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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 77 STAT. · July 1, 1954 · Proclamation 3541

Proclamation 3541.

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77 Stat. 1010 Proclamation 3541 MODIFYING PROCLAMATION 3279 ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS By the President of the United States of AmericaJune 10, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS, pursuant to section 2 of the act of July 1, 1954, as [19 USC 1352a note](/us/usc/t19/s1352a).[76 Stat. 877](/us/stat/76/877).[19 USC 1862](/us/usc/t19/s1862).amended (72 Stat. 678), and section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Public Law 87–794), findings and determinations have been made that adjustments in the imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products were necessary so that such imports would not threaten to impair the national security, such adjustments have [73 Stat.
C25, C39](/us/stat/73/C25/C39); [74 Stat. C31](/us/stat/74/C31); [75 Stat. 1005, 1018](/us/stat/75/1005/1018); *Ante*, pp. 963, 999.been made by Proclamation 3279 (24 F.R. 1781) and modified by Proclamation 3290 (24 F.R. 3527), Proclamation 3328 (24 F.R. 10133), Proclamation 3386 (25 F.R. 13945), Proclamation 3389 (26 F.R. 507, 811), Proclamation 3509 (27 F.R. 11985), and Proclamation 3531 (28 F.R. 4077); and WHEREAS, I find that the interests of national security will be served by relating, as nearly as may be, the maximum levels of authorized imports into Districts I–IV to current domestic production of crude oil and natural gas liquids:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, do hereby proclaim that, effective July 1, 1963, subparagraph
(1)of paragraph
(a)of section 2 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "
(1)In Districts I–IV, for a particular allocation period the maximum level of imports, subject to allocation, of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel shall be an amount equal to the difference between 12.2 percent of the quantity of crude oil and natural gas liquids which the Secretary of the Interior estimates will be produced in these districts during that allocation period and the quantity of imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products excepted by clause
(4)of paragraph
(a)of section 1 which the Secretary of the Interior estimates will be imported into these districts during that allocation period. As used in this subparagraph, the term “natural gas liquids” means natural gas products and other hydrocarbons such as isopentane, propane, butane, propylene, and butylene, or mixtures thereof, recovered from natural gas by means other than refining. Within such maximum level, the imports of finished products other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel shall not exceed the level of imports of such products into these districts during the calendar year 1957 and imports of unfinished oils shall not exceed 10 percent of the permissible imports of crude oil and unfinished oils. " IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 77 Stat. 1011 DONE at the City of Washington this 10th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3542 June 11, 1963 UNLAWFUL OBSTRUCTIONS OF JUSTICE AND COMBINATIONS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3542 UNLAWFUL OBSTRUCTIONS OF JUSTICE AND COMBINATIONS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA By the President of the United States of America June 11, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS on June 5, 1963, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered an order enjoining the Governor of the State of Alabama, together with all persons acting in concert with him, from blocking or interfering with the entry’ of certain qualified Negro students to the campuses of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Huntsville, Alabama, and from preventing or seeking to prevent by any means the enrollment or attendance at the University of Alabama of any person entitled to enroll in or attend the University pursuant to the order of the court of July 1, 1955, in the case of *Lucy* v. *Adams;* and WHEREAS both before and after the entry of the order of June 5, 1963, the Governor of the State of Alabama has declared publicly that he intended to oppose and obstruct the orders of the United States District Court relating to the enrollment and attendance of Negro students at the University of Alabama and would, on June 11, 1963, block the entry of two such students to a part of the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; and WHEREAS I have requested but have not received assurances that the Governor and forces under his command will abandon this proposed course of action in violation of the orders of the United States District Court and will enforce the laws of the United States in the State of Alabama; and WHEREAS this unlawful obstruction and combination on the part of the Governor and others against the authority of the United States will, if carried out as threatened, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in the State of Alabama by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings; and WHEREAS this unlawful combination opposes the execution of the laws of the United States and threatens to impede the course of justice under those laws: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including 77 Stat. 1012[70A Stat. 15](/us/stat/70A/15).[10 USC 331–334](/us/usc/t10/s331/334). Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly sections 332, and 333 and 334 thereof, do command the Governor of the State of Alabama and all other persons engaged or who may engage in unlawful obstructions of justice, assemblies, combinations, conspiracies or domestic violence in that State to cease and desist therefrom. 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 eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3543 July 5, 1963 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1963 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3543 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1963 By the President of the United States of AmericaJuly 5, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212) the Congress has authorized and requested the President of the United States of America to issue a proclamation, designating the third week in July 1959 as “Captive Nations Week”, and to issue a similar proclamation each year until such time as freedom and independence shall have been achieved for all the captive nations of the world; and WHEREAS the cause of human rights and dignity remains a universal aspiration and WHEREAS justice requires the elemental right of free choice and WHEREAS this nation has an abiding commitment to the principles of national self-determination and human freedom. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 14, 1963, as Captive Nations Week. I invite the people of the United States of America to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to give renewed devotion to the just aspirations of all people for national independence and human liberty. 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 fifth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3544 July 19, 1963 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 1963 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation
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  • 76 Stat. 877
  • 72 Stat. 678
  • Pub. L. 87-794
  • 75 Stat. 1005
  • 77 Stat. 1011
  • 77 Stat. 1012
  • 10 USC 331–334
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