TO KEEP the readers of the BULLETIN informed of the various measures dealing with the war and its effects taken by the American Republics since the United States was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941, a continuing list is being compiled of laws, decrees, acts, orders, and resolutions published in official gazettes or noted in other publications received at the Pan American Union. While it is attempted to make each monthly installment of the compilation as complete as possible, it is inevitable that some measures should be omitted, because of uncertain mails, delay in receiving recent official papers, and other difficulties. When a reference stands by itself in parentheses, it is the official source for an item for which an unofficial source was previously given. In order to preserve the numbering of the measures mentioned in the preceding issues, items listed in this number whose dates fall between those of measures already published are inserted with letters following the number. The official gazettes of the Latin American countries are as follows: Argentina, Boletín Oficial; Brazil, Diário Oficial; Chile, Diario Oficial; Colombia, Diario Oficial; Costa Rica, Gaceta Oficial; Cuba, Gaceta Oficial; Dominican Republic, Gaceta Oficial; El Salvador, Diario Oficial; Ecuador, Registro Oficial; Guatemala, Diario de Centro América; Haiti, Le Moniteur; Honduras, La Gaceta; Mexico, Diario Oficial; Nicaragua, La Gaceta; Panama, Gaceta Oficial; Paraguay, Gaceta Oficial; Peru, El Peruano; Uruguay, Diario Oficial; and Venezuela, Gaceta Oficial. No items are given for the United States except under Bilateral and Multilateral Measures. The list was begun in the April 1942 number of the BULLETIN, and omissions will be supplied as information is received from official or other sources. When notice of a measure has been taken from an unofficial account, the official source will be given as soon as it is available. ARGENTINA PART XXXVIII 264. September 11, 1942. Decree No. 7,330, fixing maximum prices for plaster. (Mentioned in Boletín Oficial, July 31, 1944.) 142a. June 30, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 16,740, making effective until December 31, 1944, the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 120,675 of May 27, 1942 (see Argentina 196, BULLETIN, April 1943) insofar as they apply to firms manufacturing linseed oil for the Agricultural Production Regulation Board, and thus authorizing such firms to work their personnel longer hours. (Boletín Oficial, July 25, 1944.) 1426. July 10, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 17,943, approving maximum prices for articles of prime necessity in the Territory of Neuquén. (Boletín Oficial, July 29, 1944.) 142c. July 10, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 18,184, regulating the retail sale of beef in the Federal Capital. (Boletín Oficial, July 25, 1944.) 142d. July 12, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 17,674, including seed potatoes required by the Regional Agricultural Bureau of Balcarce in the highest transport priority classification established by Presidential Decree No. 10,920 of May 3, 1944 (see Argentina 121a, BULLETIN, January and April 1945), this decree to be effective from the date to November 15, 1944. (Boletin Oficial, July 28, 1944.) 142e. July 12, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 17,693, requiring the registration of all companies spinning, weaving, retailing or importing cotton yarn, and prescribing other measures to regulate the supply of cotton yarn for the textile industry Severances of Diplomatic Relations, Declarations of War, and Signature of the Joint Declaration by the United Nations The 1 Evacuation of the German-controlled Vichy Government was reported to be complete by August 18, 1944. French Committee of National Liberation, which on June 2, 1944, voted to change its name to the Provisional Government of the French Republic, headed by General de Gaulle, had already begun to assume the functions of government, having worked in cooperation with General Eisenhower, Allied Commander in Chief, through liaison officers following the start of the Allied invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (New York Times, May 16, June 3, August 19, 1944.) 2 Bulgaria ceased hostilities with the U.S.S.R. on September 9, 1944; severed relations with Germany on September 6, 1944 and with Hungary on September 26, 1944; and then ceased hostilities against all other United Nations. At Moscow on October 28, 1944, Bulgaria accepted the armistice terms presented by the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.S.R. on behalf of all the United Nations at war with Bulgaria. (The Department of State Bulletin, October 29, 1944.) 3 Under the terms of an armistice signed at Moscow September 12, 1944, Rumania, as of August 24, 1944, withdrew from the war against the United Nations, broke off relations with Germany and its satellites, and entered the war on the side of the Allied Powers against Germany and Hungary. (The Department of State Bulletin, September 17, 1944.) Under the terms of an armistice signed at Moscow January 20, 1945, between the U.S.S.R., the United Kingdom, and the United States on the one hand and Hungary on the other, Hungary withdrew from the war against the U.S.S.R. and other United Nations, including Czechoslovakia, severed all relations with Germany, and declared war on Germany. (The Department of State Bulletin, January 21, 1945.) 5 Argentina severed relations with Germany and Japan only, since Italy had severed relations with Germany on October 13, 1943, and was thenceforth considered a co-belligerent by the United Nations. The decree of April 7, 1943, by which a state of war was declared to exist between Bolivia and the Axis powers, and under which the Bolivian Government adhered to the United Nations Declaration, was sanctioned by the Bolivian Congress on November 26, 1943, and on December 4, 1943, a decree was promulgated formally declaring that Bolivia is at war with the Axis. (The Department of State Bulletin, December 11, 1943.) Rumania and Hungary severed diplomatic relations with Brazil on March 6 and May 5, 1942, respectively. (The Department of State Bulletin, November 20, 1943.) 8 State of belligerency. Ecuador declared war on Japan February 2, 1945, retroactive to December 7, 1941. 19 Mexico had no treaty of friendship or diplomatic relations with Rumania. November 20, 1943.) 11 Panama declared war on December 10, 1941, retroactive to December 7. 12 "State of effective belligerency." (The Department of State Bulletin, 13 The Vichy Government severed diplomatic relations with the United States on November 8, 1942. (The Department of State Bulletin, November 14, 1942.) and prevent speculation. (Boletín Oficial, July 28, 1944.) 142f. July 12, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 17,694, fixing new maximum prices for alpargatas. (Boletín Oficial, July 28, 1944.) 142g. July 15, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 18,636, prescribing measures to insure the coal and charcoal supply of the Federal Capital and to prevent speculation. (Boletín Oficial, July 27, 1944.) 142h. July 15, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 18,703, prohibiting the exportation of the telecommunications materials referred to in Resolution No. 4,832, Ministry of Agriculture, March 29, 1944 (see Argentina 108, BULLetin, August and September 1944). (Boletín Oficial, July 28, 1944.) 142. July 19, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 18,840, determining the compensation to be paid producers who sold their 1943-44 crop corn before May 3, 1944 at prices lower than those fixed by Presidential Decree No. 11,433 of that date (see Argentina 121do, BULLETIN, March 1945). (Boletín Oficial, July 27, 1944.) 142j. July 19, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 18,841, approving conditions fixed for bids to supply the country with 120,000,000 liters of ethyl alcohol a year (see Argentina 1064, BULLETIN, September 1944). (Boletín Oficial, July 28, 1944.) 143a. (Boletín Oficial, July 27, 1944.) 1456. July 20, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 19,235, amending Decree No. 7,330 of September 11, 1942, and fixing new ceiling prices for plaster. (Boletín Oficial, July 31, 1944.) 1918. October 26, 1944. Decree-Law No. 29,376, reorganizing the air force and setting it up as a separate unit of the armed services. (Boletin Oficial, December 18, 1944.) 193a. November 9, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 30,376, permitting the manufacture of glass containers for olive oil smaller than those authorized by Presidential Decree No. 8,112 of March 31, 1944 (see Argentina 109, BULLETIN, September 1944) and prescribing size and weight requirements for such containers. (Boletín Oficial, December 1, 1944.) 195a. November 15, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 30,994, rejecting bids to supply ethyl alcohol made in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 18,841 of July 19, 1944 (see 142; above) and approving conditions fixed for new bidding. (Boletín Oficial, December 2, 1944.) 198. November 23, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 31,808, fixing the allotments of gasoline for various types of vehicles to be granted by the Y.P.F. during the first third of 1945, and making other provisions to insure rigid enforcement of gasoline rationing. (Boletín Oficial, December 7, 1944.) 199. November 30, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 32,534, fixing basic prices for wheat and flax of the 1944-45 crop. (Boletin Oficial, December 4, 1944.) 200. November 30, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 32,535, requiring flour millers to use 70% 1943-44 crop wheat in their milling, and fixing the prices at which they may acquire it from the Agricultural Production Regulation Board. (Boletín Oficial, December 4, 1944.) 201. December 4, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 32,473, including unsorted sacks for use in the harvest in the highest transport priority classification established by Presidential Decree No. 10,920 of May 3, 1944 (see Argentina 121a, BULLETIN, January and April 1945). (Boletín Oficial, December 13, 1944.) 202. December 4, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 32,635, fixing new maximum prices for Portland cement. (Boletín Oficial, December 12, 1944.) BRAZIL 99a. April 20, 1944. (Mentioned in Diário Oficial, December 20, 1944.) 148. December 12, 1944. Resolution No. 84, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, providing for price control of imported fresh fruits, creating the Foreign Fruits Price Control Commission, and making other pertinent provisions. (Diário Oficial, December 14, 1944.) 149. December 14, 1944. Resolution, National Petroleum Council, fixing the prices for Diesel oil and fuel oil in bulk deliveries in Belém, Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and São Paulo. (Diário Oficial, December 23, 1944.) 150. December 18, 1944. Order No. 70, Transportation Service, Ministry of Labor, Industry and Commerce, allowing, in view of the provisioning difficulties caused by the war, the operation of "free" open air markets on Sundays and holidays. (Diário Oficial, December 27, 1944.) 151. December 18, 1944. Order No. 317, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, establishing the manner in which retail sale prices of pharmaceutical products must be posted. (Diário Oficial, December 19, 1944.) 152. December 19, 1944. Order No. 319, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, fixing prices for ice in the Federal District. (Diário Oficial, December 20, 1944.) 153. December 19, 1944. Order No. 321, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, providing for the shipment and distribution of the 1944-45 Paraná and Santa Catarina potato crop, and making the State Supply Commission of São Paulo responsible for fixing prices and controlling transportation and distribution. (Diário Oficial, December 20, 1944.) 154. December 19, 1944. Order No. 322, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, providing for the shipment and distribution of the grain produced in Paraná and Santa Catarina, and making the State Supply Commission of São Paulo responsible for fixing the price to be paid at the depot and for supervising the transportation of the grain. (Diário Oficial, December 20, 1944.) 155. December 19, 1944. Order No. 323, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, making detailed provisions governing the supply and distribution of meat, regulating the operation of slaughterhouses, meat-drying plants, and cold storage plants, and repealing all contradictory legislation, including Resolution No. 36 of April 20, 1944 (see Brazil 99a, BULLETIN, October 1944 and above). (Diário Oficial, December 20, 1944.) 156. December 21, 1944. Resolution No. 86, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, amending Resolution No. 44 of June 16, 1944 (see Brazil 1036, BULLETIN, November 1944) and fixing new prices for onions. (Diário Oficial, December 22, 1944.) 157. December 23, 1944. Order No. 326, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, fixing retail ceiling prices for bottled mineral water in the Federal District, and making other pertinent provisions. (Diário Oficial, December 26, 1944.) 158. December 23, 1944. Resolution No. 87, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, lowering the price per can of boiled meat with gravy. (Diário Oficial, December 27, 1944.) 159. December 23, 1944. Resolution No. 88, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobiliza tion, fixing ceiling prices for poultry and eggs in the States of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and the Federal District. (Diário Oficial, December 27, 1944.) 160. December 27, 1944. Resolution No. 89, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, establishing rules for the operation of the General Foodstuffs Depot of the Prefecture of the Federal District. (Diário Oficial, December 28, 1944.) 161. December 28, 1944. Resolution No. 7, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, fixing quotas for the month of January, 1945, for the distribution of coal produced in Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná. (Diário Oficial, December 29, 1944.) 162. December 29, 1944. Decree-Law No. 7,024, authorizing manufacturers of rubber articles to use synthetic rubber in the manufacture of their products, in order to increase production and save natural rubber; and making other pertinent provisions. (Diário Oficial, December 30, 1944.) 163. December 29, 1944. Decree-Law No. 7,211, providing that, for the duration of the war, the minimum age for work by miners' sons in the coal mines shall be eighteen; and permitting miners' sons over sixteen who have completed their primary schooling to do daytime work in auxiliary services at the surface of the mines. (Diário Oficial, January 3, 1945.) 164. December 29, 1944. Order No. 929, Ministry of Agriculture, providing for the acquisition of the Rio Grande do Sul wheat crop by domestic mills on a quota basis until April 30, 1945; specifying that none of this crop shall be allotted to mills in Santa Catarina and Paraná; and making other pertinent provisions. Oficial, January 2, 1945.) (Diário 165. December 29, 1944. Order No. 930, Ministry of Agriculture, providing that the wheat crop in Santa Catarina and Paraná shall be totally absorbed by the local mills, until April 30, 1945, and making other pertinent provisions. (Diário Oficial, January 2, 1945.) 166. December 29, 1944. Order No. 931, fixing higher minimum prices for wheat in order to stimulate wheat production. (Diário Oficial, January 2, 1945.) 167. December 30, 1944. Resolution No. 90, Supply Service, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, changing the price list established by Resolu tion No. 88 of December 23, 1944 (see 159 above) and fixing new maximum prices for eggs. (Diário Oficial, January 3, 1945.) 168. January 8, 1945. Order, Ministry of War, approving provisional instructions regarding the organization and duties of the commands of the Cavalry Corps, Divisions of Infantry and of Cavalry, and Corps Areas. (Diário Oficial, January 11, 1945.) 169. January 12, 1945. Order No. 330, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, regulating the distribution of the quota of chassis for trucks and buses assigned to Brazil for 1945 by the United States authorities. (Diário Oficial, January 13, 1945.) 170. January 12, 1945. Order No. 331, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, regulating the sale price of penicillin imported from the United States and extending the provisions of Order No. 151 of October 28, 1943 (see Brazil 92u, BULLETIN, June 1944) to apply to the prices of accessory pharmaceutical products. (Diário Oficial, January 13, 1945.) 171. January 12, 1945. Order No. 332, Coordinator of Economic Mobilization, fixing the margin of profit permissible in domestic sales of medicinal raw materials imported on a quota basis which were listed in Order No. 252 of July 31, 1944 (see Brazil 109, BULLETIN, December 1944) and making other pertinent provisions. (Diário Oficial, January 13, 1945.) COSTA RICA 178. November 17, 1944. Legislative Decree No. 26, providing that Costa Ricans who have been prisoners of war and those who have been confined in concentration camps be indemnified from funds confiscated from enemy governments or from enemy nationals (see Costa Rica 22, 37c, and 60, BULLETIN, June and November 1942, June 1943), and prescribing procedure therefor. (La Gaceta, December 12, 1944.) 179. December 13, 1944. Legislative Decree No. 34, approving the agreement of September 28, 1944 between Costa Rica and the Export-Import Bank of Washington amending the agreement of July 9, 1942 (see Bilateral and Multilateral Measures 264, BULLETIN, January 1943), which provided credits to aid in the stabilization of Costa Rican financial and agricultural economy and to supply the necessary dollar exchange to enable Costa Rica to maintain indispensable imports. (La Gaceta, December 15, 1944.) 180. January 13, 1945. Presidential Decree No. 2, approving distribution of sugar prices to be paid by the Board for the Protection of Sugar Cane Growing, as agreed upon by that board and the National Council of Production (see Costa Rica 54,133, and 154, BULLETIN, March 1943, March and August 1944). (La Gaceta, January 14, 1945.) 181. January 27, 1945. Legislative Resolution No. 6, suspending certain constitutional guarantees for a period of sixty days. (La Gaceta, January 30, 1945.) 182. January 29, 1945. Legislative Decree No. 43, amending and amplifying Law No. 26 of December 12, 1942 and Law No. 11 of October 1, 1943 (see Costa Rica 60 and 130, BULLETIN, June 1943 and February 1944) by providing for the issue of expropriation notes, and prescribing procedure therefor. (La Gaceta, January 31, 1945.) 183. January 29, 1945. Legislative Decree No. 44, amending and amplifying Law No. 36 of December 23, 1944 in regard to credit arrangements for imports. (La Gaceta, January 30, 1945.) 184. February 5, 1945. Presidential Decree No. 2, approving a plan proposed by the National Bank of Costa Rica for placing the stimulation of agricultural production under control of the National Council of Production, the Advisory Technical Commission, and the Agricultural Production Section of the National Bank of Costa Rica. (La Gaceta, February 7, 1945.) CUBA 661a. October 9, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3373, granting a wage subsidy to port workers, based on the difference in monthly tonnage imported beginning October 1, 1944 and that imported during 1939. (Monthly Digest, Cuban Chamber of Commerce in the United States, New York City, January 15, 1945.) 692a. December 27, 1944. Resolution No. 38, Ministry of Commerce, fixing official prices for specified pharmaceutical products (List No. 5). (Mentioned in Gaceta Oficial, February 12, 1945, p. 3080.) 702a. January 11, 1945. Resolution No. 45, Ministry of Commerce, fixing official prices for specified pharmaceutical products (List No. 8). (Gaceta Oficial, February 9, 1945, p. 2949.) |