PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 29, NOV. 4, 1943 ARMISTICE DAY, 1943 October 29, 1943 [No. 2598] Observance of Nov. 11, 1943 as Armistice Day. November 4, 1943 [No. 2699] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS November 1I, 1943, is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice with Germany which terminated hos- tilities at the close of the first World War; and WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 of the Sixty-ninth Congress, passed June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for the observance of November 11 as Armistice Day; and WHEREAS we can best observe that day by rededicating our- selves, with the faith and loyalty of the men who fought and died for our cause during the first World War, to those tasks which are directed toward achieving victory in the present struggle: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe November 11, 1943, by devoting themselves whole-heartedly and with renewed fervor to every task that will contribute to the winning of the war; and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day. 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 29 th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: E. R . STETTINIUS, Jr. Acting Secretary of State MERCHANDISE IN GENERAL-ORDER AND BONDED WAREHOUSES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 491 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (46 Stat. 726; 52 Stat. 1083; 19 U. S. C. 1491) provides in part as follows: "Any entered or unentered merchandise (except merchandise entered under section 557 of this Act, but including merchandise entered for transportation in bond or for exportation) which shall remain in customs custody for one year from the date of importation.thereof, without all estimated duties and storage or other charges thereon having been paid, shall be considered un- claimed and abandoned to the Government and shall be appraised by the appraiser of merchandise and sold by the collector at pub- lic auction under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe . . ."; WHEREAS section 557 of the said act, as amended (46 Stat. 744; 52 Stat. 1087 and 1088; 19 U. S . C . 1557), provides in part as follows: "(a) Any merchandise subject to duty, with the exception of perishable articles and explosive substances other than firecrack- [57 STAT.
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