5. Section 203(d) (2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(d)(2) requires that any quantitative restriction proclaimed pursuant to section 203 subsection (a) or (c), and any marketing agreement negotiated pursuant to subsection (a), shall “permit the importation of a quantity or value of the article which is not less than the quantity or value of such article imported into the United States during the most recent period which the President determines is representative of imports of such article". Based on data that was not available on June 11, 1976, I have determined that the inclusion of the steel described in new headnote 2(a) (iv) proclaimed below in the quantitative limitation for item 923.24 would result in the importation of a quantity or value of specialty steel into the United States which is less than that quantity or value imported into the United States during the most recent period determined by me in recital 6 of the Proclamation 4445 to be representative of imports of alloy tool steel.

6. In order to provide appropriate quantitative limitations in accordance with the statutory requirements referred to in recital 5 above, I have determined to delete item 923.24 and to include alloy tool steel formerly provided for in item 923.24 separately in new items 923.25 and 923.26, and to proclaim separate quantitative limitations for imports included in each new item.

THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253), do hereby proclaim, until the President otherwise proclaims or until otherwise superseded by law that:

A. Subpart A, part 2, of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is modified as follows:

(i) by deleting "923.24" from the first sentence of headnote 2 and substituting "923.26" in lieu thereof.

(ii) by deleting "923.24" from headnote 2(a) (iii) and substituting "923.25 and 923.26" in lieu thereof.

(iii) by renumbering paragraph (a) (iv) of headnote 2 thereof (a)(v) and inserting the following new paragraph (a) (iv) in numerical sequence:

"(iv) The alloy tool steel provided for in item 923.25 is limited to alloy tool steel of the types provided for in items 608.52, 608.76, 608.78, 608.85, 608.88, 609.06, 609.07, and 609.08, which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the amounts specified:

carbon: not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent;

manganese: not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent;

sulfur: none, or not more than 0.03 percent;

phosphorus: none, or not more than 0.03 percent;

silicon: not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent;

chromium: not less than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent;

nickel: none, or not more than 0.28 percent;

copper: none, or not more than 0.38 percent;

molybdenum: none, or not more than 0.09 percent.

(iv) by deleting "923.24" from headnote 2(b) and substituting "923.26" in lieu

thereof.

(v) (a) by adding the following sentence after the second sentence to headnote 2(f):

"With respect to item 923.25 there is no limitation specified for the increase permitted in any quota quantity but any establishment or increase in a base limit for item 923.25 must be accompanied by an equal tonnage reduction in the quota quantity from Japan for one or more of the other items during the same restraint period."

(b) by deleting "923.24" from the tabulation in headnote 2(f) and substituting "923.26" in lieu thereof; and

(c) by inserting the following in the tabulation to headnote 2(f) in numerical

Item

(vi) by deleting item 923.24 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

Articles

Quota Quantity (in short tons)

Effective on or after

June 14, 1976 June 14, 1977 June 14, 1978

Alloy tool steel of the types provided for in items 608.52, 608.76,
608.78, 608.85, 608.88, 609.06, 609.07, and 609.08:

923.25

European Economic Community.

Alloy tool steel within the specifications of headnote 2(a)(iv):
Japan..

19,800
3,500

22,000
3,500
65
8,000

Other:

24, 300 3,500

65 8,000

B. The modifications of subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS, made by this proclamation, shall be effective on the third day after the date of publication of this proclamation in the FEDERAL REGISTER as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after June 14, 1976.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and first.

GERALD R. FORD

Proclamation 4478

November 26, 1976

Adjustment of Duty on Certain Brandy

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. In December, 1963, in the exercise of international rights accorded the United States, particularly paragraph 3 of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT), the United States notified the Contracting Parties to the GATT that it was suspending certain trade agreement concessions made by the United States and reflected in the United States Schedules to the GATT in response to a withdrawal of certain concessions with respect to poultry, resulting from the formation of the European Economic Community (now a part of the European Communities (the EC)).

2. Pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including section 252(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1882 (c)), and section 350(a) (6) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1351(a) (6)), the President determined that the European Economic Community maintained unreasonable import restrictions on poultry from the United States and suspended, by Proclamation No. 3564 of December 4, 1963, the application of the benefits of the trade agreement concessions of the United States which were suspended as noted in paragraph 1.

3. By Proclamation 4304 of July 16, 1974, pursuant to section 255(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1885 (b)), and section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1351), the President, in order to encourage the resolution of outstanding trade disputes between the United States and the European Communities, particularly the removal of unreasonable import restrictions maintained by the EC on poultry from the United States, terminated in part Proclamation 3564 of December 4, 1963, restored in part the application of the benefits of the suspended trade agreement concessions on certain brandy valued over $9 and not over $17 per gallon, and maintained a rate of duty for column 1 of $5 per gallon for brandy valued over $17 per gallon provided for in items 168.20 and 168.22 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS). This action was taken for the purpose of providing a temporary adjustment for a period of time during which a satisfactory solution to the aforementioned trade dispute could be found.

4. No solution having been reached between the United States and the EC regarding the removal of unreasonable import restrictions on poultry from the United States, I have determined it to be appropriate, in the exercise of United States rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT following from the suspension of the concessions noted in paragraph 1 above, to increase rates of duty on certain brandy as provided in this proclamation.

5. Pursuant to Section 125 (c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2135 (c)), whenever the United States, acting in pursuance of any of its rights or obligations under any trade agreement entered into pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974, section 201 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, or section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930,

withdraws, suspends, or modifies any obligation with respect to the trade of any foreign country or instrumentality thereof, the President is authorized to proclaim increased duties or other import restrictions, to the extent, at such times, and for such periods as he deems necessary or appropriate, in order to exercise the rights or fulfill the obligations of the United States.

6. Moreover, section 255(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and section 350(a) (6) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, authorize the termination, in whole or in part, of any proclamation issued pursuant to Title II of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, respectively.

7. For purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences, the former TSUS items 168.20 and 168.22, providing for all brandy valued over $9 per gallon, were subdivided into new items 168.23, 168.26, 168.28, and 168.32, the first two of which apply to pisco and singani, which are types of brandy not produced in the EC, and the latter two of which provided for all other brandy valued over $9 per gallon.

8. In accordance with the requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, the Trade Policy Staff Committee held a public hearing on September 21 and 22, 1976, at which all interested persons were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard on the proposed duty increase on brandy. Public notice of the hearing was given on August 19, 1976 (41 FR 35107).

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including section 125(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, section 255 (b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and section 350(a)(6) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in the exercise of the rights of the United States, do hereby proclaim, until the President otherwise proclaims or until otherwise superseded by law, that:

A. Proclamation 4304 of July 16, 1974, is terminated; and

B. Item 945.16 of Subpart B of part 2 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), is amended to read as follows:

The modifications of Subpart B of Part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS, made by this proclamation, shall be effective as to all articles that are both

(i) imported, and

(ii) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption,

on or after December 10, 1976.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and first.

GERALD R. FORD

We Americans have been deeply moved by the sights and sounds of our Bicentennial observance, celebrated this year with pageantry, with fireworks, and with tall ships whose friendly visits have reminded us of our close ties, both contemporary and historical, with many nations around the globe. More importantly, we have given renewed thought to those principles of liberty and justice that underlie our national experience. Reexamined in the light of the past two centuries, the great instruments of our freedom-the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights-retain both their vitality and their relevance to today's problems.

When he introduced his proposal for a Bill of Rights to the House of Representatives of the First Congress, James Madison called it "the great work." He said: "It will be a desirable thing to extinguish from the bosom of every member of the community, any apprehensions that there are those among his countrymen who wish to deprive them of the liberty for which they valiantly fought and honorably bled.”

Madison argued that "the great object in view is to limit and qualify the powers of Government, by excepting out of the grant of power those cases in which the Government ought not to act, or to act only in a particular mode." Those cases include rights and freedoms all Americans cherish today-freedom of religion, of speech, of the press; security against unreasonable searches and seizures; freedom from selfincrimination; the guarantee of due process of law; trial by jury.

Our national commitment to the principles of the Bill of Rights is echoed in the community of nations by our respect for the ideals enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. This Declaration eloquently affirms that the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world lies in the recognition of the inherent dignity, and the equal and inalienable rights, of all members of the human family.

In December we pay special tribute to these fundamental documents. December 15 is the one hundred and eighty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights and December 10 is the twenty-eighth anniversary of the Universal Declaration. As we enter the third century of our national existence we need more than ever to remember that the principles contained in these fundamental statements of human purpose have immediate application, not only domestically in our dealings with one another, but also internationally in our pursuit of friendly relations with all countries.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 10, 1976, as Human Rights Day and December 15, 1976, as Bill of Rights Day. I call upon the American people to observe the week beginning December 10, 1976, as Human Rights Week. Further, I ask all Americans, as they reflect with conscious pride on our history, not to be content with past accomplishments but to recognize the future task of our Nation and mankind: to bring about the full realization of the ideals and aspirations expressed in the Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and first.

GERALD R. FORD