PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 25, 30, 1940 WHEREAS there exists a state of war between Germany and Norway; WHEREAS the United States of America is neutral in such war; Ante, p. 22. WHEREAS by my proclamation of November 4, 1939, issued pursuant to the provision of law quoted above, I placed special restrictions on the use of ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa; Application of pre- NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- tended, dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 11 of the Joint Resolution approved November 4, 1939, do by this proclamation declare and proclaim that the provisions of my procla- mation of November 4, 1939, in regard to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, shall also apply to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of Norway. fcrs to prevent AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution, and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punish- ment any offenders against the same. 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 25" day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT NATIONAL MARITIME DAY-1940 April 30, 1940 [No. 2401] Preamble. 36U. .a.i145. National Maitin DObwru o May 3,B3o BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the first successful transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion was made by the steamship The Savannah, which set sail from Savannah, Georgia, on May 22, 1819; and WHEREAS, in commemoration of the material contribution thus made to the advancement of ocean transportation, the Congress by a joint resolution of May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73), designated May 22 of each year as National Maritime Day and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the appropriate observance of the day; and WHEREAS it is proper that public recognition should be given to the courage, vision and achievements of the officers and seamen of the American merchant marine and to the eminence of American in- ventors and engineers in the science of naigation; NOW, THEEFORE, I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby call npon, the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1940, as Natimol Maritime 2700 [54 STAT.
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