6, 1937, were deposited with the British Foreign Office by Haiti on March 22, 1938, and by the Netherlands and Poland on March 14, 1938. United States-Belgium-Brazil The American Ambassador to Great Britain reported by a telegram dated April 14, 1938, that the instrument of ratification by the United States of the international agreement regarding the regulation of production and marketing of sugar, and protocol, signed at London on May 6, 1937, was deposited with the British Foreign Office on April 4, 1938. The Ambassador adds that he has been informed that the instruments of ratification by Belgium and Brazil were deposited on April 7, 1938, and March 31, 1938. INTERNATIONAL SUGAR COUNCIL The International Sugar Council was established under the provisions of article 29 of the international agreement regarding the regulation of production and marketing of sugar, signed at London on May 6, 1937. Article 31 of the agreement provides that each contracting government shall appoint a delegation to the Council, the seat of which is in London, consisting of not more than three members. In accordance with the provisions of this article the President has appointed as members of the delegation the following: For the United States of America: Herschel V. Johnson, counselor of embassy, American Embassy, Clifford C. Taylor, agricultural attaché, American Embassy, Representing the Commonwealth of the Philippines on the American delegation: Joaquin M. Elizalde COMMERCE RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA a PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENT On April 15, 1938, there was signed at Washington a protocol providing for several textual changes in the reciprocal trade agreement between the United States and Czechoslovakia signed on March 7, 1938, and effective provisionally April 16, 1938. The changes are essentially of a technical character and do not materially alter the 4 substance or subject matter of the agreement. The protocol of amendment provides that it shall be applied provisionally, come into force definitively, remain in force, and be subject to termination as an integral part of the trade agreement of March 7, 1938. The letter of the President to the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the application of rates of duty specified in the protocol of amendment will be found in Treasury Decisions, vol. 73, T. D. 49512, April 16, 1938, and in the Federal Register, vol. 3, No. 76, April 19, 1938. APPLICATION OF DUTIES PROCLAIMED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS TO PRODUCTS OF AUSTRIA There was published in Treasury Decisions, vol. 73, T. D. 49458, March 15, 1938, the proclamation by the President of the reciprocal trade agreement of March 7, 1938, between the United States and Czechoslovakia and the letter of the President to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the application of trade-agreement rates of duty to products of certain countries. Austria was among the countries listed in numbered section 2 of the above-mentioned letter. On April 6, 1938, the President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to eliminate Austria from the list of countries the products of which are entitled to trade-agreement rates of duty. The text of the letter follows: "THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 6, 1938. "The Honorable HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. "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, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT" PROTOCOL ON ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 5 RESERVATION BY THE NETHERLANDS There is printed below the text of a circular letter from the Secretary General of the League of Nations dated March 11, 1938, regarding the reservation made by the Netherlands when ratifying the protocol on arbitration clauses in commercial matters, signed at Geneva September 24, 1923: "I have the honour to inform you that the Netherlands Minister at Berne, Permanent Representative accredited to the League of Nations, notified me on February 22nd, 1938, that the Netherlands Government desires to withdraw, in respect of the Kingdom in Europe, the first part of the reservation made by it when signing and ratifying the Protocol on Arbitration clauses of September 24th, 1923, which reads as follows: ""The Government of the Netherlands reserves its right to restrict the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under Netherlands Law.' "The Netherlands Minister informed me at the same time that, in the case of the three Netherlands overseas territories (Netherlands Indies, Surinam and Curaçao), for which the Netherlands Government had made the same reservation as for the Kingdom in Europe, that reservation is provisionally retained in its entirety.” FINANCE EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SWEDEN PROVIDING RELIEF FROM DOUBLE INCOME TAX ON SHIPPING PROFITS (EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT SERIES, No. 121) An arrangement providing for the reciprocal exemption of Swedish and American steamship owners from double income tax on shipping profits was entered into by an exchange of notes between the two Governments dated March 31, 1938. The arrangement may be terminated at any time by either Government on 6 months' notice given to the other Government. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NICARAGUA FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF PENDING FINANCIAL MATTERS On April 14, 1938, a treaty was signed at Washington for the adjustment of pending financial matters between the United States and Nicaragua. See Bulletin No. 98, November 1937, p. 22; text of protocol, 27 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 157. LABOR Mexico CONVENTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE According to circular letters from the League of Nations dated March 23, 1938, the instruments of ratification by Mexico of the following conventions adopted by the International Labor Conference were registered with the Secretariat on March 9, 1938: Convention concerning the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea, adopted at the third session (Geneva, October 25-November 19, 1921); Convention concerning the simplification of the inspection of emigrants on board ship, adopted at the eighth session (Geneva, May 26-June 5, 1926); Convention for the regulation of hours of work in automatic sheet-glass works, adopted at the eighteenth session (Geneva, June 4-23, 1934); Convention concerning annual holidays with pay, adopted at the twentieth session (Geneva, June 4-24, 1936). Poland According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated March 30, 1938, the instrument of ratification by Poland of the convention concerning the establishment of an international scheme for the maintenance of rights under invalidity, old-age, and widows' and orphans' insurance, adopted at the nineteenth session (Geneva, June 4-25, 1935), was registered with the Secretariat on March 21, 1938. NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION (TREATY SERIES, No. 858) Burma By a note dated April 8, 1938, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that Burma, which participated as part of India in the load line convention signed at London on July 5, 1930, has, as from April 1, 1937, become separated from India and now possesses the status of a British overseas territory. As a result of this change the British Government has made a declaration under article 21 (1) of the convention applying it to Burma as an overseas territory with effect as from April 1, 1937. "See Bulletin No. 102, March 1938, p. 73; text of convention, 47 Stat. (pt. 2) 2228. AGREEMENT RELATING TO A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF MARITIME BUOYAGE, AND RULES ANNEXED THERETO Great Britain According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated March 21, 1938, the instrument of ratification by Great Britain of the agreement relating to a uniform system of maritime buoyage, and rules annexed thereto, signed May 13, 1936, was deposited with the Secretariat on February 23, 1938. In accordance with the provisions of article 9 of the agreement, the British Government made a declaration to the effect that it does not assume any obligation in respect of Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia, and the Aden Protectorate. It is further stipulated that the acceptance of the agreement by Great Britain is conditional on its acceptance or on its application by Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. PROCLAMATION REGARDING TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NORWAY (TREATY SERIES, No. 852) There is printed below a proclamation (No. 2279) by the President dated April 8, 1938, regarding the reciprocal enforcement by the United States and Norway of treaty provisions granting consular jurisdiction over controversies between officers or crews of the vessels of either nation while in the waters or ports of the other nation: "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA "A Proclamation "WHEREAS the first section of the act of Congress approved the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, entitled 'An Act to provide for the execution of treaties between the United States and foreign nations respecting consular jurisdiction over the crews of vessels of such foreign nations in the waters and ports of the United States' (13 Stat. L. 121; U. S. C., title 22, sec. 256), provides that 'before this act shall take effect as to the ships and vessels of any particular nation having such treaty with the United States, the President of the United States shall have been satisfied that similar provisions have been made for the execution of such treaty by the other contracting party, and shall have issued his proclamation to that effect, declaring this act to be in force as to such nation'; and 'See Bulletin No. 100, January 1938, p. 26. |