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REGISTER
VOLUME 5

1934
O N lT lO

NUMBER 169

Washington, Thursday, August 29, 1940
The President Approving R e po r t o f U n it e d S tates T ariff C o m m is s io n o n S h ip m e n t s and I m po rts o f R ed C edar S h in g l e s BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the act of Congress ap proved July 1, 1940 Pub. No. 698, 76th Cong., entitled An Act to provide for exercising the right with respect to red cedar shingles reserved in the trade agreement concluded November 17, 1938, between the United States of America and Canada, and for other purposes, provides as follows:
That a the United States Tariff Commission is hereby directed to con duct an investigation as soon as prac ticable after the close of the calendar year 1939 and each calendar year there after, for the purpose of ascertaining the quantities of red cedar shingles shipped by producers in the United States and the quantities of imported red cedar shingles entered for consump tion, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during each of the three calendar years immediately preceding any such investigation.
b If the Commission finds, on the basis of an investigation under subdi vision a of this section, that in any calendar year after 1938 the quantity of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from ware house for consumption, was in excess of 30 per centum of the combined total for such year of the respective quantities ascertained in such investigation, it shall so report to the President. If the Presi dent approves the report of the Com mission, he shall so proclaim, and on and after the day following the filing of such proclamation with the Division of the Federal Register and so long as any trade agreement entered into under the authority of section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, shall be in effect with respect to the importation into the United States of red cedar
shingles, there shall be a duty upon im ported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from ware house for consumption, in any calendar year in excess of 30 per centum of the annual average for the preceding three calendar years of the combined total of the quantity of such shingles shipped by producers in the United States and of the quantity of such imported shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The rate of such duty shall be 25 cents per square. Any duty imposed under this Act shall be treated for the purposes of all provisions of law relating to customs revenue as a duty imposed by the Tariff Act of 1930, and shall not apply to shingles entered for consumption before the duty becomes applicable.
c The quantity of red cedar shingles entitled to exemption from any duty im posed pursuant to this Act shall be ascer tained for each quota period by the Commission and reported to the Secre tary of the Treasury.;
WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has reported to me that pur suant to the said act it has conducted an investigation and has ascertained the quantities of red cedar shingles shipped by producers in the United States and the quantities of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump tion, during each of the three calendar years immediately preceding such inves tigation, namely, the calendar years 1937, 1938, and 1939; and WHEREAS, as shown by its report, the Commission has found, on the basis of its investigation, that in the calendar year 1939 the quantity of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for con sumption, was in excess of 30 per centum of the combined total for such year of the quantity of red cedar shingles shipped . by producers in the United States and the quantity of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, as ascertained by the Commission:

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation:
Pae R pdcedar shingles, report of U. S. Tariff Commission on shipments and imports ap proved _________________ 3389
Executive Order:
Grand Coulee Dam Project and Berfineville Project, coordi"nating electrical facilities_ 3390
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 14 Civil A viation :

Civil Aeronautics Authority:
Control zones of intersection, titc., redesignation______
/"fadio fixes, etc., redesigna tion- _________________

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T itle 20 E mployees B enefits :

Railroad Retirement Board:
Railroad Retirement Act of ---1937, amendment relating to offices of Board______ 3392
T itle 25 I ndians :

Office of Indian Affairs:
Uintah Indian irrigation projct, Utah, operation and X maintenance
charges, am endm ent__________
T itle 29Labor:
Wage and Hour Division:
Millinery industry, l e a r n e r employment regulations:
--Custom-made branch_____
Popular priced branch____

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T itle 35 P anama Canal:

Canal Zone Regulations:
Inspection and control of vessels in Canal Zone w a te rs_______________ 3394
T itle 43 P ublic L ands : I nterior :

General Land Office:
Alaska:
--Minerals in lands reserved for educational uses, disposition_____ ____ 3394
--Timber on school sections and withdrawn lands,
small sales___________ 3394
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