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1934

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NUMBER 173

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Washington Wednesday, September 8, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
E xecutive O rder LIMITING

THE IMPORTATION OF RED CEDAR SHINGLES
CANADA DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF 1937

FROM

WHEREAS Executive Order No. 75751 of March 13, 1937, issued under and pursuant to section 811 of the Revenue Act of 1936 49 Stat. 1746, lim ited the quantity of red cedar shingles imported from Canada which m ight be ad mitted to entry during the first six months of the calendar year 1937 to 1,048,262 squares, the equivalent of 25 per centum of the combined total of the shipm ents of red cedar shingles by producers in the United States and the imports of such shingles from Canada for the last six months of the calendar year 1936; and WHEREAS the said section 811 of the Revenue Act of 1936 requires that the President shall issue a new order for each succeeding half-calendar year during the life of the reciprocal trade agreement entered into with the Dominion of Canada under date of November 15, 1935, lim iting the imports of red cedar shingles from Canada for such half-calendar year to 25 per centum of the com bined total of such shipm ents and imports of red cedar shingles for the preceding half-calendar year; and WHEREAS X find from available statistics that the com bined total of such shipments and imports of red cedar shingles during the first half of the calendar year 1937 is 3,569,492 squares:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 811 of the Revenue Act of 1936 it is hereby ordered that the quantity of red cedar shingles imported from Canada which may be admitted to entry during the last six months of the cal endar year 1937 shall be lim ited to 892,373 squares.
F ranklin D R oosevelt T he W hite H ouse,
September 3, 1937.
No. 77013
F. R. Doc. 37-2691; Filed, September 4,1937; 11:18 a. m.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
S upplement to the P amphlet I nternational T raffic in ArmsL aws and R egulations Administered by Tm: S ecre tary of S tate G overning the I nternational T raffic in Arms, Ammunition , and I mplements of W ar and O ther M unitions of W ar.
PART IX. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EXPORTATION OF
HELIUM GAS
S eptember 3, 1937.

Section 3 of the Act of September t , 1937 Public No.
41175th CongressFirst Session , entitled AN ACT Au 2 P . R . 619 D I>.

thorizing the conservation, production, exploitation, and sale of helium gas, a mineral resource pertaining to the national defense and to the development of commercial aeronautics, authorizing the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, by the United States of properties for the production of helium gas, and for other purposes, provides in part as follows:
b That helium not needed for Government use may be pro duced and sold upon payment in advance In quantities and under regulations approved by the President, for medical, scientific, and commercial use, except that helium may be sold for the inflation of only such airships as operate in or between the United States and its Territories and possessions, or between the United States or its territories and possessions and foreign countries: Provided, That no helium shall be sold for the inflation of any airship op erating between two foreign countries notwithstanding such air ship may also touch at some point in the United States: .

Section 4 o f the Act provides as follows:
S ec . 4. No helium gas shall be exported from the United States,
or from its Territories and possessions, until after application has been made to the Secretary of State, and a license authoriz ing said exportation has been obtained from him on the joint recommendation of all of the members of the National Muni tions Control Board and the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That, under regulations governing exportation of helium approved by the National Munitions Control Board and the Secretary of the Interior, export shipments of quantities of helium that are not of military importance as defined in said regulations, and which do not exceed a maximum to be specified therein, may be made under license grant! by the Secretary of State without such specific recommendation. Such regulations shall not permit accumulations of helium in quantities of military importance in any foreign country, nor the exportation of helium to countries named in proclamations of the President Issued pursuant to sec tion 1 a or c of the Neutrality Act of May 1, 1937 Public Resolution Numbered 27 of the Seventy-fifth Congress while such proclamations are in effect, and shall require exporters to submit a sworn statement to the Secretary of State showing the quantity, destination, consignee, and intended use of each pro posed exportation.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or of the regulations made pursuant hereto, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and the Federal courts of the United States are hereby granted Jurisdiction to try and deter mine all questions arising under this section.
The National Munitions Control Board shall include in its Annual Report to the Congress full information concerning the licenses issued hereunder, together with such information and data collected by the Board as may be considered of value in the determination of questions related to the exportation of helium gas.

Under the authority of the aforementioned provisions of law and in pursuance thereof, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes and promulgates, with the approval of the Na tional M unitions Control Board and the Secretary of the Interior, the following regulations governing the export of helium gas:
1 Wherever the word helium is used in these regula tions, it shall be understood to mean contained helium
at standard atmospheric pressure 14.7 pounds per square inch and 70 Fahrenheit. The expression contained helium means the actual quantity of the elem ent, hgiinm, Ci. e. 100% pure helium present in a mixture of helium 2113