amended by Public Law 130, 79th Congress, approved July 5, 1945, provides as follows:

"SEC. 4. Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of this Act, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with such government or instrumentality shall be given in order that any interested person may have an opportunity to present his views to the President, or to such agency as the President may designate, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe; and before concluding such agreement the President shall seek information and advice with respect thereto from the United States Tariff Commission, the Departments of State, War, Navy, Agriculture, and Commerce and from such other sources as he may deem appropriate.":

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing statutory provisions, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the procedure with respect to the giving of public notice of the intention to negotiate foreign trade agreements and with respect to the granting of opportunity to interested persons to present their views:

1. At least thirty days before any trade agreement is concluded under the provisions of the said act of June 12, 1934, as amended, commonly known as the Trade Agreements Act, the Secretary of State shall cause notice of the intention to negotiate such agreement to be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. Such notice shall also be issued to the press and published in the Department of State Bulletin, the Treasury Decisions. and the Foreign Commerce Weekly.

2. Persons desiring to present their views with respect to any such proposed agreement shall present them to the Committee for Reciprocity Information. The said Committee shall consist of members designated from the personnel of their respective agencies by the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of such other agencies as the Secretary of State may designate on the recommendation of the Committee. The chairman of the Committee shall be designated from among the members of the Committee by the Secretary of State. The Committee may

designate such subcommittees as it may deem necessary.

3. The Committee shall accord reasonable opportunity to interested persons to present their views on any proposed or existing trade agreement or any aspect thereof. The form and manner in which such views may be presented, the place at which they shall be presented, and the time limitations for such presentation shall from time to time be prescribed by the Committee.

The provisions of Executive Order No. 8190 of July 5, 1939, relating to the Committee for Reciprocity Information are hereby revoked.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9649

TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF FISHERY COORDINATION 3

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The Office of Fishery Coordination (hereinafter referred to as the Office), established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9204 of July 21, 1942,4 together with the office of Fishery Coordinator, is terminated.

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, or any other agency or agencies of the Department of the Interior designated by

Noted in § 9.3 of Title 34, infra. 23 CFR Cum. Supp.

Noted in Title 50, Chapter IV. 43 CFR Cum. Supp.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9650

DISCONTINUING Portland, MAINE; PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE; BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; NEW YORK HARBOR; DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER; CHESAPEAKE BAY-NORFOLK; CHARLESTON HARBOR; AND BUZZARDS BAY AND VINEYARD SOUND DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS 1

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U. S. C. 96), the followingdesignated defensive sea areas are hereby discontinued:

1. Portland, Maine, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.2

2. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941. 3. Boston, Massachusetts, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

4. Narragansett Bay Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

5. New London, Connecticut, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.2

6. New York Harbor Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

7. Delaware Bay and River Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

8. Chesapeake Bay-Norfolk Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

9. Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

Noted in § 9.3 of Title 34, infra. 13 CFR Cum. Supp.

10. Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 9266 of November 6, 1942.2 HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 29, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9651 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9599,3 PROVIDING FOR ASSISTANCE TO EXPANDED PRODUCTION AND CONTINUED STABILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY DURING THE TRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE, AND FOR THE Orderly MODIFICATION OF WARTIME CONTROLS OVER PRICES, WAGES, MATERIALS AND FACILITIES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States and particularly the Stabilization Act of 1942 as amended, and for the purpose of carrying out the guiding policies of Executive Order 9599 of August 18, 1945, and amplifying the provisions of part IV thereof, Executive Order 9599 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following part VI:

"VI.

"1. The Stabilization Administrator, designated pursuant to Executive Order No. 9620 of September 20, 1945, shall approve, under section 2 of 'part IV of this order, a wage or salary increase falling into any of the following three classes in any case in which such increase has been found by the National War Labor Board or other designated agency to be necessary to correct a maladjustment or inequity which would interfere with the effective transition to a peacetime economy:

"a. Increases where the percentage increase in average straight time hourly earnings in the appropriate unit since January 1941 has not equalled the percentage increase in the cost of living between January 1941 and September 1945.

"b. Increases necessary to correct inequities in wage rates or salaries among plants in the same industry or locality, with due regard to normal competitive relationships.

"c. Increases necessary to insure full production in an industry, designated by the Stabilization Administrator, which is essential to reconversion and in which existing wage rates or salaries are in