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REGISTER

FEDERAL
1934

VOLUME 2

C A /IT E O

NUMBER 157

W ashington, S atu rday, A u gust 14, 1937
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Customs.
T. D. 49109

F oreign-T rade A greements PUBLIC NOTICE OP INTENTION TO NEGOTIATE A FOREIGN-TRADE
AGREEMENT W ITH THE GOVERNMENT OP ECUADOR

August 2, 1937.

To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to section 4 of the act of Congress approved June 12, 1934, and extended on March 1, 1937, entitled An Act to Amend the Tariff Act of 1930 and Executive Order No.
6750 of June 27, 1934, the Secretary of State on April 5, 1937, gave formal notice of intention to negotiate a foreigntrade agreement with the Government of Ecuador. By an oversight, this notice was not published in Treasury Deci sions at the time of its issuance, and it is accordingly repro duced below.
This notice states, inter alia, th a t all information and views in writing and all applications for supplemental oral presentation of views shall be submitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information not later than twelve oclock noon, May 3, 1937, and that supplemental oral statements will be heard at a public hearing beginning a t ten oclock a. m., on May 17, 1937. The Bureau of Customs has been officially advised th at in view of the fact that both of these dates have passed, the Committee for Reciprocity Informa tion is prepared to receive information and views in writing and application for supplemental oral presentation of views until twelve oclock noon, September 2, 1937, from any inter ested person who was not informed of the notice given on April 5, 1937. In the event th at any such applications are received by that date, a public hearing, at which additional oral statements will be heard, will begin at ten oclock a. m., on September 9, 1937.
Attention is called to two Press Releases issued by the Department of State on April 5, 1937, in connection with the notice of intention to negotiate with Ecuador, entitled Presentation of Views,to the Committee for Reciprocity Information with Reference to Trade Agreement Negotia tions with Ecuador and List of Products on Which the United States Will Consider Granting Concessions to Ecua dor.
seal F rank Dow, Acting Commissioner of Customs.
P u b l ic N o tice TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH ECUADOR

Pursuant to Section 4 of an Act of Congress approved June 12, 1934, entitled An Act to Amend the Tariff Act of 1980, as amended, and Executive Order No. 6750 of June 27, 1934, I hereby give notice of intention to negotiate a trade agreement with the Government of Ecuador.
Time and Place for Presentation of W ritten and Oral Statem ents The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed that all Information and views In writing and all applications for sup
plemental oral presentation of views shall be submitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information not later than twelve o clock noon, May 3, 1937. They should be addressed to Acting rrhairma.n, Committee for Reciprocity Information, Old Land Office Building, 8th and E Streets, Northwest, Washington, D. C. Sup plemental oral statements will be heard at a public hearing be ginning at ten oclock a. m., on May 17, 1937, before the Commit tee for Reciprocity Information, in the hearing room of the Tariff Commission in the Old Land Office Building.
Form and Manner of Presentation The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed the following regulations governing the submission of written and oral statements:
Written statements must be either typewritten or printed.
They must be submitted in sextuplícate and at least one copy must be sworn to. Such statements will be treated as confiden tial, for the use only of the Interdepartmental trade agreements organization.
Oral statements may he made to the Committee at the public hearing only by persons who have filed written statements or briefs and who have, within the time prescribed, made written application for a hearing in order that a schedule of appearances may be arranged. Oral statements shall be under oath.
C ordell H u l l ,
Secretary of State.
W a s h in g t o n , D. C..
A p ril 5, 1937 .

F. R. Doc. 37-2528; Piled, August 13, 1937; 10:05 a. m j
T. D. 49122

C ountervailing D uties
on
B utter F rom L ithuania
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:
The Bureau is in receipt of official information which establishes to its satisfaction th at a bounty or grant, within the meaning of the provisions of section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930 U. S. C., title 19, sec. 1303, is being paid or bestowed on butter exported from Lithuania.
The amount of the bounty or grant paid or bestowed at the present time on such merchandise is estimated to be Lithuanian litas 0.30 per kilogram of butter.
Butter from Lithuania, imported directly or indirectly, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after thirty days after the publication of this order in the weekly Treasury Decisions will be subject to the payment of countervailing duties equal to any bounty or grant found to have been paid or bestowed upon the ex portation thereof, as determined or estimated and declared thereafter, whether such butter is imported in the same con dition as when exported from Lithuania or has been changed in condition in a third country by remanufacture or other wise.
A deposit of estimated countervailing duty, calculated at the rate of Lithuanian litas 0.30 per kilogram of butter, shall be required in respect of all butter from Lithuania im ported and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after the effective date of this order. Liquidation of entries shall be suspended 1671