management of the Government, the Bureau of the Budget is assigned responsibility for planning and promoting the improvement, development, and coordination of Federal and other statistical services. In carrying out this responsibility the Director of the Bureau of the Budget is largely governed by the Federal Reports Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 1078; 5 U. S. C. 139-139 (f)). This act provides, in part, that no Federal Executive agency (except as noted in the act) shall conduct or sponsor the collection of information, upon identical items, from ten or more persons (individuals, business or other organizations, or State or local governments) without having submitted its proposed requests for information to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget for his approval. Such requests for information include report forms, schedules, questionnaires or other similar methods of obtaining information.

(2) The Director has delegated to the Assistant Director in Charge of Statistical Standards the authority conferred upon him by the Federal Reports Act. In the conduct of this function, the Bureau's Division of Statistical Standards, often aided by other parts of the Bureau's organization, reviews proposed plans and report forms submitted to the Bureau by Federal agencies. Each approved request for information must, when used, include an approval number assigned by the Bureau of the Budget and a statement indicating the Bureau's approval.

(3) To assist the Bureau in evaluating the burden of these plans and report forms on the public as well as their technical adequacy and the usefulness of the desired information, the Budget Director has established an Advisory Committee on Government Questionnaires composed of representatives of leading business, manufacturing, trade, and related associations; a Labor Advisory Committee on Statistics composed of representatives of leading labor organizations; and an Agriculture Advisory Committee on Statistics composed of representatives of leading farm organizations. These committees and subcommittees established by them are frequently asked for views upon specific reporting plans and forms.

(4) At his discretion, the Assistant Director in Charge of Statistical Standards may grant, to any party having a sub

stantial interest in the collection of any information by a Federal agency, an opportunity to be heard or to submit written statements as to the necessity for collecting such information. Any person desiring to be so heard or to submit such a written statement should communicate with the Assistant Director in Charge of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, Washington 25, D. C.

(b) Consultation with State and local officials. The field offices of the Bureau of the Budget are available to consult with officials of State and local governments on Federal programs of concern to them.

(c) Information on the Government. The Government Information Service provides a central information service on the Federal Government for the public and for all branches of the Government. Inquiries concerning Government organization, operations, and personnel may be directed to it. Questions will be answered directly or referred to specialists in Government agencies who can supply the needed information.

PART 4-LIAISON OFFICE FOR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

§ 4.1 Organization. One of the Administrative Assistants to the President is designated as Liaison Officer for Personnel Management. It is his function to assist the President in the execution of the President's duties with respect to personnel management and in maintaining contact with Federal agencies dealing with personnel matters insofar as they affect or tend to determine personnel management policies of the Executive Branch of the Government. [Regs., Aug. 31, 1946, effective Sept. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 177A-2]

PART 5-THE COUNCIL OF ECO

NOMIC ADVISERS

§ 5.1 Organization. The Council of Economic Advisers, created under and responsible for the administration of certain main features of the Employment Act of 1946, assists the President in the preparation of an annual Economic Report to Congress; studies national economic developments and trends; appraises activities of the Federal Government bearing upon the nation's economy and the advancement thereof; develops and recommends to the President national economic policies to maintain em

ployment, production, and purchasing power; and furnishes the President with such other studies and reports relating to Federal economic policy and legislation as the President may request. The Council of Economic Advisers consists of three members, one of whom is designated as chairman and another as vicechairman. A small staff aids the Council in the performance of its responsibilities; and in addition, the Council utilizes, to the fullest extent possible, the services, facilities, and information of other government agencies and of private research agencies. The Council is authorized to constitute advisory committees and consult with representatives of industry, agriculture, labor, consum

ers, State and local governments, and other groups. [Regs., Aug. 31, 1946, effective Sept. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 177A-2]

PART 6-OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

§ 6.1 Organization. The Office for Emergency Management was created to deal with public emergencies. It now consists of a number of war agencies which are directly under the control and supervision of the President. These agencies are listed and described under Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. [Regs., Aug. 31, 1946, effective Sept. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 177A-2]

PROCLAMATION 2678

REVOKING PROCLAMATION No. 2537 OF JANUARY 14, 1942, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF ALIEN ENEMIES

WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 2537 of January 14, 1942,1 (7 Fed. Reg. 329), the President prescribed and proclaimed certain regulations governing the issuance of certificates of identification to alien enemies; and

WHEREAS the interests of national defense and public safety no longer require that these regulations thus prescribed remain in force and effect:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and by sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Title 50 of the United States Code, do proclaim that Proclamation No. 2537 of January 14, 1942, prescribing and proclaiming regulations governing the issuance of certificates of identification to alien enemies, is hereby revoked.

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 29th day of December in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:
DEAN ACHESON,
Acting Secretary of State.

13 CFR Cum. Supp.

PROCLAMATION 2679

RED CROSS MONTH, 1946

WHEREAS the American National Red Cross, under the provisions of its Congressional charter, continues to fulfill its manifold obligations to extend cheer and aid to our servicemen in distant areas overseas, to provide servicemen and veterans, and wounded and sick in hospitals, with solace and a link with home, and to maintain its traditional services of aiding victims of catastrophe, and of training men and women of our nation to combat sickness and accident and thus to reduce suffering and death; and

WHEREAS new obligations have arisen to assist veterans and their families in the many difficult problems of return to civilian life and resumption of long-interrupted normal peacetime relations, and to contribute to the care of peoples in areas devastated by military operations, whose distress appeals with utmost urgency to every source of help for months ahead; and

WHEREAS at this time when the foundations of peace are being established, the American National Red Cross by its very nature and purpose, and by its long record of humanitarian service, stands both as symbol and as tangible expression of the spirit of universal good will, recognizing no barriers in the unity of human welfare; and

WHEREAS this organization, which represents the solicitude of our people for the care of its servicemen and its lofty ideals for the prevention of suffering, and which is entirely dependent on voluntary contributions to carry out its purposes, is issuing its nation-wide appeal for the contribution of a minimum fund of $100,000,000:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, and President of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate the month of March 1946 as Red Cross Month, and urge every citizen of this country to respond to the utmost of his ability in support of this indispensable humanitarian cause.

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

[SEAL]

of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

JAMES F. BYRNES,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2680

"I AM AN AMERICAN DAY," 1946

WHEREAS Public Resolution 67 approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), provides in part:

That the third Sunday in May each year be, and hereby is, set aside as Citizenship Day and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation setting aside that day as a public occasion for the recognition of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have attained the status of citizenship, and the day shall be designated as "I Am An American Day."

That the civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns be, and they are hereby, urged to make plans for the proper observance of this day and for the full instruction of future citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the States and localities in which they reside;

WHEREAS the part played by this nation in bringing full victory to the Allied Powers during the past year has been possible only because of the strength, the devotion, and the sacrifices of millions of our young men and women on the battlefronts of the world, performing bravely their highest duties as citizens;

WHEREAS our numerous citizens of foreign birth have shown loyalty and

fidelity to their new citizenship in the performance of all the tasks which helped to bring the final and complete victory over the enemies of the country which these citizens have made their own by naturalization;

WHEREAS the nations of the world now look to the United States for leadership and for assistance, as they repair the devastation wrought by the war:

WHEREAS our nation derives its chief strength to give leadership and assistance from the fact that its citizens, young and old, native-born and foreignborn, work together as one people; and

WHEREAS this year new thousands have entered upon the full responsibilities of citizenship either by reaching their majority or by naturalization:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the aforesaid public resolution do hereby designate Sunday, May 19, 1946, as "I Am An American Day," and do set that day aside as a public occasion for the honoring of American citizenship by giving special recognition to all our citizens who have recently become full members of the body politic.

And I urge Federal, State, and local officials and patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to plan and hold, on or about May 19, exercise designed to help our new citizens, both nativeborn and naturalized, to understand more fully the significance and responsibilities of citizenship in our self-governing Republic, so that they may be better prepared to add strength to the common purpose of all our citizens that this Republic shall continue to maintain its place of leadership and service among the nations of the world.

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 12th day of March in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and seventieth. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:
JAMES F. BYRNES,
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2681

REDEFINING THE AREA OF GREAT SAND
DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLO-
RADO 1

WHEREAS the lands included within the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado, by Proclamation No. 1994 of March 17, 1932 (47 Stat. 2506), were described therein in conformity with plats then on file in the General. Land Office and other maps of the locality;

WHEREAS resurveys by the General Land Office disclose that sections 10, 11, 12, and parts of sections 13, 14, and 15, Township 41 North, Range 12 East, and unsurveyed sections 30 and 31, Township 42 North, Range 13 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, as described in the said Proclamation, do not exist; and

WHEREAS it appears necessary and desirable in the public interest to redefine the area included within the Monument in accordance with the latest plats of survey:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, c. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 431), do revise the land description contained in said Proclamation No. 1994 of March 17, 1932, to read as follows:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

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

DONE at the city of Washington this 12th day of March, in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:
JAMES F. BYRNES,

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2682

ARMY DAY, 1946

WHEREAS the Army of the United States has performed gallantly its part, in magnificent cooperation with our Allies, in accomplishing the utter defeat in the past year of the enemy nations that threatened our freedom and required us to defend it in the mos terrible war in history;

WHEREAS our Army continues in active service to the nation in occupying parts of enemy countries to insure the establishment of a lasting peace; and

WHEREAS the Congress, by Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 75th Congress, agreed to by the House of Representatives on March 16, 1937, has recognized April 6 of each year as Army Day and has requested that the President issue a proclamation annually with respect to that day:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, in order that we may give especial honor to our Army, to the soldiers of World War II, and to the soldiers who defended our liberty in other wars, do hereby proclaim Saturday, April 6, 1946, as Army Day, and do invite the Governors of the several States to issue proclamations calling for the observance of that day.

I also remind our citizens that our Army, charged with responsibility for defending the United States and our territorial possessions, can carry out its duty only with the full support of our people. I urge my fellow citizens to be mindful of the Army's needs, to the end that our soldiers overseas do not lack the means of performing effectively their

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