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REGISTER

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VOLUME 13

NUMBER 177

Washington, Friday, September JO, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT

America the one hundred and seventythird.
H arry S. T ruman
PROCLAMATION 2809
S upplementing P roclamation N o. 2790 op J une 11,1948, P roclaiming the P roto col op R ectifications to the G eneral Agreement on T ariffs and T rade BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES

By the President:
G. C. M arshall,
Secretary of State.
P. R. Doc. 48-8173; Piled, Sept. 8, 1948;
3:17 p. m.

THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
Pa&e
Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; supplementing Proc.
2790 proclaiming--------------------

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Executive Orders
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS Proclamation No. 2790 of June 11,1948, proclaimed that the provi sions of part I of schedule XX of -the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade should be applied as if the rectifications in the Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, referred to in the 7th recital of the said proclamation, had appeared in the said general agreement on October 30, 1947;
and WHEREAS the rate of duty for item 1110 of schedule XX specified in the copy of the said protocol annexed to the said proclamation of June 11, 1948, reads:
350 per lb. and 25% ad val. ; and WHEREAS the rate of duty for the said item should read: 330 per lb. and 25% ad val
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended 19 U. S. C.
1351, do proclaim that the said Procla mation No. 2790 of June 11, 1948, shall be applied as if the copy of the said protocol annexed thereto had stated the rate of duty for item 1110 of schedule XX to be 330 per lb. and 25% ad val.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United Stats of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal forty-eight, and of the Indepen dence of the United States of
CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9996
Creating an E mergency B oard to I n
vestigate a D ispute B etween the P ub
lic B elt R ailroad Commission fcr the City of N ew Orleans and Certain op its E mployees

WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the City of New Orleans, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, labor organizations;
and WHEREAS this dispute has not here tofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended;
and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judg ment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt in terstate commerce within the State of Louisiana to a degree such as to deprive that state of essential transportation service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended 45
U. S. C. 160, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No mem ber of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organiza tion of railway employees or any carrier.
The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.
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Dispute between Public Belt Rail road Commission for the City of New Orleans and certain of its employees; creation of emer gency board to investigate dispute________________________
Payment of certain travel and transportation exp en ses;
amendment of E. O. 9805_____

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Commodity Credit Cor poration; Federal Crop In surance Corporation; Forest Service.
Proposed rule making:
Grapes, Emperor, in California Corr.______ ______ ____
Milk handling:
Cleveland, Ohio, area______
Nashville, Tenn., area______
Rules and regulations:
Beans, dry edible, 1948 price support program___________
Surplus agricultural commodi ties under Foreign Assistance Act, delegation of authority to determine_________ r ______
Tomatoes, fresh; U. S. consumer standards___ ______________

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Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Bock, Kurt_______________
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Hillecke, Heinrich, and Klangfilm G. m. b. H__________ 5295
Hoffelner, Christine________ 5289
Hoffelner, Josephine________ 5289
Hoffelner, Max____________ 5289
Huerttle, Karl_____________ 5289
Ishii, Tsuruye, et al________ 5293
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