Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-06


SECTION 1: Whenever the pres =
ident finds a state of war exists
between or among two or more
foreign states, he shall proclaim
such fact and thereafter it shall
be unlawful to export or attempt
to export arms, ammunition or i'm
plements of war from any place in
the United States to any belligerent
state named in the proclamation,
or of any neutral state for trans
shipment to or for the use of any
such belligerent state. He is dir
ected to extend the embargo to
other nations if they become EN-
, .broiled. He likewise is empowered
to embargo shipment of arms and
munitions to a foreign state when
he decides that civil strife exists of
= magnitude that this country's
neutrality is endangered.
The act directs the president to
enumerate the arms, ammunitions
and implements of war that are
under embargo but he may not in
clude in this list raw materials not
hitherto included in the 1886 list
of articles ON which Congress voted
an embargo could be placed.
SECTION 2, now defunct, was
the cash and carry provision.
SECTION 3: This section seeks
to prevent belligerent powers or
60 in, nityi1 t,ifn ttritI n
in a state to finance their con-
Sflict with American cash. It speci-
fies that after the president has
declared a state of war or civil
strife exists that no American citi-
zen may purchase, sell or other
wise deal in the securities of the
nations named in the presidential
proclamation. The president is
given authority to relax this re-
striction only as it affects financial
transactions in commercial credits
or short term obligations to aid in
legal transactions and Of char
acter customarily used in normal
peacetime commercial transactions.
Subject to the presidents APPROVAL
funds may be collected in this coun-
try for humane missions in the war
torn countries. Violators are sub
iect to fine of $4,000, five years
Imprisonment or both.
SECTION 4: The act does not ap-
ply to an American republic or re-
publics engaged in war against q
American state or states, pro-
vided the American republic is not
cooperating with a on-American
state or states in such war.
SECTION 5: sets up National
Munitions Control Board composed
of the secretary of state, secretary
of the treasury, secretary OF war,
secretary of the navy and secre-
tary of commerce, to administer the
act. Requires every person who en-
cages in the business of manufacture
ing, exporting of arms, ammunl-
ton or implements of war to reg
lister with the secretary of state
and to file reports regularly with the
state department on the amount
And character of production, exports
and imports. Licenses are issued
by the department and 1t Is un-
lawful for any person to export or
to attempt to export any OF the
arms. ammunition or war mater
iels specified in the act without
having a license. The government
is forbidden from purchasing arms,
ammunition or implements of war
from unregistered manufacturers
SECTION 6: Authorizes a $4,000
fine, five years imprisonment or
both penalties for shippers convict
ed of transporting arms, ammunl-
ton or implements of war after
such cargoes have been embargoed
by presidential proclamation.
SECTION Z: The president Is
empowered to force foreign OF
domestic shipping company to post
a bond. if sufficient doubt exists
that a vessel owned by the foreign
or domestic company is about tc
depart from an American port car
rving arms. ammunition or supplies
vs,uable to a belligerent power pu'
there is insufficient evidence u
prevent the ship from clearing. l.
\ the president finds that such YES
sci previously cleared from an Am
erican port during a war and oel-
ivered its cargo to Warshlp' tena-
or or supply ship of belllgerent
state he may prohibit the depart
IRE of such vessel during the our
alton of the war.
SECTION 8: The president is au-
thorized to make certain rules al'
REGULATIONS during a war in Whlcf
this country is neutral, specifying
under what conditions submarines
and armed merchant men OF Tor
eign powers may enter a port o.
the territorial waters OF Unlteo
States port or depart theretrom'
SECTION 8: When the presldeh
rnBclaims state of war or CIV
strife exists, it shall be unlaWlu
for American citizens to ride II
the vessels of powers named in tn
proclamation. This regulation doe
not apply to citizen travelling OF
vessel whose voyage was begun
in advance of the date of the pres
ident's proclamation or and shal
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