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WHEREAS the principle of guaranteed fundamental rights of individuals under the law is the heart and sinew of our Nation, and distinguishes our governmental system from the type of government that rules by might alone; and

WHEREAS our Government has served as an inspiration and a beacon light for oppressed peoples of the world seeking freedom, justice, and equality for the individual under laws; and

WHEREAS universal application of the principle of the rule of law in the settlement of international disputes would greatly enhance the cause of a just and enduring peace; and

WHEREAS a day of national dedication to the principle of government under laws would afford us an opportunity better to understand and appreciate the manifold virtues of such a government and to focus the attention of the world upon them:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, May 1, 1958, as Law Day.

I urge the people of the United States to observe the designated day with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and I especially urge the legal profession, the press, and the radio, television, and motion-picture industries to promote and to participate in the observance of 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 third day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3222

RED CROSS MONTH, 1958 WHEREAS the American National Red Cross has served the American people and the cause of human welfare for more than seventy-five years; and

WHEREAS the Red Cross, through its blood program, benefits thousands in our hospitals, and, through additional pro

grams of first aid, water safety, and home nursing, provides the people of our communities, including children of school age, with essential training in health, safety, and citizenship; and

WHEREAS, in addition to its aid to civilians, the Red Cross also serves our armed forces at home and overseas; and

WHEREAS the violent disasters of recent years, in which volunteers of the Red Cross heroically helped stricken communities and families, have dangerously reduced the organization's material resources:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1958 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans to honor the Red Cross during that month and to support its magnificent services throughout the year.

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 seventh day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

The Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3223

OREGON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1959

WHEREAS patriotic Americans, with pioneer endeavor and heroic endurance, created a basis for self-government in a fertile territory of the Northwest; and WHEREAS Oregon, on February 14, 1859, in recognition of the achievements of its people, was admitted into the Union as the thirty-third State of the United States; and

WHEREAS the year 1959 will mark the one hundredth anniversary of statehood for Oregon, known as the Beaver State, and the Legislative Assembly of that State has provided for a Centennial Celebration to commemorate the anniversary in a fitting and a proper manner; and

WHEREAS this Celebration, which will include the Oregon Centennial Ex

position and International Trade Fair, will bring to the attention of the Nation and the world the resources of the Northwest, will stimulate industry, will promote trade and peaceful relationships with other peoples, and will serve as a reminder of the rich and historic heritage of the land at the end of the Oregon Trail; and

WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved February 4, 1958, authorized the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling upon the people to commemorate with appropriate ceremonies the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Oregon into the Union:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the joint resolution of Congress and the request of the Governor of Oregon, do hereby call upon the American people to observe the one hundredth anniversary of Oregon's admission to statehood throughout the centennial year beginning February 14, 1959, by appropriate activities and ceremonies. I also invite the States of the Union, and our Territories and possessions to participate in the Celebration which will be held at Portland, Oregon, in 1959.

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 fourteenth day of February in the year

of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:
CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,
Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3224

NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION DAY,

1958

WHEREAS the United States of America has the greatest transportation system-by land, by sea, and by airthat has ever been developed anywhere in the world; and

WHEREAS this system is essential to the expansion of our commerce, to the moving of the products of our farms and

factories, to the logistic support of our armed forces in times of national emergency, and to the welfare and security of all our people; and

WHEREAS it is fitting that we should give full recognition to the significance of our transportation system and to the importance of maintaining its facilities, so that it may continue to serve our needs in times of peace and in the defense of our country; and

WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 30), has requested the President annually to issue a proclamation designating the third Friday of May of each year as National Defense Transportation Day:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 16, 1958, as National Defense Transportation Day, and I urge all our people on that day to collaborate in appropriate activities and ceremonies with the various branches of the transportation industry and with representatives of the armed forces and other Governmental agencies.

I also invite the Governors of the States to provide for the observance of National Defense Transportation Day in such manner as will afford an opportunity for the people of each community to recognize and appreciate fully the importance of a great modern transportation system, in their daily lives and in our national defense.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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Supp., p. 44), the President announced the invocation by the Government of the United States of America of the reservation contained in the note to item 1108 in Part I of Schedule XX annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A 11, A 1274), and proclaimed that the ad-valorem part of the rate applicable to fabrics described in item 1108 or item 1109 (a) in Part I of Schedule XX to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A 1274), or in item 1109 (a) in Part I of Schedule XX to the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (3 UST (pt. 1) 615, 1186), entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of certain quantities would be 45 per centum; and

2. WHEREAS I find that, effective January 1, 1958, it will be appropriate to carry out the said General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that the ad-valorem part of the rate be 30 per centum ad valorem in the case of any of the fabrics described in the said item 1108 or 1109 (a) in Part I of Schedule XX to the said General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which are described in paragraph (a) of the seventh recital of the said proclamation of September 28, 1956, as amended by paragraph 2 of this proclamation:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (ch. 474, 49 Stat. 943; ch. 269, 59 Stat. 410; ch. 169, 69 Stat. 162; 19 U. S. C. 1351) do proclaim that the said proclamation of September 28, 1956, is hereby amended as follows:

1. The sixth recital is deleted.

2. The seventh recital is amended to read as follows:

"7. WHEREAS I find that following December 31, 1957, until otherwise proclaimed by the President, it will be appropriate to carry out the trade agreements specified in the first and third recitals of this proclamation that

"(a) the ad-valorem part of the rate be 30 per centum ad valorem in the case of any of the fabrics described in the said item 1108 or item 1109 (a) in Part I of Schedule XX to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade set forth in the second recital of this proclamation which

are

"(i) hand-woven fabrics with a loom width of less than 30 inches, or

"(ii) serges, weighing not over 6 ounces per square yard, and nuns' veilings and other woven fabrics, weighing not over 4 ounces per square yard; all of the foregoing described in this clause (ii) wholly or in chief value of wool of the sheep, valued at over $4 per pound, in solid colors, imported to be used in the manufacture of apparel for members of religious orders, and

"(b) that the ad-valorem part of the rate be 45 per centum ad valorem in the case of any other of the fabrics described in the said item 1108 or item 1109 (a), or in the case of any of the fabrics described in the said item 1109 (a) in Part I of Schedule XX to the Torquay Protocol set forth in the fourth recital of this proclamation,

excepting in each case articles dutiable at rates applicable to such fabrics by virtue of any provision of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, other than paragraph 1108 or 1109 (a), if any of the foregoing fabrics described in this recital are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any calendar year after that total aggregate quantity by weight of such fabrics which shall have been notified by the President to the Secretary of the Treasury, and published in the FEDERAL REGISTER, has been so entered or withdrawn during such calendar year; which quantity the President shall have found to be not less than 5 per centum of the average annual production in the United States during the three immediately preceding calendar years of fabrics similar to such fabrics; and"

3. Paragraph 1 is amended to read as follows:

"1. In order to carry out the said trade agreements specified in the first and third recitals of this proclamation, until otherwise proclaimed by the President, the ad-valorem part of the rate which shall be applied to the said fabrics described in the seventh recital of this proclamation entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of a quantity notified to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to that recital shall be the percentage ad valorem specified for such fabrics in the recital;"

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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PROCLAMATION 3226

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

WHEREAS throughout our national history free access to the printed word has been essential to educational and cultural advancement, to economic and technological development, and to the intelligent participation of the citizen in the affairs of our country; and

WHEREAS the libraries of our country play a major role in advancing these ends, and in enriching the life of our Nation, by bringing to the people informational, cultural, and recreational materials of all kinds; and

WHEREAS our cherished freedom to read has little meaning where books and other printed materials are not available; and

WHEREAS numerous national and local organizations are interested in focusing public attention on the services and resources of our libraries and their contribution to the civic welfare and cultural advancement of our Nation; and

WHEREAS the Congress by a concurrent resolution of March 14, 1958, has requested the President to issue a proclamation setting aside the period beginning on March 16 and ending on March 22, 1958, as National Library Week, and calling upon the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning March 16 and ending March 22, 1958, as National Library Week; and I urge the fullest possible participation in the observance of that week by the people of the United States. Let National Library Week be a time for the appraisal of community needs for library services and of the means for meeting them, for encouraging the development of a better-read, better-in

formed citizenry, and for rededication to that fine public service that has always been characteristic of the libraries of America.

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 March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3227

CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1958 WHEREAS efforts to control and eliminate cancer constitute a public service to the people of this Nation and to all mankind; and

WHEREAS recent progress against this disease has made it possible to save the lives of one out of every three cancer sufferers, thereby contributing much to the health, happiness, and productivity of our citizens; and

WHEREAS achievement of the goal of controlling and eliminating cancer demands the unrelenting efforts of research scientists, physicians, and official and voluntary health agencies, together with the enlightened cooperation of the public; and

WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1958 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also urge the medical profession, the communication industries, and all concerned groups to unite during the appointed month in the furtherance of programs for the control of cancer.

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 26th day of March in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER Dulles,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3228

ENLARGING THE TUMACACORI NATIONAL
MONUMENT, ARIZONA

WHEREAS the Tumacacori National Monument in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, established by Proclamation No. 821 of September 15, 1908, contains the ruins of the Tumacacori Mission, built largely of burned brick and cement mortar and one of the oldest Spanish missions in the Southwest; and

WHEREAS the Southwestern Monuments Association has offered to donate to the United States, for inclusion in such monument, a tract of land adjacent thereto containing the ruins of a lime kiln which was a part of the original mission establishment and which is likewise of historic interest; and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to include such tract of land, hereinafter described by metes and bounds, and the ruins thereon in the Tumacacori National Monument:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U. S. C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the followingdescribed tract of land shall, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, be added to, and become a part of the Tumacacori National Monument:

Being a part of the southeast quarter, section 30, Township 21 South, Range 13 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, and beginning at a point on the north boundary line of Tumacacori National Monument as established by Proclamation No. 821 of September 15, 1908, from which the northwest corner of the said monument bears west 125 feet; thence, east, 70 feet, along the said

boundary line; north, 92 feet; west, 70 feet; and south, 92 feet, to the point of beginning; containing 0.15 acres, more or less.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monument, and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

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 28th day of March in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysecond.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

The Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 3229

DETERMINING ALPHA AND BETA 3-ETHYL1-METHYL-4-PHENYL - 4 - PROPIONOXYPIPERIDINE TO BE OPIATES

WHEREAS section 4731 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 provides in part as follows:

OPIATE. The word "opiate", as used in this part shall mean any drug (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; 52 Stat. 1041, section 201 (g); 21 U. S. C. 321) found by the Secretary or his delegate, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, to have an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine, and proclaimed by the President to have been so found by the Secretary or his delegate.

WHEREAS the Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, has found that each of the following-named drugs has an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine, and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately:

a-3-Ethyl-1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-pro

pionoxypiperidine

B-3-Ethyl-1-methyl-4-phenyl-4 - pro

pionoxypiperidine;

AND WHEREAS a previous finding with respect to the beta isomeric form of the drug, described in Proclamation No. 2851 of August 26, 1949, and discovered to have been prematurely made,

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