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On the recordOctober 10, 1954
I find and declare that the imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the Commission to be necessary in order that the entry of almonds and filberts described in the fifth recital of this proclamation will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said programs undertaken by the Department of Agriculture.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Proclamation 3073—Imposing Import Fees on Shelled and Prepared Almonds and on Shelled Filberts

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