PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 17, 1942 NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby make proclamation to all whom it may concern that a state of war exists between the United States and Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria. And acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and the said sections of the United States Code, I do hereby further proclaim and direct that the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States toward all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States or within any territories in any way subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be as follows: All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria are enjoined to preserve the peace towards the United States and to refrain from crime against the public safety, and from violating the laws of the United States and of the States and Terri- tories thereof; and to refrain from actual hostility or giving informa- tion, aid, or comfort to the enemies of the United States or interfering by word or deed with the defense of the United States or the political processes and public opinions thereof; and to comply strictly with the regulations which may be from time to time promulgated by the President. All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria, being of the age of fourteen years or upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, who fail to conduct themselves as so enjoined, in addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, shall be liable to restraint, or to give security, or to remove and depart from the United States in the manner prescribed by sections 23 and 24 of title 50 of the United States Code and as prescribed in regulations duly promulgated by the President. And pursuant to the authority vested in me as aforesaid I hereby declare and prescribe the following regulation, which I find necessary in the premises and for the public safety: Any native, citizen, denizen, or subject of Iungary, Runiania, or Bulgaria, of the age of fourteen years and ulpwal(rd, and not Ictiually naturalized, who, in the juldgmentt of the Attorney (enieral or the Secretary of War, as the case may be, is aiding, or atbott to aid, the enemy, or who may be at large to the danger of the public peace or safety, or who, in the judgment of the Attorney General or the Secretary of War, as the case may be, is violating, or is about to violate any regulation adopted and promulgated by the President, or any criminal law of the United States or of the States or Territories thereof, shall be subject to summary arrest as an alien enemy and to confinement in a place of detention, as may be directed by the President or by any executive officer hereafter designated by the President of the United States. And pursuant to the authority vested in me, I hereby charge the Attorney General with the duty of executing the above regulation and all regulations hereafter adopted and promulgated regarding the con- duct of natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria within continental United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and the Secretary of War with the duty of executing the above regulation and all regulations hereafter adopted and promul- gated regarding the conduct of natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria in Alaska, the Canal Zone, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Philippine Islands. Each of them is State of war with Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria. Conduct toward Hungarian, Rumani- an, and Bulgarian aliens. Restraints, etc., on alien enemies. Arrest iud confine- llnelt. Duties and authori- ty of Attorney Gen- eral and Secretary of War. 56 STAT.]
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