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VOLUME 17

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NU M B ERS

Washington, Tuesday, January 8, 9 52

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2959
A l lo c a t in g T ar iff Q u o t a o n C e r t a in P e t r o leu m P roducts U n d e r t h e V e n e
z u e l a n T rade A g r e e m e n t BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

1. WHEREAS on December 29,1950,1
proclaimed such allocation among coun tries of production of the quantity of crude petroleum,. topped crude petro leum, and fuel oil derived from petro leum, including fuel oil known as gas oil, entitled to a reduction in the rate of import tax during the calendar year 1951
not in excess of the annual amount equal to 5 per centum of the total quantity of crude petroleum processed in refineries in the continental United States during the preceding year as would be required or appropriate to carry out 1 the de finitive trade agreement with Venezuela entered into on November 6, 1939 54
Stat. 2377, particularly Article VH and Item 3422 of Schedule I I thereof, and 2 the trade agreement entered into on October 39, 1947 consisting in part of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 61 Stat. Parts 5 and 6 A7, A ll, and A2051, particularly Article Xin thereof;
2. WHEREAS under the terms of said proclamation of December 29, 1950 the aggregate quantity of crude petroleum;
topped crude petroleum, and fuel oil de rived from petroleum, including fuel oil known as gas oil, entitled to a reduction in the rate of import tax during the cal endar year 1951 up to not in excess of an annual amount equal to 5 per centum of the total quantity of crude petroleum processed in refineries in continental United States during the preceding year was allocated among countries of export on the basis of the proportions of the total imports for consumption in the United States of America supplied during the calendar years 1946 through 1949, which years were representative of the trade in such products;
3. WHEREAS the proportions of total imports into the United States of Amer ica of such petroleum and fuel oil s u d -

plied by countries of export during the years 1946 through 1949 were as follows:
Percentum Venezuela__________ ______ _______ _______
Kingdom of the Netherlands includ ing its overseas territories __________
Other foreign countries____ _ __________

59.4
18.7
21.9

4. WHEREAS Venezuela has requested the allocation among the countries of ex port of the quantity of such petroleum and fuel oil-entitled to a reduction in duty by virtue of the said Item 3422 of Schedule n annexed to the said defini tive trade agreement with Venezuela and that the representative period specified in recital 2 hereof be retained for the calendar year 1952;
5. WHEREAS I find that, taking into account special factors affecting the trade, imports into the United States of America from all countries of such pe troleum and fuel oil during the years 1946 through 1949 as specified in recitals 2 and 3 hereof are representative of the trade in such products;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H A R R Y S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States o f America, acting under and by virtue o f the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do proclaim that, of the total aggregate quantity of crude petroleum, topped erude petroleum, and fuel oil de rived from petroleum, including fuel oil known as gas oil, entitled, during the calendar year 1952., to a reduction in the rate of import tax by virtue of the said Item 3422 of Schedule n of the said definitive trade agreement with Vene zuela, no more than 59.4 per centum shall be the produce or manufacture of the United States of Venezuela, nor more than 18.7 per centum the produce or manufacture of the Kingdom of the Netherlands including its overseas ter ritories , nor more than 21.9 per centum the produce or manufacture of other foreign countries.
IN W ITN ESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the.United States of America to be affixed.
DONE A T the City of Washington this fifth day of January in the seal year of our Lord nineteen hun dred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of Continued on p. 187

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamations Allocating tariff quota on certain petroleum products under the Venezuelan trade agreem ent Modification of trade-agreement concession and adjustment in rate of duty with respect to hat ters fur__ _____ __ ________ Executive Orders Creation of emergency board to investigate a dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and certain of its employees____ .v.

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corpora tion; Farmers Home Adminis tration; Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; Production and Marketing Administration.
Aircraft Production .Resources A gen cy Delegation of authority to the Di rector to reschedule delivery of materials see M u n i t i o n s Board.
Alien Property, Office of Notices:
Vesting orders:
Brandt, Anna A. A ------ ------220
Electro Metallurgical Co. and Union Carbide and Carbon Corp______________________
219
Gevaert Photo-Producten N.
V _________________________
219
Schellenberg, Walter H ______
219
Arm y Department Delegations of authority to the Secretary to reschedule delivery of materials see Munitions .
Board.
Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Notices:
Organization and functions; re location of Airport District Office______________________
215
Ruls and regulations:
Danger areas; alterations 2
documents________________191,192
Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Special accident investigations216
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