THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, March 15, 1938. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: The Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, approved June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 943), as extended by the Joint Resolution approved March 1, 1937 (Public Resolution No. 10, 75th Congress), provides in part that the duties proclaimed under its authority shall be applied to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of all foreign countries, whether imported directly or indirectly. The Act further provides that the President may suspend the application of the proclaimed duties to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of any country because of its discriminatory treatment of American commerce or because of other acts or policies which in his opinion tend to defeat the purposes set forth in the Act. Pursuant to these provisions of the Act, I hereby direct that the duties proclaimed on this date in connection with the trade agreement signed on March 7, 1938 with Czechoslovakia, and all other duties heretofore proclaimed in connection with trade agreements (other than the trade agreement with Cuba signed on August 24, 1934 and the trade agreement with Nicaragua signed on March 11, 1936) signed under the authority of the Act shall be applied from the effective date of such duties, or, as the case may be, shall continue to be applied on and from the date of this letter, only to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the countries hereinafter designated and to such articles, in the case of each country, respectively, for the period indicated in the numbered section below in which such country is designated. 1. In respect of the products of each country designated in this section, the proclaimed duties shall be applied from the effective date of such duties, or, as the case may be, shall continue to be applied on and from the date of this letter, until thirty days from the date on which you are notified by me that the United States has ceased, or on a day certain will cease, to be bound by provisions of a treaty or agreement providing for mostfavored-nation treatment in respect of customs duties. Denmark Portugal and its colonies and possessions 2. In respect of the products of each country designated in this section, the proclaimed duties shall be applied so long as such duties remain in effect and this direction is not modified in respect of such country. Afghanistan Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Arabian Shaikdoms not included under any other designation in this list Argentina Australia, Commonwealth of, and its mandated territories Austria Belgium and its colony and mandated territories Bhutan Costa Rica Cuba (subject to the provisions of the trade El Salvador Ethiopia (Abyssinia) France (including Algeria) and its colonies, dependencies, protectorates, and mandated territories Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Greenland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Iran (Persia) Iraq Ireland Italy and its colonies and possessions Japanese Empire and mandated territories and Kwantung Leased Territory Latvia Liberia Lithuania Luxemburg Mexico Monaco Morocco Nepal Netherlands and its colonies Newfoundland New Hebrides New Zealand and mandated territories Nicaragua Norway Oman (Muscat) Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Rumania San Marino Saudi Arabia Siam Spain and its colonies and possessions Sweden Switzerland and Liechtenstein Turkey Union of South Africa and mandated territory Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Uruguay Vatican, City of the Venezuela Yemen Yugoslavia Because I find as a fact that the treatment of American commerce by Germany is discriminatory, I direct that the proclaimed duties shall not be applied to products of Germany. My letters addressed to you on July 3, 1937, on December 18, 1937, and on January 25, 1938 with reference to duties proclaimed in connection with trade agreements signed under the authority of the Act of June 12, 1934 are hereby superseded. You will please cause this direction to be published in an early issue of the weekly Treasury Decisions. Very sincerely yours, The Honorable FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. LETTER OF APRIL 6, 1938 THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 6, 1938. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I refer to my letter addressed to you on March 15, 1938 concerning the application of duties proclaimed in connection with trade agreements concluded under the authority of the Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, approved June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 943), as extended by the Joint Resolution approved March 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 24). You are hereby directed to delete the word "Austria" from numbered section 2 of my letter under reference, such deletion to be effective on and after May 6, 1938. The proclaimed duties shall cease to be applied to products of Austria entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after such date. The above-mentioned letter of March 15, 1938, is hereby modified accordingly and you will please cause notice of such modification to be published in an early issue of the weekly Treasury Decisions. Sincerely yours, The Honorable FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. LETTER OF APRIL 15, 1938 THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 15, 1938. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I refer to my letters addressed to you on March 15 and April 6, 1938, concerning the application of duties proclaimed in connection with trade agreements concluded under the authority of the Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, approved June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 943), as extended by the Joint Resolution approved March 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 24). In so far as the above-mentioned letters of March 15, 1938 and April 6, 1938, refer to duties proclaimed in connection with the trade agreement signed on March 7, 1938 with Czechoslovakia, the said letters are hereby modified to refer to duties proclaimed in connection with the said trade agreement as amended by a Protocol of Amendment signed on April 15, 1938, with Czechoslovakia, proclaimed today. You will please cause notice of this modification to be published in an early issue of the weekly Treasury Decisions. Sincerely yours, The Honorable FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. TABLES OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Table 1-Proclamations. Table 2-Executive Orders. Table 3-Letters Regarding Tariffs and International Trade. Table 4-Presidential Documents Affected by Documents Published from March 14, 1936-June 1, 1938. Table 5-Statutes cited as authority for Presidential Documents. |