VE–21. Editorial Note
On March 10, 1959, President Eisenhower signed Proclamation 3279, “Adjusting imports of petroleum and petroleum products into the United States.” This proclamation made the voluntary import system mandatory. The new program, like the voluntary program, was based on national security requirements and was intended to insure a stable, healthy industry in the United States capable of exploring for and developing new hemisphere reserves. Proclamation 3290 of April 30, 1958, amended Proclamation 3279 by exempting Canadian and Mexican crude oil from mandatory restriction. For the text of Proclamation 3279, see 24 Foreign Relations 1781; and for Proclamation 3290, see 24 Foreign Relations 3527.