the American
republics have deposited their respective instru-
ments of ratification. The Treatj^ Series cita-

SEPTEMBER 6, 1941

189

tion given for this convention on page 171 of
the Bulhfin of August 30, 1941 was erroneously
inchided.

The Act of Habana Concerning the Provi-
sional Administration of European Colonies
and Possessions in the Americas, contained in
the Final Act of the Second Meeting of Minis-
ters of Foreign Affairs of the American Eepub-
lics, signed July 30, 1940, is printed as Execu-
tive Agreement Series 199.

Publications

Department of State

Index to the Department of State Bulletin, volume
IV : numbers SO-105, January 4-June 28, 1941 . Publi-
t-atiou 1634. 29 pp.

Othek Government Agencies

Summary of the Activities of the Office of the Co-
ordinator of Inter-American AfCairs. 14 pp. (Proc-
essed. ) August 29, 1941. [Copies are obtainable free
from the Office of the Coordinator, Room 5411, Depart-
ment of Commerce Building.]

Legislation

Clearance and Entry for Certain Vessels. (S. Kept.
671, 77th Cong., 1st .sess.) 4 pp.

Inter-American Statistical Institute: Hearings Be-
fore the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Repre-
sentatives, 77th Cong., 1st sess., on H.J. Res. 219, a Joint
Resolution To Enable the United States To Become an
Adhering Member of the Inter-American Statistical
Institute, July 29, 1941. [Incorijorates report, dated
July 12, 1941, from the Acting Secretary of State to the
President in support of legislation.] 14 pp.

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National Defense Page

Address by the President 193

Sinking of the S.S. Steel Seafarer in the Red Sea . . . 197

Smking of the S.S. Sessa southwest of Iceland .... 199

Smking of the S.S. Montana west of Iceland 200

Damage to the S.S. Arkansan at Suez 200

Licensing of e.xports 200

Monthly statistics on traffic in arms, ammunition,

etc 202

Europe

Memorandum of British Government on distribution

of lend-lease material 204

American Republics

Brazil: Anniversary of independence 206

General

The Faith and Philosophy of Democratic Govern-

^ ment: Address by Assistant Secretary Berle 207

Cultural Relations

Music Advisory Committee 211

Physicians from other American republics to study in

the United States 212

The Department

Appomtment of officers 213

The Foreign Service

Personnel changes 213

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Finance: Agreement with Haiti 214

Telecommunications: International Telecommunica-
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Regulations 215

National Defense

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT

[Released to the press by the White House September 11]

Mt Fellow Americans :

The Navy Department of the United States
has reported to me that on the morning of Sep-
tember fourth the United States destroyer
Greer, proceeding in full daylight towards Ice-
land, had reached a point southeast of Green-
land. She was carrying American mail to Ice-
land. She was flying the American flag. Her
identity as an American ship was unmistakable.

She was then and there attacked by a sub-
marine. Germany admits that it was a German
submarine. The submarine deliberately fired
a torpedo at the Greer, followed later by an-
other torpedo attack. In spite of what Hitler's
propaganda bureau has invented, and in spite of
what any American obstructionist organization
may prefer to believe, I tell you the blunt fact
that the German submarine fired first upon this
American destroyer without warning, and with
deliberate design to sink her.

Our destroyer, at the time, was in waters
which the Government of the United States had
declared to be waters of self-defense — surround-
ing outposts of American protection in the
Atlantic.

In the north, outposts have been established
by us in Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and
Newfoundland. Through these waters there
pass many ships of many flags. They bear food
and other supplies to civilians; and they bear
materiel of war, for which the people of the
United States are spending billions of dollars,
and which, by congressional action, they have

'Broadcast from the White House, September 11,
1941.

413S26 — 41 1

declared to be essential for the defense of their
own land.

The United States destroyer, when attacked,
was proceeding on a legitimate mission.

If the destroyer was visible to the submarine
when the torpedo was fired, then the attack was
a deliberate attempt by the Nazis to sink a
clearly identified American warship. On the
other hand, if the submarine was beneath the
surface and, with the aid of its listening devices,
fired in the direction of the sound of the
American destroyer without even taking the
trouble to learn its identity — as the official Ger-
man communique would indicate — then the at-
tack was even more outrageous. For it indi-
cates a policy of indiscriminate violence against
any vessel sailing the seas — belligerent or non-
belligerent.

This was piracy — legally and morally. It
was not the first nor the last act of piracy which
the Nazi Government has committed against
the American flag in this war. Attack has
followed attack.

A few months ago an American-flag mer-
chant ship, the Robin Moor, was sunk by a
Nazi submarine in the middle of the South
Atlantic, under circumstances violating long-
established international law and every prin-
ciple of humanity. The passengers and the
crew were forced into open boats hundreds of
miles from land, in direct violation of interna-
tional agreements signed by the Government of
Germany. No apology, no allegation of mis-
take, no offer of reparations has come from the
Nazi Government.

In July 1941, an American battleshii? in

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North American waters was followed by a sub-
marine which for a long time sought to maneu-
ver itself into a position of attack. The peri-
scope of the submarine was clearly seen. No
British or American submarines were within
hundreds of miles of this spot at the time, so
the nationality of the submarine is clear.

Five days ago a United States Navy ship on
jiatrol picked up three survivors of an Ameri-
can-owned ship operating under the flag of our
sister Republic of Panama — the S. S. Sessa.
On August seventeenth, she had been first tor-
pedoed without warning and then shelled, near
Greenland, while carrying civilian supplies to
Iceland. It is feared that the other members
of her crew have been drowned. In view of the
established presence of German submarines in
this vicinity, there can be no reasonable doubt
as to the identity of the attacker.

Five days ago, another United States mer-
chant ship, the Sfeel Scafarei\ was sunk by a
German aircraft in the Red Sea two hundred
and twenty miles south of Suez. She was
bound for an Egyptian port.

Four of the vessels sunk or attacked flew the
American flag and were clearly identifiable.
Two of these ships were wai-ships of the Ameri-
can Navy. In the fifth case, the vessel sunk
clearly carried the flag of Panama.

In the face of all this, we Americans are keep-
ing our feet on the ground. Our type of dem-
ocratic civilization has outgrown the thought
of feeling compelled to fight some other nation
by reason of any single piratical attack on one
of our ships. We are not becoming hysterical
or losing our sense of proportion. Therefore,
what I am thinking and saying does not relate
to any isolated episode.

Instead, we Americans are taking a long-
range point of view in regard to certain funda-
mentals and to a series of events on land and
on sea which must be considered as a whole —
as a part of a world pattern.

It would be unworthy of a great nation to
exaggerate an isolated incident or to become
inflamed by some one act of violence. But it
would be inexcusable folly to minimize such
incidents in the face of evidence which makes it

clear that the incident is not isolated but part
of a general plan.

The imjDortant truth is that these acts of
international lawlessness are a manifestation of
a design which has been made clear to the
American people for a long time. It is the
Nazi design to abolish the freedom of the seas
and to acquire absolute control and domination
of the seas for themselves.

For with control of the seas in their own
hands, the way can become clear for their next
step — domination of the United States and the
Western Hemisphere by force. Under Nazi
control of the seas, no merchant ship of the
United States or of any other American re-
public would be free to carry on any peaceful
commerce, except by the condescending grace
of this foreign and tyrannical power. The At-
lantic Ocean which has been, and which should
always be, a free and friendly highway for us
would then become a deadly menace to the com-
merce of the United States, to the coasts of the
United States, and to the inland cities of the
United States.

The Hitler Government, in defiance of the
laws of the sea and of the recognized rights of
all other nations, lias presumed to de<:lare, on
paper, that great areas of the seas — even in-
cluding a vast expanse lying in the Western
Hemisphere — are to be closed, and that no ships
may enter them for any purpose, except at peril
of being sunk. Actually they are sinking ships
at will and without warning in widely sepa-
rated areas both within and far outside of these
far-flung pretended zones.

This Nazi attempt to seize control of the
oceans is but a counterpart of the Nazi plots
now being carried on throughout the Western
Hemisphere — all designed toward the same end.
For Hitler's advance guards — not only his
avowed agents but also his dupes among us —
have sought to make ready for him footholds
and bridgeheads in the New World, to be used
as soon as he has gained control of the oceans.

His intrigues, his plots, his machinations, his
sabotage in this New World are all known to
the Government of the United States. Con-
spiracy has followed conspiracy.

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195

Last year a plot to seize the Government of
Uruguay was smashed by the prompt action of
that country, which was supported in full by
her American neighbors. A like plot was then
hatching in Argentina, and that Government
has carefully and wisely blocked it at every
point. More recently, an endeavor was made
to subvert the Government of Bolivia. AVithin
the past few weeks the discovery was made of
secret air-landing fields in Colombia, within
easy range of the Panama Canal. I could mul-
tiply instances.

To be ultimately successful in world-mastery.
Hitler knows that he must get control of the
seas. He must first destroy the bridge of ships
which we are building across the Atlantic, over
which we shall continue to roll the implements
of war to help destroy him and all his works
in the end. He must wipe out our patrol on
sea and in the air. He must silence the British
Navy.

It must be explained again and again to
people who like to think of the United States
Navy as an invincible protection, that this can
be true only if the British Navy survives. That
is simple arithmetic.

For if the world outside the Americas falls
under Axis domination, the shipbuilding facili-
ties which the Axis powers would then possess
in all of Europe, in the British Isles, and in the
Far East would be much greater than all the
shipbuilding facilities and potentialities of all
the Americas — not only greater but two or
three times greater. Even if the United States
threw all its resources into such a situation,
seeking to double and even redouble the size
of our Navy, the Axis powers, in control of the
rest of the world, would have the man-power
and the physical resources to outbuild us several
times over.

It is time for all Americans of all the Amer-
icas to stop being deluded by the romantic no-
tion that the Americas can go on living hap-
pily and peacefully in a Nazi-dominated world.

Generation after generation, America has
battled for the general policy of the freedom of
the seas. That policy is a very simple one —
but a basic, fundamental one. It means that

no nation has the right to make the broad oceans
of the world, at great distances from the actual
theater of land war, unsafe for the commerce
of others.

That has been our policy, proved time and
time again, in all our history.

Our policy has applied from time inunemo-
rial — and still applies — not merely to the At-
lantic but to the Pacific and to all other oceans
as well.

Unrestricted submarine warfare in 1941 con-
stitutes a defiance — an act of aggression —
against that historic American policy.

It is now clear that Hitler has begun his cam-
paign to control the seas by ruthless force and
by wiping out every vestige of international law
and hmnanity.

His intention has been made clear. The
American people can have no further illusions
about it.

No tender whisperings of appeasers that Hit-
ler is not interested in the Western Hemisphere,
no soporific lullabies that a wide ocean protects
us from him can long have any effect on the
hard-headed, far-sighted, and realistic Ameri-
can people.

Because of these episodes, because of the
movements and operations of German warships,
and because of the clear, repeated proof that the
present Government of Germany has no respect
for treaties or for international law, that it has
no decent attitude toward neutral nations or
human life — we Americans are now face to face
not with abstract theories but with cruel, relent-
less facts.

This attack on the Greer was no localized
military operation in the North Atlantic. This
was no mere episode in a struggle between two
nations. This was one determined step towards
creating a permanent world system based on
force, terror, and murder.

And I am sure that even now the Nazis are
waiting to see whether the United States will by
silence give them the green light to go ahead on
this path of destruction.

The Nazi danger to our Western World has
long ceased to be a mere possibility. The dan-
ger is here now — not only from a military enemy

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but from an enemy of all law, all liberty, all
morality, all religion.

There has now come a time when you and I
must see the cold, inexorable necessity of saying
to these inhuman, unrestrained seekers of
world-conquest and permanent world-domina-
tion by the sword — "You seek to throw our chil-
dren and our children's children into your form
of terrorism and slavery. You have now at-
tacked our own safety. You shall go no
further."

Normal practices of diplomacy — note-writ-
ing— are of no possible use in dealing with
international outlaws who sink our ships and
kill our citizens.

One peaceful nation after another has met
disaster because each refused to look the Nazi
danger squarely in the eye until it actually had
them by the throat.

The United States will not make that fatal
mistake.

No act of violence or intimidation will keep
us from maintaining intact two bulwarks of
defense: first, our line of supply of materiel
to the enemies of Hitler ; and second, the free-
dom of our shipping on the high seas.

No matter what it takes, no matter what it
costs, we will keep open the line of legitimate
commerce in these defensive waters.

"We have sought no shooting war with Hit-
ler. We do not .seek it now. But neither do
we want peace so much that we are willing to
pay for it by permitting him to attack our
naval and merchant ships while they are on
legitimate business.

I assume that the German leaders are not
deeply concerned by what we Americans say
or publish about them. We cannot bring about
the downfall of Nazism by the use of long-
range invective.

But when you see a rattlesnake poised to
strike, you do not wait until he has struck be-
fore you crush him.

These Nazi submarines and raiders are the
rattlesnakes of the Atlantic. They are a men-
ace to the free pathways of the high seas.
They ai'e a challenge to our sovereignty. They
hammer at our most precious rights when they

attack ships of the American flag — symbols of
our independence, our freedom, our very life.

It is clear to all Americans that the time has
come when the Americas themselves must now
be defended. A continuation of attacks in our
own waters, or in waters which could be used
for further and greater attacks on us, will in-
evitably weaken American ability to repel
Hitlerism.

Do not let us si^lit hairs. Let us not ask our-
selves whether the Americas should begin to
defend themselves after the fifth attack, or the
tenth attack, or the twentietli attack.

The time for active defense is now.

Do not let us split hairs. Let us not say —
''We will only defend ourselves if the torpedo
succeeds in getting home, or if the crew and the
passengers are drowned."

This is the time for prevention of attack.

If submarines or raiders attack in distant
waters, they can attack equally well within sight
of our own shores. Their very presence in any
waters which America deems vital to its defense
constitutes an attack.

In the waters which we deem necessary for
our defense, American naval vessels and Ameri-
can planes will no longer wait until Axis sub-
marines lurking under the water, or Axis raiders
on the surface of the sea, strike their deadly
blow — first.

Upon our naval and air patrol — now operat-
ing in large number over a vast expanse of the
Atlantic Ocean — falls the duty of maintaining
the American policy of freedom of the seas —
now. That means, very simply and clearly,
that our patrolling vessels and planes will pro-
tect all merchant ships — not only American
ships but ships of any flag — engaged in com-
merce in our defensive waters. They will pro-
tect them from submarines; they will protect
them from surface raiders.

This situation is not new. The second Presi-
dent of the United States, John Adams, ordered
the United States Navy to clean out Euro-
pean privateers and European ships of war
which were infesting the Caribbean and South
American waters, destroying American com-
merce.

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197

The third President of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, ordered the United States
Navy to end the attacks being made upon
American ships by the corsairs of the nations of
North Africa.

My obligation as President is historic; it is
clear; it is inescapable.

It is no act of war on our part when we de-
cide to protect the seas which are vital to
American defense. The aggression is not ours.
Ours is solely defense.

But let this warning be clear. From now on,
if German or Italian vessels of war enter the
waters the protection of which is necessary for
American defense they do so at their own
peril.

The orders which I have given as Com-
mander-in-Chief to the United States Army and
Navy are to carry out that policy — at once.

The sole responsibility rests upon Germany.
There will be no shooting unless Germany
continues to seek it.

That is my obvious duty in this crisis. That
is the clear right of this sovereign Nation.

That is the only step possible, if we would keep
tight the wall of defense which we are pledged
to maintain around this Western Hemisphere.

I have no illusions about the gravity of this
step. I have not taken it hurriedly or lightly.
It is the result of months and months of con-
stant thought and anxiety and prayer. In the
protection of your Nation and mine it cannot be
avoided.

The American people have faced other gi'ave
crises in their history — with American courage
and American resolution. They will do no less
today.

They know the actualities of the attacks upon
us. They know the necessities of a bold defense
against these attacks. They know that the
times call for clear heads and fearless hearts.

And with that inner strength that comes to a
free people conscious of their duty and of the
righteousness of what they do, they will — with
Divine help and guidance — stand their ground
against this latest assault upon their democracy,
their sovereignty, and their freedom.

SINKING OF THE S.S. "STEEL SEAFARER" IN THE RED SEA

[Released to the press September 10]

The Department has received the following
preliminary report of the master of the Steel
Seafarer on the sinking of that vessel :

"At 21 : 38 Greenwich mean time^th Septem-
ber ship proceeding Suez Shadwan Light 294
degi'ees 121^ miles. Aircraft heard and two
seconds later two explosions on starboard side
by number four hold. No flames seen. Plane
flew low over ship starboard to port with en-
gines shut off. Ship took list to port then 6
degrees to starboard settled and sank quickly by
stem. Wireless out of action. Boats and crew
in water in 5 minutes pulled away from ship
just clear when ship disappeared. Boats made
for Shadwan two arriving 08 : 40 Greenwich
mean time other boat became separated owing
to wind and rough sea. After repairs two boats
proceeded to Hurghada to report by telegram

one boat adrift. Kemaining boat and crew since
reported returning Suez in tanker arriving to-
morrow 10th September."

This report was forwarded by the American
Legation in Cairo which stated that more de-
tailed information would be transmitted as soon
as possible.

[Released to the press September 11]

The text of the affidavit executed by the
Master of the S. S. Steel Seafarer^ Captain
Halliday, before the American Vice Consul at
Suez on September 9, 1941, follows:

"At 23 : 38 hours Egyptian mean time on
September 5, 1941, the SS Steel Seafarer was
proceeding towards the port of Suez. Shad-
wan Island bore 294 degrees true distance 12^/2
miles. Only the ship's side lights (port and

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starboard) were burning in accordance witli
instructions given to me by the British naval
authorities in Aden, and had been burning for
about an hour and a half. The superstructure
of the ship was white, and the ship was carry-
ing a deck load of white cases. The flags
painted on the ship's side were not lighted up.
The moon was full, however, there were no
clouds and the visibility was perfect. The flag
was flying from the stern. Suddenly an air-
plane was heard and seen approaching from
the starboard side. It was flying very low, just
clearing the masts. About two seconds after it
was heard it flew right over the bridge, and as
it was full moon and the atmosphere was clear,
the plane was easily seen to have two motors.
About two seconds later two explosions oc-
curred, which to me appeared to be about num-
ber four and five holds.

"All lights went out and the steerage gear
jammed. The vessel took about a five degi-ee
port list then about a six degree starboard list,
then straightened up and was settling down
fast by the stern. When the explosion took
place I immediately rang the general alarm and
sent Mr. Scuka, my third officer, to call the
wireless operator and send an SOS, but Mr.
Abernethy, the wireless operator, arrived in
the wheel house and then the passengers' room.
He tried both the main and emergency radio
sets but could get no results with either. He
then assisted in sending off distress rockets but
the vessel was sinking so fast this had to be
abandoned. Mr. Pratt, the chief officer, was
supervising the lowering of the life boats. I
instructed him to get all the crew in the life
boats and for the twin screw life boats on the lee
side to remain alongside. Mr. Scuka, the third
officer, was sent to see the conditions aft and he
came back and reported that the well was awash
aft, so he was sent to get into a life boat. Cath-
wright, A.B., came and reported that all the
crew's quarters were flooded and also that all
bulkheads and doors were twisted and jammed.

"At this time I saw that the vessel could not
be saved and she was sinking fast. I decided
she must be abandoned. Cathwright, A.B., had

searched through the crew's quarters, but all
were gone and I went down to starboard mid-
ships alley way shouting if all were out, and
as I had not seen my chief engineer, I went
into his room and felt around but he also was
gone. I opened the engine room door, but all
was in darkness. I shouted: 'Are all out?'
When Mr. Pratt, chief officer, Cathwright,
A.B., and myself left the ship, her stern was
just under water, and bj' the time we got away
about 100 feet, she sank by the stern straight
down. The foremast was carried away before
she went under.

"There were no casualties, and injuries were
limited to minor scratches.

"The ship sank, in my opinion, approxi-
mately 23 : 53 hours Egyptian mean time."

[Released to the press September 13]

The Department is informed by the Ameri-
can Legation in Cairo that the remainder of
the crew of the S.S. Steel Seafarer arrived in
Suez on the afternoon of September 11, 1911.

The affidavit of Joseph M. C. Scuka, the third
officer of the vessel, sworn to before the Ameri-
can Vice Consul in Port Said on September
11, 1941, is printed below.

After confirming the information contained
in the affidavit of D. Halliday, the master of
the Steel Seafarer, he continued —

"I was standing alongside the captain when
I heard a motor that sounded as if it belonged
to a plane. We looked towards the apparent
direction of the plane and saw it approach-
ing toward us on the starboard side. The
moon was full and directly overhead. The vis-
ibility was perfect; I could even see the plane's
exhaust sparkling. It was a twin-motored
plane, very large and heavily built with a
snub nose. I have consulted today Italian and
German silhouettes of planes and I firmly be-
lieve that the plane I saw was most probably a
Junkers 88 or at any rate a German plane and
not an Italian plane.

"The plane passed directly over the ship
about 250 feet, as well as I can judge, above
the mainmast. About two seconds after the

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plane was clear of the ship I heard a muffled
explosion [apparent omission] to me to be be-
low the water line. About a second later I
heard another explosion which appeared to be
a little louder than the first.

"I believe that the plane could have had no
difficulty in identifying the ship owing to tho

following facts : The ship's superstructure was
painted white; the masts and stacks buff. I
am unable to say whether the flags painted on
the ship's sides and the one flying from the
stern were visible to the plane although there
was brilliant moonlight."

SINKING OF THE S.S. "SESSA" SOUTHWEST OF ICELAND

[Released to the press September 0)

Tlie State Department has been informed by
the Navy Department that on Saturday morn-
ing, September 6, the Navy picked up three sur-
viving members of the crew of the S. S. Sessa
about 300 miles southwest of Iceland. Twenty-
four members of the crew are um-eported and are
presumed lost.

The State Department is informed that the
survivoi-s stated that the ship had been sunk by
a torpedo on August 17. There was one Amer-
ican citizen member of the crew. His name is
lacking and he is not one of the survivors.
Names of the three survivors have not been
furnished to the Department of State.

The Sessa was a former Danish vessel which
was acquired from the Danish Government
under the authority of the recent law permit-
ting the taking over of idle foreign-flag shi]5s
in American waters (Public Law 101). The
vessel was under Panamanian registry and was
transporting supplies for and owned by the
(Tovernment of Iceland. The cargo consisted of
foodstuffs, cereals, lumber, and other general
cargo and did not include arms, ammunition, or
implements of war.

[Released to the press September 10]

The Department of State has been informed
by the Navy Department that the names of the
survivors of the S.S. Sessa picked up by the
U.S.S. Lafhsdale are as follows :

H. K. Bjerregaard, age 37, chief mate, a citizen of

Odense, Denmark
G. L. T. (Gote) Ljunggren, age 32, able seaman, a

Swedish citizen

413826 — 41 2

J. (Joao) de Oliveira Correia, age 2,^, able seaman, a
Portuguese citizen

The Navy Department states that the sur-
vivors are not now on board the U.S.S. Lans-
dale but that prior to their debarkation the fol-
lowing statements \v'ere obtained from them :

The Sessa was torpedoed without warning
midnight, August 17, about SOO miles fi-om
Reykjavik (about 7 p.m. eastern standard time)
while proceeding to that port from New York.
After torpedoing, the Sessa was struck amid-
ship by two shells. The Sessa sank two minutes
after being torpedoed.

[Released to the press September 10]

The American Consul at Reykjavik, Mr.
Bertel E. Kuniholm. reports that survivors of
the S.S. Sessa state that the Sessa. was running
darkened with dimmed navigational lights
when struck at 10 p. m. ship's time by torpedo.
Survivors describe light conditions as deep twi-
light. Mate thinks visibility was so low that
submarine could not have seen ship's markings.
Ship struck by torpedo starboard side just for-
ward bridge. Listed to starboard, sinking
almost immediately. 2 shells fired, 1 striking
bridge probably killing Captain, Third Mate
and Quartennaster. other striking bunker-
house. Submarine not seen nor did survivors
see gunfire flashes. Forward raft probably de-
stroyed by torpedo explosion. No chance use
lifeboats. 6 men reached after-raft by swim-
ming. 2 Portuguese and 1 Canadian died on
raft. Survivors saw no other boats or rafts
and were unable to reach other seaman in water.

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SINKING OF THE S.S. "MONTANA"
WEST OF ICELAND

[Released to the press September 12]

The Department of State has been informed
that the American-owned cargo ship Montana
under Panama registry (formerly Danish
Paula), requisitioned by the United States
Maritime Commission on August 2, 1941, sailed
from Wilmington, N. C, for Iceland at 9 a.m.,
August 29, with a cargo of lumber for the Ice-
land Government.

According to a message from the Navy De-
partment received at 12 noon September 12 the
ship was observed by aircraft to be torpedoed
in latitude 63° 40' north and longitude 35° 50'
west at 13:45 Greenwich central time (8:45
eastern standard time) on September 11. The
message said that the crew took to the boats.

The Montana had on board about 1,500,000
feet of lumber, was due in Reykjavik, Iceland,
on September 11, and was to discharge her
cargo at Reykjavik and three other Iceland
ports.

The crew of 26 included 18 Danish citizens;
5 Norwegian citizens; 1 Greek citizen; 1 Bel-
gian citizen; 1 Spanish citizen; no American
citizens.

DAMAGE TO THE S.S. "ARI^ANSAN" AT
SUEZ

[Released to the press September 13]

The State Department has been informed by
the American Legation at Cairo that the steam-
ship Arkansa7i, an American-flag vessel owned
by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Com-
pany of New York and San Francisco, which
was operating between the United States and
the Red Sea, is reported to have been hit by shell
fragments and some of plates pierced in a
heavy air raid over Suez on the night of Sep-
tember 11.

The vessel, which was built in 1921 and has a
gross tonnage of 6,997, left New York on July
19, 1941. She arrived at Port Sudan on Sep-
tember 5 and left for Suez on September 8, ap-
parently arriving there some time before the
bombing.

There were 38 men in the crew. Thirty-six
of these were American citizens, one was Brit-
ish, and one Dutch. No casualties have been
reported but further details will be obtained as
soon as possible.

LICENSING OF EXPORTS

[Released to the press September 8]

The Secretary of State announced on Sep-
tember 8 that a revision has been made in the
Department's system of numbering export li-
censes, and that all general licenses issued by the
Department are being replaced by a single gen-
eral license for each country.

This consolidation of numerous licenses under
one nimiber does not alter the list of articles and
materials which may be exported to the respec-
tive countries under general license.

General licenses will be designated hereafter
by the letter "G" followed by the number as-
signed to the respective countrj' of destination.
As an example, general license number "G-1"
authorizes the exportation to Canada of all those
commodities previously authorized by numer-
ous separate general licenses. "V\1ien any addi-
tional commodities are added to the list of those
authorized to be exported to Canada under gen-
eral license, they will be included imder license
number ''G-1".

The foregoing arrangement will also apply
to exportations which are now being made under
general licenses '-OWW" and "GWY". The latter
symbols will no longer be used.

Exporters are requested to set forth the new
license numbers on shippers' export declarations
when making exportations authorized by gen-
eral licenses.

The number assigned to each foreign country
for the purpose of general licenses will be found
in the following list :

1. Canada

2. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3. Cuba

4. Argentina

5. Bolivia

6. Brazil

7. Ctiile

8. Colombia

9. Costa Rica

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201

Curagao (including the islands of Curagao; Aruba;
Bonaire; Saba; St. Eustatius; and St. Martin,
southern part)

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guiitemala

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Surinam

Uruguay

Venezuela

Aden

Australia (except Papua and the Territory of New
Guinea under mandate) including Nauru, man-
dated territory

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

British East Africa (including Kenya; Uganda;
Nyasaland ; Zanzibar ; and Tanganyika, mandated
territory)

British Guiana

British Honduras

British Malaya (including British North Borneo;
Brunei; Federated Malay States; Sarawak;
Straits Settlements; Unfederated Malay States;
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean ; Cocos ( Keeling)
Islands)

British West Africa ( including Nigeria ; British
Cameroons, mandated territory ; Gambia ; Sierra
Leone ; Gold Coast, including Ashanti and North-
ern Territory ; and British Togoland, mandated
territory)

Burma

Ceylon

Cyprus

Ireland (Eire)

Falkland Islands (including South Georgia)

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

India

Jamaica

Leeward Islands (including Antigua, Barbuda,
Redonda, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) I.sland,
Nevis Island, Anguilla Island, Montserrat, Som-
brero, and British Virgin Islands)

Mauritius (including Rodrigues Island and Diego
Garcia Island)

Newfoundland

New Zealand

New Guinea, British (comprising Papua or British

New Guinea ; and Territory of New Guinea, man-
dated territory)

50. Northern Rhodesia

51. Palestine and Tran.s-Jordan

52. St. Helena (including Ascension Island, Gough

Island, Inacce.ssible Island, Nightingale Island,
and Tristan da Cunha Island)

53. Seychelles and Dependencies

54. Oceania, British (including British Solomon Is-

lands ; Fiji Islands ; Gilbert and Ellice Islands ;
New Hebrides Islands ; Pitcairn Island ; Tonga
or Friendly Islands ; Santa Cruz Islands ; Cook
Islands; and Western Samoa, mandated terri-
tory)

55. Southern Rhodesia

56. Trinidad and Tobago

57. Union of South Africa (including South-West

Africa)

58. Windward Islands (including Grenada, Grenadines,

St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Dominica)

59. Egypt

60. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

61. Greenland

62. Iceland

63. Philippine Islands

64. Netherlands Indies

65. China

66. Belgian Congo

67. Bahrein Islands

68. French West Indies (including I)(§sirade; Guade-

loupe ; Les Saintes ; Martinique ; Marie Galante ;
St. Martin, northern part; and St. Bartholomew)

69. French Guiana

70. Miquelon and St. Pierre

71. French Oceania (all French possessions in the

Pacific)

72. French Cameroons

73. French Equatorial Africa

74. Iraq

75. Liberia

76. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

77. Turkey

78. Syria

79. All other destinations

[Released to the press September 8]

The Secretary of State announced on Sep-
tember 8 that the general licenses authorizing
exportations to Canada (Ci-1) ; Great Britain
and Northern Ireland (G-2) ; and Newfound-
land (^-47) have been amended to include
shellac and titanium.

General license G-62, authorizing exporta-
tions to Iceland, has been amended to include
titaniimi. The exportation of shellac to Iceland

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is already authorized under general license
G-62.

[Released to the i)ress September 10]

The Secretary of State announced on Septem-
ber 10 that general licenses authorizing ex-
portations to numerous foreign coimtries have
been amended to include certain additional
commodities.

General licenses G-l to G-66, both inclusive,
and Ci-68 to G-77, both inclusive, have been
amended to include the forms, conversions, and
derivatives of commodities listed in Export
Control Schedule 18' under the hearings:

Aaimal Products

Textile Fibers and Mamifaetiu-es

Nonruetallic Minerals

Nouferrous Metals

Prerioiis Metals

General licenses g-i, authorizing exporta-
tions to Canada; G-2, authorizing exportations
to Great Britain and Northern Ireland; G-47,
authorizing exportations to Newf omidland ;
Ct-G2, authorizing exportations to Iceland; and
fi-63, authorizing exportations to the Philip-
jiine Islands, have been amended to include the
fonns, conversions, and derivatives listed in
Export Control Schedule 18 under the heading
Leather".

General license G-63, authorizing exporta-
tions to the Philippine Islands, has been
amended to include the forms, conversions, and
derivatives listed in Export Control Schedule
18 under the heading "Wood and Paper".

MONTHLY STATISTICS ON TRAFFIC IN ARMS, AMMUNITION, ETC.

[Released to the press September 8]

Note: The figures relating to arms, the licenses
for the export of whicli were revoked before they
were used, have been subtracted from the figures ai>-
pearing 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,
liowever, 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 pos-
sible, 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.

Arms-Export Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates by cate-
gory subdivision the value of the arms, ammu-
nition, and implements of war licensed for ex-
port by the Secretary of State during the year
1941 up to and including the month of July:

Category

July 1941

Export licenses
issued for 7

months ending
July 31, 1941

(1)

$34,236.94
9, 253, 692. 51
12,689,159.80
6, 978, 609. 62

176,000.00

2, 737, 635. 50
3, 404, 222. 10

129,644,097.70

2, 522. 00

81, 746. 10

161, 157. 12

312, 209. 25

3, 387, 257. 49
22, 221, 684. 25

1, 243. 50
5, 040, 960. 06
1, 834, 635. 60

$27,610,902.84
36, 406, 786. 10

(2)

(3)....

38, 753, 221. 70

(4)

151,490,149.45

(5)

(6)

77, 378, 322. 75

rrr

(1)

473, 696, 176. 44

(2)

242. 820. 43

(1)

2, 469, 340. 34

(2)

3, 8.55, 278. 95

(1).

6, 329, 012. 78

(2)

02, 268, 763. 61

(3)

132, 350, 166. 86

(2)

9, 985. 50

VIT

(1)

26, 070, 096. 68

(2)

5, 472, 771. 73

196,960,030.24

1, 057, 976, 191. 85

' 6 Federal Register 4664.

Arms Exported

The table printed below indicates by category
subdivision the value of arms, ammunition, and
implements of war exported during the year

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203

1941 up to and including the month of July
under export licenses issued by the Secretary of
State :

$25, 850. 38
967, 295. 00
1,S75,899.00
16, 489, 130. 28
1,517,855.00
4, 726, 472. 00

31.924,378.00

86, 224. 00

297, 560. 85

190. 957. 09

1, 688, 886. 00

1, 673. 500. 15

5, 762, 653. 81

218. 75

2, 056, 204. 74

789, 191. 00

69, 072, 276. 05

Actual exports

for 7 months

eliding July 31,

1941

$2, 399, 666. 15
14, 153, 461. 76
12, 274. 807. 20
42, 746. 042. 16
10, 954, 970. 00
14, 338, 546. 00

1, 484. 507. 00
187, 137, 065. 04

291. 447. 24
1, 930, 312. 26

2, 675, 775. 85
8, 262, 516. 28

15,076,109.06
63, 23S, 422. 76
7, 707. 75
11.482, 150.33
2, 949, 935. 49

381, 403, 432. 33

Arms-Import Licenses Issued

The table printed below indicates by category
subdivision the value of the arms, ammunition,
and implements of war licensed for import by
the Secretary of State during the month of
July 1941 :

1 (1)

(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

IV (I)

V (1)
(2)
(3)

vn (2)

072.00

000. on

084.00
706. 00
50.00
000.00
148. 90
000. 00
671-92
307. 57
780. 00

Categories of Arms, Ammunition, and Imple-
ments or War

The categories of arms, ammunition, and im-
plements of war in the first column of the tables
printed above are the categories into which
those articles were divided in the President's
proclamation of May 1, 1937, enumerating the
articles which would be considered as arms,

413826—41 3

ammunition, and implements of war for the
purposes of section 5 of the joint resolution of
May 1, 1937 [see the Bulletin of July 12, 1941,
pages 33-35].

Special Statistics in Kegard 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 :

and in compliance with the laws of Cuba which
restrict the importation of arms, ammunition,
and implements of war of all kinds by requir-
ing an import pennit 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 Presi-
dent's proclamation 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.

(3) Ammunition for the arms 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; nitrocellulose
having 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;

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nitrobenzene (essence or oil of mirbane) ; sul-
phur; sulphuric acid; chlorate of potash; and
acetones.

(6) Tear gas (CH.COCH.Cl) and other similar
non-toxic gases and apparatus designed for the
storage or projection of such gases.

Tlae table printed 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 July 1941, the number of licenses
and the value of the articles and commodities
described in the licenses :

Number of licenses

Section

Value

Total

(1)

(2)

$1, 7S0. 75

172.00

4.111.07

22, 423. 67

(3)

(5)

The table printed below indicates the value
of the articles and commodities listed above
expoi'ted to Cuba during July 1941 mider licenses
issued by the Secretary of State :

(1)

(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)

$808.00

236. UO

3, 127. 00

5. 388. 06

20. 677. 00

Helium

The table printed below gives the essential
information in regard to the licenses issued dur-
ing the month of July 1941 authorizing the
exportation of helium gas under the provisions
of the act approved on September 1, 1937, and
the regulations issued pursuant thereto :

Applicant for license

Purchaser in
foreign country

Country of
destination

Quantity

in cubic

feet

Total
value

Puritan Compressed
Gas Corp.

Audrain y Me-
dina.

Cuba

84.

$30.00

Europe

MEMORANDUM OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON DISTRIBUTION OF LEND-LEASE

MATERIAL

[Released to the press September 10]

The text of a memorandum by the British
Government, together with an exchange of let-
ters concerning it between Mr. Anthony Eden,
British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
and Mr. John G. Winant, American Ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, follows :

"Foreign Office, S. W. 1,

"■10th September, 19^1.
"My Dear Ambassador,

"With reference to the conversations about
Lend-Lease material which have recently taken
place in London and in which you have par-

ticipated, I enclose a memorandum on the policy
of His Majesty's Government in the United
Kingdom with regard to exports from this
country and with regard to the distribution
here of Lend-Lease material. I shall be glad
if you will transmit it to your Government.
"Yours sincerely,

Anthony Eden"

[Enclosure]

"Memorandum.

"1. All materials which we obtain under the
Lend-Lease Act are required for the prosecu-

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205

tion of the War eflFort. This pi'inciple governs
all questions of the distribution and use of such
goods and His Majesty's Government have
taken and will continue to take action to secure
that these goods are not in any case diverted
to the furtherance of private interests.
'■'■Expo7't Policy.

''2. Lend-Lease materials sent to this country
have not been used for export and every effort
will be made in the future to ensure that they
are not used for export, subject to the principle
that where complete physical segregation of
Lend-Lease materials is impracticable domestic
consumption of the material in question shall
be at least equal to the amounts received under
Lend-Lease.

"3. His Majesty's Government have not ap-
plied and will not apply any materials similar
to those supplied under Lend-Lease in such a
way as to enable their exporters to enter new
markets or to extend their export trade at the
expense of United States exporters. Owing to
the need to devote all available capacity and
man-power to war production, the United King-
dom export trade is restricted to the irreducible
minimum necessary to supply or obtain mate-
rials essential to the war effort.

"4. For some time past, exports from the
United Kingdom have been more and more con-
fined to those essential (I) for the supply of
vital requirements of overseas countries, par-
ticularly in the sterling empire ; (H) for the ac-
quisition of foreign exchange, particularly in
the Western Hemisphere. His Majesty's Gov-
ernment have adopted the policy summarized
below :

"(I) No materials of a type the use of which
is being restricted in the United States on the
gi'ounds of short supply and of which we obtain
supplies from the United States either by pay-
ment or on Lend-Lease terms will be used in ex-
ports with the exception of the following special
cases :

"(a) Material which is needed overseas in
connection with supplies essential to the war
effort for ourselves and our Allies, and which
cannot be obtained from the United States.

"(b) Small quantities of such materials
needed as minor though essential components
of exports which otherwise are composed of
materials not in short supply in the United
States.

"(c) Kepair parts for British machinery and
plant now in use, and machinery and plant
needed to complete installations now under
construction, so long as they have already been
contracted for.

"Steps have been taken to prevent the export
(except to Empire and Allied territories) of
such goods which do not come within the ex-
ceptions referred to in (a), (b) and (c) above.

"(II) Materials similar to those being pro-
vided under Lend-Lease which are not in short
supply in the United States will not be used
for export in quantities greater than those
which we ourselves produce or buy from any
source.

'•'■ Distribution in the United Kingdom of Lend-
Lease goods.
"5. The general principle followed in this
matter is that the remuneration received by
the distributors, whatever the method of dis-
tribution, is controlled and will be no more
than a fair return for the services rendered in
the work of distribution. The arrangements
rigorously exclude any opportunity for a spec-
ulative profit by private interests from dealing
in Lend-Lease goods. In most cases, Lend-
Lease supplies will be distributed through or-
ganizations acting as agents of His Majesty's
Government in the strict sense of the term and
not as principals. Where for strong practical
reasons this cannot be done a full explanation
will be supplied to the United States Adminis-
tration and their concurrence sought before-
hand in any alternative arrangements proposed.
The justification for retaining existing chan-
nels of distribution operating under strict Gov-
ernment control, is that the creation of elabo-
rate new organizations in their place would in-
evitably result in loss of efficiency and the
wasteful use of manpower, and retard the war
effort. In the distribution of Lend-Lease

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goods there will be no discrimination against
United States firms.

"6. Food is a special case. Only some 5 or
6 percent in tonnage of the total British food
suppl}' is coming from the United States and
without great practical complications it would
be impossible to have a separate system for the
distribution of Lend-Lease food. Food dis-
tribution is carried out in the United King-
dom by wholesalers, to whom the Government
sells food as principals. In fact, the Minis-
try of Food has established a close control over
all distributive margins so that neither the
wholesalers nor the retailers receive any greater
remuneration than is adequate to cover the
cost of the services performed. No food ob-
tained on Lend-Lease terms is or will be sold
at uncontrolled prices. Thus the general ar-
rangements as regards the issue of Lend-Lease
food fit into His Majesty's Government's pol-
icy of stabilising the whole price level of food-
stuffs, a policy to which the Government con-
tributes £100 millions a year.

"7. In some cases direct free distribution is
practicable and will be adopted. For example,
some milk products (including Lend-Lease sup-
jjlies from the United States) are distributed
direct and free of charge to children and others
in need through schools, clinics and hospitals.
The distribution is undertaken by State agen-
cies and the cost of the distribution is borne by
the Government.

"Seitember 10, 1941."

"London, September 10, lOJ^l.
"Dear Mr. Eden :

"Thank you for your letter of September
10th, enclosing a memorandum on United King-
dom export policy and on the distriliution of
Lend-Lease material. I have caused the memo-
randum to be transmitted immediately to Wash-
ington for the information of my Government.
"Sincerely yours,

John W. Winant"

American Republics

BRAZIL: ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

[Roleased to the press September V]

The following message was read on behalf of
the President of the United States on radio
progi-ams transmitted to Brazil on September
7, 1941 :

"On this memorable date, we in the United
States of North America join with you, the
Government and people of Brazil, in commemo-
rating the 'grito de Ypiranga' — that resound-
ing assertion of Brazilian independence which
was so eloquently voiced by Dom Pedro.

"This spirit of independence makes us kin-
dred peoples who can understand, appreciate,
and respect each other's feelings and main-
springs of action. The further ties that bind us
in friendship and mutual interest are many and
strong. They are also ancient and enduring.

"Brazil has shown constant devotion to the
sentiment of fraternity toward all her sister
nations of the Americas, in deed as well as in
word. Brazil has steadily rendered service to
the cause of peaceful arbitration. Brazil har-
bors no aggressive designs against any nation.
Brazil's policies have constantly been based upon
continental friendship and solidarity. The
United States is in accord with Brazil in these
principles; it will continue to support them
with all its moral and material resources.

"Because of this fundamental sympathy of
spirit and purpose, President Vargas' recent
greeting of friendship upon the occasion of our
own independence day was particularly touch-
ing to the hearts of the people of the United
States. Because of it also, it is deeply gratify-

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207

ing to me to return this greeting on behalf of
the people of my country on this anniversary
of Brazil's emergence as an independent force
devoted to the principles of justice and frater-
nity among independent nations — an emergence
which we ai'e proud of having been first to
recognize.

"Aggression and conquest are now grinding
hitherto great, happy, and peaceful nations into
the most abject misei-y and poverty. No nation
is safe against them. Never was the world
more in need of a re-establishment of the ideals
of peace and justice for which Brazil has so
constantly stood. I know that they will always
receive support from a Brazil always growing
in prosperity and prestige."

(Released to the press September 8]

The President has sent the following telegram
to the President of Brazil, His Excellency Dr.
Getulio Vargas :

"The WnrTE House,

"■September 7, 1^1.

"It gives me the greatest pleasure to greet
Your Excellency and to extend to you my cor-
dial congratulations and my sincere good wishes
for your personal welfare and for the increasing
happiness and prosperity of the people of Brazil
on this anniversai-y of Brazil's independence.

"It is profoundly encouraging to me, as it
must be to you, to find in the fruitful and cor-
dial relations which have prevailed between our
two peoples since the date we are today com-
memorating a demonstration and a vindication

of those principles upon which the world of the
future must be based and to the preservation
of which our two peoples, in common with those
of the other American republics, are pledged.
I am especially happy to have this opportunity
of expressing my gratitude for the spirit of har-
mony and cooperation with which you and the
distinguished members of your Government
have inspired all discussions of matters of
mutual interest to our two countries.

Fr.\nkijn D Roosevelt"

The Secretary of State has sent the following-
telegram to His Excellency Oswaldo Aranha,
Minister for Foreign Relations of Brazil:

"September 7, 1941.

"On this memorable date in the history of
Brazil and of the new world, it gives me the
greatest satisfaction, after a year in which the
relations between our two Governments have
grown closer than ever before, to send to Your
Excellency my most cordial greetings and to
express to you my very deep appreciation of
your friendlj' and constant cooperation during
the past year. The American republics, con-
fronted by the menace of those forces of ag-
gression and conquest which have been un-
leashed in the world, have need more than ever
of the firm adherence which Your Excellency
has demonstrated to the principle of conti-
nental solidarity for continental defense.

"Please accept my best wishes for the per-
sonal happiness and health of Your Excellency.
CORnELL Htjix"

General

THE FAITH AND PHILOSOPHY OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT

ADDRESS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY BERLE i

(Released to the press September 9]

You are assembled here to discuss the faith
and philosophy of democratic government.
This is all to the good. You realize perfectly
that you are not talking theory. If what you
think and say is valid, you yourselves and the

groups which you represent and influence will
be drawn almost at once into vivid action.

' Delivered at the first meeting of the Conference on
Science, Philosophy, aud Religion at Columbia Univer-
sity, September 8, 1941.

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In saying that you are at once drawn into
tlie field of action, I am not talking academics.

There are in the United States organizations
who raise their impetus from foreign powers
and who follow the deliberations of such groups
as yours. Note is taken of names and utter-
ances. The individuals are classified according
to their views. In due time they are card-
indexed chiefly for the use of the German Gov-
ernment. If any of you seem as though you
might be made of use in a Fascist movement,
that is recorded. If your minds and hearts place
you as instinctive enemies, that too is recorded.
All of this information is kept for future refer-
ence, and as opportunity appears it will turn
up in the propaganda or political campaigns
which are a recognized part of the total war.
There is nothing unnatural about this, and
most of us in times like these are only too glad
to stand up and be counted for the faith that
is in us. I mention the fact because philosophi-
cal discussions today are not mere mental exer-
cises. They are a definite part of a world strug-
gle. I hope they will become an ever greater
part. In conferences like these we begin to
approach those ultimate questions which will
determine the history of the next era.

Let me present as a thesis the proposition that
faith is dynamic and that it is today shaping
the course of events. Further, the faith which
we profess and is universal in application of
necessity must conquer. It will win the present
war. It will organize the ensuing peace. Be-
cause the democratic method we profess is the
political expression of a universal faith, I have
absolute conviction that at long last it will
triumph in the cataclysmic struggle now going
forward.

This is not the observation of a preacher. It
is the cold conclusion of a student of affairs.

Faith is a belief in values so strong that it
constrains the individual to act above and be-
yond his apparent personal interests. It is that
quality of belief in the kinds of value which
prompts and requires men to do things which
are intrinsically dangerous, to achieve results
which by mechanical standards are impossible

and which in consequence can give the lie to
apparently overmastering force. The processes
of its action are incalculable, though we know
of certain things it can do.

It can make men act together, for a common
faith creates brotherhood and alliances by the
mere fact of its being.

It can baffle, frustrate, and eventually convert
even enemies, for it corresponds to a human —
perhaps a divine — desire which experience
shows is a part of every human mind and heart.

These are not abstractions. History teaches
as its clearest lesson that no nation can be con-
quered unless it is willing to accept conquest.
If it preserves a faith in itself, the conqueror
has failed; if he is not ultimately destroyed, he
is finally reduced to impotence.

In the earliest recorded history we have rec-
ords of two great captivities — the Jewish cap-
tivity in Egypt and the Jewish captivity in
Babylon. By all physical and worldly stand-
ards survival of the Jewish faith and mainte-
nance of the Jewish nation were literally im-
possible. Yet the two greatest empires of their
time met something with which they could not
cope. The captive might be a slave; but in his
mind he was free. He had qualities which made
even his captors seek him in times of stress.
His fellow captives were not fellow slaves but
brothers. His spiritual leaders, though they
were reduced to servitude, were none the less
captains in a great struggle.

Shortly after the crucifixion of Christ and in
the name of the new and universal faith which
thus reached the Western World, there appeared
the most amazing proof of the determining
quality of dynamic faith. All revolutionary
techniques we know today are merely elabora-
tions of the method worked out by St. Paul in
the white heat of his passicm to bring about the
establisliment of a world based on the principle
of loving your neighbor as yourself. You re-
call the story of that astonishing period.

Because the faith he professed was universal
and because it included everyone St. Paul could
and did salute as a brother anyone from em-
peror to slave. Now the quality of finding him-
self part of a brotherhood — especially if you

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have been isolated and oppressed — is the most
thrilling experience that can come to a man.
Groups started throughout the entire eastein
empire. The man who was yesterday a com-
mon soldier, a simple laborer, or a serf regarded
as an animal suddenly found himself part of a
family. Even his oppressor ceased to be the
embodiment of force and became merely an ex-
tremely wayward brother. Perhaps St. Paul's
greatest propaganda value (as we should say
today) occurred during his imprisonment in
Rome while he was awaiting trial and ultimate
execution. He was guarded by Roman legion-
aries to whom he talked. In the Roman Empire
as in Nazi Germany today life offered very little
to the common soldier. He was ticketed for a
hopeless life and ultimate death. To him the
idea that he was also a man, a part of the great
historical process, an heir of God, must have had
a superlative splendor. The guards in St.
Paul's prison were changed often and sent to all
parts of the Empire with the result that endless
cells of Christianity appeared unexplicably all
over the Empire. This faith that a prisoner
could impart to his jailer so that a leader any-
where could share with anyone he chanced to
meet was a new factor in an Empire built on
mere personal ambition. You could not meet it
with armies. You had no ideas which could
conquer it. Students of this history tell me that
there is on record a letter from an exceedingly
puzzled Roman official to his chief wondering
how you could deal with this — and finding no
answer.

Let us translate this experience into modern
terms.

The decrees in most of Europe today require
that a Jew shall wear a yellow star of David.
This is intended as a badge of dishonor. But
seen through the eyes of a dynamic faith it be-
comes a signal of brotherhood. In the tactics
of passive resistance there is no greater advan-
tage possible than to be able to distinguish your
friends and allies from your enemies. So far
from being the badge of shame which was the
idea of the ojipressor, it is actually becoming
the outward and visible symbol of an inward
and unconquerable strength.

"WTiat happened nearly three thousand years
ago in Babylon can happen — and will happen —
again. Today there is not a single captivity.
There are many. The Polish Catholic is like-
wise condemned to wear a separate badge in the
conquered parts of Europe. By this he knows
when he meets his brothers of that faith. In
the unhappy history of Poland this has oc-
curred before. Never has it been possible to
kill by any such means that invincible quality
which has made Poland a continuous factor in
victory or defeat. You could multiply in-
stances in the black tale of present-day Europe
from the Arctic Ocean to the Adriatic, from
Brest to the banks of the Dnieper Rivei\ The
outstanding fact is that though armies move
and can destroy and kill, they cannot build.
The waste they create is slowly but with deadly
certainty swallowing the resources of the con-
quering forces. At this moment there are
groups of experts in Berlin anxiously reckoning
their expenditures in destruction and realizing
that they cannot replace the munitions, the
civilian supplies, and the lives they have wasted.
Only dynamic faith and human cooperation can
build; and without building there is no con-
tinuing flow of resources by which national life,
let alone conquest, can be continued.

To you, the difficulties which are already be-
ginning to appear in civil and military fronts
of Europe are readily explicable. For the the-
ory of the Nazi conquest was not universal but
particular; it included few and excluded al-
most everyone. The Nazi "faith" eliminates a
great part of humanity. The plan of setting
up a "master race" was in any case scientifi-
cally silly ; but politically and militarily it was
infinitely worse. By excluding five-sixths of
the people in its chosen areas, it arrayed
against itself the forces it most needed. Be-
cause these forces were relegated to lowly and
humble positions they were less visible and
less easy to deal with. It is fairly easy for
the gauleiter of an alleged master race to im-
prison or shoot a civil governor and put in one
of his own men. But he cannot find, still less
shoot, all of the people who keep the drains
open or the streets clean, who keep the water

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flowing into the houses or the lights lighted in
the thoroughfares.

In modern life the ultimate controls lie with
the little people who actually labor with their
hands on the mechanisms which keep civiliza-
tion going. Wlienever they stop wanting to
do these things or whenever the civilization
they are supposed to operate with the sweat of
their brows ceases to be an expression of the
faith they have, the machine stops going. Still
worse, it may go into reverse. In that mo-
ment the master becomes not a dominant force
but a hunted figure. The conqueror walks the
streets in constant fear. His armed forces,
though not a word is said, know that they are
surrounded by a force they do not under-
stand— a force which one day will mean that
they will not eat. The would-be rulers of an
empire become a handful of people, with arms
in their hands it is true, but with their backs
against a wall.

This is what is happening on the Continent
of Europe today. There is not a single fraction
of the entire mechanism which its Nazi con-
querors can trust. The more intelligent of
those conquerors are desperately seeking for
some exit from a situation which they them-
selves have created. Yet there can be no exit
so long as they profess and practice an outlaw
faith which by their own choice cuts them off
as effectively from most of mankind as though
they were lepers.

With this new demonstration of a very old
historical truth you will perhaps understand
why some of us have never doubted the final
victory over the present disaster. We have
seen it happen too often! We know that by
mathematical calculation a year ago last June
it seemed impossible that Britain should not be
forced to her knees. Military experts added up
their figures and could come to no other con-
clusion. The Germans were so sure of it that
they found it inconceivable that a sane British
Government should not recognize what were as-
sumed to be "facts" and promptly negotiate
peace. They were so sure of their supremacy
that they apparently expected the United States
as a friend of England to counsel her to give in.

The British did not believe it and we did not
believe it. The course of the next few months
showed that there was more to a world struggle
and a world revolution than mere military
mathematics.

We have seen the same thing happen in China.
We are seeing it occur elsewhere. We have
seen that the countries standing by their faith
even though it meant temporary eclipse are
today actually more alive and more vigorous
than those which abandoned their faith and
accepted the outlaw doctrine of exclusive force.

In the long run the universal faith which
begins with the assumption that all men are
brothers and which backs that up by sharing
with them the conduct of affairs, invariably
produces in every line of endeavor an ultimate
superiority. This is the quality of democracy.

Because of this very conviction in the tri-
umph of universal faith and any government
based on it, it is well that we consult together
to see what we can do to strengthen that faith
and action. By definition faith must be a be-
lief so strong that it requires men to act not
merely in their own interest but in the interest
of all of the brotherhood. Unless the will is
strong enough to translate faith into life and
action, the belief scarcely merits the dignity of
the great word "faith".

Many people come to me in Washington,
chiefly to ask a single question, "What can I
do in this situation?" Commonly their desire
is to offer their services to the Government.
And I have always answered, "Look around.
Everyone cannot go into the Army and the
Navy nor can everyone enter the Government
service. Is there anything you can do where
you are?" For faith is a total conception. You
defend it with armies if need be. You forward
it by the conventional work of the state. But
both these activities are only a mere fraction
of the aggi-egate life of a nation.

As Americans we ai-e a brotherhood, and we
are proud to say that that brotherhood excludes
no one. As a Nation we are proud that our
friendship and our brotherhood are open to
every country which meets us in like spirit.
We do not have nations or nationalities as ene-

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211

mies. We do struggle against lawlessness and
against cruelty, against hatred and against op-
pression, against fear and slavery and want. So
far as we can we must eliminate all of those
qualities within the United States. If there-
fore anyone carries on the struggle against in-
justice or want or race hatred or selfishness in
his own community he has joined in the strug-
gle for the liberation of the world. Any ele-
ment, however small, of strength that he can
contribute adds to the strength of the Nation
and to the strength of that free faith which
alone will create a world in which we are will-
ing to live.

As individuals the faith of a democracy de-
mands that we recognize as brothers the people
high and low with whom we have daily contact.
If there is injustice, political or economic,
within our circle our faith demands that we
join in insisting that the wrong be righted. Do
not think that this is a counsel of abstractions.
We have watched the propaganda techniques
of unfriendly countries. We have seen that
they try first to create injustice where that can
be done, and then to capitalize the result as a
proof that this faith we profess is a meaning-
less thing.

It is at this point that we justifiably call in
what used to be called "science" and what today
we may call technique.

The techniques of modern life — our engi-
neering, our chemistry, our medicine, and our
military armaments: our industrial organiza-
tion and our methods of supplj' — are tools only.

In and of themselves they do nothing. What
they achieve is the desire of men's minds.

It so happens that in my academic work I
have had much to do with what is called the
"social sciences". It took a long time for mod-
ern economists to learn that economy is not
merely the result of production and distribu-
tion but that it reflects the aggregate desires of
men in respect of the world in which they wish
to live. This was not an easy lesson. Yet the
fact is that the world we live in is the world
we want to live in; it is the product of our
desires carried into execution by our rapidly
widening techniques.

But these techniques are superb. On the
physical side we now have in our hands the
tools which can create any condition we really
desire. If we want a population living in rela-
tive ease, we can have it. If we want a popula-
tion physically feeble and interested only in
minor luxuries, we can have that. In older
times it used to be said that people got the kind
of government they deserved. Today it can
certainly be said of us that our people will live
the kind of life, will create the kind of com-
munities, and will build the kind of cities they
truly wish.

America has at her command the power to
defend the faith that is in her. She has the
power to create a civilization unmatched in
history, when the need of defense shall have
passed. To you whose duty it is to strengthen
her faith, we bid God-speed.

Cultural Relations

MUSIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

[Released to the press September 12J

On September 2, 1941 President Roosevelt
approved the appointment of the Advisory
Committee on Music to advise the Department
of State through the Division of Cultural Rela-
tions regarding the stimulation of musical inter-

change among the American republics and the
coordination of activities in this country which
concern inter-American music.^

' For advisory committees in other fields of cultural
relations and their memberships, see the Bulletin of
May 17, 1941, p. 603, and August 23, 1941, p. 154.

212

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

The i^ersonnel of the Committee, which is to
serve jointly during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1942, for the Office of the Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs and for the Depart-
ment of State, is as follows:

Warren D. Allen, Professor of Music, Stanford Uni-
versity, Stanford University, Calif.

Marshall Bartliolomew, Director, Yale University Glee
Club, New Haven, Conn.

John W. Beattie, Mus.D., Dean, School of Music,
Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.

William Berrien, Ph.D., Adviser on Latin American
Studies, American Council of Learned Societies,
Washington, D. C.

Evans Clark, Executive Director, Twentieth Century
Fund, New York, N. Y.

Aaron Copland, President, American Composers Alli-
ance, New York, N. Y.

Earl V. Moore, Mus.D., Director, School of Music,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

RnsseU V. Morgan, Mus.D., Director of Music, Cleve-
land Public Schools and Professor of Music, West-
ern Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Carleton Sprague Smith, Ph.D., Chief of Music Divi-
sion, New York Public Library, New York, N. Y.

Davidson Taylor, Assistant to the Vice President, Co-
lumbia Broadcasting System, New York, N. Y.

PHYSICIANS FROM OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS TO STUDY IN THE

UNITED STATES

In cooperation with the Department of
State and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,
the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs has
awarded fellow.ships to eight physicians from
five American republics for special graduate
study in the United States. These physicians
from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Mexico,
Paraguay, and Venezuela will study at out-
standing medical institutions in the United
States.

The physicians who will receive fellowships
and the institutions to which they have been
assigned are as follows :
Brazil

Dr. Aurelio Monteiro, who graduated from the Na-
tional School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro, receiving
honors in gynecology, is a member of the Society of
Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro and of the
Brazilian Society of Gynecology, and was also winner
of the 1939 Gynecology Prize of the Society of Medicine
and Surgery. Preparatory to becoming an assistant in
the Department of Surgery of the National School of
Medicine of Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Monteiro will study at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Dominican Republic

Dr. Rafael Arturo BatUe, who graduated from the
National University of Santo Domingo in 1938, will
study under Dr. Hugh Young at the Brady Urological
Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Upon his return to his own country, Dr. BatUe will
head the Urological Service of the new hospital which
the Government has opened at Ciudad Trujillo.

Dr. L. F. Thomen, who graduated from the University
of Santo Domingo in 19o6 and from Tulane University
in 1938, will study in the Johns Hopkins School of
Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore and later will
visit the State Health Departments of Virginia and
Georgia.

Mexico

Dr. Feliciano Palomino-Dena, who graduated from
the Army Medical School in Mexico City, is a major
in the Medical Corps of the Mexican Army and has
been director of the aiexican Federal Hospital for Drug
Addicts. He will study ophthalmology at Columbia
University, New York City, or at the Eye and Ear In-
firmary of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Rodolfo Vera-Barriguete, who graduated from the
Army Medical School in Mexico City, is now studying
at the Tuberculosis Division of the Health Departments
of the District of Columbia and Baltimore. After com-
pleting his studies there, he will go to the Henry Phipps
Institute in Philadelphia.

Pabaqtjat

Dr. Rafll Pena, Director of Health and Chief of the
National Health Laboratories of Paraguay, is studying
and observing the activities of the District of Columbia
Health Department and the Health Departments of the
States of Virginia, Georgia, and New York. Later Dr.
Pena will visit the Venereal Disease Clinic of the
United States Public Health Service at Hot Springs,
Ark., and will attend meetings of public-health
societies.

Venezttei.a

Dr. R. A. Salas- Victoria, of the Venezuelan Ministry
of Health, will study public-health subjects at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, including field work.

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213

Dr. Francisco Scannone, graduate of the Central
University of Venezuela, will study iu the Venereal
Disease Clinic of the United States Public Health Serv-
ice at Baltimore and later probably will go to the
Public Health Service Venereal Disease Clinic at Hot
Springs, Ark. On his return to Venezuela, Dr. Scan-
none will be connected with the Division of Venereal
Disease Control of his country.

The Department

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

Mr. William C. Burdett, a Foreign Service
officer of class I, was designated to succeed Mr.
J. Klalir Huddle as Director of the Foreign
Service Officers' Training School, effective Au-
gust 28, 1941 (Departmental Order 966).

Mr. John M. Begg was designated an Assist-
ant Chief of the Division of Cultural Kelations,
effective September 6, 1941 (Departmental
Order 965).

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

[Released to the press September 13]

The following changes have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since September 6,
1941:

The assigmnent of Carol H. Foster, of An-
napolis, Md., as Consul General at Johannes-
burg, Union of South Africa, has been can-
celed. In lieu thereof, Mr. Foster has been
assigned for duty in the Department of State.

Lucien Memminger, of Charleston, S. C, who
has been serving as Consul General at Copen-
hagen, Denmark, has been designated First
Secretary of Legation at Pretoria, Union of
South Africa.

Leslie E. Reed, of St. Paul, Minn., who has
been serving as First Secretary of Legation and
Consul General at Athens, Greece, has been

designated First Secretary of Legation and
Consul General at San Jose, Costa Rica, and
M'ill serve in dual capacity.

Alfred W. Klieforth, of Boalsburg, Pa., who
has been serving as Consul General at Cologne,
Germany, has been assigned as Consul General
at Winnipeg, Canada.

Harold B. Quarton, of Algona, Iowa, now
serving in the Department of State, has been
assigned as Consul General at Keijo, Cliosen.

Thormod O. Klath, of Sioux City, Iowa,
Commercial Attache at Bern, Switzerland, has
been designated Commercial Attache at Stock-
holm, Sweden.

John M. Cabot, of Cambridge, Mass., Second
Secretary of Legation at Guatemala, Guate-
mala, has been assigned for duty in the Depart-
ment of State.

George Alexander Armstrong, of New York,
N. Y., Consul at Malaga, Spain, has been as-
signed as Consul at Manchester, England.

Howard F. Withey, of Reed City, Mich., who
has been serving as Consul at Trieste, Italy,
has been assigned as Consul at Veracruz,
Mexico.

Archer Woodford, of Paris, Ky., who has
been serving as Consul at Hamburg, Germany,
has been assigned as Consul at Calcutta, India.

Richard S. Huestis, of Ticonderoga, N. Y.,
who has been serving as Consul at Rotterdam,
Netherlands, has been assigned as Consul at
Cardiff, Wales.

Frederick W. Hinke, of Auburn, N. Y., Con-
sul at Tientsin, China, has been assigned as
Consul at Shanghai, China.

Roy E. B. Bower, of Alameda, Calif., who
has been serving as Consul at Munich, Germany,
has been assigned as Consul at Calcutta, India.

Charles E. Brookhart, of Washington, Iowa,
Consul at London, England, has been assigned
as Consul at Shanghai, China.

H. Gordon Minnigerode, of Washington,
D. C, Vice Consul at Singapore, Straits Settle-
ments, has been designated Third Secretary of
Legation and Vice Consul at San Jose, Costa
Rica, and will serve in dual capacity.

Hiram Bingham, Jr., of New Haven, Conn.,
now serving in the Department of State, has

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been assigned as Vice Consul at Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

James M. Gilchrist, Jr., of Chicago, 111., now
serving in the Department of State, has been
assigned as Vice Consul at Halifax, Canada.

Hartwell Johnson, of Aiken, S. C, Third
Secretary of Legation at Guatemala, Guate-
mala, has been designated Third Secretary of
Embassy and Vice Consul at Lima, Peru, and
will serve in dual capacity.

The assignment of Lewis E. Gleeck, Jr., of
Chicago, 111., as Third Secretary of Embassy
and Vice Consul at Moscow, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, has been canceled. In lieu

thereof, Mr. Gleeck has been designated Third
Secretary of Legation and Vice Consul at Hel-
sinki, Finland, and will serve in dual capacity.

Herbert V. Olds, of Lynn, Mass., who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Rotterdam,
Netherlands, has been assigned as Vice Consid
at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Edmund A. GuUion, of Lexington, Ky., who
has been serving as Vice Consul at Salonika,
Greece, has been assigned as Vice Consul at
Calcutta, India.

Boies C. Hart, Jr., of Mystic, Conn., Vice
Consul at Shanghai, China, has been designated
Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking, China.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

FINANCE

AGREEMENT WITH HAITI

[Released to the press September 13]

The Government of the Republic of Haiti
announced at Port-au-Prince on September 13
the signature by the representatives of the Gov-
ernments of the United States and of Haiti of
an agreement defining the financial relations
between the two countries. The purpose of the
agreement is to modernize the fiscal machinery
set up in 1915 while adequately safeguarding
the interests of the holders of the 1922 and 1923
Haitian bonds. The offices of Fiscal Eej^re-
sentative and Deputy Fiscal Representative are
terminated.

The framework of the new agreement derives
from the negotiations conducted last April by
President Elie Lescot of Haiti, then President-
elect, and the Under Secretary of State of the
United States, Sumner Welles.^ The text of
the agreement was developed in the couree of

' Bulletin of May 10, 1941, p. 567.

conversations conducted in the Department
during July with the Minister of Haiti to the
United States, M. Fernand Dennis, and the
Haitian Minister of Finance, M. Abel Lacroix.

Under the agreement the National Bank of
the Republic of Haiti is charged with tlie super-
vision of the accounting and disbursing sj'stems
and the collection of customs and internal rev-
enues in the Rei^ublic. The Bank becomes the
sole depository of Government funds and the
Haitian Minister of Finance undertakes to
transfer to a representative of the holders the
sums necessary for the service of the outstand-
ing Haitian dollar bonds.

The Board of Directors of the reorganized
Bank consists of six voting members, of whom
three are citizens of Haiti and three are citizens
of the United States. Decisions of the Board
require a majority vote. The President of the
Republic of Haiti appoints the Haitian mem-
bers, while the United States members are
chosen by agreement between the two Govern-
ments. In this connection there were ex-
changed simultaneously with the signature of

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215

the agreement notes signed by the Foreign
Minister of Haiti and the American Minister
to Haiti agreeing upon the three United States
members.

Two co-presidents of the Bank are provided
for in the agreement. One of these, the Haitian
Minister of Finance, is ex officio tlie honorary
president who shall preside at the meetings of
the Board. The other co-president is one of the
United States members of the Board who is
designated to represent the holders of the
1922 and 1923 bonds and to coordinate and di-
rect the functions and activities of the two vice
presidents who are chosen by the Board. One
of the vice presidents is charged with supervis-
ing and carrying out the commercial operations
of the Bank, and the other with supervising and
carrying out the fiscal functions of the Bank,
under the immediate direction of the president
responsible for such work.

The interest and amortization service of the
1922 and 1923 bonds constitute an irrevocable
first lien u^Don the revenues of the Government
of Haiti. The agreement specifies that until
the amortization of the bonds has been com-
pleted, the public debt of the Republic of Haiti
shall not be increased except by agreement be-
tween the two Governments. Furthermore it is
provided that in the event that the total reve-
nues of the Government should in any fiscal year
exceed $7,000,000, additional sums shall be ap-
plied to the sinking fund for the redemption of
bonds. \

By the exchange of notes the following
United States members of the Board have been
designated :

Mr. W. H. Williams, a resident of Port-au-
Prince and the General Manager of the Na-
tional Bank of the Republic of Haiti for a num-
ber of years; becomes one of the co-presidents.

Mr. Thomas Pearson, of Asheville, N. C, a
member of the American commission to reor-
ganize and administer the finances of Persia
from 1922 to 1927, and from 1937 to 1941 Dep-
uty General Receiver of Dominican Customs.

Mr. Edward F. Roosevelt, of New York, a
representative for several years of American
business firms in France, Belgium, and Spain;
from 1937 to 1939 Commissioner to South
America for the New York World's Fair, and in
1940 Director of Foreign Government Partici-
pation in the Fair.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION

Portugal — Portuguese Colonies

By a note dated September 4, 1941 the Span-
ish Ambassador at Washington informed the
Secretary of State that on July 3, 1941 the
instrument of ratification by Portugal of the
International Telecommunication Convention
signed at Madrid on December 9, 1932, was de-
posited with the Spanish Government. The
ratification includes also the Portuguese Col-
onies.

By a second note dated September 4, 1941
the Spanish Ambassador informed the Secre-
tary of State that the Embassy of Italy at
Madrid in a note dated July 2, 1941 informed
the Spanish Government of the adherence "of
the independent state of the Kingdom of Croa-
tia" to the International Telecommunication
Convention signed at Madrid on December 9,
1932.

Regulations

Export Control Schedule No. 18 [determining, effec-
tive September 10, 1941, the forms, conversions, and
derivatives of animal products, textile fibers and man-
ufactures, wood and pai>er, nonmetallic minerals, non-
ferrous metals, precious metals, as designated in Proc-
lamation 2503; sole leather and belting leather (items 3
and 4, Proclamation 2460) ; and asbestos (item 2c, Proc-
lamation 2413)]. August 20, 1941. (Administrator of
Export Control.) 6 Federal Register 4664.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER 20, 1941
Vol. V, No. 117— Publication 1641

ontents

Europe Page

Definition of term "United Kingdom" 219

Return of American citizens from the British Isles . . 221

Commercial Policy

Requirements for entry of coffee into the United

States 221

National Defense

Licensing of exports 222

Cultural Relations

Short-wave radio-program schedules for other American

republics 223

Legislation 223

The Foreign Service

Promotions 224

Personnel changes 226

Treaty Information

Commerce: Inter-American Coffee Agi-ecment .... 227
Telecommunications: International Telecommunication

Convention 227

Sovereignty: Convention on the Provisional Adminis-
tration of European Colonies and Possessions in the
Americas 227

Regulations 228

Publications 228

U. S. SUPERINTfNDENT OF DOCUMENTS

OCT 14 1941

Europe

DEFINITION OF TERM "UNITED KINGDOM"

[Released to the press September 15]

The President's proclamation of November 4,
1939,' issued under section 1 (a) of the Neu-
trality Act of 1939, proclaimed the existence
of a state of war "... between Germany and
France; Poland; and the United Kingdom,
India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and
the Union of South Africa . . ."

On August 27, 1941 the Secretary of State
requested from the Acting Attorney General a
formal opinion as to whether the term ''United
Kingdom" as used in the proclamation might
properly be construed as including only Eng-
land, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland,
and as not including the overseas territories
and possessions of Great Britain not expressly
enumerated in the proclamation. The Acting
Attorney General concluded that that term is
properly to be construed as including only
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ire-
land and not the overseas territories and pos-
sessions of Great Britain not thus expressly
enumerated.

The restrictions of section 2 (a) of the Neu-
trality Act of 1939 apply only to the carriage
of passengers, articles, or materials to states
named in proclamations issued under section
1 (a) of the Act. Accordingly, transportation
of passengers and any articles or materials in-
cluding arms, ammunition, or implements of
war to the overseas colonies and possessions of
Great Britain which are not in a combat area
and which are not specifically enumerated in

the proclamation of November 4, 1939 is not
prohibited by the Neutrality Act of 1939.

The text of the Acting Attorney General's
opinion follows :

"Office of the Attorket General,

''Washington, D. C, August 29, lO^l.
"The Honorable

"The Secretary of State.
"Mt Dear Mr. Secretary:

"I have your letter of August 27 ^ requesting
my opinion whether the term 'United King-
dom,' as used in the President's proclamation
of November 4, 1939 (4 F.R. 4493), issued un-
der the Neutrality Act of 1939, may be con-
strued as 'including only England, Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland and as not in-
cluding the overseas territories and possessions
of the British Empire'.

"The proclamation reads in pertinent part as
follows :

" 'Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States of America, act-
ing under and by virtue of the authority con-
ferred on me by the said joint resolution, do
hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily
exists between Germany and France; Poland;
and the United Kingdom, India, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand and the Union of South
Africa, and that it is necessary to promote the
security and preserve the peace of the United
States and to protect the lives of citizens of
the United States.'

' BiiUelin of November 4, 1939, p. 453.
4153S3^1

' Not printed.

219

220

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

"The generally accepted meaning of 'United
Kingdom' is reflected in the definition set forth
in "Webster's New International Dictionary of
the English Language, Second Edition, 1939.
Here the term is defined as follows :

^'■'■United Kingdom, the. Great Britain and
Ireland ; — so called from January 1, 1801, when
the Legislative Union went into operation, to
1922 when, after the establishment of the Irish
Free State, the remaining portion was officially
called the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland. By act of Parliament,
1927, the words "United Kingdom" were
omitted from the title of the king.'

"This definition is entirely consistent with
well-established English usage. Thus, in Pro-
fessor Dicey 's work on Conflict of Laws (Sec-
ond Edition, 1908) 'United Kingdom' is defined
as follows (at y>- 68) :

" ' "United Kingdom" means the United
Kingdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland,
and the islands adjacent thereto, but does not
include either the Isle of Man or the Channel
Islands.'

See also Keith, The Governments of the British
Empire (1935) p. 20.

"The origin of the English usage was the
Union of Ireland Act, which provided that 'the
said Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland
shall ... be united into one Kingdom by the
name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland'; 39 & 40 G. 3, c. 67 (1800). The
same meaning was also given to the term under
discussion in the Interpretation Act of 1889, 52
& 53 V. c. G3, s. 18, which iDrovided as follows :

" 'In this act, and in every act passed after
the commencement of this act, the following
expressions shall, unless the contrary intention
appears, have the meanings hereby respectively
assigned to them, namely —

'"(1) The expression "British Isles" shall
mean the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands
and the Isle of Man.'

"Although the foregoing provision does not
directly define 'United Kingdom,' it points ir-

resistibly to the conclusion that 'United King-
dom' is limited to the British Isles and does not
include the overseas possessions, or dependen-
cies, or mandates of the British Empire. This
is true because that provision makes 'British
Isles,' which clearly does not include overseas
possessions or dependencies, more extensive
than 'United Kingdom.' The definition in the
Interpretation Act reflected a well-established
usage which had been embodied in specific defi-
nitions of the term 'United Kingdom' in pre-
vious statutes, such as An Act to Consolidate
and Amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy
and Insolvency in Ireland (1857) 20 & 21 V.
c. 60 s. 4 ; An Act to Alter Certain Duties and
to Amend the Laws relating to Customs (1867),
30 & 31 V. c. 82 s. 5 ; An Act for Improving the
Condition of Mates and Seamen and Maintain-
ing Discipline in the Merchant Service (1850)
13 and 14 V. c. 93, s. 2.

"The separation of Northern and Southern
Ireland by the Government of Ireland Act of
1920, and the creation of the Irish Free State
by the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922,
12 G. 5, c. 4, required, of course, a change in
tlie definition of the term 'United Kingdom.'
Accordingly, statutes passed shortly after
these acts contained the following specific
definition :

"'"United Kingdom" means Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.'

See e.g., Settled Land Act, 1925, 15 G. 5, c. 18,
s. 117; Trustees Act, 1925, 15 G. 5, c. 19, s. 68;
Law of Property Act, 1925, 15 G. 5, c. 20, s. 205;
Land Registration Act, 1925, 15 G. 5, c. 21, s. 3;
Merchant Shipping Act, 1925, 15 & 16 G. 5, c. 37,
s. 3; Teachers Act, 1925, 15 & 16 G. 5, c. 59, s.
18; Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, 15 &
16 G. 5, c. 84, s. 48; Merchandise Marks Act,
1926, 16 & 17 G. 5, c. 53, s. 10.

"In 1927, a new interpretation statute. Royal
Parliamentary Titles Act, 17 G. 5, c. 4, was
passed to reflect the change in political struc-
ture and provided in section 2, as follows :

" 'In every act passed and public documents
issued after the passage of this act the expres-
sion "United Kingdom" shall, unless the con-

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221

text otherwise requires, mean Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.'

"The applicable court decisions show a uni-
form judicial interpretation of the term
'United Kingdom' in complete harmony with
the legislative definitions set forth above. See
e.g., Turribnll v. Solicitor of Inland Revenue,
42 Sc. L.R. 15 (1904) ; DeBeers Consolidated
Mine Ltd. v. Howe, (1906) A.C. 455; Tomalin
V. S. Pearson & Son Ltd., (1909) 2 K. B. 61.

"The foregoing discussion demonstrates that
the term 'United Kingdom' is a term of art
with a well-settled and precise meaning. No
contrary purpose appearing, well-settled canons
of constructions require that the term as used
in the proclamation should be given this
meaning.

"For the reasons given it is my opinion that
the term 'United Kingdom' as used in the
proclamation of November 4. 1939, is properly
to be construed as including only England.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and not
the overseas territories and possessions of the
British Empire.

"Respectfully,

"FlL\NCIS BiDDLE

Acting Attorney General"

RETURN OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM
THE BRITISH ISLES

In view of the complete lack of normal
travel facilities from the British Isles to the
United States, the Secretary of State, exer-
cising the discretion resting in him under the
Neutrality Act of 1939, has authorized Ameri-
can citizens to travel from the British Isles to
the United States on belligerent vessels at their
own risk when no other means of transporta-
tion are available, and has instructed the
American Ambassador to work out an equi-
table procedure.

Some such arrangement became necessary by
reason of the fact that under the provisions of
the Nationality Act of 1940 certain American
citizens now residing in the British Isles will
lose their American citizenship on October 14,
1941 unless they return to the United States
by that date.

In considering some relief for this group of
American citizens, it was felt that similar re-
lief should be accorded all other American
citizens now residing in the British Isles who
are willing to risk the danger of the journey
across the North Atlantic on a belligerent ship
at this time.

Commercial Policy

REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY OF COFFEE INTO THE UNITED STATES

[Released to the press September 18]

The President signed an Executive order on
September 17, 1941, prescribing regulations
pertaining to the entry of coffee into the United
States from countries which are signatories of
the Inter- American Coffee Agreement.

The oi'der is designed to prevent the diver-
sion to the United States of coffee shipped from
the producing countries under their quotas for
exports to the market outside the United States.
Such diversion of coffee shipments may result
in the filling of the United States import quotas

before the producing countries' export quotas
for the United States market are exhausted.
This situation would interfere with the normal
operations of the coffee trade and, in certain
instances, would make it impossible for the
traders to make deliveries in fulfilment of con-
tracts.

The order establishes a procedure for coordi-
nating control of coffee exjjorts by the produc-
ing countries with conti-ol of coffee imports by
tlie United States. This procedure requires
that the usual invoice of shipment certified by a

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

United States consular officer shall include a
statement signed by the officer to the effect that
an official document required by article VI of
the agreement has been presented sliowing that
the coffee has been authorized for exjiortation
to the United States, and also requires that the
entry of coffee into the United States shall be
made only upon presentation of such an invoice.

This order is effective immediately, and the
certified consular invoice described above is re-
quired in the case of any shipment of coffee
from a signatory country presented for entry
for consumption in the United States on or
after October 1, 1941 except as stated below.

This order does not apply to shipments of
coffee valued at less than $100.

In cases where the invoice is late in arriving,
the importer is permitted to make entry of the
shipment upon the posting of a bond to produce
the invoice within a period of six months. It
is understood that the Secretary of the Treasury
will exercise under existing law such authority
regarding the posting and cancelation of the
bond as may be appropriate and necessary to
serve fully the purpose of the order.

Provision is also made in the order to permit
the entry into the United States of coffee
shipped from the producing country on a
through bill of lading prior to the date of the
order. This is designed to avoid inconvenience
or hardship that might otherwise arise when
the new procedure comes into effect. However,
other shipments made prior to that date, if
valued at $100 or more, will require for entry
into the United States an invoice certified in
accordance with the provisions of the order.

The text of the Executive order follows:

ExECDTivE Order

PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE
ENTRY OF COFFEE INTO THE UNPTED STATES FROM
COUNTRIES SIGNATORIES OF THE INTER- AMERICAN
COFFEE AGREEMENT

By virtue of the authority vested in me by
section 2 of the joint resolution of Congress ap-
proved April 11, 1941 (Public Law 33, 77th
Cong., 1st sess.) it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. No invoice of coffee produced in a country
which is a signatory of the Inter-American Cof-
fee Agreement shall be certified hereafter by a
United States consular officer unless there shall
be produced to the certifying officer an official
document, required by Article VI of the Agree-
ment, showing that the coffee is within the pro-
ducing country's quota for exportation to
United States customs territory.

2. Beginning October 1, 1941, coffee produced
in a country which is a signatory of the Inter-
American Coffee Agreement shall not be admit-
ted to entry for consumption in the customs ter-
ritory of the United States unless there shall be
produced for each shipment of such coffee an
invoice bearing a certificate of a United States
consular officer that there has been presented to
him an official document required by Article VI
of the Agreement showing that such shipment is
within the producing country's quota for expor-
tation to United States customs territory; ex-
cept that any such shipment may be so entered
without the production of such an invoice if the
shipment is valued at less than $100, or if there
is given a bond conditioned for the production
of such an invoice within six months from the
date of entry, or if the coffee was shipped from
the producing country under a through bill of
lading to the United States prior to the date of
this order.

Franklin D Roosevelt
The White House,

Septeviber 17, 19^1.
[No. 8902]

National Defense

LICENSING OF EXPOETS

The Office of the Administrator of Export
Control has been placed under the Economic
Defense Board by an Executive order of Sep-
tember 15, 1941 (no. 8900) , which amends Exec-
utive Order 8839 of July 30, 1941 ^ establishing
the Board. The text of the Executive order of

^Bulletin of August 2, 1941, p. 97.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1941

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September 15 is printed in the Federal Register
of September 19, 1941, page 4795.

[Released to the press September 15]

The Secretary of State announced on Sep-
tember 15 that general licenses G-1 to G-66 and
G-68 to G-78 have been amended to include the
forms, conversions, and derivations of wood
and paper as set forth in Export Control
Schedule 20." Contrary to a previous announce-
ment, general license G-63 authorizing exjDorta-
tions to the Philippines does not include Sitka
spruce listed in Export Control Schedule 18.

Collectors of customs were informed on Sep-
tember 17, 1941 that, since sulfanilamide, phe-
nolphthalein, and acetophenetidine do not fall
within the definition of "Other finished coal-
tar products (exclusive of medicinals)", which
appears in Export Control Schedule 17 under
Schedule B, number 8069.99, no license is re-
quired for their exportation.

On September 19, collectors were informed
that the consolidation of general licenses does
not alter in any respect the present status and
the present code-symbol designations of general
in-transit licenses or of the special petroleum
licenses GEG and GEH.

Cultural Relations

SHORT-WAVE R A D I 0 - P R O G R A M
SCHEDULES FOR OTHER AMERICAN
REPUBLICS

In cooperation with the Department of State
the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri-
can Affairs has completed plans for the com-
piling in Spanish, Portuguese, and English of
short-wave radio-program schedules for mail-
ing to the other American republics.

Tlie schedules will be mailed regularly by the
Office of the Coordinator to United States
missions and to a selected mailing list in the
other American republics. Forty thousand

programs for the week of October 12 were dis-
tributed in the first mailing.

Distribution of these schedules is designed
to supply detailed information on all short-
wave progi'ams broadcast from this country
which can be heard in the other American re-
publics. Each program on the schedules is
listed by title, the hour at which it may be
heard, and the wave length of the broadcast-
ing station.

Only programs broadcast in Spanish are
listed in the Spanish-language schedules, and,
similarly, only Portuguese programs are listed
in the Portuguese schedules and only English
in the English schedules. To further facili-
tate the location of programs, the Spanish
schedules are published in four separate issues,
each showing the time in effect in the area in
which it is distributed.

Legislation

' 6 Federal Register 4535.

Supplemental E.stimates of Appropriations for State
Department, Fi.scal Tear liM2 : Communication From
the President of the United States Transmitting Six
Supplemental Estimates of Appropriations for the
Fiscal Year 1942 Amounting to $3,032,300; and Two
Drafts of Proposed Pi'ovisions Pertaining to Existing
Appropriations, for the Department of State. (H.Doc.
375, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 5 pp.

Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for Opera-
tions Under the Lend-Lease Act : Communication From
the President of the United States Transmitting a Sup-
plemental Estimate of Appropriation in the Amount
of $5,985,000,000 for Operations Under the Lend-Lease
Act. (H.Doc. .374, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 3 pp.

Operations Under Lend-Lease Act : Message From
the President of the United States Transmitting Pur-
suant to Law, the Second Report Under the Act of
March 11, 1941, Public Law 11, 77th Cong., entitled
"An Act Further To Promote the Defense of the
United States, and for Other Purposes". (S.Doc. 112,
77th Cong., 1st sess.) 32 pp.

To Suspend Philippine Export Taxes for a Period
of One Year : Hearings Before the Committee on Ter-
ritories and Insular Affairs, United States Senate,
77th Cong., 1st sess., on S. 1623, A Bill To Suspend
the Export Tax Prescribed by Section 6 of the Act of
March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456), as Amended, for a
Period of One Year, Commencing July 1, 1941, and For
Other Purposes. July .31 and August 4 and 6, 1941.
Iv, 91 pp.

The Foreign Service

PROMOTIONS

[Released to the press September 18]

The following Foreign Service officers have been nominated for promotion in the Foreign
kService, effective August 16, 1941 :

Homo address

From class 111 to class II
Loyd V. Steere

From class IV to class III

Don C. Bliss, Jr_..

Austin C. Brady.

Edward S. Crocker, 2d

Walter J. Donnelly

Homer S. Fox

Harry F. Hawley

William R. Langdon_

Alfred T. Nester

Altjurt F. Nuter...

Frank S. \Villiams__

From class Vto class I\'

Clayson W. Aldridge

William H. Beach

Donald F. Bigelow

John M. Corrigan

Allan Dawson

James O. Denby... __

Lynn W. Franklin

Curtis C. Jordan _

David McK. Key

Renwick S. McXiece

Marcel E. Malige _

Warwick Perkins.

J. Bartlett Richards.

From class VI to class V

H. Merrell Benninghofl...^

Joseph F. Burt.

Vinton Chapin

Prescott Childs

William M. Qwynn

Walter H. McKinney

Clarence E. Macy

Dale W. Maher

Walter S. Reineck

Thomas H. Robinson

William A. Smale

E. Talbot Smith

Francis H. Styles

Howard F. Withey

224

London

Rangoon

Tokyo

Rio de Janeiro.

London

Marseille ,

Mukden

Quayaquil

Habana

Tokyo

Singapore

Antwerp

Bern

Durban

La Paz

Capetown

Niagara Falls-
Madras

Rome

Maracaibo

Martinique

Toronto

Department. . . .

Tokyo

Valparaiso

Dublin

Rio de Janeiro.

Beirut

London

Karachi

Lyon

Vancouver

Cork

Nairobi

Dublin

Trieste

Agricultural Attache

Consul-

Consul

First Secretary

Commercial Attach^

Assistant Commercial Attache.

Consul

Consul General

Commercial Attachfi

Commercial Attache

Consul

Consul..

Second Secretary.

Consul

Consul-Second Secretary

Consul

Second Secretary

Consul

Foreign Service Officer

Second Secretary

Consul

Second Secretary

Consul-Second Secretary..

Consul

Consul...

Consul.

Consul

Consul..

Consul...

riaremont, Calif.

Bilo\i, Miss.
Santa Fe, N.M.
Fitchburg, Mass.
Arlington, Mass.
Central Lake, Mich.
New York, N.Y,
Dedham, Mass.
Geneva, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Magee, Miss.

Rome, N.Y.
Concord Whart, Va.
St. Paul, Minn.
Atlanta, Ga.
Des Moines, Iowa
Evansville, Ind.
Bethesda, Md.
Eagle Rock, Calif.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Lapwai, Idaho
Baltimore, Md.
Chevy Chase, Md.

Rochester, N.Y.
Fairfield, HI.
Boston, Mass.
Holyoke, Mass.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Denver, Colo.
Joplin, Mo.
Fremont, Ohio
Princeton, N.J.
San Diego, Calif.
Hartford, Conn.
Falls Church, Va.
Reed City, Mich.

SEPTEMBER 2 0, 194 1

225

From class VII to class VI

George M. Abbott

Oeorge Andrews

Lawrence S. Armstrong

Roy W. Baker

Ellis A. Bonnet

Frederick W. Hinke _._

Charles A. Hutchinson

John B. Ketcham

John H. Madonne.

James E. Parks

James K. Penfleld _..

Winfleld H. Scott ._-

Arthur F. Tower

From class VIII to class VII

Stephen E. Aguirre

Daniel V. Anderson

Waldo E. Bailey...

Walworth Barbour

Jacob D. Beam

John W. Carrigan

Bernard C. Connelly

Merritt N. Cootes

Earl T. Grain

Andrew E. Donovan, 2d

Walter C. Dowling...

Daniel Gaudin, Jr

James E. Henderson...

Fred W. Jandrey

Douglas Jenkins, Jr ...

Henry P. Leverich

Raymond P. Ludden

Patrick Mallon -..

John P. Palmer

Troy L, Perkins

Paul J. Reveley

W. Garland Richardson

Halleck L. Rose

Livingston Satterthwaite

Francis L. Spaulding

John F. Stone

Tyler Thompson

WUliam C. Trimble

Milton K. Wells

From unclassified A to class VIII

Hector C. Adam, Jr

Russell W. Benton

Eoswell C. Beverstock

William F. Busser...

Richard W. Byrd

Olion Curtis, Jr

Harry M. Donaldson

Owen W. Gaines

Elbert Q. Mathews

John Ordway

Marselis C. Parsons, Jr

George F. Scberer

Earle C. Taylor..

Woodrua Wallner

T. Eliot Weil.

Ivan B. White.

Marseille.

Panama

Nogales

Bristol

Amsterdam

Tientsin

Adelaide

Medan

Bern...

Colon

Godthaab

Tenerife

Kobe

Mexicali

Bogota

London

Sofia

London..

Mfaico, D. F.

Department

Rome

Madrid

Bogota

Rome.-

Alexandria

Department

Melbourne

Lisbon...

Lisbon

Canton

Lfiopoldville

London

Kunming

London

Dairen

Berlin

Department

Cairo

Department

Zurich...

:jIiSxico, D. F

Callao-Lima...

Hamilton, Bermuda.

Department

Belfast

Department

Calcutta

Port-au-Prince

Marseille

CiudSd Juarez

Managua.

London

Lisbon

Department

Ankara

Paris

Shanghai

Rio de Janeiro..

Consul

Consul-Second Secretary..

Consul...

Consul

Consul-Second Secretary.

Consul

Consul-

Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Vice Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..
Vice Consul-Thu-d Secretary..

Third Secretary

Foreign Service Ofiicer

Third Secretary

Third Secretary-Vice Consul..
Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Third Secretary

Vice Consul. ._

Foreign Service Officer

Vice Consul

Third Secretary

Third Secretary..

Vice Consul

Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Vice Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Foreign Service Officer

Vice Consul-Third Secretary..

Foreign Service Officer

Vice Consul

Third Secretary

Vice Consul

Foreign Service Officer

Vice Consul

Foreign Service Officer

Vice Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary....

Vice Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary...

Vice Consul

Foreign Service Officer.

Assistant Commercial Attache.
Vice Consul-Third Secretary...

Vice Consul

Vice Consul-Third Secretary...

Cleveland, Ohio
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rochester, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Eagle Pass, Tex.
Auburn, N.Y.
Duluth, Minn.
New York, N.Y.
Waco, Tex.
Rocky Mount, N.C.
San Francisco, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
Rochester, N.Y.

El Paso, Tex.
Dover, Del.
Jackson, Miss.
Lexington, Mass.
Princeton, N. J.
San Francisco, Calif.
Rock Island, 111.
Alexandria, Va.
Huntsville, HI.
San Francisco, Calif.
Sea Island Beach, Qa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Berkeley, Calif.
Neenah, Wis.
Charleston, S. C.
Montclair, N. J.
Fall River, Mass.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Seattle, Wash.
Lexington, Ky.
East Haven, Conn.
Richmond, Va.
Omaha, Nebr.
Himtingdon Valley, Pj
Brookline, Mass.
Wayne, Pa.
Elmira, N. Y.
Baltimore, Md.
Bristow, Okla.

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Stanford Univ., Calif.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Norfolk, Va.
Webster Groves, Mo.
West Newton, Pa.
Atlanta, Ga.
Oakland, Calif.
Washington, D. C.
Rye, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Kennett Square, Pa.
New York, N. Y.
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Salem. Oreg.

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[Released to the press September 19]

The following Foreign Service officers have been promoted in the Foreign Service, effective
August 16, 1941 :

Name

Post

Title

Home address

From unclassified B to undassiped A

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Portland, Oreg.

Zurich -

Vice Consul

Dallas, Tex.

Salt Lake City, Utah

H. Francis Cunningham, Jr

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Ashville. N.Y.

Medellin

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Springfield Center, N.Y.

New York, N.Y

Parfi

Vice Consul-

Medford, Mass.

Vice Consul

Denver, Colo.

New York, N.Y.

Sydney and Canberra

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Vice Consul

Newark, Ohio

New York, N.Y.

Vice Consul

From unclassified Cto unclassified B

Vice Consul

New York, N.Y.

Helsinki

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Vice Consul

Toledo, Ohio

Moline, 111.

Berlin

Vice Consul-Third Secretary

Marseille -

Highland Park, Hi.

Vice Consul

Jamaica Park, N.Y.

PERSONNEL CHANGES

On September 17, 1941 the Senate confirmed
the nomination of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, Ambassador Extraordi-
nary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
to Poland, to serve concurrently and without ad-
ditional compensation as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary near the Provi-
sional Government of Czechoslovakia now estab-
lished in London. Mr. Biddle will continue to
serve concurrently as Ambassador near the
Government of Belgium and as Minister near
the Goverimients of Norway, the Netherlands,
and Yugoslavia now established in London.

[Released to the press September 20]

The following clianges have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since September 13,
1941:

Career Officers

Maynard B. Barnes, of Vinton, Iowa, now
serving in the Department of State, has been
designated First Secretary of iLegation amd
Consul at Reykjavik, Iceland, and will serve
in dual capacity.

George E. Merrell, of St. Louis, Mo., Consul
at Calcutta, India, has been assigned as Consul
General at Calcutta, India.

SEPTEMBER 2 0, 1941

227

George E. Miller, of Atlantic City, N. J., Vice
Consul at Nice, France, has been assigned as
Vice Consul at Lisbon, Portugal.

Bernard C. Connelly, of Rock Island, 111.,
Vice Consul at Karachi, India, has been desig-
nated Third Secretary of Embassy and Vice
Consul at Lima, Peru, and will serve in dual
capacity.

M. Robert Rutherford, of Missoula, Mont.,
Vice Consul at Shanghai, China, has been as-
signed as Vice Consul at Tientsin, China.

Non-career Officers

Jesse Milton Orme, of Rexburg City, Idaho,
has been appointed Vice Consul at Curitiba,
Brazil.

Robert G. Wesson, of Jackson, Ohio, has been
appointed Vice Consul at Maracaibo, Vene-
zuela.

Buford K. Isaacs. Jr., of Ft. Worth. Tex., has

been appointed Vice Consul at Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

C. Langdon Harriss, of New York, N. Y., has
been appointed Vice Consul at Medellin,
Colombia.

J. Allard Gasque, of Florence, S. C, has been
appointed Vice Consul at La Paz, Bolivia.

Marc L. Severe, of Sioux City, Iowa, who has
been serving as Vice Consul at Paris, France,
has been appointed Vice Consul at Mexico,
D. F., Mexico.

Arnlioth G. Heltberg, of Oakland, Calif.,
who has been serving as Vice Consul at Bergen,
Norway, has been appointed Vice Consul at
Reykjavik, Iceland.

James S. Lawton, of Chicago, 111., has been
appointed Vice Consul at Paramaribo, Surinam.

William W. Marvel, of Baltimore, Md., has
been appointed Vice Consul at Managua, Nica-
ragua.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

COMMERCE

INTER-AMERICAN COFFEE AGREEMENT

On September 17, 1941 an Executive order
(no. 8902) was issued prescribing regulations
pertaining to the entry of coffee in the United
States from countries signatories of the Inter-
American Coffee Agreement signed November
28, 1940. A statement issued to the press and
the text of this Executive order appear in this
BvZletin under the heading "Commercial
Policy".

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION

Colombia

The American Embassy at Bogota reported
under date of August 19, 1941 that the Diario

Ofkial for July 16, 1941 published the text of
Decree 1246, dated July 10, 1941, by which the
Colombian Government ratified the revisions
as adopted at Cairo on April 8, 1938 of the
General Radio Regulations and Additional
Radio Regulations annexed to the International
Telecommunication Convention signed at Ma-
di-id on December 9, 1932.

SOVEREIGNTY

CONVENTION ON THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION
OF EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS IN THE
AMERICAS

G-uatemala

By a despatch dated September 5, 1941 the
American Minister to Guatemala reported that
the National Legislative As.sembly of Guate-
mala, by Decree 2543 of April 24, 1941, ap-

228

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proved the Convention on the Provisional Ad-
ministration of European Colonies and Pos-
sessions in the Americas signed at the Second
Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
the American Republics at Habana July 30,
1940. The decree was published in the Diar'w
de Centro America of August 22, 1941.

Regulations

Export Control Schedule B [determining, effective
September 20, 1941, that articles and materials desig-
nated in Proclamation 2465 of March 4, 1&41 (6 F. R.
1300) shall not include any patent for or registration of
any industrial design or model in respect of any in-
vention made in the U. S. for which a license is re-
quired from the Commissioner of Patents], 6 Federal
Register 4730.

Fees and Procedure To Obtain Certifications of or
Information From Records: Amended Regulations
Governing Fees for Copies of Records, (Department
of Justice: Immigration and Naturalization Service.)
General Order No. C-28 ; Supp. 3. September 12, 1941.
6 Federal Registei- 4780.

Economic Defense Board : Delegation of Authority
and Duties, Etc. [relating to export control]. Admin-
istrative Order No. 1. September 15, 1941, 6 Federal
Register 4818.

Publications

Department of State

Diplomatic List, September 1941. Publication 163V.
ii, 101 pp. Subscription, $1 a year ; single copy, 100,

Other Go\'ernment Agencies

Trade Between United States and Canada in Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables and Effect of Trade Agreements.
.50 pp. (Processed.) Prepared by Foreign Agricultural
Relations Office, Department of Agriculture, in co-
operation with Agricultural Economics Bureau, Agri-
cultural Marketing Service, Extension Service, and
Surplus Marlieting Administration. Free.

International Reference Service, Vol. I. (Depart-
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Commerce.) Paper, 50 single copy; $6. a year.

No. 25. United States trade with Latin American

republics in 1940. 18 pp.
No. 26. Trade of United States with Argentina in

1940. 7 pp.
No. 27. Economic conditions in Finland in 1940.

5 pp.
No. 28. Economic conditions in Canada in 1940.

11pp.
No. 29. Living and office-operating costs in Co-
lombia. 5 pp.
No. 30. Economic conditions in New Zealand dur-
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No. 31. Economic conditions in Turkey, Syria, and

Iran in 1940 and early 1941. 10 pp.
No. 32. Economic conditions in Switzerland in

1940 and early 1941. 6 pp.
No. 33. Economic conditions in Japan during 1940

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No. 34. Economic conditions in Spain in 1940 and

early 1941. 6 pp.
No. 35. British exchequer returns for 1940-41 and

budget for year ending Mar. 1942. 9 pp.
No. 36. Trade of United States with Netherlands

Indies in 1940. 5 pp.
No. 37. Economic conditions in Ecuador in 1940.

4 pp.
No, 38. India's economic position in 1940. 8 pp.
No. 39. Economic conditions in Iraq in 1940. 5 pp.
No. 40. Distribution of United States imijorts in

occupied and unoccupied China. 7 pp.

Neutrality act zone map for use in connection with
Geolexigraph of neutrality act of 1939. Edition of
Apr. 15, 1941. 11x12 in. (Processed.) (Department
of Commerce : Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce. )

Italian commercial policy and foreign trade, 1922-40,
report on recent developments in foreign trade of
Italy with special reference to trade with United
States, under provisions of sec. 332, title 3, pt. 2, tariff
act of 1930 [with bibliography], xiii, 284 pp, 30('.
(U.S. Tariff Commission.)

Foreign trade of Latin America, report on trade of
Latin America with sjwcial reference to trade with
United States, under general provisions of sec. 332,
pt. 2, title 3, tariff act of 1930 : pt. 2, Commercial poli-
cies and trade relations of individual Latin American
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BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER 27, 1941
Vol. V, No. 118— Publication 1642

ontents

National Defense Pago

The proclaimed list of certain blocked nationals ... 2.31

Sinking of the S.S. Pink Star southwest of Iceland . . 231

Statement of a survivor of the S.S. Sessa 232

Europe

Relief to occupied countries 232

Inter-Allied Council 233

AiMERicAN Republics

Removal of certain restrictions on exportations of

arms to Cuba 23.5

Presentation of letters of credence by the Minister of

the Dominican Republic 236

General

Celebration of the Jewish New Year 237

Commercial Policy

Entry of coffee samples 237

I-nternational Conferences, Commissions, Etc.

Permanent American Aeronautical Commission . . . 238

The Foreign Service

Pcrsomiel changes 238

Treaty Information

Conciliation: Treaty With Brazil Looking to the

Advancement of the Cause of General Peace .... 239
Commerce: Protocol to the Inter-American Coffee

Agreement 239

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U. S. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUM£NTS

OCT 14 1941

fontents-coNTiNVED

Treaty Information — Continued. Page

Telecommunications: International Telecommunication

Convention, Revisions of Cairo, 1938 240

Mutual Assistance: Agreement and Protocol Between
the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics 240

Publications 241

Legislation 242

Regulations 242

National Defense

THE PROCLAIMED LIST OF CERTAIN BLOCKED NATIONALS

IBeleased to the press September 26]

The Secretary of State acting in conjunction
with tlie Secretary of the Treasury, the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the
Executive Director of the Economic Defense
Board, and the Coordinator of Inter-American
Affairs, under the President's prochunation of
July 17, 1941,^ issued on September 2G Supple-
ment 2 to "The Proclaimed List of Certain
Blocked Nationals".^

Supplement 2 contains some 300 additions to
the list and approximately 65 deletions as well
as a number of amendments correcting ad-
dresses, firm names, and cross references. A
general amendment provides that the indication
of addresses on the list does not exclude other
addresses and that, unless otherwise specified,
a listed name refers to all branches of the busi-
ness in the countrj' in question. The text of
Sui^plement 2 appears in the Federal Register
of September 27, 1941, page 4915.

The additions to the list have been made on
the basis of the continuing study Ijeing given

these matters. These additions include a num-
ber of firms and individuals who have been act-
ing as "cloaks" for effecting transactions with
firms already on the proclaimed list. As the
President made clear on July 17, 1941 such
"cloaks" will be summarily added to the list.

The deletions also are the result of continuing
study and current developments. They repre-
sent situations in which satisfactory corrective
action has been taken by the firms concerned and
whei'e the appropriate authorities have been
satisfied that removal from the list is now war-
ranted. These situations will be kept vmder ob-
servation to assure that such firms are not in
the future identified directly or indirectly with
activities inimical to the hemisphere-defense
policies of the American republics. In a few-
cases deletions have been made because the
firm or individual in question is not presently
resident or operating in the particular country.

Additional supplements to the list will follow
from time to time.

SINKING OF THE S.S. "PINK STAR" SOUTHWEST OF ICELAND

tUoleased to the press September 22]

The State Department has been informed by
the Navy Department that the United States
Government-owned S.S. Pink Star was sunk on
September 19 at latitude 61°36' north, longitude

' BiiUetm of July 19, 1941, p. 42.
^6 Federal Register 3557; see al.?o tlie Bidletm of
July 19, 1941, p. 41.

35°07' west. She sailed from New York on
September 3 with a general cargo. The re-
ported position at which the PinJc Star was sunk
is approximately 45 miles northwest of the posi-
tion of the Sessa sinking.

The nationalities of the crew of 34 are as
follows: 1 Danish, 6 British, 8 Canadian, 3 Bel-
gian, 8 Dutch, 1 Polish, 1 French, 1 Portuguese,
1 Irish, 3 Chinese, 1 Ecuadoran.

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The Pink Star (ex-Danish ship Lundhy) was
requisitioned by the United States Maritime
Commission on July 12, 1941 and placed under
Panamanian registry. She was chartered by
the Maritime Commission to the United States
Lines. The vessel was built in 1926 and was of
6,850 tons deadweight.

[Released to the press September 23]

The State Department has been informed by
the American Consul at Reykjavik, Iceland,
that 23 survivors of the S.S. Pbik Star have ar-
rived in Reykjavik in good condition.

STATEMENT OF A SURVIVOR OF THE
S.S. "SESSA"

[Released to the press September 22]

The State Department has received from the
American Consul in Reykjavik the following ab-
breviation of the sworn statement of the First
Mate of the S.S. Sessa, Mr. Bjerregard :

"On August 17, 1941 Sunday, at about 10 p.m.,
ship's time (midnight Greenwich Mean Time),
when Sessa was at 61 degrees 26 minutes north
latitude 30 degrees 50 minutes west longitude, I
was in the Chief Engineer's cabin with the Sec-
ond Engineer and steward when ship was struck
by a torpedo. We tried to reach deck to star-
board, but found water already coming in so
passed through engine room reaching deck to
port. On my way toward my lifeboat I was
about to open my office door to get papers out of
desk when vessel sank and I found myself swim-
ming. While on way to office I had heard a shot
strike bunker house and as I opened door I heard
another hit bridge.

"I was drawn under water but reaching sur-
face found a telephone pole. A seaman, Ljung-

gren, drifted close to another log. We kept to-
gether looking for a better support, perceived
capsized life boat and swam to it. Second engi-
neer was picked up here also a Canadian seaman.
Some hours later a raft on which were three
Portuguese seamen came near. I swim to tliis
with a line and was transferred. Engineer sank
from exhaustion and was not seen again.

"On the tenth day died a Portuguese coal
passer, 84 years old and on the thirteenth day
another Portuguese and the Canadian. On this
day we saw an airplane which I believe flew
less than 100 meters from us and which I believe
must have seen us. This was about noon. It
was a monoplane, not big. I distinguished no
insignia and could not say if it were a land-
plane or a seaplane. This plane, which was
flying north, disappeared without a sign of rec-
ognition.

"Water ran out about forty hours before we
were saved. Food held out till that time.

"On nineteenth day about noon U.S.S. Lands-
dale picked us up and brought to Reykjavik.
With regard to sinking, at time of occurrence it
was fairly dark-deep twilight but not night
darkness. Weather was clear and smooth. I
think that outline of ship could have been seen
at 500 yards. Vessel was running with dimmed
navigation lights and was otherwise blacked
out. I think these lights might have been seen
at two miles. I do not believe submarine could
have made out ship's markings. I did not see
sub nor perceive flash of gunfire.

"I do not believe there can have been any
other survivors of the attack. When day broke
August 18 there was nothing to be seen. Other
testimony follows."

Europe

RELIEF TO OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

[Released to the press September 25]

The following text of a letter from the Secre-
tary of State to the Chairman of the Senate

Foreign Relations Committee was released Sep-
tember 25 by Senator Connally :

SEPTEMBEK 2 7, 1941

233

"June 19, 1941.
"The Honorable

Waltee F. George,

United States Senate.
"My Dear Senator George :

"I have received your letter of June 3, 1941,
enclosing a copy of S. Res. 124 relating to a
proposal for the supplying of relief to occupied
countries in Europe.^

"This Government has a deeply sympathetic
attitude toward all phases of distress, suffering
and needs for relief alike in every part of the
world, from China to Finland, and the Depart-
ment of State is constantly observing develop-
ments in these respects and is assembling facts
and circumstances relating to suffering and the
problem of its possible relief. To these ends the
Government, in particular this Department, is
constantly conferring with individuals, groups
and other governments. In pursuance of its
broad general policy in these respects and the
application of this policy to practical relief
purposes, this Department follows a general
policy rather than one of advocating or op-
posing individual or group plans or proposals
for relief. Its conclusions with respect to par-
ticular aspects of this problem may either sup-
port in part or may oppose in part such indi-
vidual or group projects.

"Proposals similar to that contained in S.
Res. 124 have repeatedly been brought to the
Department's attention during the pa^st months.
After having given the most careful and
thorough consideration to them from the hu-
manitarian point of view the Department has
replied in the following sense.

"It is clear that the responsibility and mani-
fest duty to supply relief rests with the oc-

cupying authorities as it is well known that
the German authorities have removed from the
coimtries under occupation vast quantities of
foodstuffs belonging to the peoples of those
countries and within those countries have di-
verted food supplies from children to pei'sons
working in behalf of the German military ef-
fort. The removal of such foodstuffs is in the
primary sense responsible for the lack of stocks
of food in those countries at the present time.

"The Department has no knowledge of the
terms under which the German Government
may have agreed to the proposal described in
the resolution ; but, in any event, it is extremely
difficult to understand why, in the light of the
direct responsibility for the German Govern-
ment to replace the stocks of food removed from
the occu{3ied countries, and its direct responsi-
bility for the feeding of the populations of the
occupied territories, no effort has been made to
have the German Government carry out the
duty which it assumed when it undertook to
take over by force the countries concerned. It
is all the more difficult to understand why no
demand has been made upon Germany to fulfill
its obligations in this regard when the German
Government has never put forth any claim to
poverty of food for its own people and its huge
armies which are striking at the roots of free-
dom and civilization wherever they can.

"I cannot consistently elaborate in writing
on the difficult and highly complicated military
and other closely allied considerations involved
in this Resolution.

"Under the circumstances no further com-
ment with regard to the proposed legislation
seems appropriate.

"Sincerely yours,

CoBDELL Hull"

INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL

Adherence to the principles set forth in the
Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration by the govern-
ments allied with. Great Briliiin T<-as fonnallv

' Not printed hereto.

declared at the second meeting of the Inter-
Allied Council, held in London on September
24, 1941.

The position of the Soviet Government was
given by its Ambassador, Mr. Maisky, in the

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following terms: "The Soviet Union defends
the right of every nation to the independence
and territorial integrity of its country and its
right to establish such a social order and to
choose such a form of government as it deems
opportune and necessary for the better pro-
motion of its economic and cultural prosperity."
He added that the Soviet Union advocates the
necessity of collective action against aggressors
and that "the Soviet Government proclaims its
agreement with the fundamental principles of
the declaration of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Churchill."

The following resolution was then adopted
unanimously :

"The Governments of Belgium, Czechoslo-
vakia, Greece. Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, and Yugoslavia, and representatives of
General de Gaulle, leader of Free Frenchmen,
having taken note of tlie declaration recently
drawn up by the President of the United States
and by the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) on
behalf of His Majesty's Goverimient in the
United Kingdom, now make known their ad-
herence to the common principles of policy set
forth in that declaration and their intention to
cooperate to the best of their ability in giving
effect to them."

The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Dr. van
KlefFens, voted for the resolution but wished
to make clear his Government's position con-
cerning the words "with due respect for their
existing obligations" in point four of the decla-
ration.^ He declared: "My Government takes
the reservation in point four to mean that just
as no existing obligations are invalidated by
that point, ipso facto no such obligations are
thei-eby to be perpetuated." He continued:
"Such existing obligations should not be per-
petuated, even as exceptions, when it is clear

' Point four reads : "Fourth, they will endeavor, with
due respect for their existing obligations, to further
the enjoyment hy all States, great or small, victor or
vanquished, of access, on equal terms, to the trade and
to the raw materials of the world which are needed
for their economic prosperity."

that their continued operation would seriously
impair or diminish the beneficial effect which
is to accrue to all from the application of the
general rule." He expressed the belief that
there should be no important exceptions to the
general rule of free access to trade and raw ma-
terials on the basis of equal opportunities for
all, otherwise this fine principle would degen-
erate into a fine phrase as it did following the
last war.

The meeting also considered the problem of
the re-provisioning of Europe with foodstuffs
and raw materials after the war. A resolution
providing for the collaboration of the allied
governments in dealing with post-war needs of
European nations was introduced at the meet-
ing and was generally accepted in speeches by
the delegates, reservations being made by the
Netherlands and Soviet representatives. The
provisions agreed to are substantially as fol-
lows :

(1) That it is their [the allied governments
and authorities] common aim to see that sup-
plies of food and raw material should be made
available for the post-war needs of their terri-
tories.

(2) That while each of the allied governments
and authorities will be primarily resiDonsible for
making provision for the economic needs of its
own territories, their respective plans should be
coordinated in a spirit of collaboration for the
successful achievement of the common aim.

(3) That they welcome the preparatory meas-
ures which have already been undertaken for
this purpose and express their readiness to col-
laborate to the fullest extent of their power in
pursuing the action required.

(4) That, accordingly, each of the allied gov-
ernments and authorities should prepare esti-
mates of the kinds and amounts of foodstuffs
and raw materials required for the re-provision-
ing of its territories and the order of priority in
which it would desire supplies to be delivered as
soon as circumstances permit.

(5) That the re-provisioning of Europe will
require the most efficient employment after the
war of the shipping resources controlled by each

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governinent and of allied resources as a whole,
as well as of those belonging to other European
countries and that plans to this end should be
worked out as soon as possible between the allied
governments and authorities, in consultation as
and when appropriate with other governments
concerned.

(6) That, as a tirst step, a bureau should be
established by His Majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom with which the allied govern-
ments and authorities would collaborate in fram-
ing estimates of their requirements and which,
after collating and coordinating these esti-
mates, would present pi'oposals to a committee
of allied representatives under the chairmanship
of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross.

With the prior consent of the State Depart-
ment, the British Foreign Minister read the
following statement :

"The Government of the United States has
been advised of the purpose of this meeting and
acquainted with the terms of the draft note
wliich has been distributed and of the draft
resolution which is to be presented for consider-
ation. It has I'equested my Government to state
to this meeting its opinion that the undertaking

is of great prospective usefulness. It under-
stands that the present discussions will be of an
exploratory nature and states that it stands
ready at the appropriate time to consider in
what respects it can cooperate in accomplish-
ing the aims in view.

"It has pointed out that any plans that may
be worked out are of great potential interest to
the United States for various reasons. They
might affect the current American defense effort.
According to their substance, form, and method
they might also affect commercial policies and
relationships and even broader post-war ar-
langements. For these reasons it makes the
request that it be kept fully advised regarding
the course of these exploratory discussions and
that it be consulted regarding any plans that
might emerge therefrom."

Assurances were given by the British Foreign
Minister that the United States Government
will be kept fully informed of the discussions
at and arising out of the meeting and of the
work accomplished by the bureau and the Inter-
Allied Council and that the United States would
be consulted before any concrete plans are de-
cided upon.

American Republics

REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORTATIONS OF ARMS TO CUBA

[Released to the press September 22]

The following proclamation has been issued
by the President to revoke the proclamation of
June 29, 1934^ which imposed certain i-estric-
tions on the exportation of arms to Cuba.

The proclamation of June 29, 1934 was issued
because of the fact that there did not appear at
that time to be any legal means by which this
Government could effectively carry out its
ti-eaty obligations with respect to the traffic in
arms and munitions between the United States
and Cuba except by the issuance of a proclania-

' Press Releases of June 30, 1934, p. 454.

tion pursuant to the joint resolution of Congress
approved January 31, 1922. Since the exporta-
tion of arms, ammunition, and implements of
^^ ar to all countries is now subject to control
under the provisions of the Neutrality Act of
1939 and section 6 of the act of Congress ap-
proved July 2, 1940, the control exercised under
the above-mentioned proclamation of June 29,
1934 is no longer necessary and it was consid-
ered advisable that it be i-evoked.

The text of the new proclamation follows :
"Whereas, by a proclamation of the President
issued on June 29, 1934, under a joint resolution

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of Congress approved by the President on Jan-
uary 31, 1922, it was declared that there existed
in Cuba conditions of domestic violence which
were or wluch might be promoted by the use
of arms or munitions of war procured from the
United States; and

"Whereas, by virtue of the joint resolution
and proclamation above-mentioned it became
unlawful to export arms or munitions of war to
Cuba except under such limitations and excep-
tions as should be prescribed:

"Now, THEREFORE, I, FrANKLIN D. RoOSEV'ELT,

President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and proclaim that, as the condi-
tions in Cuba which prompted the issuance of
the proclamation of June 29, 1934, have ceased
to exist, the said proclamation is hereby re-
voked.

"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 22nd
day of September, in the year of our Lord nine-
teen hundred and forty-one, and of

[seal] the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred
and sixty-sixth.

Franklin D Roosevelt"

"By the President :

"CORDELL HcXJj

^''Seerctanj of Sfafe"
[No. 2511]

PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF CRE-
DENCE BY THE MINISTER OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

[Released to the press September 23]

A translation of the remarks of the newly
appointed Minister of the Dominican Republic,
Dr. Jesus Maria Troncoso, upon the occasion
of the presentation of liis letters of credence,
September 23, 1941, follows :

"Mr. PnEsroENT :

"I have the honor of placing in Your Excel-
leiicv's hands the letter which accredits me as

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of the Dominican Republic before the
Govermnent of the United States of America,
as well as the letter of recall of my predecessor
in this same mission.

"I could have no greater satisfaction than
that which I feel in appearing before Your Ex-
cellency, for I am fully persuaded that I faith-
fully interpret the sentiments of the Dominican
people and Government in affirming that that
people and that Government in this, humanity's
hour of crisis, are thoroughly inspired by the
ideals which govern the life of this great Nation
which has won a place, because of its exceptional
virtues, in the fi'ont rank of civilized nations,
and at whose head the figure of Your Excellency
stands out as a symbol of the spirit which it
incarnates.

"I am especially charged by my Government
to state to Your Excellency that the Dominican
Republic feels itself indissolubly bound by the
principles of safety, liberty, and mutual assist-
ance, under the aegis of law, which constitute
the bond of solidarity between all the American
republics and stimulate their effort in the prep-
aration of continental defense which will not
only save the conquests which mankind has
achieved up to the present time both in the
spiritual and in the material field but will as-
sure, as well, the future of humanity and guide
it toward a better world of understanding and
fraternity. The Dominican people is pro-
foundly convinced tliat free America is the land
chosen by God for the germination therein of
the seed of a new generation the aspirations of
which will be more in harmony with the Divine
Plan.

"It gives me pleasure. Excellency, to be the
interpreter of the good wishes of the Dominican
people and its Government for the greatness
and prosperity of the United States of America
and for the health and personal happiness of
Your Excellency."

President Roosevelt's reply to the remarks of
Dr. Jesus Mn n'a Troncoso follows :

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237

"Mr. Minister:

"I accept with pleasure the letters by which
His Excellency the President of the Dominican
Republic has accredited you as Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the
Government of the United States of America.
I accept also the letters of recall of your dis-
tinguished predecessor, Seiior Don Andres Pas-
toriza, whose relations with the officials of this
Government during his long and successful mis-
sion in Washington have been upon an excep-
tionally friendly basis.

"I highly appreciate the sentiments which
you so generously express. I am also gi'atified
by the message wliich you bring that the Do-
minican people and Govenmient share the ideals
of the iDeople and Government of the United
States of America, as well as their faith in the
principle of hemispheric solidarity in the de-
fense of the Americas and of our continental
heritage of liberty.

"You may be assured, Mr. Minister, that it will
be a pleasure for me personally and for all the
officials concerned in this Government to con-
tinue with you the close and effective collabo-
ration in matters of mutual interest to our Gov-
ernments which has happily characterized our
relations with your predecessor.

"I thank you for the friendly wishes wliich
you formulate on behalf of the Dominican Gov-
ernment and I shall be glad if you will in turn
accept my cordial good wishes for the personal
welfare and haijpiness of your csistinguished
father, the Pi'esident of the Dominican Re-
public, and for the prosperity of your country."

General

CELEBRATION OF THE JEWISH
NEW YEAR

fReleaeed to the press September 22]

The Secretary of State has issued the follow-
ing message on the occasion of the celebration
of tlie Jewish New Year :

"At this season of the observance of the Jew-

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ish New Year, I desire to extend my cordial
greetings to Americans of the Jewish faith. I
fervently hope that the blessings of Providence
may bring cheer during the coming twelvemonth
to this esteemed and loyal gi'oup of our fellow
citizens."

Commercial Policy

ENTRY OF COFFEE SAMPLES

[Released to the press September 26]

The President on September 26 signed an
Executive order (no. 8909) authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to permit the entry
into the United States of hona-f.de samples of
coffee without regard to the quota restrictions
provided for in the Inter-American Coffee
Agreement.

The purpose of the order is to allow the entry
of coffee samples even though the quota of the
country producing tlie coffee has been filled,
since it is often necess.ry or desirable that such
samples be permitted chtry even though coffee is
not entering the United States from such coun-
ti'ies for sale. The order is in accord with the
purpose of the governments participating in
the Inter-American Coffee Agreement, as ex-
pressed in article XVII of the agreement, to
maintain, so far as possible, the normal and
usual operation of the coffee trade.

The text of the Executive oi'der follows :

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by
section 2 of the joint resolution of Congress ap-
proved April 11, 1941 (Public Law 33, 77th
Cong.), I hereby authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury, under such conditions as he may pre-
scribe, to permit the entry into the United
States of bona-ftde samples of coffee for testing
purposes without regard to the quota restric-
tions provided for in the In tei-- American Coffee
Agreement.

Franklin D Roosevelt"

"The White House,

''Septemher SS, W^:'

[No. 8fl09]

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International Conferences,
Commissions, Etc.

PERMANENT AMERICAN AERONAUTI-
CAL COMMISSION

[Released to the press September 23]

The Inter- American Technical Aviation Con-
ference, which was held at Lima, Peru, in
September 1937. adopted a resolution providing
for the creation of a Permanent American
Aeronautical Commission. Tlie purpose of the
Commission is to advance the work toward the
unification and codification of international
public and private air law and to develop and
coordijiate technical activities of mutual concern
in the field of aeronautics among the American
republics. The resolution also provided for the
oiganization in each of the American republics
of a national connnission for the purpose of pre-
paring projects and proposals for the considera-
tion of the Permanent American Aeronautical
Commission. The President has now approved
the designation of the following persons as
members of the United States National Com-
mission of the Permanent American Aero-
nautical Commission :

Mr. Thomas Burke, Chief, Division of luteruational
Coiumuuication.«, Department of State, Chairman

Mr. Reed M. Chambers, United States Aviation Insur-
ance Underwriters. New York, N. Y.

Mr. John C. Cooper, Jr., Vice President and Assistant
to the President, Pan American Airways Corporation,
New York, N. Y.

Mr. Richard E. Elwell, Chief Counsel and Director of
Compliance, Civil Aeronautics Administration, De-
partment of Commerce

Mr. Samuel E. Gates, International Counselor, Civil
Aeronautics Board, Department of Commerce

Mr. Harold R. Harris, Vice President, Pan American-
Grace Airways, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Dr. J. C. Hunsaker, Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Boston, Mass.

Col. John H. Jouett, United States Army Reserve, Pres-
ident, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of Amer-
ica, Inc., Washington, D. C.

Dr. George Lewis, Director of Aeronautical Research,
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Dr. Ross A. McFarland, Harvard University, Cam-
bridge. Mass.

Capt. Denis Mulliguu. United States Army Air Corps,
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

Mr. Theodore P. Wright, Assistant Chief, Aircraft
Branch, Office of Production Management

It has been deemed advisable to designate a
small Executive Committee to facilitate the
work of the larger National Commission. Witli
the approval of the President, the Secretary of
State has asked the following members of the
National Connnission to serve on this Executive
Committee :

Mr. Thomas Biuke. Clininniiii
Mr. Ricliard E. Elwell
Mr. Samuel E. Gat<s

The Foreign Service

PERSONNEL CHANGES

llt.'IiM.seU lu the press SeplciillRr :;7 |

The following clianges have occurred in the
American Foreign Service since September 20,
1941:

Career Officers

Douglas Jenkins, of Greenville, S. C, Min-
ister to Bolivia, is retiring from the Foreign
Service effective January' 1, 1942.

Hasell H. Dick, of Sumter, S. C, who has
been serving as Consul at Bordeaux, France,
has been assignedTor dntj' in the Department of
State.

Albert M. Doyle, of Detroit, Mich., Consul
at Sydney, Australia, has been assigned for duty
in the Department of State.

John J. Meily, of Allentown, Pa., who has
l^een serving as Consul at Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
has been assigned as Consul at Guadalajara,
Mexico.

Samuel R. Thompson, of Los Angeles, Calif.,
Consul at Cardiff, Wales, has been assigned as
Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Richard M. de Lambert, of Raton, N. Mex.,
who has been serving as Consul at Antwerp,

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239

Belgium, has been ussifrned as Consul at Tahili,
Society Islands, Oceania.

Archibald E. Gray, of Bethlehem, Pa., Con-
sul at Baixelona, Spain, has been desigiiated
Second Secretary of Embassy and Consul at
Santiago, Chile, and will sei-ve in dual capacity.

Hugh F. Ramsay, of AVashing-ton, D. C, has
been assigned as Consul at Habana, Cuba.

Non-career Officers

Warren C. Stewart, of Baltimore, Md., Vice
Consul at Lisbon, Portugal, has been appointed
Vice Consul at Valparaiso, Chile.

Frederick H. Weaver, of Chapel Hill, N. C.
has been appointed Vice Consul at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.

Treaty Information

Compiled in the Treaty Division

CONCILIATION

TREATY WITH BRAZIL LOOKING TO THE ADVANCE-
MENT OF THE CAUSE OF GENERAL PEACE

The Brazilian Ambassador by a note dated
September 15, 1941 informed the Secretary of
State that Prof. William Emmanuel Rappard,
of Switzerland, has been appointed Brazilian
non-national member of the Permanent Com-
mission of Inquiry provided for by the Treaty
Looking to the Advancement of the Cause of
General Peace between the United States and
Brazil signed on July 24. 1914. Professor Rap-
pard's appointment fills the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Prof. Max Huber of Switz-
erland. The Ambassador's note states also that
the mandate of Mr. Levi Carneiro as Brazilian
national member was extended for five years
by a decree of Apiil 25, 1941.

The composition of the Commission is as
follows :

American Commissioners:

National : Stephen Pierce Diiggan, Ph.D., LL.D.,

Litt.D., of New York
Non-national : Raoul Dandiiraud, of Canada
Brazilian Commissioners:
National: Levi Carneiro

Non-national : William Emmanuel Rappard, of Switz-
erland
Joint Commissioner:

Nicolas Politis, of Greece.

COMMERCE

PROTOCOL TO THE INTER-.AMERICAN COFFEE
AGREEMENT

Venezuela

By a letter dated Augu.st 22, 1941 the Director
General of the Pan American Union informed
the Secretary of State that on August 14, 1941
Seilor Don Luis Coll-Pardo, representative of
Venezuela on the Inter- American Financial and
Economic Advisory Connnittee, signed in the
name of his Government tlie Protocol to the
Inter-American Coifee Agreement, which Avas
opened for signature on April 15, 1941 by the
signatories of the Inter- American Coffee Agree-
ment of November 28, 1940.

According to the terms of the Protocol the
Agreement entered into force in respect of
Venezuela on August 15, 1941.

An Executive order, signed by the President
September 26, 1941, authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to permit enti'y into the United
States of iona-fide samples of coffee without re-
gard to quota restrictions provided for in the
Inter-American Coffee Agreement, appears in
this Bulletin under the heading "Commercial
Policy".

240

DEPARTMENT OP STATE BULLETIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION.
REVISIONS OF CAIRO, 1938

Brazil

According to Notification 383, dated May 16,
1941, from the Bureau of the International
Telecommunication Union at Bern, the notice
of the approval by Brazil of the revisions as
adopted at Cairo on April 8, 1938 of the General
Radio Regulations, the Telegraph Regulations,
and the Final Telegraph Protocol, annexed to
the International Telecommunication Conven-
tion signed at Madrid on December 9. 1932 was
received by the Bureau on May 14, 1941.

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

AGREEMENT AND PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE UNITED
KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS

There is jjrinted below the text of the agree-
ment signed on July 12, 1941 between the United
Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics providing for joint action in the war
against Germany :

Agreement

for joint action by his majesty's government
in the united kingdom and the government
of the union of soviet socialist republics
in the war against germany

His Majesty's Government in the United
Kingdom and the Government of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Rei^ublics have concluded the
present Agreement and declare as follows: —

(1) The two Governments mutually under-
take to render each other assistance and sup-
port of all kinds in the present war against Hit-
lerite Germany.

(2) They further undertake that during this
war they will neither negotiate nor conclude an
armistice or treaty of peace except by mutual
agreement.

The present Agreement has been concluded in
duplicate in the English and Russian lan-
guages.

Both texts have equal force.
Moscow,

the twelfth of Jviy,

nineteen hundred cmd- forty-one.
By authority of His Majesty's Government in
the United Kingdom:

R. Stafford Cripps,
His Maicsty\^ Amhassador Ex-
traordinary and PUnipotentiary
in the Union of Soviet SocialiM
Republics.
By authority of the Government of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics:
V. Molotov,
The Deputy President of the
Council of People's Commissars
and People'' s Commissmr for
Foreign Affairs of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics.

Protocol

to the agreement for joint action by HIS

majesty's gov^ernment in the united king-
dom and the government of the union of
so\^ET socialist republics in the war

AG.UNST GERJIANY, CONCLUDED THE TWELFTH
OF JULY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE

Upon the conclusion of the Agi-eement for
Joint Action by His Majesty's Government in
the United Kingdom and the Government of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the
AVar against Germany, the Contracting Parties
have agreed that the aforesaid Agreement enters
into force immediately upon signature and is not
subject to ratification.

The present Protocol has been drawn up in
duplicate in the English and Russian languages.

Both texts have equal force.

Moscow,

the twelfth of July,

nineteen hundred and forty-one.

SEPTEMBER 2 7, 1941

241

By authority of His Majesty's Government in
the United Kingdom :

R. Stafford Cripps,

His Majesfy^s Ambassador Ex-
traordinary and Plenipotenti-
ary in the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.

By authority of the Government of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics:

V. MOLOTOV,

The Deputy President of the
Council of People's Commis-
sars and PeopWs Commissar
for Foreign Affairs.

Publications

Department of State

During the quarter beginning July 1, 1941
the following publications have been released
by the Department : '

1612. Official Exchange of Professors, Teachers, and
Graduate Students Under the Convention for the
Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations.
Inter-American Series 20. 5 pp. 5^.

1613. Naval Mission : Additional Article to the Agree-
ment of December 12, 1940 Between the United States
of America and Ecuador — Signed April 30, 1941.
EJxecutive Agreement Series 206. 3 pp. 54.

1615. Military Aviation Mission : Additional Article to
the Agreement of December 12, 1940 Between the
United States of America and Ecuador — Signed April
30, 1941. Executive Agreement Series 207. 2 pp. 5«f.

1616. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. IV, no. 105,
June 28, 1941. 20 pp. 10^'.^

1617. Diplomatic List, July 1941. ii, 101 pp. Subscrip-
tion, $1 a year ; single copy, W^.

1618. Detail of Military Officer To Serve as Director of
Poljlechnic School of Guatemala : ^Agreement Be-
tween the United States of America and Guatemala —
Signed May 27, 1941 ; effective May 27, 1941. Execu-
tive Agreement Series 208. 10 pp. 50.

1619. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 106,
July 5, 1941. 12 pp. lO^f.

1620. Treaties Submitted to the Senate, 1940: Proce-
dure During 1940 on Certain Treaties Submitted to
the Senate 1923-1940 and Their Status as of Decem-
ber 31, 1940. iv, 12 pp. 10^.

' Serial numbers which do not appear in this list have
appeared previously or will appear in subsequent lists.
' Subscription, $2.75 a year.

1621. Publications of the Department of State (a list
cumulative from October 1, 1929). July 1, 1941. 26
pp. Free.

1622. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 107,
July 12, 1941. 25 pp. 100.

1625. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no.

108, July 19, 1941. 30 pp. 100.

1626. The Department of State BuUetin, vol. V, no.

109, July 26, 1941. 16 pp. 100.

1627. Foreign Service List, July 1, 1941. iv, 107 pp.
Subscription, .500 a year; single copy, 150.

1628. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no.

110, August 2, 1941. 22 pp. 100.

1629. Diplomatic List, August 1941. ii, 101 pp. Sub-
scription, $1 a year ; single copy, 100.

1630. Temporary Diversion for Power Purposes of
Additional Waters of the Niagara River Above the
Falls : Arrangement Between the United States of
America and Canada — Effected by exchange of notes
signed at Washington May 20, 1941. Executive
Agreement Series 209. 3 pp. 50.

1631. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no.

111, August 9, 1941. 16 pp. 100.

1632. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no.

112, August 16, 1941. 22 pp. 100.

1633. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no.

113, August 23, 1941. 15 pp. 100.

1634. Index to the Department of State Bulletin, vol.
IV, nos. 80-105, January 4-June 28, 1941. 29 pp.

1635. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 114,
August 30, 1941. 14 pp. 100.

1637. Diplomatic List, September 1941. ii, 101 pp.
Subscription, $1 a year ; single copy, 100.

1638. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 115,
September 6, 1941. 15 pp. 100.

242

DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

1639. Military Mission : Agreement Between the United
States of America and Costa Rica — Signed July 14.
1941; effective July 14, 1941. Executive Agreement
Series 212. 10 pp. 5(!:

1640. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 116,
September 13, 1941. 2o pp. 10^.

1641. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. V, no. 117.
September 20, 1941. 12 pp. 10^.

Treaty Sbsies :

967. Extradition: Supplementary Convention Between
the United States of America and Mexico — Signed
;it Mexico City August 16, 1939: proclaimed April 4,
1941. 4 pp. 5(*.

968. Conciliation : Treaty Between the United States of
America and Liberia — Signed at Monrovia August 21.
1939 : proclaimed April 4, 1941. 3 pp. 5i.

969. Extradition: Supplementary Treaty Between thr
United States of America and Switzerland — Signed
at Bern January 31, 1940 ; proclaimed April 11, 1941.
3 pp. 5^:

971. Transit of Military Aircraft: Agreement Between
the United States of America and Mexico — Signed at
Washington April 1, 1941: proclaimed April 28, 1941.
6 pp. 5<;:

972. Extradition : Supplementary Treaty Between the
United States of America and Ecuador — Signed at
Quito Septcml)er 22. 1939: proclaimed May 19. 1941.
5 pp. o(*.

The Department of State also publishes the
slip laws and Statutes at Large. Laws are
issued in separate series and are numberetl in
the order in which they are signed. Treaties
are also issued in a separate series and are num-
bered 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 accord-
ing to general subject.

To avoid delay, requests for publications of
the Department of State should be addressed
directly to the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printmg Office, Washington, D. C,
except in the case of free publications, which
may be obtained from the Department. The
Superintendent of Dociunents will accept de-
posits against which the cost of publications

ordered may be charged and will notify the
depositor when the deposit is exhausted. The
cost to depositors of a complete set of the pub-
lications of the Department for a year will
probably be somewhat in excess of $15. Orders
may be placed, however, with the Superintend-
ent of Documents for single publications or for
one or more series.

The Superintendent of Documents also has,
for free distribution, the following price lists
which may be of interest : Foreign Relations of
the LTnited States; American History and Bi-
ography; Tariff; Immigration; Alaska and
Hawaii; Lisular 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.

Legislation

An Act To amend section 8 of the Copyright Act of
March 4, 1909, as amended, so as to preserve the rights
of authors during the i)resent emergency, and for other
purposes. [H.R. 4826.J Approved, September 25, 1941.
(Public Law 258, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 1 p.

An Act To dispense with the requirenieut of clearance
and entry for certain United States vessels on the Great
Lakes whicli touch at Canadian ports for bunker fuel
only. [H.R. 5289.] Approved, September 25, 1941.
(Public Law 260, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) 1 p.

Regulations

Sugar Quotas : Revision of Prorations of the Quota
for Foreign Countries Other Than Cuba. September 20,
1941. [General Sugar Quota Regulations, Series 8,
Xo. 1, Revision 5, Amendment 1.] (Agriculture De-
partment: Agricultural Adjustment Administration,
Sugar Division.) 6 Federal Register 4898.

Licenses To File Applications for Patents in Foreign
Countries [addition of new part]. Order No. 151.
(Patent Office.) 6 Federal Register 4900.

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