Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/1496

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2713 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 2, 1940 parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material or supplies neces- sary for the manufacture, servicing or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such exportation, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. Any such proclamation shall describe the articles or materials included in the prohibition or curtailment contained therein. In case of the violation of any provision of any proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years or by both such fine and imprisonment. The authority granted in this Act shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise provide." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that the administration of the provisions of section 6 of that act is vested in the Administrator of Export Control, who shall administer such provisions under such rules and regulations as I shall from time to time prescribe in the interest of the national defense. AND I do hereby further proclaim that upon the recommendation of the aforesaid Administrator of Export Control, I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after July 5, 1940, the articles and materials hereinafter listed shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as hereinafter provided: 1. Arms, ammunition, and implements of war as defined in my Proclamation No. 2237, of May 1, 1937. 2. The following basic materials and products containing the same: a. Aluminum b. Antimony c. Asbestos d. Chromium e. Cotton linters f. Flax g Graphite h. Hides i. Industrial diamonds i. Manganese . Magnesium 1. Manila fiber m. Mercury n. Mica o. Molybdenum p. Optical glass q. Platinum group metals r. Quartz crystals s. Quinine t. Rubber u. Silk v. Tin w. Toluol x. Tungsten y. Vanadium z. Wool Administration vested in Administra- tor of Export Control. Exports of desig- nated articles and materials. License require- ment. Arms, ammunition, and implements of war. 50 Stat. 1834 . Basic materials, etc. 54 STAT.]