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 8th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL] nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: JAMES E. WEBB, Acting Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 2845 DESIGNATING THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL FOREST AS THE GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST WHEREAS Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, who served in the Department of Agriculture from 1898 to 1910, was primarily responsible for the establishment of our nationalforest system; and WHEREAS he established many of the basic policies which guide our nationalforest administration today; and WHEREAS he has long been recognized as the foremost forester and forest conservationist of this Nation; and WHEREAS his life was spent almost wholly in the service of the public; and WHEREAS it is especially appropriate to pay tribute to Gifford Pinchot by naming one of our great national forests in his honor: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (16 U. S. C. 473), do hereby proclaim that the Columbia National Forest in the State of Washington, as defined by Executive Order No. 820 of June 18, 1908, and as subsequently modified by Executive orders and acts of Congress, is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 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 June in the year of our Lord IMMIGRATION QUOTAS WHEREAS the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General have reported to the President that pursuant to the duty imposed and the authority conferred upon them by sections 11 and 12 of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 1924 (43 Stat. 159-161), and Reorganization Plan No. V (54 Stat. 1238), they jointly have made the revision provided for in section 12 of the said act and have fixed, in accordance therewith, immigration quotas as hereinafter set forth: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quotas of the nationalities indicated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for each fiscal year thereafter have been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows: TERMINATION OF THE SUSPENSION OF ADDITIONAL PROCESSING TAX ON CERTAIN COCONUT OIL WHEREAS section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (26 U. S. C. (1946) 2470 (a) (2)), provides as follows: Additional rate on coconut oil. There shall be imposed (in addition to the tax imposed by the preceding paragraph) a tax of 2 cents per pound, to be paid by the processor, upon the first domestic processing of coconut oil or of any combination or mixture containing a substantial quantity of coconut oil with respect to which oil there has been no previous first domestic processing, except that the tax imposed by this sentence shall not apply when it is established, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary, that such coconut oil (whether or not contained in such a combination or mixture), (A) is wholly the production of the Philippine Islands or any possession of the United States, or (B) was produced wholly from materials the growth or production of the Philippine Islands or any possession of the United States * WHEREAS section 505 (b) of the Philippine Trade Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 157, 22 U. S. C. (1946) 1355) provides as follows: Suspension of Section 2470 (a) (2) of Internal Revenue Code. Whenever the President, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, finds that adequate supplies of neither copra nor coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States, he shall so proclaim, and after the date of such proclamation the provisions of section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be suspended until the expiration of 30 days after he proclaims that, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, he has found that such adequate supplies are so readily available; WHEREAS, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, the President issued a Proclamation (No. 2693) dated June 27, 1946 (60 Stat. 1349) pursuant to the said section 505 (b) of the Philippine Trade Act of 1946 that adequate supplies of neither copra nor coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, were readily available for processing in the United States and the provisions of section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code were accordingly suspended; AND WHEREAS I have consulted with the President of the Philippines concerning the supplies of copra and coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, which are available for processing in the United States, and have found that such adequate supplies are now readily available: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, I have found that adequate supplies of copra and coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States. Upon the expiration of 30 days after the date of this proclamation the suspension of the provisions of section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code effected by said proclamation of June 27, 1946, will be terminated so that on and after August 27, 1949, the processing tax provided for in that section will be applicable. 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 27th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL] nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth. By the President: HARRY S. TRUMAN DEAN ACHESON, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 2848 AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior has adopted, after notice and public procedure pursuant to section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), and has submitted to me for approval the following amendments of the regulations relating to migratory birds and game mammals included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and certain game mammals concluded February 7, 1936: AMENDMENTS OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR By virtue of and pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganization Plan II (53 Stat. 1431), and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), I, J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of the said Act and conventions to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs, and in accordance with such determinations, do hereby amend as follows the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2801 of July 29, 1948, as last amended by Proclamation No. 2822 of November 5, 1948, and do hereby adopt the following as suitable regulations, permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: 1. Section 6.4 is amended to read as follows: § 6.4 Open seasons, bag limits, and possession of certain migratory game birds. During the open seasons prescribed and except as hereinafter provided in this section, ducks, geese, brant, and coot may be taken daily from onehalf hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset, and rails, gallinules, woodcock, mourning or turtle doves, whitewinged doves, and band-tailed pigeons from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. The hour for the commencement of hunting of waterfowl and coot on the first day of the season, including each first day of the split seasons, shall be 12 o'clock noon. A person may take in any one day during the open seasons prescribed therefor not to exceed the numbers of migratory game birds herein permitted, which numbers shall include all birds taken by any other person who for hire accompanies or assists him in taking such birds. When so taken, such birds may be possessed in the number specified in this section, except that no person on the opening day of the season may possess any migratory game birds in excess of the applicable daily limits. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the taking of migratory birds on any reservation or sanctuary established under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222), or on any area of the United States set aside under any other law, proclamation, or Executive order for use as a bird, game, or other wildlife reservation, breeding ground, or refuge except so far as may be permitted by the Secretary of the Interior under existing law, or on any area designated as a closed area under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The open seasons (dates inclusive) on the following migratory game birds only, the daily bag and possession limits, and the exceptions to the hours of hunting heretofore stated, shall be as shown in the following schedules: 1 No open season on wood duck in Massachusetts and West Virginia. In other States, bag or possession limit may include 1 wood duck only. Daily bag for American and red-breasted mergansers 25 singly or in the aggregate of both kinds; no possession limit after the opening day of the season. 22 Canada geese or its subspecies, or 2 white-fronted geese, and in addition 3 blue geese a day or in possession. 3 Not more than 15 in the aggregate of rails (other than sora) and gallinules. 4 No open season in District of Columbia but migratory game birds may be possessed Florida: Rails (including sora) and gallinules, daily bag and possession limit 15. 6 Florida: Mourning doves in Dade, Monroe, and Broward Counties, Oct. 1 to 7 Shooting hours for mourning doves in States indicated-12 o'clock noon until sunset. 8 Scoters and eider ducks may be taken in all areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massa- New York: North and east of the tracks of the branch line of the New York Central 10 When rails and gallinules are permitted to be taken during the waterfowl season, they may not be hunted after 1 hour before sunset. Daily bag limits.. 1 Bag or possession limit may include 1 wood duck only. Daily bag for American and 2 Including in such limit not more than 2 Canada geese or its subspecies or not more Not more than 15 in the aggregate of rails (other than sora) and gallinules. Shooting hours for mourning doves in States indicated-12 o'clock noon until sunset. No open season for geese in that part of Alexander County, Illinois, established as closed area by Proclamation 2748 of Oct. 1, 1947 (12 F. R. 6521). When rails and gallinules are permitted to be taken during the waterfowl season, 7 Woodcock: Michigan, Upper Peninsula, Oct. 1 to Oct. 20; Lower Peninsula, Oct. 15 to Nov. 5. |