Evening star., 1941-07-18
Blacklist Proclamation
Text of Presidents Order Regarding
Firms Aiding Germany or ltuly

The tert OF President RooSe-
pelts proclamation yesterday au-
thorizing promulgation OF
blacklist Of persons and firms in
other American republics deemed
to be engaged in business nc-
tipities tor the benefit OF Ger
many or Italy tolloaos:
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi-
dent of the United States OF
America. acting under and by vir-
tue of the authority vested in me
bv section 5 (b) OF the Act OF Octo-
Der 8, 1917 40 Stat. 415), as amend
ed and section of the Act OF July
2. 1910 (54 Stat. 714. as amended
and bv virtue of all other authority
vested in me, and by virtue OF the
existence of . period Of unlimited
national emergency and finding
that this proclamation Is necessary
in the interest Of national defense,
do hereby order and proclaim the
following:
Section /. The Secretary of State,
acting in conjunction with the Sec1
retary Of the Treasury, the Attorney
General. the Secretary of Com
merce. the administrator of export
control. and the co-ordinator OF
commercial and cultural relations
between the American republics,
shall from time to time cause to be
prepared an appropriate list of
ta) Certain persons deemed to be,
or to have been acting or purport-
ing to act, directly or indirectly, for
the benefit of, or under the direc-
ton of, or under the jurisdiction of,
or on behalf of, or in collaboration
with Germany or Italy or a ma
tional thereof; and
tb) Certain persons to whom, or
on whose behalf, or for whose ac-
count, the expectation directly or
indirectly of any article or material
exported from the United States, Is
deemed to be detrimental to the
interest of national defense.
In similar manner and in the in
terest of national defense, additions
to and deletions from such list shall
be made from time to time. Such
list and any additions thereto or
deletions therefrom shall be filed
pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Register Act and such list
shall be known as THE Proclaimed
List of Certain Blocked Nationals. u
Section 2. Any person, so long as
his name appears in such list, shall
for the purpose of section S tb) OF
the Act of October s, 1917, as amend
ed, and for the purpose of this
proclamation, be deemed to be q
national of 4 foreign country, and
shall be treated for all purposes
under executive order No. 1889, as
amended, as though he were a ma
tional of Germany or Italy. All the
terms and provisions of executive
order No. 1889, as amended, shall
be applicable to any such person SC
long as his name appears in such
list, and to any property in which
any such person has or has had an
interest, to the same extent. that
such terms and provisions are ap-
plicable to nationals OF Germany or
Italy, and to property in which ma
tionals of Germany or Italy have
or have had an interest.
Section 3. The expectation from
the United States directly or in
directly to, or on behalf of, or for
the account of any person, so long
as his name appears on such list
of any article or material the ex-
portation of which Is prohibited OF
curtailed by any proclamation here
tofore or hereafter issued under the
authority of Section OF the Act OF
july 2, 1s40, as amended, or of any
other military equipment or muni-
tions, or component parts thereof
a machinery, tooas, Or Masefial, q