Proclamation 5595.
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101 STAT. 2060 Proclamation 5595 of December 30, 1986 Imposition of Temporary Surcharge on Imports of Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. I have determined today, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (hereinafter “the Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2411), that the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America until at least January 8, 1987, is unjustifiable or unreasonable and constitutes a burden or restriction of U.S. commerce. 2.
Section 301(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2411(a)) authorizes the President to take all appropriate and feasible action to obtain the elimination of an act, policy, or practice of a foreign government or instrumentality that 1) is inconsistent with the provisions of, or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under, any trade agreement; or 2) is unjustifiable, unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts United States commerce. Section 301(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2411(b)) also authorizes the President to suspend, withdraw, or prevent the application of benefits of trade agreement concessions with respect to, and to impose duties or other import restrictions on the products of, such foreign government or instrumentality.
Pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Act, any such actions can be taken on a discriminatory basis solely against the foreign government or instrumentality involved. Section 301(d)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2411(d)(1)) authorizes the President to take action on his own motion. 3. In response to the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America until at least January 8, 1987, I have decided that expeditious action is required, and, pursuant to Section 301 (a), (b), and (d)(1) of the Act, to increase temporarily the rates of duty on imports from Canada of the softwood lumber products provided for in Appendix A to this Proclamation.
I am authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to determine when the Government of Canada begins to collect the export charge and, when he has made that determination, to take all necessary and appropriate steps to end the temporary surcharge I have today proclaimed. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including but not limited to Section 301 (a), (b), and (d)(1) and Section 604 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2411 (a), (b), (d)(1);
(2483), do proclaim that: 1. Subpart B of part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is modified, with respect to products of Canada imported into the United States by adding an additional duty of 15 percent *ad valorem* to those products listed in Appendix A to this Proclamation. These changes shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse. for consumption on or after December 31, 1986. 101 STAT. 2061 2. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to terminate the temporary increase in the rates of duty on the articles subject to this Proclamation upon publication in the **Federal Register** of his determination that such termination is justified by actions taken by the Government of Canada with respect to this matter. 11 **Editorial note:** The Secretary of Commerce’s determination of January 8, 1967, is printed in the Federal Register of January 12, 1967 (52 FR 1311).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh. RONALD REAGAN *Appendix A* Softwood lumber, rough, dressed, or worked (including softwood flooring classifiable as lumber, but not including siding and molding), as classified under items 202.03 through 202.30, inclusive of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986):
Softwood siding (weatherboards or clapboards), not drilled or treated, as classified under items 202.47 through 202.50, inclusive of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986): Softwood lumber and softwood siding, drilled or treated; edge-glued or end-glued softwood not over 6 feet in length or over 15 inches in width, whether or not drilled or treated, as classified under items 202.52 and 202.54 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986); Softwood flooring, whether in strips, planks, blocks, assembled sections or units, or other forms, and whether or not drilled or treated (except softwood flooring classifiable as lumber), as classified under item 202.60 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986). 5596 January 7, 1987 National Bowling Week, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5596 of January 7, 1987 National Bowling Week, 1987 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Bowling is the largest indoor participation sport in the United States.
Some 70 million Americans take part each year, and millions more enjoy this exciting sport on television. Bowling is an excellent form of exercise and recreation for all people regardless of age. Bowling is one of the oldest sports in the world. People have competed in some form of bowling for thousands of years. Today, many different forms of bowling are played in many cultures throughout the world. Bowling has long been part of American life. Many immigrants brought different forms of bowling from their homelands.
The popularity of the legend of Rip van Winkle shows that bowling has been part of our society since the birth of our country. The Congress, by Public Law 99–589, has designated the week beginning January 4, 1987, as “National Bowling Week” and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week. 101 STAT. 2062 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning January 4, 1987, as National Bowling Week.
I call upon the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate observances and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh. RONALD REAGAN 5597 January 9, 1987 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5597 of January 9, 1987 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 1987 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In celebrating the birthday of the Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., we honor an American who recognized the great injustice of segregation and discrimination, and made it his life’s purpose and toil to right those wrongs in favor of justice, freedom, equality, fairness, and reconciliation. Because Dr. King eschewed violence, relying instead on his eloquence and the moral force of his convictions, the cause he led changed not only laws but hearts and minds as well. He braved imprisonment, violence, and threats because, as he said, “History has proven over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive.
” Martin Luther King, Jr., fell victim to the violence he fought so fervently—but his nonviolent quest had already altered our land irrevocably and for the better. Dr. King’s vision, as he said so often, was the fulfillment of the American dream. He explained this to the graduates of Lincoln University in 1961 when he quoted our Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” and said, simply, “This is the dream.
” Dr. King emphasized that this dream excludes no one from its promise and protection and that it affirms that every individual’s rights are God-given and “neither conferred by nor derived from the state.” Martin Luther King, Jr., also expressed his vision in the eternal calls for justice, forgiveness, brotherhood, and love of neighbor recorded in Holy Writ. He frequently prayed, in the words of the prophet Amos, “Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
” Dr. King also appealed clearly and compellingly through moving accounts such as his description of a little girl marching with her mother who answered a policeman’s question, “What do you want?” by replying, “Freedom.” Said Dr. King. “She could not even pronounce the word, but no Gabriel trumpet could have sounded a truer note.” Every American knows the story of Dr. King’s last sermon, given April 3, 1968, the night before his death. He said, expressing his credo, that he 101 STAT. 2063wasn’t concerned about living a long life but about doing God’s will.
He’d been to the mountaintop, he said, and he’d seen the promised land. He said that America would reach that land, but added, “I may not get there with you.” He concluded, “I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” Nearly five years before, Dr. King had spoken words of solace, of reconciliation, and of promise during his eulogy for the children who had died in the bombing of their Sunday school class.
He said that we must not despair, nor become bitter, nor lose faith in each other. He said that death does not end the sentence of life but “punctuates it to more lofty significance.” He told the children’s parents that although their daughters had not lived long, they had lived well: “Where they died and what they were doing when death came will remain a marvelous tribute to each of you and an eternal epitaph to each of them.” Surely Dr. King’s courageous fight for justice, equality, and brotherhood will remain his lasting epitaph and his living legacy.
In a sermon on April 4, 1967, a year to the day before his murder, Dr. King quoted the famous lines from the poem, “The Present Crisis,” by James Russell Lowell: “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide:/In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; . . .” Dr. King did decide for the good, and the measure of his greatness is that his Nation thereupon did likewise. By Public Law 98–144, the third Monday in January of each year has been designated as a public holiday in honor of the “Birthday of Martin Luther King.
Jr.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, January 19, 1987, as Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh. RONALD REAGAN 5598 January 13, 1987 Shays’ Rebellion Week and Day, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5598 of January 13, 1987 Shays’ Rebellion Week and Day, 1987 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation This year, Americans celebrate the bicentennial of many events relating to the drafting of our Constitution.
One of those events was Shays’ Rebellion. After the War of Independence, Americans continued to live under the Articles of Confederation. Problems of economic recovery and sluggish international trade clouded the horizon. In this climate of economic difficulties and 101 STAT. 2064the recent memory of a bitter struggle for freedom, Shays’ Rebellion took place. Unlike many other States, Massachusetts had not passed debt relief laws. In the fall of 1786, some Massachusetts debtors tried to stop court-ordered confiscation of land and property by using force to prevent the courts from sitting.
Governor Bowdoin responded by calling out the State militia and asking other States for help. Although the Continental Congress lacked the power and resources to assist, the uprising eventually was suppressed. On January 25, 1787, Daniel Shays, a captain during the Revolution, led a group of debtors who sought to stop the State Supreme Court from meeting. They attacked the court-house at Springfield and the Federal arsenal. The State militia repelled this assault, and soon the uprising was over.
A new State legislature granted some of the insurgents’ demands and pardoned or gave lenient sentences to their leaders. This judicious policy and the return of prosperity soon restored harmony in Massachusetts. Thomas Jefferson believed that the rebels’ activities were motivated by “ignorance, not wickedness.” He pointed out that the majority of the people of Massachusetts had sided with the government, and he concluded that “the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army.
” Although many Americans were satisfied with the Articles of Confederation and were wary of a strong central government, Shays’ Rebellion did give impetus to the Federalists’ call for the establishment of what George Washington termed “a more efficient general government.” At the Annapolis Convention of 1786, Federalists had publicized commercial disputes among the States. Now they cited the insurgency to bolster their claim that a Federal charter was needed in place of the Articles of Confederation.
On February 21, 1787, the Continental Congress called for a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in May to amend the Articles. Fresh in the minds of the assembled delegates, Shays’ Rebellion was to have a profound and lasting effect on the framing of our Constitution and on our subsequent history. To recognize the influence of Shays’ Rebellion on the movement for our Federal Constitution, the Congress, by Public Law 99–629. has designated the week beginning January 19, 1987, as “Shays’ Rebellion Week” and Sunday, January 25, 1987, the two hundredth anniversary of the defense of Springfield, as “Shays’ Rebellion Day” and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this event.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning January 19, 1987, as Shays’ Rebellion Week and Sunday, January 25, 1987, as Shays’ Rebellion Day. I call upon all Americans to observe these occasions with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh.
RONALD REAGAN 5599 January 16, 1987 National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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- Pub. L. 99-589
- Pub. L. 98-144
- Pub. L. 99-629
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