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FEDERAL
VOLUME 22

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NUMBER 243

Washington, Tuesday, December 17, 1957

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 3215
E x t e n d in g t h e P er io d f o r t h e E s t a b l is h
m e n t o f A d e q u a t e S h i p p i n g S e r v ic e for , a n d D e f e r r in g E x t e n s i o n o f t h e C o a s t w is e L a w s t o , C a n t o n I s l a n d BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 41 Stat. 997; 46 U. S. C.
877, provides:
That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise la w s o f the United States shall extend to the Island Territories and posses sions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board United States Shipping Board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to main tain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by Feb ruary 1, 1922, the Fresident shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Ter ritory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor ;

and
WHERAS the authority of the United States Shipping Board was vested in the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 12 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10,1933; and WHEREAS section 204 of the act of June 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 1987, transferred such authority to the United States Maritime Commission ; and WHEREAS this authority was trans ferred to the Secretary of Commerce by section 204 of Reorganization Plan No.
21 of 1950; and WHEREAS an adequate shipping serv ice to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of Canton Island
has not been established as provided in the aforesaid section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920; and WHEREAS the extension of the coast wise laws of the United States to Canton Island, as provided in the aforesaid sec tion, is dependent upon the establish ment of such adequate shipping service;
and WHEREAS by various proclamations the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island was extended to January 1, 1958, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was deferred to that date :
NOW, THEREFORE, I, D W IG H T D.
EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the estab lishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is extended until further notice by proclamation of the President, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is deferred until it is de clared by proclamation of the President that such adequate shipping service has been established.
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 twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal fifty-seven, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.
D w ig h t D . E is e n h o w e r
By the President:
C h r i s t i a n A . H er ter ,
Acting Secretary of State.
F. R. Doc 57-10465; Filed, Dec. 16, 1957;
11:38 a. m .

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
PaS

Extending the period for the es tablishment of adequate ship ping service for, and deferring extension of the coastwise laws to, Canton Island_____________ 10073

EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Commodity Service.

Stabilization
Alien Property Office Notices:
Vested property; intention to .
return:
Duiker, Dirk Jacobus_________ 10116
Goodman, Bernard Eugen Friedrich Wilhelm, and Lili Vera Gutmann_____________10116
Hessle, Dr. Eric T _____________10116

Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Accident occurring in Pacific ocean between San Francisco, Calif., and Honolulu, T. H.;
investigation________________
Hearings, etc.:
National Airlines, Inc________
Resort Airlines, Inc__________
Rules and regulations:
Reports of ownership of stock and other interests; schedule of data______________________

10114
1.0115
10115

10076

Civil Service Commission Notices:
Certain positions of professional engineers and scientists; in crease in minimum rates of pay-------------------------------- 10115
Rules and regulations:
Exceptions from competitive service______________________ 10088

Commerce Department See Foreign Trade Zones Board.

Commodity Stabilization Service Rules and regulations:
Soil bank; acreage reserve pro gram; elimination of certain minimum and maximum acreage requirements________ 10075
10073