Proclamation No. 2417, Signed by President Roosevelt, July 26, 194013
Whereas section 6 of the act of Congress entitled “An Act To expedite the strengthening of the national defense,” approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows:
[Here follows the text of the act as quoted in proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, printed on page 211.]
And whereas by my proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled, “Administration of Section 6 of the Act Entitled ‘An Act [Page 217] To Expedite the Strengthening of the National Defense’ approved July 2, 1940,” I proclaimed that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Export Control I had determined that it was necessary in he interest of the national defense that certain listed articles and materials should not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as provided for in the said proclamation.
Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the aforesaid Administrator of Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after August 1, 1940, the additional materials hereinafter listed shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as provided for in the aforesaid proclamation:
- 1.
- Petroleum products
- 2.
- Tetraethyl lead
- 3.
- Iron and steel scrap
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
[seal] Done at the City of Washington this 26th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth.
By the President:
Sumner Welles
Acting Secretary of State
- Reprinted from Department of State, Bulletin, July 27, 1940 (vol. iii, No. 57), p. 49.↩