PROCLAMATION 3082 DETERMINING 4,4-DIPHENYL-6-DIMETHYLAMINO-3-HEXANONE TO BE AN OPIATE WHEREAS section 4731 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 provides in part as follows: Opiate. The word "opiate", as used in this part shall mean any drug (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; 52 Stat. 1041, section 201 (g); 21 U. S. C. 321) found by the Secretary or his delegate, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, to have an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine, and proclaimed by the President to have been so found by the Secretary or his delegate. AND WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, has found that the following named drug has an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine, and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately: 4,4-diphenyl - 6 - dimethylamino-3-hex anone. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found that the aforementioned drug has an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 23d day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: PROCLAMATION 3083 RED CROSS MONTH, 1955 WHEREAS for more than seventy years the United States Government has participated, with other governments, in international treaties which fix responsibility for providing comfort and relief to sick and wounded members of the armed forces, and which establish the Red Cross as the protective symbol under which those purposes shall be achieved; and WHEREAS these treaties envisioned the need for establishing in each participating country a volunteer organization to assist the government in carrying out its obligations, and to engage in such other humanitarian activities as the government might prescribe; and WHEREAS, by appropriate Federal statute and in accord with its international commitments, the Government of the United States has established the American National Red Cross as this Nation's official volunteer agency to act in matters of relief under the treaties, and has prescribed other humanitarian duties to be performed by the Red Cross on behalf of the Government and people of the United States; and WHEREAS during the last half century the American people, through Red Cross membership and the voluntary contribution of their time, their blood, and their money, have made possible the assumption and discharge by the American National Red Cross of its obligations during periods of both war and peace; and WHEREAS, through its services to our armed forces all over the world, its extension of relief to sufferers from disasters at home and abroad, its blood program, its Junior Red Cross activities, and its contributions in the fields of nursing, first aid, and water safety, the American National Red Cross has strengthened the Nation by saving lives, salvaging hopes, and preserving human dignity; and WHEREAS, by reason of its origin, its official status, its record of accomplishment, and the humanitarian purposes that it serves, the American National Red Cross must continue to have the support of all the American people: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1955 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans during that month to assure the continuing effectiveness of the work of the Red Cross by contributing liberally of their funds and by enrolling for active membership in this organization. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 24th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: HERBERT HOOVER, Jr., PROCLAMATION 3084 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 624), I issued a proclamation on June 8, 1953 (No. 3019; 67 Stat. c46) limiting the quantities of peanuts, whether shelled, not shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved (including roasted peanuts, but not including peanut butter) which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any 12-month period beginning July 1 in any year, which proclamation was amended by my proclamation of June 30, 1953 (No. 3025 1; 67 Stat. c54); WHEREAS the total quantity of such peanuts which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption under the said proclamation of June 8, 1953, as amended, during the 12-month period beginning July 1, 1954, has already been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 (d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, the United States Tariff Commission has made a supplemental investigation to determine whether there is need for an additional quantity of imported peanuts during the remainder of the quota year ending June 30, 1955, to meet essential requirements of domestic peanut users, and, if so, what additional quantity might be permitted to be entered during the current quota year without materially interfering with or rendering ineffective the peanut program of the United States Department of Agriculture; WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a re 13 CFR, 1953 Supp., p. 34. port of its findings and recommendation made in connection with the said supplemental investigation; WHEREAS, on the basis of the said supplemental investigation and report of the Tariff Commission, I find that changed circumstances require the modification of the existing quota restrictions on peanuts which are in effect for the 12-month period beginning July 1, 1954, pursuant to the said proclamation of June 8, 1953, as amended, so as to permit the additional quantity of peanuts hereinafter described to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of the quota period ending June 30, 1955, subject to the fee hereinafter proclaimed; and WHEREAS I find and declare that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of such additional quantity of such peanuts subject to such fee will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said program of the Department of Agriculture with respect to peanuts, nor reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from peanuts with respect to which such program is being undertaken: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, do hereby proclaim that the said proclamation of June 8, 1953, as amended by the said proclamation of June 30, 1953, is hereby modified so as to permit the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of the 12-month period beginning July 1, 1954, of not more than 51,000,000 pounds (aggregate quantity) of peanuts, shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved (including roasted peanuts, but not including peanuts not shelled or peanut butter), of sizes averaging in representative samples more than 40 kernels per ounce, subject to a fee of 2 cents per pound but not more than 50 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That the said fee shall be in addition to any other duties imposed on the importation of such peanuts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. PROCLAMATION 3086 DONE at the City of Washington this 9th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3085 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1955 WHEREAS accidents kill more than fourteen thousand, and injure more than one million, farm residents each year; and WHEREAS human failure is associated with nearly all these deaths and disabling injuries; and WHEREAS the occupational death rate of the nearly seven million farm workers in the United States is the third highest among the rates reported for all types of industry in this country; and WHEREAS every farm worker can aid in reducing the toll of deaths and injuries by constantly bearing in mind the slogan, "Your safety is in your hands": NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the Nation to observe the week beginning July 24, 1955, as National Farm Safety Week, and I urgently request all farm workers to make safety inventories of their homes, farms, machinery, and equipment, and to cultivate careful work habits and attitudes. I also request all persons and organizations interested in farm life and welfare to join in a campaign to reduce the tragedies and losses caused by needless accidents. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 17th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: HERBERT HOOVER, Jr., Acting Secretary of State. CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1955 WHEREAS the impact of cancer upon this country results in the loss of nearly a quarter of a million lives annually, the suffering and incapacitation of hundreds of thousands of our citizens, and the serious lowering of our national productivity; and WHEREAS protection against this threat to the vitality of the Nation through the cooperative effort of both private and public organizations is necessary to the welfare of our people; and WHEREAS it is incumbent upon all of us to encourage and support the efforts of the official agencies and voluntary groups engaged in research to increase knowledge of cancer, and in programs for the application of this knowledge to the problem of control of cancer through early diagnosis and effective treatment; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1955 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also urge the medical profession, the press, the radio, television, and motion-picture industries, and all interested agencies and individuals, to unite during the appointed month in public dedication to programs for the control of cancer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 25th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3087 WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1955 WHEREAS it is the desire of the people of the United States of America to promote the growth and share the fruits of freedom and enterprise in peace and prosperity with their friends throughout the free world; and WHEREAS a significant contribution to the development of a lasting peace can be made by the interchange of goods and services and freedom of travel, and the mutual understanding thus attained can become the basis of true international friendship; and WHEREAS higher standards of living and better economic utilization of the world's resources can be promoted through an increased international exchange of goods, services, and capital; and WHEREAS international trade is a keystone in promoting international stability and developing resources, culture, and security; and WHEREAS the economic strength upon which the free world's common defense is based can be increased by international trade: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 22, 1955, as World Trade Week; and I request the appropriate officials of the Federal Government and of the several States, Territories, possessions, and municipalities of the United States to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge business, labor, agricultural, educational, and civic groups, as well as people in the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, ceremonies, and other appropriate activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 25th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3088 PAN AMERICAN DAY AND PAN WHEREAS April 14, 1955, will be observed in each of the twenty-one Republics of the Western Hemisphere as Pan American Day, celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Pan American Union, which is the permanent organ and General Secretariat of the Organization of American States; and WHEREAS the observances commemorating that occasion will take place throughout the week of April 10 to April 16, 1955; and WHEREAS the bonds of friendship uniting the Governments and peoples of the United States and those of the other American Republics in their social, cultural, political, and economic relationships continue to be strengthened through their mutually constructive efforts within the framework of the Organization of American States; and WHEREAS during the past year the Republics of this Hemisphere have again demonstrated their mutual and steadfast determination to withstand aggression from any source, to preserve the peace of the Americas, and to use effectively the machinery for pacific settlement provided in the treaties binding them together in the interAmerican system: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 1955, as Pan American Day, and the period from April 10 to April 16, 1955, as Pan American Week; and I urge that the people of this nation on that day and during that week give particular expression to their fraternal feelings toward the peoples of the other American Republics and to their devotion to the maintenance of the principles which we share with them. I also invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to issue similar proclamations; and I call upon all our citizens and all interested organizations to unite in appropriate observance of Pan American Day and Pan American Week, in testimony of the solidarity which characterizes the relationship between the peoples of the United States and those of the other American Republics. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 31st day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3089 EXCLUDING CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ADDING A PORTION THEREOF TO THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST-ALASKA WHEREAS certain lands comprising a portion of the hereinafter-described Gustavus Area of the Glacier Bay National Monument in Alaska, established by Proclamation No. 1733 of February 26, 1925 (43 Stat. 1988), and enlarged by Proclamation No. 23301 of April 18, 1939 (53 Stat. 2534), are now being used as an airfield for national-defense purposes and are no longer suitable for nationalmonument purposes; and WHEREAS the other lands within the Gustavus Area, including several homesteads which were patented prior to the enlargement of the monument by the proclamation of April 18, 1939, are suitable for a limited type of agricultural use and are no longer necessary for the proper care and management of the objects of scientific interest on the lands within the monument; and WHEREAS the lands comprising the hereinafter-described Excursion Inlet Area of the monument were erroneously excluded from the Tongass National Forest and included in the monument by the proclamation of April 18, 1939, and such lands are suitable for nationalforest purposes; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to exclude the said lands comprising the Gustavus Area and the Excursion Inlet Area from the Glacier Bay National Monument, and to restore the lands within the Excursion Inlet Area to the Tongass National Forest: 13 CFR 1943 Cum. Supp. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, c. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U. S. C. 431), section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103 (16 U. S. C. 471), and section 1 of the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat, 34, 36 (16 U. S. C. 473), do proclaim (1) that all of the following-described lands in the Territory of Alaska are hereby excluded from the Glacier Bay National Monument and (2) that, subject to all valid existing rights, those lands designated and described as the Excursion Inlet Area are hereby added to and made a part of the Tongass National Forest and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to that forest: GUSTAVUS AREA COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN T. 40 S., R. 58 E., secs. 1 to 3 and 9 to 12, inclusive; fractional secs. 13 and 14; secs. 15 and 16; fractional secs. 21 to 23, inclusive. T. 40 S., R. 59 E., fractional sec. 3; secs. 4 to 8, inclusive; fractional secs. 9, 10, and 16 to 18, inclusive. Also, a parcel of unsurveyed land described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of sec. 1, T. 40 S., R. 58 E., C. R. M.; thence North 7,920 feet; East 2,640 feet; South 45° 00' East to the northeast corner of sec. 6, T. 40 S., R. 59 E., C. R. M.; West, along the northern boundary of sec. 6, T. 40 S., R. 59 E., and sec. 1, T. 40 S., R. 58 E., C. R. M., to the point of beginning. Also, all water and islands lying directly south and offshore between the above-described lands and the center of Icy Passage. The areas described, including both public and nonpublic lands, aggregate approximately 14,741 acres of land and 4,193 acres of water. EXCURSION INLET AREA A tract of unsurveyed land described as follows: Beginning at a point on the center line of the principal channel of Excursion Inlet from which Corner No. 1 M. C. of United States Survey No. 666 bears due east; thence Northerly along the center of the principal channel of Excursion Inlet to a point in approximate latitude 58°30′ N., longitude 135° 30' W.; East to the east shore of Excursion Inlet; |