Joint resolution providing for recognition and endorsement of the International Trade Fair and Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
PL 82-290 (H.J.Res.108), enacted 04/03/1952

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Public Law 290 
CHAPTER 128 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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April 3, 1952 
Providing for recognition and endorsement of the International Trade Fair and 
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Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. 
Whereas the national security and prosperity of the United States 
require the development of improved relations and increased trade 
with Latin America and the world; and 
Whereas international friendship and trade are founded upon the good 
will and mutual respect of the people of one nation for those of 
another, and must be based primarily upon extensive popular con-
tact and understanding; and 
Whereas the natural expansion of our trade with Latin America and 
the w^orld, without subsidy or compulsion, will sustain employment 
and production and improve living standards both in the United 
States and throughout the world, preventing the infiltration of 
undemocratic philosophies there while promoting mutual good will, 
understanding, and confidence, lasting trade connections, and soli-
darity among all the nations of the world; and 
^Vhereas any constructive long-range program for the development 
of a balanced foreign trade with the world must provide ample 
opportunity for the participation of small businesses, together with 
adequate merchandising facilities for their products and their repre-
sentatives; and 
Whereas there is a compelling need for the establishment of a trade 
center which will aid in carrying out these objectives and which wdll 
provide an opportunity to bring together large numbers of people 
from throughout the world and give recognition to their respective 
cultural, scientific, and artistic and industrial achievements; and 
Whereas during the past quarter century outstanding statesmen, indus-
trialists, and internationalists have frequently urged the establish-
ment of such a trade center; and 
Whereas the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been for over two 
hundred years an international city and the natural gateway to the 
United States from much of Latin America for over two centuries 
by virtue of its geographical position and the rail, water, air, and 
highway connections with all parts of the United States; and 
Whereas New Orleans in 1944 established International House which 
has become a world-famous institution for the promotion of peace, 
trade, and understanding and in 1947 established the International 
Trade Mart which has assumed a position of much importance in 
world trading circles, and particularly in Latin America; and 
Whereas New Orleans today is the second port of the LTnited States in 
dollar values of foreign trade, and in recent years has made very 
rapid progress in foreign trade and has spent several millions of 
dollars in developing a foreign trade consciousness in the Mississippi 
Valley region, and has worked diligently, intelligently, and with 
results in promoting healthy two-way foreign trade; and 
Whereas the city of New Orleans, therefore, is a natural location for 
further development as an international trade center operated in 
the national public interest; and 
Whereas 195?> is the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Louisiana 
Purchase, which united the LTnited States and started them on the 
way to becoming a world power, and this purchase was negotiated 
and consummated in New Orleans, capital of the Territory, and the 
business, cultural, social, and intellectual center of the South then 
and now: Now therefore be it 
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New Orleans. 
Iti't e m a t i o n a l 
Trade Fair, etc. 
Proclamation. 
I m p o r t a tion of 
articles. 
Sale of articles. 
A r t i c l e s with-
drawn. 
Marking require-
ments. 
Abandonment of 
articles. 
Articles in cus-
toms custody. 
Sole 
consignee; 
expenses. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Congress hereby 
expresses its endorsement of the establishment of an International 
Trade Fair and Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in New 
Orleans in 1953 in observance of the Louisiana Purchase anniversary 
and as a nonprofit enterprise for the development of improved rela-
tions and increased trade with other nations. The President is 
authorized and requested, by proclamation or in such other manner 
as he may deem proper, to grant recognition to the International 
Trade Fair and Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in New-
Orleans, calling upon officials and agencies of the Government to assist 
and cooperate with such center, and inviting the participation of 
foreign nations therein. 
SEC. 2. All articles which shall be imported from foreign countries 
for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade Fair and 
Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center, to be held at New Orleans, 
Louisiana, from November 80, 195o, to May 31, 1954, inclusive, by the 
International House, Incorporated, a corporation, or for use in con-
structing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the said trade 
fair, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be 
admitted without payment of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre-
scribe ; but it shall be lawful at any time during or within three months 
after the close of the said trade fair to sell within the area of the 
trade fair any articles provided for herein, subject to such regulations 
for the security of the revenue and for the collection of imj)ort duties 
as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided^ That all 
such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United 
States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such 
articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal; 
and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterio-
ration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, 
shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of with-
drawal from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the 
general tariff law: Provided 
further^ That imported articles pro-
vided for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements 
of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for 
consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not 
be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no addi-
tional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently 
marked when imported into the United States: Provided further^ That 
at any time during or within three months after the close of the trade 
fair, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Govern-
ment or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties 
on such article shall be remitted: Provided 
further^ That articles 
which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition 
under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs 
custody or under a customs exhibition bond and imported articles 
in bonded Avarehouses under the general tariff law may be accorded 
the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the said trade 
fair under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
prescribe: And 
provided 
further^ 
That the International House, 
Incorporated, a corporation, shall be deemed, for customs purposes 
only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the pro-
visions of this Act, and that the actual and necessary customs charges 
for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, 
examination, appraisement, release or custody, together with the neces-
sary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connec-
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tion with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles 
imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by 
the International House, Incorporated, a corporation, to the Govern-
ment of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimburse-
ments shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which 
paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (U. S. C, 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1524). 
Approved April 3, 1952. 
D e p o s i t of re-
ceipts. 
46 Stat. 741. 
Public Law 291 
CHAPTER 129 
AN ACT 
April 3, 1952 
To provide for medical services to non-Indians in Indian hospitals, and for 
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other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in any areas 
where there are inadequate hospital beds and health facilities available 
to serve the non-Indian population, the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized in his discretion to make available to non-Indians, hospital 
and health facilities operated by the Indian Bureau which are not 
being utilized for Indians, at such fees and under such terms and 
conditions as he may prescribe: Provided, That the fees charged will 
not be less than the per diem cost per patient of operating and main-
taining the hospital or the health activity. 
SEC. 2. Whenever the health needs of the Indians can be better met 
thereby, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion 
to enter into contracts with any State, Territory, or political sub-
division thereof, or any appropriate Federal, State, Territory, or polit-
ical subdivision thereof, or private nonprofit corporation, agency, or 
institution providing for the transfer by the Indian Bureau of Indian 
hospitals or other health facilities, including initial operating equip-
ment and supplies. It shall be a condition of each such transfer that 
all facilities transferred shall be available to meet the health needs of 
the Indians and that sucli health needs shall be given priority over 
those of the non-Indian population. No hospital or health facility that 
has been constructed or maintained for a specific tribe of Indians, or 
for a specific group of tribes, shall be transferred to a non-Indian entity 
or organization under this section unless such action has been approved 
by the governing body of the tribe, or by the governing bodies of a 
majority of the tribes, for which such hospital or health facility has 
been constructed or maintained. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to enter into 
contracts with any physicians duly licensed by any State or Territory 
to provide medical attention or services to Indians, and to expend under 
such contract funds appropriated by Congress for medical attention 
to Indians. 
SEC. 4. Any contracts entered into pursuant to this Act shall provide 
that the standards of services to be rendered to Indians shall not be 
less than the standards established by the Secretary of the Interior; 
that the same services shall be rendered to Indian patients as is ren-
dered to other j)atients and that Indian patients shall not be segregated 
from other patients. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to make such 
other regulations as he deems desirable to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Indian hospital s. 
Services to non-
Indians. 
T r a n s f e r s of 
Indian hospitals. 
Condition. 
Restriction. 
Contracts 
physicians. 
S t a n d a r d s of 
services. 
Regulations. 
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