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Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and proclaim, on the basis of the investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the further modification, as hereinafter indicated, of the said proclamation of September 5, 1939, in order to carry out the purposes of the said section 22, as amended.

09/02/1949

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