PUERAI REGISTER

VOLUME 3 *934 ^ NUMBER 23 * (JNlTtO *

Washington, Wednesday, February 2, 1938

DEPARTMENT OF STATE. LIST OF PRODUCTS OF WHICH CANADA IS THE CHIEF OR AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF SUPPLY T rade A g r e e m e n t N egotiations W i t h C anada Including all products on which concessions (including PUBLIC NOTICE bindings) were granted by the United States in the trade J a n u a r y 29, 1938. agreement with Canada, signed on November 15, 1935. Pursuant to section 4 of an act of Congress approved June Note.—The rates of duty indicated are those now applicable to products of Canada. Where the rate is one which has been re­ 12, 1934, entitled “An Act to Amend th e Tariff Act of 1930," duced pursuant to a previous trade agreement by 50 percent as extended by Public Resolution No. 10, approved March 1, (the maximum permitted in the Trade Agreements Act) it is 1937, and to Executive Order No. 6750, of June 27, 1934, I indicated by the symbol MR. Where the rate represents a reduc­ tion pursuant to a previous trade agreement, but less than a hereby give notice of intention to negotiate a trade agreement 50 percent reduction, it is indicated by the symbol R. Where a with the Government of Canada. rate has been bound against increase, but has not been reduced, All presentations of information and views in writing and in a previous trade agreement, it is indicated by the symbol B; applications for supplemental oral presentation of views with likewise, items which have been bound free of duty are indicated respect to, the negotiation of such agreement should be sub­ by the symbol B. mitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information in For the purpose of facilitating identification of the articles accordance with the announcement of this date issued by listed, reference is made in the list to the paragraph numbers that Committee concerning the manner and dates for the of the tariff schedules in the Tariff Act of 1930, or, as the submission of briefs and applications, and the time set for case may be, to the appropriate sections of the Revenue Act public hearings. of 1932, as amended. The descriptive phraseology is, how­ C o r d e l l H u l l , ever, in many cases limited to a narrower field than that Secretary of State. covered by the numbered tariff paragraph or section in the Revenue Act. In such cases only the articles covered by the descriptive phraseology of the list will come under con­ Closing date for submission of briefs—March 12, 1938 sideration for the granting of concessions. Closing date for application to be heard—March 12, 1938 In the event that articles which are at present regarded as classifiable under the descriptions included in the above list Public hearings open—April 4, 1938 are excluded therefrom by judicial decision or otherwise prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the list will nevertheless The Committee for Reciprocity Information hereby gives be considered as including such articles. notice that all information and views in writing, and all applications for supplemental oral presentation of views, United States Tariff Act of 1930 in regard to the negotiation of a trade agreement with the Government of Canada, notice of intention to negotiate Para­ Description of article Present rate of duty Sym­ which has been issued by the Secretary of State on this graph bol date, shall be submitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information not later than 12 a’clock noon, March 12, 1 Acetic acid containing by weight of acetic acid: 1938. Such communications should be addressed to “Chair­ N ot more than 65 per centum______l*At per lb__...... man, Committee for Reciprocity Information, Old Land More than 65 per centum______1 per lb ______R 2 Vinyl acetate, polymerized or unpoly- Zt per lb. and 15%. MR Office Building, Eighth and E. Streets NW., Washington, merized, and synthetic resins made in D. C.” chief value therefrom, not specially provided for. A public hearing will be held beginning at 10 a. m. on 10 Fir or Canada balsam, natural and un­ 10%. compounded, and not containing alco­ April 4, 1938, before the Committee for Reciprocity In­ hol. formation in the hearing room of the Tariff Commission 11 Synthetic resins made in chief value from 3)6 per lb. and 15%. R vinyl acetate, not specially provided in the Old Land Office Building, where supplemental oral for. statements will be heard. 16 Calcium acetate, crude______It per lb „ 29 Cobalt oxide______101 per lb. MR Written statements must be either typewritten or printed 34 Halibut-liver oil, natural and uncom­ 10%...... and must be submitted in six copies of which one copy shall pounded, not edible, and not specially provided for. be sworn to. Appearance at hearings before the Committee 52 Herring oil______51 per gal. plus 3t per may be made only by those persons who have filed written lb. import excise tax under the Revenue statements and who have within the time prescribed made Act of 1932, as amend­ written application for a hearing, and statements made at ed (see below). 52 Shark oil, including dogfish oil; arid 20% plus 31 per lb. im­ such hearings shall be under oath. shark-liver oil, including dogfish-liver port excise tax under By direction of the Committee for Reciprocity Information oil. the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended (see this 29th day of January, 1938. below). MR J ohn P. G regg, Secretary. 62 Sperm oil, crude. 2H£ Per gal...... 295 296 FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2, 1938

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Para­ Description of article Present rate of duty Sym­ FEDERA1Ü®ISTEK graph bol 208(f) Untrimmed phlogopite mica from which 15%. 1934 c f T no rectangular piece exceeding two TEO% inches in length or one inch in width may be cut. 208 (g) Phlogopite mica waste and scrap valued 25%. at not more than 5 cents per pound. 208 (h) Mica, ground or pulverized______20%. 209 Talc, steatite or soapstone, ground, Published by the Division of the Federal Register, The National washed, powdered, or pulverized (ex­ Archives, pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal cept toilet preparations): Valued at not more than $12.60 per 25%. R Register Act, approved July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. L. 500), under reg­ ton. ulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee, with the Valued at more than $12.50 per to n ... 35%. approval of the President. 214 Ground feldspar.. . ______30%. 214 Ground nepheline syenite______30%. The Administrative Committee consists of the Archivist or Act­ 214 Stone, not specially provided for, ground, 30%. ing Archivist, an officer of the Department of Justice designated or crushed otherwise than merely for by the Attorney General, and the Public Printer or Acting Public the purpose of facilitating shipment to Printer. the United States, except marble chip (granito). The daily issue of the F ederal R egister will be furnished by mail 214 Deád-burned basic refractory material 27X%. R to subscribers, free of postage, for $1 per month or $10 per year; containing 6 per centum or more of single copies 10 cents each; payable in advance. Remit by money lime and consisting chiefly of magnesia and lime. order payable to Superintendent of Documents, Government Print­ 234(c) Freestone, sandstone, limestone, lava, 150 per cu. ft. ing Office, Washington, D. C. and all other stone suitable for use as monumental or building stone, except Correspondence concerning the publication of the F ederal marble, breccia, and onyx, not speci­ R egister should be addressed to the Director, Division of the ally provided for, unmanufactured, or Federal Register, The National Archives, Washington, D. C. not dressed, hewn, or polished. 301 Spiegeleisen containing more than 1 per 75fi per ton______centum of carbon. 302(d) Ferromanganese containing more than V/fo per lb. on the me- ___ 1 but less than 4 per centum of carbon. tallic manganese con­ tained therein. TABLE OF CONTENTS 302(d) Ferromanganese containing' not less 10 per lb. on the metallic R than 4 per centum of carbon. manganese contained therein. Department of the Interior: 302 (e) Ferromanganese containing not more 1 por lb. on the man- . .. .. National Bituminous Coal Com m ission: Page than 1 per centum of carbon. ganese c o n ta in e d therein and 15%. Schedule for minimum prices supplemented, Dis­ 302 (i) Ferrosilicon, containing 8 per centum or 1 por lb. on the silicon R more of silicon and less than 30 per contained therein ___ trict No. 11______300 centum. Department of Labor: 302 (i) Ferrosilicon, containing 30 per centum or 20 per lb. on the silicon ___ more of silicon and less than 60 per contained therein. Office of the Secretary: centum. Cotton Garment and Allied Industries, extension 302 (k) Ferrochrome or ferrochromlum contain­ ing: of minimum wage determination to manu­ Less than 3 per centum of carbon___ 25%...... R facture of barrack bags and bandoleers_____ 300 3 per centum or more of carbon_____ l'At per lb. on the MR chromium contained Department of State: therein. Public notice, trade agreement negotiations with 302 0) Boron carbide______25%...... 302 (m) Ferrotitanium, ferrovanadium, and ferro- 15% -— ...... Canada; list of products______295 uranium. Veterans’ Administration: 302(0) Iron manganese alloys, not specially pro­ 25%. vided for, used in the manufacture of Revision of Regulations, concurrent payment of two steel or iron and containing more than benefits to the same person______301 1/4 per centum of silicon. 304 Hollow bars and hollow drill steel valued per lb. plus Hé per above 8 and not above 12 cents per lb. pound. 318 Woven-wire cloth: Gauze, fabric, or United States Tariff Act of 1930—Continued screen, made of wire composed of steel, brass, copper, bronze, or any other metal or alloy, not specially provided for: Para­ Description of article Present rate of duty Sym­ With meshes not finer than thirty 25%. graph bol wires to the lineal inch in warp or filling. With meshes finer than thirty and 40%. 58 Distilled or essential cedar-leaf oil, not 12^ % ______MR not finer than ninety wires to the containing alcohol. lineal inch in warp or filling. 71 Black pigments, by whatever name 323 Axles and parts thereof, axle bars, axle Moi per lb. known, dry or ground in or mixed blanks, and forgings for axles, of iron with oil or water, and not specially or steel, without reference to the stage provided for: or state of manufacture, not specially 15%...... R provided for, valued at not more than Gas black, including carbon black... 20%...... 6 cents per pound. 81 Sodium chloride or salt: 327 Cast-iron fittings for cast-iron pipe...... 15%. R In bags, sacks, barrels, or other 110 per 100 lbs___:_____ 327 Cast-iron andirons, plates, stove plates, 20%. packages. sadirons, tailors’ irons, hatters’ irons, In bulk______70 per 100 lbs______but not including electric irons, and 201 (a) Fire brick, not specially provided for___ 15%...... R castings and vessels wholly of cast 201 (b) Brick not specially provided for, not $1.35 per 1,000...... iron, including all castings of iron or glazed, enameled, painted, vitrified, cast-iron plates which have been chis­ ornamented, or decorated in any eled, drilled, machined, or otherwise manner. advanced in condition by processes or 203 Limestone (not suitable for use as monu­ 2V£0 por 100 lhs MR operations subsequent to the casting mental or building stone), crude, or process but not made up into articles, crushed but not pulverized. or parts thereof, or finished machine 203 70 per 100 lbs., includ­ R parts. ing weight of con­ 327 Molders’ patterns, of whatever material 50%. tainer. composed, for the manufacture of cast­ 203 80 per 100 lbs., includ­ R ings. ing weight of container. 329 Cham and chains of all kinds, made of 205 (d) Cement, not specially provided for___■ 20%...... iron or steel: 207 Bentonite: Less than % and not less than % of 1 1H0 per lb. Unwrought and unmanufactured___ $1.50 par ton. inch in diameter. Wrought or manufactured______$3.25 per ton _ . Less than % and not less than Ms 2Hi per lb. 207 Crude feldspar______350 per ton______R of 1 inch in diameter. FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2, 1938 297 United States Tariff Act of 1930—Continued United States Tariff Act of 1930—Continued

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353 Washing machines, having as an essen­ 35%. 706 Edible animal ofial.. 60 per lb., but not less tial feature an electrical element or than 20%. device, and parts thereof; any of the 707 Cream, fresh or sour. 36»i per gal. (Imports at foregoing, finished or unfinished, reduced rate limited to wholly or in chief value of metal, and 1,500,000 gallons an­ not specially provided for. nually.) Imports in 353 Cooking stoves and ranges, having as an 25%. excess of quota, 56.60 essential feature an electrical heating per gal. element, and parts thereof; any of the 707 Whole milk, fresh or sour______foregoing, finished or unfinished, 6J£0 per gal______707 Skimmed milk, fresh or sour, and butter­ 2H0 per gal______wholly or in chief value of metal, and milk. not specially provided for. 708 (b) Dried buttermilk______30 per lb ...... 370 Motor boats, valued at not more than 30%------710 Cheddar cheese in original loaves______$15,000 each. 50 per lb., but not less 874 Aluminum, aluminum scrap, and alloys 40 per lb___ than 25%. (except those provided for, in para­ 710 Cheddar cheese other than in original 70 per lb., but not less graph 302 of the Tariff Act of 1930) in loaves, not processed. than 35%. which aluminum is the component ma­ 711 Birds,- live: Chickens, duoks, geese, 40 per lb______turkeys, and guineas. MR terial of chief value, in crude form. 712 378 Cadmium______* 150 per lb__ Birds, dead, dressed or undressed, fresh, 389 Nickel, and alloys (except those provided 30 per lb___ chilled, or frozen: for in paragraph 302 or 3% of the Tariff Chickens and guineas______60 per lb__ Act of 1930) in which nickel is the com­ Dudes and geese______100 per lb .. ponent material of chief value, in pigs 713 Eggs of chickens, in the shell______100 per doz. or ingots, shot, cubes, grains, cathodes, 714 Horses, unless imported for immediate or similar forms. slaughter: 391 Lead-bearing ores, flue dust, and mattes 1H0 per lb. on lead con­ Valued at not more than $150 per $20 per head. of all kinds. tained therein. head. 392 Lead bullion or base bullion, lead in pigs 2H0 per lb. on lead con­ Valued at more than $150 per head.. 20%------and bars, lead dross, reclaimed lead, tained therein. 715 Live silver or black foxes______15%------scrap lead, and alloys or combinations 716 Honey______.____ 20 per 1b. of lead not specially provided for. 717 (a) Fish, fresh or frozen (whether or not 393 Zinc-bearing ores of all kinds, except py­ Il4t per lb. on zinc con­ packed in ice), whole, or beheaded or rites containing not more than 3 per tained therein. eviscerated or both, but not further centum zinc. advanced (except that t’ e fins may he 394 Zinc in blocks, pigs, or slabs, and zinc 1J# per lb______removed): dust. Salmon______1JÍ0 per lb . 401 Timber hewn, sided, or squared, other­ 500 (M R) per M ft., Swordfish (not including naturally 1M0 per lb . wise than by sawing, and round timber board measure num­ or artificially frozen swordfish). used for spars or in building wharves; ber also subject to Chubs, fresh-water mullet (eatosto- Ji0 per lb .. sawed lumber and timber not specially import excise tax of mus), jacks, lake trout, saugers, provided for; all the foregoing, if of fir, $1.50 (MR) per M ft., tullibees, whitefish, and yellow spruce, pine, hemlock, or larch. board measure, under pike. (Imports of sawed timber and lum­ sec. 601 (c) (6) of the Halibut______10 per lb .. MR ber of Douglas fir or Western hemlock Revenue Act of 1932, Eels______^ 2 0 per lb. MR at reduced rates limited to 250 million as amended (see be­ Sturgeon, fresh but not frozen______10 per lb_. feet, board measure, annually.' low); lumber im­ Mackerel______20 per lb .. ported in excess of Blue pike, ciscoes, lake herring, yel­ 10 per lb .. quota, $1.00 per M ft., low perch, cod, haddock, hake, board measure, plus pollock, cusk, and shad. import excise tax of 717 (b) Fish, fresh or frozen (whether or not 2>60 per lb. $3.00"per M ft., board packed in ice), filleted, skinned, honed, measure. sliced, or divided into portions, not 402 Maple (except Japanese maple), birch, 4%.------MR specially provided for. and beech: Flooring. 719 Fish, pickled or salted (except fish 405 Veneers of birch and maple______20%. packed in oil or in oil and other sub­ 406 Hubs lor wheels, heading bolts, stave 10%. stances and except fish packed in air­ bolts, last blocks, wagon blocks, oar tight containers weighing with their blocks, heading blocks, and all like contents not more than 15 pounds blocks or sticks, rough-hewn, or rough­ each): shaped, sawed or bored-. Cl) Salmon______. . 1 ______20%. 407 Casks, barrels, and hogsheads (empty), (2) Cod, haddock hake, pollock, and of wood, not specially provided for, cusk, neither skinned nor but not including beer barrels. 15%___ honed (except that the verte­ 412 Paint brush handles; broom handles and 33H%- bral column may be removed): mop handles, further advanced than When containing not more 1JÍ0 per lb____ rough-shaped; tennis racket frames; than 43 per centum of toboggans; baby carriages; wheel­ moisture by weight. barrows; canoes and canoe paddles; When containing more JÍ0 per lb______carriages, drays, trucks, and other than 43 per centum of horse-drawn vehicles, and parts there­ moisture by weight. of, not specially provided for; all the (3) Cod, haddock, hake, pollock, 20 per l b ...... foregoing wholly or in chief value of and cusk, skinned or boned, wood. whether or not dried. 412 Ice-hockey sticks, wholly or in chief 20%...... R (4) Herring, whether or not boned, 10 per lb. net w t. value of wood. in bulk or in immediate con­ 503 Maple sugar______40 per lb .. . . . R tainers weighing with their 603 Maple sirup______...______i 40 per lb _ _ contents more than 15 pounds 701 Cattle, weighing less than seven hundred each and containing each more pounds each: than 10 pounds of herring, net weight. Weighing less than one hundred and 1M0 per lb ...------R seventy-five pounds each, in quan­ (4) Mackerel, whether or not boned, 10 per lb. net w t. tity not to exceed 51,933 head in bulk or in immediate con­ annually. tainers weighing with then- Other______;______-___ 2V$0 per lh _____ , ____ contents more than 15 pounds Cattle, weighing seven hundred pounds each. t or more each: (5) Alewives in bulk or in immedi­ per lb. net w t. Cows, imported specially for dairy IV40 per lh MR ate containers weighing with purposes, in quantity not to exceed their contents more than 15 20,000 head annually. pounds each. Other, in quantity not to exceed 20 per 1h - r...... B 720 (a) Smoked herring (except herring packed 155,799 head annually. in oil or in oil and other substances In excess of above specified quan­ 30 per lb__ and except herring packed in air-tight tities. containers weighing with their con­ 701 Beef and veal, fresh or chilled, but not 60 per lb___ tents not more than 15 pounds each): frozen. (2) Hard dry-smoked, when whole Y%i per lb .. MR 702 Mutton, and goat meat, fresh or chilled, 50 per lb____ ..._____ or beheaded, but not further but not frozen. advanced. 702 Lamb, fresh or chilled, but not frozen___ 70 per lb...... (3) Boned, whether or not skinned-. 1J^0 per lb. MR 703 Swine______20 per Ih . _ ...... 720 (a) Fish, smoked or kippered (except fish 703 Pork, fresh or chiiled, but not frozen____ 2)^0 per lb. . ____ packed in oil or in oil and other sub­ 703 Bacon, hams, and shoulders, and other 3k0 per lb ...... stances and except fish packed in air­ pork, prepared or preserved, if not tight containers weighing with their cooked, boned, or packed in air-tight contents not more than 15 pounds containers, or made into sausage of any each): kind. (1) Salmon____ ..... ______25% 298 FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2, 1938

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720 (a) Fish, smoked or kippered—Continued. 771 White or Irish seed potatoes—Con. (3) Herring, eviscerated, split, 30 per lb__ From March 1 to November 30, 450 per 100 lbs. skinned, boned, or divided inclusive, in any year. into portions. (Imports at reduced rates limited (4) Cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and 2K0 per lb . to 750 thousand bushels of 60 cusk, whole, or beheaded or pounds in each 12-month eviscerated or both, but not period beginning December 1; further advanced (except that imports in excess thereof 750 the vertebral column may be per 100 lbs.) removed). 771 White or Irish potatoes not specially pro­ 750 per 100 lbs. (5) Cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and vided for. cusk, filleted, skinned, boned, 773 Turnips and rutabagas______12^0 per 100 lbs______MR sliced, or divided into portions. 774 Carrots, radishes, cauliflower, and rhu­ 50%...... 720 (b) Fish, prepared or preserved, not specially barb, in their natural state. provided for: 779 H ay______$3 per ton of 2,000 lbs___ R In immediate containers weighing 25% ...... 779 Straw______;... $1.50 per ton of 2,000 lbs. with their contents not more than 802 Whiskey of all types and classes, aged in $2.50 per proof gal...... MR 15 pounds each. wooden containers for at least four In bulk or immediate containers, years. weighing with their contents more 1001 Flax straw______... ______$3 per ton .— .:______than 15 pounds each. 1007 Hose, suitable for conducting liquids or 19^0 per lb. and 15%. 721 (b) Razor clams (siliqua patula), packed in 15%______- ...... R gases, wholly or in chief value of vege­ air-tight containers. table fiber. 722 Barley, hulled or unhulled------*------...... 1401' Uncoated papers commonly or commer­ Ht per lb. and 10%. 722 Barley malt______cially known as book paper, and all 723 Buckwheat, hulled or unhulled-..------uncoated printing paper, not specially 723 Buckwheat flour and grits or groats..— . provided for, not including cover paper. 728 Hulled oats, unfit for human consump­ 80 POT bu. of 32 lbs------M R 1402 Pulpboard in rolls for use in the manufac­ 5%. MR tion. _ ture of wallboard, not plate finished, 726 Oats, hulled or unhulled (except hulled supercalendered or friction calendered, oats, unfit for hpiman consumption). laminated by means of an adhesive 726 Unhulled ground oats------r— substance, coated, surface stained or 726 Oatmeal, rolled oats, oat grits, and simi­ dyed, lined or vat-lined, embossed, lar oat products. printed, decorated or ornamented in 728 R ye------any manner, nor cut into shapes for 728 Rye malt______boxes or other articles and not spe­ 729 Wheat______cially provided for. 729 Wheat, unfit for human consumption----- 10% ...... B -1404 Papers commonly or commercially known 729 Wheat flour, semolina, crushed or $i 04 per 100 lbs ______as tissue paper, stereotype paper, and cracked wheat, and similar wheat prod­ copying paper, india and bible paper, ucts not specially provided for. condenser paper, carbon paper, coated 730 Hulls of oats, barley, buckwheat, or or uncoated, bibulous pap«1, pottery other grains, ground or unground. paper, tissue paper for waxing, and all 730 Dried beet pulp, malt sprouts, and paper similar to any of the foregoing, brewers’ grains. not specially provided for, colored or 730 Bran, shorts, by-product feeds obtained 10% ___ . B uncolored, white or printed: in milling wheat or other cereals. Weighing not over 6 pounds to the 60 per lb. and 20%.. 730 Mixed feeds, consisting of an admixture 10% ______. B ream, and whether in sheets or any of grains or grain products with oil other form, valued not over 15 cake, oil-cake meal, molasses, or other cents per pound. feedstufis. Weighing oyer 6 pounds and less 50 per lb. and 15%.. 731 Screenings, seal pings, chaff, or scourings 10% ______B than 10 pounds to the ream, valued of wheat, flaxseed, or other grains or not ovei 15 cents per pound. seeds: Unground, or ground. 1404 Crepe paper, commonly or commercially 60 per lb. and 15%. 732 Cereal breakfast foods, and similar cereal 15% . . _____ R so known, including paper creped or preparations, by whatever name partly creped inany manner, valued at known, processed further than milling, not more than 15 cents per pound. and not specially provided for. 1409 Hanging paper, not printed, litho­ 10%. 734 Apples, green or ripe— ------150 per bu. of 50 lbs_____ R graphed, dyed, or colored. 736 Blueberries, prepared or preserved, or 25% ______R 1410 Tourist literature containing historical, frozen, but not in brine and not dried, geographic, time table, travel, hotel, desiccated, or evaporated, and not spe­ and similar information,' chiefly with cially provided for. respect to places or travel facilities out­ 736 Strawberries in their natural condition or R side the continental United States: in brine. If of bona fide foreign authorship___ 15%-- 736 Berries, edible, in their natural condition All other______... ______:___ 25%I- or in brine, not specially provided for. 1410 Tourist literature consisting principally 25%_. 736 Edible berries, frozen, other than blue­ 25% of drawings, engravings, etchings, berries, and not specially provided for. photographs, maps or charts, and con­ , 737 Cherries: taining historical, geographic, time (1) In their natural state------MR table, travel, hotel, and similar informa­ (4) Prepared or preserved, not spe­ 9M0 per lb. and 20%___ R tion, chiefly with respect to places or cially provided for. travel facilities outside the continental 738 Cider______United States. 753 Cut flowers, fresh, dried, prepared, or 40% “ ...... 1413 Pulpboard in rolls for use in the manufac­ 15%. MR preserved. ture of wallboard, surface stained or 763 Grass seeds and other forage crop seeds dyed, lined or vat-lined, embossed, or Alfalfa...... MR printed. Alsike clover____ :------M R 1502 Lacrosse sticks______:______15%. MR Sweet clover______M R 1502 Ice skates and parts thereof..______. . . . 15%. R Timothy______is------M R ’ 1519 (a) Dressed furs and dressed fur skins (ex­ 30%. Bluegrass______MR cept silver or black fox), and plates, Red clover______R mats, linings, strips, and crosses of Rye grass______dressed dog, goat, or kid skins, all the Common vetch______foregoing, if dyed. Bent-grass (genus agrostis)——-----... _____ 1510 (ß) Silver or black fox furs or skins, dressed 50%. Grass and forage crop seeds not spe­ or undressed, not specially provided cially provided for. for. 764 Tree and shrub seeds------_____ 1510 (ß) Articles of wearing apparel of every de­ 50%. 766 Beets, other than sugar beets...... 17% scription (including collars, cuffs, and 769 Peas, green or unripe, when imported 20 per lb______R ■trimmings), wholly or partly manu­ and entered for consumption during factured, wholly or in chief value of the period from July 1 to September 30, silver nr black fox fur, not specially inclusive, in any year. provided for. 771 White or Irish seed potatoes, certified by 1530 (b) Leather (except leather provided for in a responsible officer or agency of a for­ subparagraph (d) of paragraph 1530), eign Government in accordance with made from hides or skins of cattle of the the official rules and regulations of that bovine species: Government to have been grown and (3) leather to'be used in the manufac­ 10%. approved especially for use as seed, in ture of harness or saddlery. containers marked with the foreign (4) patent leather, rough, partly fin­ 10%. Government’s official certified seed ished, or finished, or cut or potato tags, when entered for consump­ wholly or partly manufactured tion during the period— into uppers, vamps, or any From December 1 to the last day of 600 per 100 lbs. forms or shapes suitable for the following February, inclusive, conversion into boots, shoes, or in any years. footwear. FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2, 1938 299

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1530(e) Skating boots and shoes, made wholly or 10%, 20%, or 30%. B 1719 Minerals, crude, or not advanced in in chief value of leather, not specially value or condition by refining or provided for, if attached to ice skates. grinding, or by other process of manu­ 1530(e) Moccasins, made wholly or in chief value 20%.. facture, not specially provided for: of leather, not specially provided for. Lignite______Free______1532(b) Gloves wholly or in chief value of leather 25%.. Uranium ore____ ...... Free______made from horsehides or cowhides (ex­ Natural gas— ______— Free______cept calfskins), whether wholly or Gravel______Free______partly manufactured. Nepheline syenite______— Free______1537 (b) Hose and tubing suitable for conducting 25%. 1730(b) F.iilanhon oil...... Free; see below for Rev­ liquids or gases, wholly or in chief enue Act of 1932, as value of india rubber (not known as amended. “hard rubber”) or gutta percha, not 1734 Nickel ore, nickel matte, and nickel Free.. - - B specially provided for. oxide. 1541 (a) Pipe organs or pipe-organ player actions 25%. R 1741 Pigeons, fancy or racing______Free______and parts thereof especially designed 1743 Plaster rock (including anhydrite) and Free______B and constructed for installation and use gypsum, crude. in a particular church, or in a particular 1749 Radium, and salts of______public auditorium at which it is not 1756 Sea herring and smelts, fresh or frozen, Free------—_ B customary to charge an admission fee, whether or not packed in ice, and which are imported for that specific whether or not whole. use, and which are so installed and used 1758 Selenium, and salts of______within one year from the date of 1760 B importation. 1761 Lobsters, fresh or frozen (whether or not Free______B 1541 (a) Pipe organs or pipe-organ player actions 35% or 60%__ packed in ice), or prepared or preserved and parts thereof, not specially pro­ in any manner (including pastes and vided for. sauces), and not specially provided 1555 Waste, not specially provided for------10%. for. 1558 Evergreen Christmas trees______10%. 1761 Clams, quahaugs, oysters (except seed Free...... B 1601 Sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol------Free. B oysters), and crabs, fresh or frozen 1604 Agricultural implements: Plows, tooth or Free. B (whether or not packed in ice), and disk harrows, headers, harvesters, not specially provided for. reapers, combination harvesting and 1761 Scallops, fresh but not frozen (whether Free______B threshing machines, agricultural drills or not packed in ice). and planters, mowers, horserakes, and 1772 B cultivators, whether in whole or in 1775 Stone and sand: Burrstone in blocks, Free. _____ ... parts, including repair parts. rough or unmanufactured; qhartzite; 1604 Agricultural implements: Threshing ma­ Free. traprock; rottenstone, tripoli, and sand, chines, cotton gins, machinery for use crude or manufactured; silica; cliff in the manufacture of sugar, wagons stone, freestone, granite, and sand­ and carts, cream separators valued at stone, unmanufactured, and not suit­ not more than $50 each, and all other able for use as monumental, paving, or agricultural implements of any kind or building stone; all the foregoing not description, not specially provided for, speciallyprovided for. whether in whole or in parts, including 1792 Free______repair parts. 1798 Articles acquired abroad by residents of Free _ ...... 1606(a) Bulls, cows, hogs, and sheep, imported Free, subject to the pro­ the United States returning from a n d by a citizen of the United States speci­ visions of paragraph abroad for personal or household use (b) ally for breeding purposes. 1606 (a) and (b). or as souvenirs or curios, but not 1616 Asbestos, unmanufactured, asbestos Free______B bought on commission or intended for crudes, fibers, stucco, and sand and sale, up to hut not exceeding $100 in refuse containing not more than 15 per value (including distilled spirits, centum of foreign matter. wines, and malt liquors aggregating 1623 Bread: Provided, That no article shall be Free (certain hard crisp not more than one wine-gallon). exempted from duty as bread unless rye bread bound free 1803(1) Timber hewn, sided, or squared, other- Free______„ B yeast was the leavening substance used in Trade Agreement wise than by sawing, and round timber in its preparation. with Sweden). used for spars or in building wharves; 1624 Fish sounds______Free______sawed lumber and timber, not further 1641 Calcium: Cyanamid or lime nitrogen---- Free______B manufactured than planed, and 1651 Coal-tar products: Benzene, toluene, Free______tongued and grooved; all the fore­ xylene, crude coal ter, crude blast-fur­ going, if not of balsa or teak, and not nace tar, crude oil-gas tar, crude water- specially provided for. gas tar, and all other distillates of (See below for Revenue Act of 1932, crude coal tar, not specially provided as amended.) for, which on being subjected to dis­ 1803 (2) Logs: timber, round, unmanufactured; Free______B tillation yield in the portion distilling pulp woods; firewood, handle bolts, below 190 degrees centigrade a quantity shingle bolts; and laths; all the fore­ of tar acids less than 5 per centum of going, not cabinet woods, and not the original distillate. specially provided for. 1652 Cobalt and cobalt ore______Free. B 1804 Posts, railroad ties, and telephone, Free______B 1667 Sodium cyanide______— Free. B trolley, electric-light, and telegraph 1669 Ginseng, senega root, and all drugs of Free. poles of cedar or other woods. animal origin; all the foregoing which 1805 Pickets, palings, hoops, and staves of Free...... B are natural and uncompounded drugs wood of all kinds. and not edible, and not specially pro­ vided for, and are in a crude state, not advanced in value or condition by shredding, grinding, chipping, crush­ Revenue Act of 1932, as Amended ing, or any other process or treatment whatever beyond that essential to the proper packing of the drugs and the Section Description of article Present rate of import tax prevention of decay or deterioration pending manufacture, and not con­ taining alcohol. $1.50 (MR) per thousand 1672 Crude artificial abrasives, not specially Free. B 601 (c) (6) Lumber, rough, or planed or dressed on provided for. one or more sides, except flooring made feet, board measure; im­ 1678 Fishskins, raw or salted-______Free. of maple (except Japanese maple), ports in excess of quota, $3 1681 Furs and fur skins, not specially pro­ birch, and beech. per thousand feet, board vided for, undressed: (Imports of sawed timber and lumber measure. Mink, beaver, muskrat, and wolf— Free. B of Douglas fir or Western hemlock at Skunk, otter, lynx, fisher and prairie Free. reduced rates limited to 250 million feet, wolf. board measure, annually.) 1686 Spruce g u m ...... Free. 601 (c) (8) Herring oil; shark oil, dogfish oil, shark- 3£ per lb. 1716 Mechanically ground wood pulp, chemi­ Free. B liver oil, and dogfish-liver oil; eulachon cal wood pulp, unbleached or bleached. oil. 1688 Cattle-body hair (including calf-body Free. hair) and horse-body hair, cleaned or uncleaned, hut unmanufactured, not specially provided for. [P. R. Doc. 38-347; Filed, February 1,1938; 11:39 a. m.] 300 FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2,1938

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. shall be changed to read; National Bituminous Coal Commission. Market Area No. 29 : Coals produced in: Cents per ton [Order No. 210] Linton-Sullivan Group______10 Princeton-Ayrshire Group______22 An Order Modifying Order No. 99, as M odified b y Orders Boonville Group'______:______25 Evansville Group______30 Nos. 137, 154 and 185, and Supplementing the S chedule Evansville Group (for size groups 11 and for Minim um P rices for Coals of Code Members P roduced 12 from Horton Mine of Horton Coal W ithin D istrict N o. 11, b y Adding Thereto a S upple­ Company o n ly )______35 mental S chedule of P rices, T o B e K nown as “Supplement By order of the Commission. No. 4 to P rice S chedule N o. 1—D istrict N o. 11” Dated this 31st day of January, 1938. The National Bituminous Coal Commission having by its F. W. McCullough, Secretary. Order No. 99, as modified by Orders Nos. 137, 154 and 185,1 determined and established the Minimum Prices of Coals of [F. R. Doc. 38-348; Filed, February 1,1938; 12:04 p. m.] Code Members Produced within District No. 11 as set forth in “Price Schedule No. 1—District No. 11”, and “Supplements Nos. 1, 2 and 3 to Price Schedule No. 1—District No. 11”, and having determined that the provisions of subsections (a) and DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. (b) of Part II of Section 4 of the Act and the purposes thereof will be carried out more effectively by supplementing Office of the Secretary, the aforesaid Price Schedule and Supplements by a further Supplement as hereinafter provided; D ecision in the Matter of Extension of Minimum Wage Now, therefore, pursuant to Act of Congress entitled “An D etermination for the Cotton Garment and Allied I n­ Act to Regulate Interstate Commerce in Bituminous Coal, dustries to the Manufacture of B arrack B ags and and for other purposes” (Public, No. 48, 75th Cong., 1st Bandoleers Sess.), known as the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, the Na­ tional Bituminous Coal Commission hereby orders:- This case is before me pursuant to Section 1 (b) of the 1. That the Minimum Prices of Coals of Code Members Public Contracts Act (49 Stat. 2036). The Public Contracts Produced within District No. 11, established in Price Sched­ Board, created in accordance with Section 4 of the said Act ule No. 1—District No. 11, and Supplements Nos. 1, 2 and 3 by Administrative Order dated October 6, 1936, held open thereto, are hereby supplemented as set forth in Supple­ hearing on December 16, 1937 to afford an opportunity to ment No. 4 to Price Schedule No. 1—District No. 11, filed interested parties to show cause why the Secretary of Labor’s this day in the office of the Secretary of the Commission decision of July 28, 19371 in the matter of determination of and made a part hereof by reference as though fully set prevailing minimum wages in tl^e Cotton Garment and Allied forth herein, and such Minimum Prices as shown in said Industries should not be extended to include the manufac­ Supplement No. 4 shall be and hereby are determined and ture of Barrack Bags, as described in War Department Speci­ established as Minimum Prices of Coals of Code Members fications No. 6-245, and Bandoleers, as described in War within District No. 11, and shall be and become effective at Department Specifications No. 50-1-13—A. 12:01 o’clock A. M. on the 9th day of February, 1938. Invitations to attend the above hearing were sent to all 2. That said Orders Nos. 99, 137, 154 and 185, and Price known trade associations and labor unions, mid to the Schedule No. 1—District No. 11, and Supplements Nos. 1, approximately sixty manufacturers who at any time in the 2 and 3 thereto, except as modified herein and by said Sup­ past five years bid upon government contracts, and invita­ plement No. 4 to Price Schedule No. 1—District No. 11, shall tions were extended through the national press to all em­ remain in full force and effect. ployers and employees interested. 3. That the Secretary of the Commission shall forthwith Representatives of the Division of Public Contracts gave mail copies of this Order and Supplement No. 4 to Price evidence at the hearing with respect to the question at issue, Schedule No. 1—District No. 11 to the Consumers’ Counsel, and submitted to the Board a number of letters which the the Secretaries of the Bituminous Coal Producers’ Boards, Division had received from members of industry and repre­ and to Code Members within District No. 11; shall cause sentatives of organized labor in response to the notice of copies of this Order and said Supplement No. 4 to be made hearing. available for inspection by all interested parties at the On the basis of this evidence, the Board has submitted Secretary’s office of the Commission and at all Statistical findings of fact on the issues presented to it in the above Bureaus of the Commission;- and shall cause to be published mentioned notice. The Board has found that the Barrack a copy of this Order in the F ederal R egister. Bags, as described in War Department Specifications No. By order of the Commission. 6-245, are made from cotton braided sash cord and blue Dated this 31st day of January, 1938. denim material, and that the Bandoleers, as described in [seal] F. Witcher McCullough, Secretary. War Department Specifications No. 50-1-13-A, are made from cotton material; that both products are manufactured in plants which are included within the scope of the mini­ S upplement No. 4 to P rice S chedule No. 1, D istrict No. 11 mum wage determination for cotton garment and allied in­ To All Code Members Within District No. 11: dustries, or in closely similar plants; that in the manufacture Effective February 9th the following change shall be made of the products the productive processes and the labor re­ in Supplement No. 1 to Price Schedule No. 1 of District quirements are essentially the same as in the manufacture of No. 11: the products included within the scope of the minimum wage determination for the cotton garment and allied industries; Market Area No. 29: Coals produced in: Cents per ton that in the manufacture of these products the prevailing Linton-Sullivan Group______10 minimum wage corresponds with the minimum wage deter­ Princeton-Ayrshire Group______22 Boonville Group______25 mination made by the Secretary of Labor for cotton garment Evansville Group______30 and allied industries.

2 F. R. 3062, 3318,3380 (DI) ; 3 F. R. 101,136 (DI). 2F.R. 1591 (DI). FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 2, 1938 301

On the basis of these findings the Board recommends that VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION. the decision of the Secretary of Labor, dated July 28, 1937, R evision of R egulations in the matter of the determination for the cotton garment and allied industries be extended to include the manufacture CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF TWO BENEFITS TO THE SAME PERSON of Barrack Bags as described in War Department Specifica­ R-2550. (A) For the purposes of the General Law, the serv­ tions No. 6-245, and Bandoleers as described in War Depart­ ice pension acts granting pension to widows and children and ment Specifications No. 50-1-13-A. dependent parents of veterans of the Civil and Indian Wars, and the pension laws reenacted by Public No. 141, 73d Con­ I have examined these findings and recommendations, and gress (Act of March 28, 1934), and Public No. 269, 74th Con­ the record of the hearing, together with the recommendation gress (Act of August 13,1935), not more than one pension shall of the Administrator of Public Contracts, and I am of the be allowed at the same time to the same person. (4715 R. S.) opinion that such findings and recommendations are correct (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of “An and I adopt them as my own. Act to Provide Compensation for Employees of the United Therefore, I hereby proclaim: States Suffering Injuries While in the Performance of Their That the minimum wage determination of July 28, 1937 Duties, and for Other Purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, for the cotton garment and allied industries is extended to pension under any of the service pension acts, including the manufacture of Barrack Bags of the type described in Veterans Regulation No. 1 (a), Part III; or compensation War Department Specifications No. 6-245, and to Bandoleers under Public No. 484, 73d Congress, as amended, and com­ pensation under the United States Employees Compensation of the type described in War Department Specifications No. Act, may not be paid concurrently on account of the same 50-1-13-A. This decision shall become effective on and after death. In any such case the prospective beneficiary will be February 14, 1938. required to elect under which statute benefits will be received. Dated this 29th day of January, 1938. (January 31, 1938.) [seal] F rances P erkins, Secretary. [seal] F rank T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs. [F.R. Doc.38-346; Filed, February 1,1938; 11:17 a.m.] [F. R. Doc. 38-345; Filed, January 31,1938; 1:12 prm ]