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FEDERAL
VOLUME 22

REGISTER
9 3 4

NUMBER 234

Washington, Wednesday, December 4, 1957

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 3212
Mo d ification of T rade A greement Con

A djustment of R ate of S afety P ins
cession and
D uty
on
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to authority vested in the President by the Constitu tion and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 19 U. S. C. 1351, on October 30, 1947 he entered into a trade agreement with cer tain foreign countries, which trade agreement consists of the General Agree ment on Tariffs and Trade and the re lated Protocol of Provisional Application "hereof, together with the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Sec ond Session of the Preparatory Commit tee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment 61 Stat. Parts 5and 6 A7, All, and A2051 ;
2. WHEREAS item 350 in Part I of schedule XX Geneva1947 annexed o and made a part of the said General Agreement reads in pertinent part as follows:

Description of products
Rate of duty
Pins with solid heads, without ornam entation. Including nair, safety, hat, bonnet, and shawl pins; and brass, copper, iron, steel, or other base metal pms, with heads of glass, paste, or fusible enamel; all the foregoing not plated with gold or silver, and not com monly known as jewelry:
Safety pins___ _________ 223% ad vai.

A r t i r o P in accordance with and k khe sad General Agreemept of n Vlrue T Proclamation No. 2761A
Unif2lr 16.1947 61 Stat. 1103, the safpiV S. es rate of duty applicable to 350 k S?,s Ascribed in the said item SDeoifi l 2/ 2 per centum ad valorem, as reflpptc iP th e said ite m 350, which duty the5QidPe tari concession granted in to uni! General Agreement with respect such product;

4. WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report of its investigation No. 53 under section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended 19 U. S. C.
1364, on the basis of which investiga tion, including a hearing held in connec tion therewith, the Commission has found that as a result in part of the duty reflecting the concession granted in the said General Agreement safety pins de scribed in the said item 350 are being im ported into the United States in such increased quantities, both actual and relative, as to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products;
5. WHEREAS the said Tariff Commis sion has recommended that the conces sion granted in the said General Agree ment with respect to the safety pins be.
modified to permit the application to such safety pins of the increased rate of duty hereinafter proclaimed, which duty the said Tariff Commission found and reported to be necessary to remedy the serious injury to the domestic in dustry producing like or directly com petitive products;
6. WHEREAS section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications of existing duties or such additional im port restrictions as are required or ap propriate to carry out any foreign trade agreement that the President has entered into under the said section 350;
and 7. WHEREAS, upon modification of the concession granted in the said Gen eral Agreement with respect to safety pins as recommended by the Tariff Com mission, it will be appropriate, to carry out the said General Agreement, to apply to the said pins the rate of duty herein after proclaimed:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under the au thority vested in me by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and by section 7 c of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions of the said General Agreement, do proclaim that, effective after the close of business on December 30, 1957, and until the Continued on p. 9689

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
PaS

Further providing for the adminis tration of foreign-aid functions- 9689
Proclamation
Modification of Trade Agreement Concession and adjustment of rate of duty on safety pins____ 9687
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agricultural Marketing Service
Rules and.regulations:
Cucumbers; import restrictions-

9690

Agricultural Research Service
Rules and regulations:
Anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus; control agency rules and regulations;
form of price list_________ 9690
Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice ; Agricultural Research Serv ice ; Farmers Home Administra tion.
Alien Property Office
Notices :
de Weerd, Leopold Henri ; inten tion to return vested property-

9721

Army Department
Rules and regulations:
Decorations for individuals;
miscellaneous amendments_ 9692
Atomic Energy Commission
Notices:
Kellogg, M. W. Co.; modifica tion of temporary suspension order__________ _________ 9700
Civil Aeronautics Board
Proposed rule making:
Certificated all-cargo air car riers; requirement for sep arate reports of scheduled services__________________ 9699
Rules and regulations:
Service rate air carriers; preser vation of flight coupons____ 9690
Commerce Department
See also Maritime Administration.
Notices:
Kleinknecht, William J.; report of appointment and statement of financial interests_______ 9699
9687