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2466 PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. Nati onal Fire Preve ntion Week —1931 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION August 5,1931. National Fire Pre- vention Week. Preamble. Week of October 4, 1931, designated as. August 19,1931. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. U. S. C., p. 1541. It has become customary for the President of the United States to request an annual observance of Fire Prevention Week throughout the nation to stimulate the interest and cooperation of officials, organizations, and citizens in diminishing the losses of life and prop- erty from fire. Last year fires in the United States caused a direct property loss estimated at nearly $500,000,000, an increase of $40,000,000 over 1929. These direct losses affected home owners, farmers, business men, and workingmen. There were many more millions of indirect losses in rentals, broken contracts, unemployment, and interruption to business. Deaths and injuries to men, women, and children exceeded 35,000 in 1930. The majority of the losses of life and property were the result of carelessness and lack of preventive measures. The purpose of National Fire Prevention Week is to focus attention on the hazards of fire and to promote preventive measures to reduce this devasting waste. Now, theref ore , I, Herbert Hoover , President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of October 4, 1931, to be observed as Fire Prevention Week and earnestly solicit the assistance of each citizen to help lessen the loss and needless waste and suffering from fires which are largely preventable. In wi tnes s 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 5" day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of [seal ] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: W. R. Cast le , Jr Acting Secretary of State. [No. 1962] Exemp tio n of Virgin Islan ds From Coastw ise 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), 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: PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. 2467 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 Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor.” And Wherea s an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel, of the Virgin Islands has not been established as provided by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920; and Whereas 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, and on July 28, 1930, issued proclamations extending the time for the establishment of such service and deferring the applica- tion of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until September 30, 1931; Now, therefore , I, Herbert 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, 1931, to September 30, 1932; 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 adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further pro- claim and declare that, the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from September 30, 1931, to September 30, 1932. In wi tness 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 19 day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of the [seal ] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: W. R. Castle , Jr Acting Secretary of State. [No. 1963] Proviso. Extensions author- ized. 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. Post, p. 2528. Time lor establishing shipping service to, further extended to September 30, 1932. Application of coast- wise laws deferred. Ouachita National Forest —Arkansas and Oklahoma BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA August 19,1931. A PROCLAMATION Wherea s the United States of America has acquired title under authority of the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 962; U. S. Code, title 16, sec. 516), as amended by the act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 654; U. S. Code, title 16, sec. 515), to certain lands in the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma; and Ouachita National Forest, Ark. and Okla. Preamble. Vol. 36, p. 962; Vol. 43, pp. 654, 1215. U. S. C., p. 424.