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2528 PROCLAMATIONS, 1932. Done at the City of Washington this 13 day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the [seal ] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: Henry L Stimson Secretary of State. [No. 2005] August 18, 1932, Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provision. Vol. 41, p. 997. Extending period. Vol. 42, pp. 2261, 2269, 2287; Vol. 43, pp. 1928, 1943, 1969; Vol. 44, pp. 2575, 2592, 2620; Vol. 45, pp. 2920, 2960; Vol. 46, pp. 3002,3032. Ante, p. 2466. Time for establishing shipping service to, further extended to September 30, 1933. Application of coast- wise laws deferred. Exemp tio n of Virgin Islands from Coas twi se Laws BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whereas an act of Congress entitled “Merchant Marine Act, 1920,” approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 988, 996), contained the following provisions: “Sec . 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have estab- lished adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Terri- tory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establish- ment of adequate shipping facilities therefor.” And w’herea s an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of the Virgin Islands had not been established as provided by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920; and Wherea s the President of the United States, in accordance with the authority vested in him by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, has from time to time, to wit, on February 1, 1922, on May 18, 1922, on October 28, 1922, on October 25, 1923, on April 7, 1924, on October 23, 1924, on April 25, 1925, on November 24, 1925, on August 14, 1926, on August 9, 1927, on August 2, 1928, on July 26, 1929, on July 28, 1930, and on August 19, 1931, issued proclamations extending the time for the establishment of such service and deferring the application of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until September 30, 1932; Now, theref ore , I, Herb ert Hoover , President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority con- ferred upon me by section 21 of the above-mentioned act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from September 30, 1932, to September 30, 1933. And inasmuch as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands, as provided in section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, is dependent upon the establishment of an ade- quate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the PROCLAMATIONS, 1932. 2529 United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from September 30, 1932, to September 30, 1933. In wi tness wher eof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 18th day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and [seal ] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: W. R. Castle , Jr Acting Secretary of State. [No. 2006] Changing Rates of Duty on Inedibl e Gelati n and Glue August 19,1932. A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Whereas under and by virtue of section 336 of Title III, Part II, of the act of Congress approved June 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 590, 701), entitled “AN ACT To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes,” the United States Tariff Commission has investigated the differences in costs of pro- duction of, and all other facts and conditions enumerated in said section with respect, to, gelatin, glue, glue size, and fish glue, not specially provided for, being wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of and with respect to like or similar articles wholly or in part the growth or product of the principal competing country; Whereas in the course of said investigation a hearing was held, of which reasonable public notice was given and at which parties interested were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard; Whereas the commission has reported to the President the results of said investigation and its findings with respect to such differences in costs of production; Whereas the commission has found it shown by said investigation that the principal competing country is Germany, and that the duties expressly fixed by statute do not equalize the differences in the costs of production of the domestic articles and the like or similar foreign articles when produced in said principal competing country, and has specified in its report the changes in the rates of duty expressly fixed by statute found by the commission to be shown by said investigation to be necessary to equalize such differences; and Whereas in the judgment of the President such rates of duty are shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be necessary to equalize such differences in costs of production; Now, theref ore , I, Herbert Hoover , President of the United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim a decrease in the ad valorem rate and an increase in the specific rate of the duty expressly fixed in paragraph 41 of Title I of said act on gelatin, and glue of animal origin, not specially provided for, valued at less than 40 cents per pound, from 25 per centum ad valorem and 2 cents per Tariff on inedible gelatin and glue. Preamble. Vol. 46, p. 701. Statutory authoriza- tion. Changes in rates of duty to equalize differ- ences in costs of pro- duction. Vol. 46, p. 597, amended.