drome of the Royal Navy on the "Refshaleøen" (Copenhagen) or at the harbors of Esbjerg, Aalborg, or Frederikshavn.

Foreign aircraft are subject to customs inspection (free entry may be given against presentation of a "carnet de passage" to the customs authorities, endorsed to the effect that it is issued under the guaranty of the Royal Danish Aëronautic Society).

The required certificates for the airplane and the personnel must be produced on arrival.

Use of photographic apparatus in aircraft flying over Danish territory is allowed. Permission to carry arms may be granted.

An aircraft shall not be permitted to carry radio equipment unless it has special authorization from the authorities of the nation to which it belongs. However, it is required by Danish law that aircraft used for air commerce and capable of carrying over 10 passengers shall be furnished with radio equipment.

Insurance must be effected as follows:

(a) 100,000 kroner to cover injury inflicted on a single person; (b) 500,000 kroner to cover injuries inflicted on several persons on the same occasion;

(c) 50,000 kroner to cover damages on property (in lieu of insurance, a deposit of money may be made subject to approval by the Ministry of Public Works).

4

In order to fly over Greenland a special permission is required which must be applied for through the Danish Foreign Office and will only be given subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions, the most important of which are the following:

1. The aviators must furnish a deposit (usually of $2,000). 2. Before leaving the United States, the aviators must procure a medical certificate showing that they are not suffering from any contagious disease which might be dangerous to the Greenland population.

Besides, the general rules governing traveling in Greenland shall apply.

4

The air-navigation arrangement with Denmark applies to the United States. including Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and American Samoa, and to Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland. However, it is provided in article 6 of the air-navigation arrangement that each of the parties may make the right to engage in air traffic over any of its possessions, territories, or colonies to which the arrangement applies, dependent upon the granting of a special permit and upon the fulfillment of special conditions and rules, provided that, subject to the right of each party to reserve to national aircraft air commerce wholly within its territory, no distinction in the matter of requiring a special permit shall be made by the party imposing this requirement between aircraft registered in its territory and aircraft registered in the territory of the other party. The arrangement provides that each party shall be notified by the other party of its possession, territory, or colony over which air traffic will not be permitted without a special permit. The Danish Government has given notice to the Government of the United States that a special permit will be required for flights by American aircraft over Greenland.

ICELAND 5

Permission to land in Iceland is required and may be applied for through the Danish Foreign Office.

COMMERCE

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FINLAND 6

Ratifications of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the United States and Finland, signed February 13. 1934, were exchanged at the Department of State on July 11, 1934, by the Secretary of State and the Finnish Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington. The treaty will take effect in all its provisions 30 days after the date of the exchange of ratifications.

By the treaty, each country accords to the other unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in commercial matters, and national treatment for shipping in respect of tonnage dues and other matters, except coasting trade, in regard to which most-favored-nation treatment is promised. The treaty also deals with the right of entry, travel, and residence of the nationals of Finland in the United States and of the nationals of the United States in Finland, and it further defines the rights, duties, privileges, and immunities of consular officers.

Upon going into force the treaty will supersede two executive agreements according, respectively, most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters and national treatment in regard to tonnage dues, which have been in force since 1925.7

FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS

The following Executive order, no. 6750, was signed by the President on June 27, 1934:

PUBLIC NOTICE AND PRESENTATION OF VIEWS IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS

WHEREAS Section 4 of the act of Congress approved June 12, 1934, entitled "An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930" provides:

"SEC. 4. Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of this Act, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with such govern

The air-navigation arrangement with Denmark does not apply to Iceland.

6

See Bulletin No. 57, June 1934, p. 13.

7

See Treaty Series, Nos. 715 and 731, respectively.

ment or instrumentality shall be given in order that any interested person may have an opportunity to present his views to the President, or to such agency as the President may designate, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe; and before concluding such agreement the President shall seek information and advice with respect thereto from the United States Tariff Commission, the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce and from such other sources as he may deem appropriate."

Now, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, prescribe the following procedure with respect to the giving of public notice of the intention to negotiate trade agreements and with respect to the granting of opportunity on the part of interested persons to present their views:

1. At least 30 days before any foreign-trade agreement is concluded under the provisions of the act notice of the intention to negotiate such agreement shall be given by the Secretary of State. Such notice shall be issued to the press and published in Press Releases of the Department of State, the weekly Treasury Decisions, and Commerce Reports.

2. Persons desiring to present their views with respect to any such proposed agreement shall present them to a committee to be known as the Committee for Reciprocity Information. Said Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, shall consist of members designated from the personnel of their respective departments or offices by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Recovery Administrator, the Chairman of the Tariff Commission, the Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade, and the heads of such other Federal departments or offices as may be named from time to time by the Executive Committee on Commercial Policy. The Committee shall function under the direction and supervision of, and its chairman shall be designated from among the members of the Committee by, the Executive Committee on Commercial Policy.

3. The form and manner in which views may be presented, the place at which they shall be presented, and the time limitations for such presentation shall from time to time be prescribed by the Committee which may designate such subcommittees as it may deem necessary.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 27, 1934.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The interdepartmental Committee on Foreign Trade Agreements held its first meeting June 28, 1934, in the Department of State. The Committee has been established to advise with respect to the organi zation and execution of the work connected with the foreign-trade agreements contemplated by the act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, approved by the President on June 12, 1934.

The membership of the Committee consists of representatives of the Departments of State, Commerce, Agriculture, and Treasury, the Tariff Commission, and the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade. Representatives of other Government organizations may be added later. The Committee will function under the temporary chairmanship of Assistant Secretary of State Sayre, who, under the Secretary of State, will be in general charge of the negotiation of the proposed foreign-trade agreements.

The functions of the Committee will be to arrange for such general economic studies as may be deemed necessary in connection with the reciprocity program, as well as studies relating to particular negotiations; to advise in selecting the countries for negotiations; and in general to coordinate the work of the governmental agencies concerned. Important questions of policy will be referred to the Executive Committee on Commercial Policy.

It is expected that the detailed work connected with the drafting of foreign-trade agreements and the carrying on of preliminary technical discussions with the experts of foreign governments will be done by special interdepartmental committees, one for each country concerned, and these will function under the supervision of the Committee on Foreign Trade Agreements. The latter Committee at its first meeting considered plans for the establishment of such country committees and proposals with respect to other organization matters, which will be submitted to the Executive Committee on Commercial Policy for approval.

The other phase of the organization to which attention was given by the President was the matter of the procedure to be followed under section 4 of the act, which provides for a presentation of views by persons interested in foreign-trade agreements.

COMMITTEE FOR RECIPROCITY INFORMATION

The Committee for Reciprocity Information held its first meeting on July 3, 1934. This Committee was established by Executive Order No. 6750, of June 27, 1934, quoted above, to receive information and views from persons interested in any proposed foreigntrade agreement negotiations under the act of June 12, 1934. The following regulations were adopted by the Committee for the guidance of persons desiring to present their views in connection with any proposed trade agreement:

FORM AND MANNER OF PRESENTING VIEWS IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS AND TIME LIMITS FOR SUCH PRESENTATION PRESCRIBED

Pursuant to Section 4 of the Act of Congress approved June 12, 1934, entitled "An Act to Amend the Tariff Act of 1930" and Executive Order No. 6750 of June 27, 1934, the following form, manner, and time limitations with respect to the presentation of information and views by persons interested in the negotiation of any foreign trade agreement are prescribed;

Form and Manner of Presentation. Information and views shall be presented to the Chairman, Committee for Reciprocity Information, United States Tariff Commission, Washington, D.C., in the form of written statements. Such statements shall be duly sworn to and shall be either typewritten or printed, in sextuplicate, and each of the six copies shall be legible. If the statements relate

to duties or other trade restrictions affecting more than one product, each product must be treated separately and statements with respect to each product shall begin on a separate page.

Supplementary Oral Presentation. Supplementary views may be presented orally only upon application to the Chairman and after written statements have been submitted in proper form. Such application may be made in writing to the Chairman and shall set forth concisely the reasons therefor. Also the application shall state whether it is desired to present supplementary information and views concerning tariffs or other trade restrictions of the foreign country with respect to which the Secretary of State has given public notice of intention to negotiate a foreign trade agreement or concerning tariffs or other trade restrictions of the United States. The Committee will consider the application and inform the applicant whether or not it is approved. Oral statements shall be made under oath.

Any oral presentation of views hereunder shall not be in the nature of a public hearing.

Time Limitations. The time limits within which information and views in writing and applications for supplemental oral presentation of views shall be submitted, as well as the time for supplemental oral presentation of information and views, will be prescribed by the Committee in connection with each proposed foreign trade agreement, and will be made public in behalf of the Committee by the Secretary of State simultaneously with his notice of the intention to negotiate each proposed agreement.

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 1934.

NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA

The following notice of intention to negotiate a trade agreement with Cuba was published by the Department of State on July 3, 1934:

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA

Pursuant to Section 4 of an Act of Congress approved June 12, 1934, entitled "An Act to Amend the Tariff Act of 1930" and Executive Order No. 6750 of June 27, 1934, I hereby give notice of intention to negotiate a foreign trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba.

The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed that all information and views in writing and all applications for supplemental oral presentation of views shall be submitted to the Chairman of said Committee, care of the United States Tariff Commission, not later than twelve o'clock, noon, July 21, 1934. Oral presentation of views by persons whose applications therefor have been approved will be heard July 23, 1934.

Regulations of the Committee governing the form and manner of presenting views in connection with proposed foreign trade agreements were made public today and also will be published in Press Releases of the Department of State, the weekly Treasury Decisions, and Commerce Reports.

WILBUR J. CARR Acting Secretary of State

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 1934.