TAX CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (TREATY SERIES, No. 920) 12 Regulations for the purpose of enabling the United States Treasury Department to administer effectively the provisions of the reciprocal tax convention between the United States and Canada signed on December 30, 1936, and which entered into effect retroactively on January 1, 1936, are published in the Federal Register, vol. 2, no. 197, October 12, 1937, page 2516, and in Treasury Decisions, vol. 72, no. 16, October 14, 1937, page 51. NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO BILLS OF LADING FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA 13 United States The American Ambassador to Belgium informed the Secretary of State by a telegram dated October 7, 1937, that the Belgian Foreign Office had notified him that June 29, 1937, is the recorded date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification by the United States of the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to bills of lading for the carriage of goods by sea, signed on behalf of the United States on June 23, 1925. The convention will enter into force for the United States on December 29, 1937. 14 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION (TREATY SERIES, No. 858) 1* Brazil By a note dated October 29, 1937, the British Chargé d'Affaires at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the Brazilian Ambassador in London notified the British Government that the notification of June 29, 1937, of the adherence of Brazil to the international load line convention, signed at London on July 5, 1930, is not, as previously stated, definitive, but ad referendum to the Legislative Power. The convention will be submitted, with the favorable recommendation of the Brazilian Ministry of Marine, for the approval of the Legislative Power. The coming into force of the convention in respect of Brazil does not accordingly take effect as from September 29, 1937. Rumania INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW CONVENTIONS By a note dated October 2, 1937, the Belgian Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instruments of ratification by Rumania of the following three conventions were deposited with the Belgian Government on August 4, 1937: Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to bills of lading for the carriage of goods by sea and protocol of signature, signed at Brussels on August 25, 1924;15 Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to maritime liens and mortgages and protocol of signature, signed at Brussels on April 10, 1926;16 Convention for the unification of certain rules concerning the immunities of government vessels, signed at Brussels on April 10, 1926, and supplementary protocol signed at Brussels on May 24, 1934.17 The note states that these conventions will enter into effect for Rumania on February 4, 1938. POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION OF 1934 18 Afghanistan The Swiss Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated October 7, 1937, that the Afghan Government, in execution of articles 2 and 3 of the universal postal convention signed at Cairo on March 20, 1934, had notified the Swiss Federal Council, by a letter dated August 28, 1937, of its adherence to the arrangement concerning parcel post signed on March 20, 1934. Argentina POSTAL UNION OF THE AMERICAS AND SPAIN, 1936 19 The American Ambassador to Argentina transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated October 2, 1937, a translation of a decree of September 15, 1937, by which the Argentine Government approves the postal convention and protocol signed at Panamá on December 22, 1936. The decree is quoted below: THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE POWER Decree No. 115.055.-M.-No. 275 BUENOS AIRES, September 15, 1937. In view of note No. 12 dated February 12 last from the Delegate of the Argentine Republic to the IV Congress of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain assembled at Panama, reporting that said Congress approved on December 22, 1936 the Postal Convention, its Protocol and the Rules and Regulations for its Execution, Dispositions relative to Air Mail and Agreements concerning Parcel Post and Postal Drafts; Taking into account the report issued in due course by the Ministry of the Interior and the General Administration of Posts and Telegraphs regarding the moderation of Argentine postal tariffs, The President of the Argentine Nation Decrees: Article 1.-There is hereby approved the Postal Convention signed in Panama on December 22, 1936, its Final Protocol and the Rules and Regulations for its Execution, with the reservation that the Argentine Republic reserves temporarily for itself the right to grade its postal tariffs with regard to American-Spanish service up to the limits established by the Universal Postal Convention. Article 2.-There is hereby approved the Dispositions Relative to the Transportation of Mail by Airways, the Votes of the Congress, the Agreement relative to Parcel Post and its Final Protocol and the Agreement relative to Postal Drafts and its Final Protocol, sanctioned in Panama on December 22, 1936. Article 3.-Let the Acts mentioned above be submitted to the Honorable Congress of the Nation, requesting that they be duly ratified. Article 4-The General Administration of Posts and Telegraphs is hereby authorized administratively to put in force the Conventions and the Agreements in question as from October 1st of the present year. Venezuela The American Minister to Venezuela reported by a despatch dated October 8, 1937, that the Venezuelan Government had ratified the convention and arrangements which were signed ad referendum by the Venezuelan delegates on December 22, 1936, at the Fourth Postal Congress of the Americas and Spain held at Panamá. The law of ratification dated September 16, 1937, was published in an extraordinary number of the Gaceta Oficial of October 7, 1937. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NETHERLANDS On October 18, 1937, the President approved and ratified the parcel post agreement between the postal administrations of the United States and the Netherlands, signed on September 5 and 20, 1937. This agreement abrogates the parcel post agreement signed on November 16 and December 11, 1926. It will become effective on ratification, but pending ratification, it may be put into force administratively on a date to be mutually settled between the postal administrations of the two countries. It will remain in effect as long as it has not been terminated by notice given by one or the other of the two administrations 6 months in advance. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTER-AMERICAN RADIO CONFERENCE On May 8, 1937, the Cuban Government through its Embassy at Washington invited the United States to participate in an InterAmerican Radio Conference, which is to be convened at Habana November 1, 1937. Invitations have also been extended to the member governments of the Pan American Union and to Canada and Newfoundland. A preliminary regional radio conference was held at Habana March 15-29, 1937, which was attended by delegations from Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. It was apparent that while the conclusions reached at the preliminary conference were of great value as regards the North American Continent, the deliberations would not be complete and the problems could not be fully solved unless all states of the Western Hemisphere were given an opportunity to participate in the proposed arrangements in order to establish a clear understanding and uniformity of procedure throughout that hemisphere. The conference at Habana recommended the proposed November meeting and approved a set of resolutions as a basis for discussion. The deliberations at the Habana conference will be of particular interest in view of the forthcoming World Telecommunication Conference, to be held at Cairo, Egypt, commencing February 1, 1938. The following delegation will represent the United States at the Inter-American Radio Conference: Delegates Commander T. A. M. Craven, Commissioner, Federal Communi- The Honorable R. Henry Norweb, American Minister to the Technical advisers Harvey B. Otterman, Department of State Lt. Col. David M. Crawford, War Department E. K. Jett, Acting Chief Engineer, Federal Communications A. D. Ring, Assistant Chief Engineer, Federal Communications G. C. Gross, Engineer, Federal Communications Commission Secretary of delegation Carlton Hurst, American Consul, Habana, Cuba. MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITIONS PACIFIC MERCADO (INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION) AND WORLD'S FAIR On October 19, 1937, the President of the United States issued the following proclamation (no. 2257) regarding the Pacific Mercado (International Exposition) and World's Fair to be held at Los Angeles, California, during the year 1940: By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS Public Resolution 73, 75th Congress, approved August 26, 1937, recites that "there is to be held in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, commencing in the year 1940, a continuing international exposition to be known as the Pacific Mercado, designed to promote closer relations and better understandings among the countries and nations of the world, through the furtherance of trade, industry, and cultural arts, by gathering, arranging, and exhibiting the varied cultures of such countries and nations and the origins, progress, and accomplishments in science, the arts, education, industry, business, and transportation of such countries and nations, and by other appropriate means"; and that "there is to be held in said city in the year 1942, in connection with the said Pacific Mercado, a world's fair commemorating the landing of Cabrillo"; WHEREAS the said Resolution reads in part as follows: * * 2 "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the President of the United States, be and he is hereby, authorized and respectfully requested by proclamation, or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite foreign countries to such proposed Pacific Mercado (International Exposition) and to such proposed world's fair to be held in connection therewith, with a request that they participate therein"; AND WHEREAS I believe the people of many nations would be pleased to unite with the people of the United States in participating in this exposition and in the world's fair to be held in connection therewith: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, in compliance with the aforesaid Resolution, do invite the participation of foreign countries in this exposition and in the worlds fair to be held in connection therewith. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. |