national competition; and that these can be banished only by a friendly cooperation of all nations;

That the President in calling the conference shall direct attention to the fact that the Kellogg-Briand Conference will be superior to any conference which may be called to restore prosperity and promote business without lowering labor standards, because the nations called have already renounced war and cannot attend, except upon their willingness to ratify that promise and prove their sincerity by ceasing from aggressive war and heartily cooperating in an attempt to organize the world for prosperity and peace, on the basis of justice and good will;

That in issuing the call the President shall announce that by the ratification of the pact in the Senate, with but one dissenting vote, and its approval by President Coolidge in 1929, the multilateral treaty became the foreign policy of the United States which, as Chief Executive of the Nation, it is his moral and official duty to effectuate; and that the purpose of this Conference shall be to adopt a supplemental treaty the objects of which shall be:

(1) To enact a code of international laws which shall recognize the sovereignty of each nation, with the exception only that it has renounced war and promised to settle all international disputes by peaceful means; and shall recognize the right of every nation to be protected by international law from interference in its internal affairs by other nations;

(2) To provide for a uniform standard of value and cooperative measures for the maintenance of reasonable stability of exchange rates, and a healthy international flow of capital;

(3) To rectify international wrongs brought about by the treaty of Versailles or by the violation of the Paris Pact by the appointment of an International Equity Commission, consisting of nonimperialistic and nontotalitarian nations, to which dissatisfied nations can appeal for justice, with the right to have their petition reheard by the World Court of Appeals;

(4) To provide equal access to all colonies or non-self-governing areas to all nations for the purchase of raw materials and for the sale of their products;

(5) To provide a gradual disarmament to the minimum required for national police service and for economic demobilization, so that labor energy now going into armaments shall be diverted into housing, road building, agriculture, and other genuine peacetime activities;

That the President be requested to urge the four South American nations which have not signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact to do so, calling attention to the great desire of all peoples that the political machinery of all nations shall be so organized as to keep war out of the world as being the only certain method of protecting all nations from war; and

That the President shall be asked, by diplomatic correspondence through the Secretary of State, to prepare an agenda to be offered to the conference, to be made public at least a month before the conference, containing:

(A) A constitution proposing executive, legislative, and judicial departments for the United States of the world, under whatever name the conference may adopt, having due regard for a system of checks and balances which shall prevent undue usurpation of power by any one department; and

(B) A code of laws including a method for righting international injustices and wrongs and including methods to be used for the prevention of violations of the code.

[H. J. Res. 16, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION, To prohibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, or implements or materials of war to any foreign country when the president finds a state of war to exist between or among two or more foreign states or between or among two or more opposing forces in the same foreign state.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President shall find that there exists a state of war between or among two or more foreign states, or between or among two or more opposing forces in the same foreign state, the President shall proclaim such fact, and it shall thereafter be unlawful to export, or to attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements or materials of war from any place in the United States to any foreign country.

SEC. 2. Whoever, in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, shall export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements or materials of war from the United States shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and the property, vessel, or vehicle

containing the same shall be subject to the provisions of sections 1 to 8, inclusive, title 6, chapter 30, of the Act approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223-225; U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 22, secs. 238-245).

SEC. 3. In the case of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition, or implements or materials of war by reason of a violation of this Act, no public or private sale shall be required; but such arms, ammunition, or implements or materials of war shall be delivered to the Secretary of War for such use or disposal thereof as shall be approved by the President of the United States.

SEC. 4. The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this Act; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct.

SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act-

(a) The term "United States" means the continental United States, the Territories and insular possessions of the United States (including the Philippine Islands), the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia.

(b) The term "person" means a natural person, corporation, partnership, organization, or association.

(c) The term "vessel" means every description of watercraft (including aircraft) or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on, under, or over water.

(d) The term "vehicle" means every description of carriage (including aircraft) or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on or over land.

SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as from time to time may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

[H. J. Res. 42, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for an embargo on scrap iron and pig iron under Public Resolution Numbered 27 of the Seventy-fifth Congress

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President shall issue a proclamation under Public Resolution Numbered 27 of the Seventy-fifth Congress approved May 1, 1937, declaring an embargo on the export of arms, ammunitions, or implements of war, he shall include scrap iron and pig iron in addition to those items enumerated in the President's proclamation, numbered 2163, of April 10, 1936.

[H. J. Res. 44, 76th Cong., 1st sess. ]

JOINT RESOLUTION To repeal the Neutrality Act

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the prohibition of the export of arms, amunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries; the prohibition of the transportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war by vessels of the United States for the use of belligerent states; for the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing arms, ammunition, or implements of war; and restricting travel by American citizens on belligerent ships during war", approved August 31, 1935, as amended, is hereby repealed.

[H. J. Res. 113, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION To prohibit the shipment of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from any place in the United States

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the approval of this joint resolution it shall be unlawful to export or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States, except

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to nations on the American continents engaged in war against a non-American state or states.

SEC. 2. The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this joint resolution; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this joint resolution through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct.

SEC. 3. Any arms, ammunition, or implements of war exported or attempted to be exported from the United States in violation of any of the provisions of this joint resolution and any vessel or vehicle containing the same shall be subject to the provisions of sections 1 to 8, inclusive, title 6, chapter 30, of the Act approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223–225; U. S. C., title 22, secs. 238-245).

In the case of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition, or implements of war by reason of a violation of this Act, no public or private sale shall be required; but such arms, ammunition, or implements of war shall be delivered to the Secretary of War for such use or disposal thereof as shall be approved by the President of the United States.

SEC. 4. In every case of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto where a specific penalty is not herein provided such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

SEC. 5. If any of the provisions of this joint resolution, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the joint resolution, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this joint resolution.

[H. J. Res. 226, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION, To amend the Neutrality Act

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Neutrality Act, approved August 31, 1935, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(f) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act and he shall thereafter find that the placing of restrictions on the export of certain articles of materials of use in war, in addition to arms, ammunition, and implements of war, from the United States to belligerent states, or to a state wherein civil strife exists, is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States, he shall so proclaim, it shall thereafter be unlawful, except under such limitations and exceptions as the President may prescribe, to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, such articles or materials from any place in the United States to belligerent states or to any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation issued under the authority of section 1 of this Act, or to any other state for transshipment to, or for the use of any such belligerent state or any such state wherein civil strife exists."

SEC. 2. Such Act is further amended by adding after section 3 the following new section:

"SEC. 3A. Whenever the President shall find that one or more states signatory to a treaty to which the United States is a party is engaged in war with another state in violation of such treaty, he may, with the approval of a majority of each House of Congress, exempt such other state, in whole or in part, from the provisions of any proclamation issued by him under the authority of this Act, if such other state is not engaged in war in violation of such treaty. The President may, from time to time, change, modify, or reovke, in whole or in part, any exemption issued by him under the authority of this section."

[H. J. Res. 254, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION To keep the United States out of foreign wars, and to provide for the neutrality of of the United States in the event of foreign wars

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

EXPORT OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR

SECTION 1. (a) That upon the outbreak of or during the progress of any war or armed conflict, declared or undeclared, between, or among, two or more foreign states, the President shall proclaim such fact, or the Congress may so declare by joint resolution, and it shall thereafter be unlawful to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States to any belligerent state named in such proclamation, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state.

(b) The President shall, from time to time, by proclamation, extend such embargo upon the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war to other states as and when they may become involved in such war.

(c) The President shall, from time to time, by proclamation, definitely enumerate the arms, ammunition, and implements of war, the export of which is prohibited by this section. The arms, ammunitions, and implements of war so enumerated shall include those enumerated in the President's Proclamation Numbered 2163, of April 10, 1936, but shall not include raw materials or any other articles or materials not of the same general character as those enumerated in the said proclamation, and in the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925.

(d) Whoever, in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, shall export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from the United States shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and the property, vessel, or vehicle containing the same shall be subject to the provisions of sections 1 to 8, inclusive, title 6, chapter 30, of the Act approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223-225; U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 22, secs. 238-245).

(e) In the case of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition, or implements of war by reason of a violation of this Act, no public or private sale shall be required; but such arms, ammunition, or implements of war shall be delivered to the Secretary of War for such use or disposal thereof as shall be approved by the President of the United States.

(f) Whenever, in the judgment of the President, the conditions which have caused him to issue any proclamation under the authority of this section have ceased to exist, he shall revoke the same, and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to the state or states named in such proclamation, except with respect to offenses committed, or forfeitures incurred, prior to such revocation.

TRANSFER OF TITLE IN ARTICLES EXPORTED TO BELLIGERENTS

SEC. 2. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 (a) it shall thereafter be unlawful to export or transport, or attempt to export or transport, or cause to be exported or transported, from the United States, directly or indirectly, to any state named in the proclamation, any articles or materials until all right, title, and interest therein shall have been transferred to some foreign government, agency, institution, association, partnership, corporation, or national. The shipper of such articles or materials shall be required to file with the collector of the port from which they are to be exported a declaration under oath that there exists in citizens of the United States no right, title, or interest in such articles or materials, and to comply with such rules and regulations as shall be promulgated from time to time by the President. Any such declaration so filed shall be a conclusive estoppel against any claim of any citizen of the United States of right, title, or interest in such articles or materials. (b) Whenever the President shall have revoked any proclamation issued under the authority of section 1 (a) the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply in respect to the state or states named in such proclamation, except with respect to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

TRANSPORTATION OF CONTRABAND IN AMERICAN VESSELS

SEC. 3. Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 (a) of this Act, any American vessel which thereafter transports any cargo whatsoever to any belligerent state, named in such proclamation, or for the use of any such belligerent state shall be deemed to do so at its own risk

FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

SEC. 4. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 (a) of this Act, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to purchase, sell, or exchange bonds, securities, or other obligations of the government of any belligerent state named in such proclamation, or of any political subdivision of any such state, or of any person acting for or on behalf of the government of any such state, issued after the date of such proclamation, or to make any loan or extend any credit to any such government, political subdivision, faction, asserted government, or person, or to solicit or receive any contribution for any such government, political subdivision, faction, asserted government, or person: Provided, That if the President shall find that such action will serve to protect the commercial or other interests of the United States or its citizens, he may, in his discretion, and to such extent and under such regulations as he may prescribe, except from the operation of this section ordinary commercial credits and short-time obligations in aid of legal transactions and of a character customarily used in normal peacetime commercial transactions. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds to be used for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such government, political subdivision, faction, or asserted-government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds shall be subject to the approval of the President, and shall be made under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a renewal or adjustment of such indebtedness as may exist on the date of the President's proclamation.

(c) Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section or of any regulations issued hereunder, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Should the violation be by a corporation, organization, or association, each officer or agent thereof participating in the violation may be liable to the penalty herein prescribed.

(d) Whenever the President shall have revoked any such proclamation issued der the authority of section 1 (a) of this Act, the provisions of this section and of any regulations issued by the President hereunder shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to the state or states named in such proclamation, except with respect to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

TRAVEL ON VESSELS OF FOREIGN STATES

SEC. 5. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 (a) it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of the state or states named in such proclamation: Provided, however, (1) That the provisions of this section shall not apply to a citizen of the United States traveling on a vessel whose voyage was begun in advance of the date of the President's proclamation, and who had no opportunity to discontinue his voyage after that date; (2) that they shall not apply under ninety days after the date of the President's proclamation to a citizen of the United States returning from a foreign state to the United States: and (3) that they shall not apply to officers, agents, and employees of the Government of the United States traveling on official business under specific authorization of the President.

(b) Whenever the President shall have revoked any proclamation issued under the authority of section 1 (a), the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to the state or states named in such proclamation except with respect to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

EXCEPTIONS-AMERICAN REPUBLICS

SEC. 6. This Act shall not apply to an American republic or republics engaged in war against a non-American state or states, provided the American republic is not cooperating with a non-American state or states in such war.