AND WHEREAS upon consideration it | mir Pulaski, and do hereby invite the appears that approval of the foregoing people of the United States to observe amendatory regulation will effectuate the that day as General Pulaski's Memorial purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Day and to participate with appropriate Treaty Act: ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places in the commemoration of General Pulaski's death on October 11, one hundred and sixty years ago.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United WHEREAS, in the tragic situation in States of America, do direct that the flag which the world finds itself today, with be displayed upon all Government build- the destructive forces of war once again ings on October 11, 1939, as a mark of unleashed, it is appropriate for the peorespect to the memory of General Casi-ple of the United States to reflect upon

that hour of November 11, 1918, when | ganization Plan No. II, transmitted by the voices of war were silenced, and to the President to the Congress May 9, 1939, look forward even now to a time when a there is hereby designated as closed area just and enduring peace shall be estab-in or on which pursuing, hunting, taking, lished among all the peoples of the capturing, or killing, or attempting to earth; take, capture, or kill, migratory birds is not permitted, all areas of land and water adjacent to the Back Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, in Princess Anne County, Virginia, not now owned by the United States within the following-described ex

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct that on November 11, 1939, the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings, and I invite the peo-terior boundary: ple of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.

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 16th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] thirty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtyfourth.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:

CORDELL HULL

Beginning at a point S. 34°02′ E., 35.18 chains, from U.S.C. & G.S. Triangulation Station "Club", and about one-half mile south of the Little Island Coast Guard Station, on the Atlantic Ocean shore, marked with a U. S. Biological Survey standard concrete post;

Thence along the Atlantic Ocean shore, with the meanders thereof,

S. 23°58' E., 36.61 chains;
S. 18°50' E., 10.24 chains;
S. 24°52' E., 10.24 chains;
S. 24°07' E., 10.57 chains;
S. 25°15' E., 10.43 chains;
S. 24°59' E., 11.61 chains;
S. 24°32' E., 24.70 chains;
S. 24°01' E., 11.15 chains;
S. 22°26' E., 11.64 chains;
S. 20°07' E., 14.49 chains;
S. 22°15' E., 23.54 chains;
S. 19°20' E., 12.11 chains;
S. 22°37' E., 23.71 chains;
S. 22°51' E., 22.14 chains;
S. 18°44' E., 10.62 chains;
S. 24°19' E., 11.05 chains;

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2370

CLOSED AREA UNDER THE MIGRATORY BIRD

TREATY ACT

VIRGINIA

WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following regulation adopted by him on October 4, 1939, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganization Plan No. II, transmitted to the Congress May 9, 1939:

REGULATION DESIGNATING AS CLOSED AREA
CERTAIN LANDS AND WATERS ADJACENT TO
THE BACK BAY MIGRATORY WATERFOWL
REFUGE, VIRGINIA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U.S.C. 704), and Reor

S. 17°52' E., 10.90 chains;

S. 19°22' E., 11.05 chains;

S. 17°56' E., 10.68 chains;

S. 14°40′ E., 22.66 chains;

S. 19°57' E., 12.19 chains;

S. 17°02' E., 9.79 chains;

S. 20°26' E., 7.51 chains, to a point;

Thence inland,

S. 87°59′ W., 97.21 chains, to a point on the east shore of Sand Bay;

Thence in Sand Bay,

West, to a point 22.73 chains east of the eastern edge of the Ragged Islands;

erly 22.73 chains distant from, the eastern edge of the Ragged Islands;

Southerly, with a line parallel to, and east

West, 22.73 chains, to the southernmost

point of the Ragged Islands;

Thence in Back Bay,

Northwesterly, approximately 190.00 chains, to the southwestern extremity of Haul Over Island at Rocky Point;

Thence in Red Head Bay,

Northeasterly, approximately 16.00 chains, to the northwestern extremity of Haul Over Island, near North Point on said island;

to Heaven Point on the Ragged Islands; Northeasterly, approximately 78.00 chains,

Northwesterly, approximately 42.00 chains, to the southwestern extremity of a marshy

island lying southwest of Long Island, and immediately north of Little Narrows;

Northerly, approximately 37.00 chains, to a point on the western edge of a marshy island lying west of Long Island, and east of Great Narrows;

Thence across Great Narrows,

Westerly, approximately 23.00 chains to a point on the eastern edge of a marshy island bounded by Great Cove, Great Narrows, Red Head Bay, and Long Point Creek;

Thence along the eastern edge of said island with the meanders thereof,

S. 34°47′ W., 3.43 chains;

S. 13°21' E., 2.80 chains;
S. 12°59′ W., 2.70 chains;
S. 6°45' E., 3.80 chains;
S. 27°28′ W., 4.00 chains;
S. 2°26' E., 2.73 chains;
S. 24°00' W., 1.12 chains;
S. 41°31' E., 1.88 chains;
S. 56°11' W., 1.44 chains;
S. 30°42′ W., 3.09 chains;

S. 56°50′ W., 2.90 chains, to a point on the southeastern extremity of said island;

Thence in Red Head Bay,

Westerly, approximately 34.00 chains, to the southwestern extremity of Long Point Island; Northwesterly, approximately 43.00 chains, to a point on East Head Bay Point, at the entrance to Head Bay Cove;

Thence across Head Bay Cove, Northwesterly, approximately 11.00 chains, to a point on West Head Bay Point;

Thence across marsh,

Northeasterly, approximately 0.50 chain, to a point on the south shore of Shipps Bay; Thence in Shipps Bay,

Northeasterly, approximately 19.00 chains, to a point on the north bank at the mouth of Kemps Creek, at Shipps Bay;

Thence along the shore of Shipps Bay with the meanders thereof,

N. 22°06' E., 5.39 chains;
N. 39°34' E., 1.75 chains;
N. 60°47' E., 9.07 chains;
N. 28°05' E., 2.80 chains;
N. 36°40' E., 3.07 chains;
N. 1°27' E., 2.61 chains;
N. 12° 15' E., 1.74 chains;
N. 89°05' E., 5.82 chains;
Thence in Shipps Bay,

Northeasterly, approximately 35.00 chains, to the northwestern extremity of Augers Island Bend;

Northeasterly, approximately 25.00 chains, to the most northerly point of Walkers Island Point;

Northeasterly, approximately 102.00 chains, to the most northerly point of Long Island at the mouth of Deep Creek;

Thence across Deep Creek,

Easterly, approximately 22.00 chains, to a point on the east shore at the mouth of Deep Creek at Shipps Bay;

Thence across marsh and sand flats,

East, 25.22 chains, to the point of beginning.

AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that the foregoing regulation

N. 80°35′ W., 43.24 chains, to a point in the will tend to effectuate the purposes of

line between marsh and fast land;

Thence between marsh and fast land,

N. 23°17' E., 11.16 chains;
N. 16°29′ W., 11.90 chains;

N. 1°57′ W., 2.35 chains;
N. 12°58' E., 6.95 chains;
N. 2°04' E., 2.05 chains;
N. 25°44' W., 2.47 chains;

N. 7°38' E., 10.63 chains;

N. 25°14' W., 0.56 chain, to a point;

Thence across marsh,

S. 73°22' E., 34.50 chains;

S. 74°04' E., 16.02 chains;

the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Secretary of the Interior.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have

N. 8°00' E., 5.92 chains, to a point on the hereunto set my hand and caused the west shore of Cedar Creek Cove;

Thence along west shore of said Cove, Northerly, approximately 2.50 chains, to a point;

Thence across marsh,

N. 8°00' E., 5.83 chains;

N. 18°35′ W., 4.68 chains, to a point on the southeast shore of Sylvesters Cove;

seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this sixteenth day of October in the year of

our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and thirty-nine, and of the Independence of the United

Thence along the shore of Sylvesters Cove, States of America the one hundred and with the meanders thereof,

N. 22°39' E., 2.56 chains;

N. 82°05' E., 2.44 chains;

S. 78°03′ E., 3.32 chaíns, to a point on the west bank at the mouth of ditch connecting said cove and Cedar Creek Cove;

Thence across said ditch,

sixty-fourth.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President,

CORDELL HULL

Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2371

USE OF PORTS OR TERRITORIAL Waters of
THE UNITED STATES BY SUBMARINES OF
FOREIGN BELLIGERENT STATES

WHEREAS section 8 of the Joint Resolution approved August 31, 1935, as amended by the Joint Resolution approved May 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 127; U.S.C., Sup. IV, title 22, sec. 245e), provides:

United States is neutral, the President shall

promote the security of the United States;

AND I do further declare and proclaim that it shall hereafter be unlawful for any submarine of France; Germany; Poland; or the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the Union of South Africa, to enter ports or territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, except submarines of the said belligerent states which are forced into such ports or territorial waters of the United States by force majeure; and in such cases of force majeure, only when such submarines enter ports or territorial waters of the United States while running on the sur

"Whenever, during any war in which the find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or armed merchant vessels of a foreign state, will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commer-face with conning tower and super

cial interests of the United States and its

citizens, or to promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such submarine or armed merchant vessel to enter a port or the territorial waters of the United States or to depart therefrom, except under such conditions and subject to such limitations as the President may prescribe. Whenever, in his judgment, the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply."

structure above water and flying the flags of the foreign belligerent states of which they are vessels. Such submarines may depart from ports or territorial waters of the United States only while running on the surface with conning tower and superstructure above water and flying the flags of the foreign belligerent states of which they are vessels.

AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution, and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any of

WHEREAS there exists a state of war between Germany and France; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa; WHEREAS the United States of Amer- fenders against the same. ica is neutral in such war;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 8 of the Joint Resolution approved August 31, 1935, as amended by the Joint Resolution approved May 1, 1937, do by this proclamation find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of a foreign belligerent state, both commercial submarines and submarines which are ships of war, will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, and to

This proclamation shall continue in full force and effect unless and until modified, revoked or otherwise terminated, pursuant to law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here

unto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be

affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this 18" day of October, in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and

[SEAL] thirty-nine, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty

fourth.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2372

25, 1916 (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535; U. S. C., title 16, secs. 1 and 2), and acts supple

ENLARGING THE BLACK CANYON OF THE mentary therefo or amendatory there-
GUNNISON NATIONAL MONUMENT- of.
COLORADO

WHEREAS it appears that certain
lands adjoining the Black Canyon of the
Gunnison National Monument in Colo-
rado are required for the proper care,
protection and management of the ob-
jects of scientific interest situated on [SEAL]
lands within the said monument; and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve the aforesaid lands as a part of the said monument:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225; U.S.C., title 16, sec. 431), do proclaim that, subject to all valid existing rights, the following-described lands in Colorado are hereby added to and made a part of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison

National Monument:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 49 N., R. 7 W.,

sec. 2, SW;

sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 7 and 8;

sec. 5, lots 4, 5 and 12;

sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

T. 50 N., R. 7 W.,

sec. 19, SW1⁄41⁄4NE1⁄4; sec. 31, SE1⁄44;

T. 50 N., R. 8 W.,

sec. 8, All;

sec. 9, W2

sec. 14, S1⁄2 SW;

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 28" day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtyfourth.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President

CORDELL HULL

The Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2373

THANKSGIVING DAY-1939

I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-third of November 1939, as a day of general thanksgiving.

More than three centuries ago, at the season of the gathering in of the harvest, the Pilgrims humbly paused in their work and gave thanks to God for the preservation of their community and for the abundant yield of the soil. A century and a half later, after the new Nation had been formed, and the charter of government, the Constitution of the Republic, had received the assent of the States, President Washington and his successors invited the people of the Nation to lay down their tasks one day in the year and give thanks for the blessings that had been granted them by Divine Providence. It is fitting that Warning is hereby expressly given to we should continue this hallowed cusall unauthorized persons not to appro- tom and select a day in 1939 to be dedipriate, injure, destroy, or remove any fea-cated to reverent thoughts of thanksture of this monument and not to locate giving.

sec. 15, SESW. WSW; S1⁄2SE1⁄4; sec. 16, NW, E1⁄2SE, NW1⁄41⁄4SE;

sec. 17, E2 NE, NW NE1⁄44;

sec. 22, N1⁄2NE;

sec. 23, NW1⁄4;

sec. 35, NW NE1⁄4, N1⁄2 NW;

containing 2760 acres more or less.

or settle upon any of the lands thereof. Our Nation has gone steadily forward The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of this monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled "An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August

in the application of democratic processes to economic and social problems. We have faced the specters of business depression, of unemployment, and of widespread agricultural distress, and our positive efforts to alleviate these conditions have met with heartening results. We have also been permitted to see the frui