PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 15, 1948 DEATH OF GENERAL PERSHING BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Display of national flagat half-mast. A PROCLAMATION To the People of the United States: It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of John J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States, who died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C., at 3:50 a. m. on the 15th day of July, 1948. General Pershing devoted his entire life to his profession. He served with distinction in numerous campaigns and his glorious part in the first World War will never be forgotten. His death comes as a great sorrow to his friends and as a genuine bereavement to the people of the United States. He has already achieved an honored place in our history. As a mark of respect to General Pershing's memory it is hereby ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all public buildings and at all forts and military posts and naval stations, and on all vessels of the United States, until after the funeral shall have taken place. 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 15th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATIONS OF DECEMBER 16, 1947 AND JAN- UARY 1, 1948, CARRYING OUT GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND EXCLUSIVE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CUBA, RESPECTIVELY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS (1), pursuant to the authority conferred by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1934, by the Joint Resolution approved June 7, 1943, and by sec- tions 2 and 3 of the Act of July 5, 1945 (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57 Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. (1946) 1351), the period for the exercise of said authority having been ex- tended by section 1 of said Act of July 5, 1945 until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1945 (48 Stat. 944, ch. 474, 59 Stat. 410, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. (1946) 1352 (c)), on October 30,1947 the President entered into a trade agreement with the Governments of the Common- wealth of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Czechoslovak Republic, the French Republic, India, Lebanon, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia, Syria, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 1528 July 15, 1948 [No. 2797] [62 STAT. July 15, 1948 [No. 27981
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