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FEDEBALM-RE6ISTER
VOLUME 12

1934 c ? y N IT &

NUMBER 108

Washington, Tuesday, June 3,1947
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2731
F lag D a y , 1947
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it has beoome our hallowed custom to observe June 14 of each year as Flag Day by engaging in patriotic exercises and by displaying the Ameri can flag proudly in commemoration of its adoption on June 14 in the year 1777;
and WHEREAS this symbol of our national strength, our national unity, and our na tional integrity now flies with the flags of all the other United Nations as an earnest of newly achieved international strength, unity, and integrity; and WHEREAS, in the words of President Wilson set forth in his Flag Day procla mation of 1916, the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our national emblem should this year and in the years to come be given special significance as a day of renewal and re minder, a day upon which we should direct our minds . . . to thoughts of the ideals and principles of which we have sought to make our great Govern ment the embodiment :
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H ARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate June 14, 1947, as Flag Day; and I direct the offi cials of the Federal Government and request the officials of the State and local governments to have our colors dis played on all public buildings on that day.
I also urge the people of the United States to fly the American flag from their homes on June 14, and I suggest that civic groups and individuals arrange, where feasible, for joint displays of the emblems of the United Nations in recog nition of our joint dedication to the free dom of mankind.
Hi WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
27 ? at tiie City of Washington this 4ltn day of May in the year ef our Lord nineteen hundred and fortyiseal seven, and, of the Independence
of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first.
H a r r y S. T r u m a n
By the President:
G . C. M a r sh a ll ,
Secretary-of State.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
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Flag Day, 1947_________________

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Executive Orders
American Mission for Aid to Greece and American Mission
for. Aid to Turkey, provision for transfer of personnel-__________ 3558
Fort Armstrong Military Reserva tion, restoration of certain lands EXECUTIVE ORDER 9858
to use of Territory of Hawaii 3558
A p p o in t m e n t o f t h e M em ber s and t h e Hawaii, Territory of, restoration of A lte r n a te M em ber o f a M il it a r y T r i
certain land and granting ease b u n a l E s ta b l is h e d for t h e T rial a n d ment in certain other land_____ 3557
P u n i s h m e n t o f M ajor W ar C r im in a l s Joint Resolution Providing for in G erm any Relief Assistance to the People of Countries Devastated by By virtue of the authority vested in W ar , regulations for carrying me by the Constitution and the statutes, out provisions________ ;________ 3559
and as President of the United States Military tribunal established for and Commander in Chief of the Army trial and punishment of major and Navy of the United States, it is war criminals in Germany, ap ordered as follows:

pointment of members and al 1.
I hereby designate Charles B. Sears, ternate member__________________ 3555
formerly Associate Judge of the Court of Prison-made goods, Government Appeals of New York, William C. Chris purchases; revocation of E. O.
tianson, formerly Associate Justice of the 9196---------------------------3557
Supreme Court of Minnesota, and Frank Public international organizations N. Richman, formerly Judge of the entitled to enjoy certain privi Supreme Court of Indiana, as the mem leges, exemptions, and immuni bers, and Richard Dillard Dixon, for ties; designation______________
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merly Judge of Superior Court, North EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Carolina, as the alternate member, of one of the several military tribunals estab Agriculture Department lished by the Military Governor for the See also Farm Credit Administra United States Zone of Occupation within tion; Sugar Rationing Admin Germany pursuant to the quadripartite istration.
agreement of the Control Council for Rules and regulations:
Germany, enacted December 20, 1945, as Citrus fruits; limitation of ship Control Council Law No. 10, and pur ments, California and Ari suant to Articles 10 and 11 of the Charter zona:
of the International Military Tribunal, Lemons_____________________ 3559
which tribunal was established by the Oranges-------------------------- 3559
Government of the United States of Dairy Branch; field offices_____ 3561
America, the Provisional Government of Alien Property, Office of the French Republic, the Government of Notices;
the United Kingdom of Great Britain Vesting orders, etc.:
and Northern Ireland, and the Govern Bingold, Konrad, et al______ 3579
ment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re Frenkel, S------------------------ 3581
publics, for the trial and punishment of Jonkhoff, Henri Wouter_____ 3579
major war criminals of the European Kuerbs, Ellen, and Emmi ZisAxis. Such members and alternate mem koven----------------- ---------- 3580
ber may, at the direction of the Military Molsen, H., & Co_________ _
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Governor of the United States Zone of Posament, Stephanie SchybilOccupation, serve on any of the several sky------------------------------ 3579
military tribunals above mentioned.
Yoshinaga, Dr. Tanzo_______ 3580
Continued on p. 3557
Wanner, Bernhard, et al____ 3581
F. R. Doc. 47-5271; Filed, May 29, 1947;
3:19 p. m.

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