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1934

NUMBER 200

Washington, Friday, October 8, 1943
T h e P r e s id e n t
PROCLAMATION 2595
C o lum bus D a y , 1943
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS we who are determined to seek and to find highways to a new world of peace and cooperation may take in spiration from the faith and courage of Christopher Columbus, who sailed across an uncharted sea and found a western continent and a new world; and WHEREAS at this time, when the Ital ian people are striving to win back for themselves an honorable place in the family of nations, it is especially fitting that we honor the vision and achieve ment of a great Italian; and WHEREAS Public Resolution 21, Sev enty-third Congress, approved April 30, 1934, provides:
That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating Octo ber 12 of each year as Columbus Day and calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniver sary of the discovery of America ;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FR AN KLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 12, 1943, as Columbus Day; I direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings; and I invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches, or other suitable places.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 5th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and se al forty-three, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtyeighth.
F r a n k l in D R oosevelt By the President;
C ordell H u l l ,
Secretary of State.
F. R. Doc. 43-16355; Filed, October 6, 1943;
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E xecu tive O rders :

Page
Budgeting activities of the Fed eral government; submis sion of reports____________ 13782
Federal Civil Agencies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, coordination of functions and policies_______________ 13781
Foreign food procurement and development, transfer of functions to Foreign Eco nomic Administration,.____ 13783
P r o c la m a tio n :

Columbus Day, 1943___ :______ 13781
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9383

REGULATIONS AND NOTICES

C o o r d in atio n of F u n c tio n s and P o lic ie s of F ederal C iv il A gencies i n P uerto R ico and th e V ir g in I slands
C oast G uard :

WHEREAS it is desirable in the in terest of economy, consistent programs, and effective administration to coordi nate to the greatest possible extent the policies, plans, and activities of all Fed eral civil agencies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and WHEREAS section 87 of the act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 712, provides that the business assigned to the Bureau of Insular Affairs shall embrace all matters pertaining to the civil gov ernment in the island possessions of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the War Department ; and the func tions conferred upon the Bureau of Insular Affairs pertaining to Puerto Rico were transferred from the Department of War to the Division of Territories and Island Possessions in the Department of the Interior by Executive Order No. 6726
of May 29, 1934, issued pursuant to sec tion 16 of the Reorganization Act of March 3, 1933 47 Stat. 1517; and WHEREAS section 11 of the act of March 2,1917, 39 Stat. 955, provides that all reports required by law to be made by the Governor or heads of Departments of Puerto Rico to any official of the
F ederal P o w e r C o m m is s io n :

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Inspection and navigation laws, waiver for British cargo vessels_____________________ 13826
Hearings, etc.:
Eastern Shore Public Serv ice Co___________________ 13828
Union Electric Co. of Mis souri _______
13828
F is h
W il d l if e S e rvice :

and
W i c h i t a Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, fishing regulations_______________ 13827
G eneral L and O f f ic e :

Withdrawals, etc.:
Alaska_________ _________
13824
California___________________ 13825
Idaho 3 documents_ 13824,13825
Kansas______________________ 13825
Wyoming___________________ 13826
I n te r s ta t e C ommerce C o m m is s io n :

Grain permits, Decatur and Nashville market areas, 111- 13826
Motor carriers, identification regulations modified______ 13826
O f fic e
of
E cono m ic W arfare :

Prohibited exportations, miscellaneous commodi-
ties Corr._________________13811
O f fic e
oF

P rice A d m in is t r a t io n :

Adjustment, American Sugar Refining Co___________
13830
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