like circumstances, the provisions of this Agreement shall not extend to regulations for the enforcement of police or revenue laws of the United States or of Finland relating to imports the importation, transportation, or sale of which is prohibited or restricted; or to prohibitions or restrictions (1) imposed on moral or humanitarian grounds; (2) designed to protect human, animal or plant life or health; or (3) relating to prison-made goods. ARTICLE XVII In the event that the Government of the United States of America or the Government of Finland adopts any measure or takes any action which, even though it does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement, is considered by the Government of the other country to have the effect of nullifying or impairing any object of the Agreement, the Government which has adopted such measure or taken such action shall consider such representations and proposals as the other Government may make with a view to effecting a mutually satisfactory adjustment of the matter. ARTICLE XVIII Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to affect the rights and obligations arising out of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Consular Rights, signed at Washington on February 13, 1934.* ARTICLE XIX The present Agreement shall come into full force on the thirtieth day following proclamation thereof by the President of the United States of America and approval thereof by the President of Finland, or should the proclamation be issued and the approval be given on different days, on the thirtieth day following the date of the later in time of such proclamation or approval, and shall remain in force for the term of three years thereafter, subject to the provisions of Article VII and Article XIII. The Government of each country shall notify the Government of the other country of the date of its proclamation or approval. Unless at least six months before the expiration of the aforesaid term of three years the Government of either country shall have given to the other Government notice of intention to terminate this Agreement upon the expiration of the aforesaid term, the Agreement shall remain in force thereafter, subject to the provisions of Article VII and Article XIII, until six months from such time as the Government of either country shall have given notice to the other Government. 4 In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals hereto. Done in duplicate, in the English and Finnish languages, both authentic, at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. For the President of the United States of America: CORDELL HULL For the President of Finland: EERO JÄRNEFELT [SEAL] [SEAL] [For schedules annexed to agreement, see 50 Stat. 1448 or p. 14 of EAS 97.] SIR: EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS Exchange of notes at Washington December 28 and 30, 1938 The Acting Secretary of State to the Finnish Minister DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON, December 28, 1938 I have the honor, with reference to recent correspondence in regard to the broadening of the exchange of official publications between the United States of America and Finland, to express my understanding of the provisions which are to govern the exchange beginning with January 1, 1939, as follows: 1. One copy of each official publication of the several branches of the Government of the United States of America shall be furnished regularly to the Library of Parliament at Helsinki through the medium of the International Exchange Service of the Smithsonian Institution. A list of branches of the Government of the United States of America the publications of which are to be furnished under the present agreement is attached (List No. 1). This list shall be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any new offices which the Government of the United States of America may create in the future. 2. One copy of each official publication of the several branches of the Government of Finland shall be furnished regularly to the Government of the United States of America. A list describing the publications of the Government of Finland which are to be furnished under the present agreement is attached (List No. 2). 3. This agreement shall not be understood to modify any agreements for the exchange of publications that may already exist between the various departments and other instrumentalities of the Government of the United States of America and the departments and other instrumentalities of the Government of Finland. Upon the receipt of a note from you confirming the above understanding, my Government will consider the agreement effective as of January 1, 1939. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Congressional records, bound; the Senate and House journals, bound; United States code and supplements, bound; all other publications printed by order of either House of the United States Congress. 2. Executive departments (including without further specification the various bureaus and divisions thereof) Department of State Department of the Treasury Department of War Department of Justice Post Office Department 3. Independent offices and establishments Civil Service Commission General Accounting Office Interstate Commerce Commission Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Tariff Commission Board of Tax Appeals Federal Power Commission Federal Housing Administration Veterans' Administration National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Commission of Fine Arts Reconstruction Finance Corporation Federal Home Loan Bank Board Tennessee Valley Authority Rural Electrification Administration Farm Credit Administration Central Statistical Board Civilian Conservation Corps Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Securities and Exchange Commission National Archives National Resources Committee National Labor Relations Board Railroad Retirement Board Federal Communications Commission Social Security Board Maritime Commission National Mediation Board Civil Aeronautics Authority 4. Courts Supreme Court of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals LIST NO. 2 All publications issued by the Parliament of Finland "Suomen Asetuskokoelma" (Laws, Decrees, etc. in Finnish. One separate series for each calendar year) "Finlands Författningssamling" (same in Swedish) "Suomen Asetuskokoelman Sopimussarja" (Treaty Series in Finnish. One separate series for each calendar year) "Finlands Författningssamlings Fördragsserie" (same in Swedish) All publications issued, in Finnish and Swedish, by the "Lainvalmistelukunta" (Board for the revision of laws) Reports of the various Government Committees, in Finnish and also in Swedish when reports are published even in that language All official statistics (irrespective of by what authorities they are published) Reports of the Ministries, the Provincial Governments, the Central Boards, and other official institutions Publications issued by the Supreme Court Publications issued by the Supreme Court of Administration "Pieni Lakisarja" (a series of important laws published for practical purposes) The official publicity literature Publications issued by the Government Boards of Experiment and Investigation and other official scientific Boards, and publications on the agricultural experimental work. These are published in Finnish and Swedish and sometimes, in addition thereto, in a foreign language. I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's note of December 28, 1938, in regard to the broadening of the exchange of official publications between Finland and the United States of America, and to inform that my Government fully agrees to and accepts the understanding quoted in said note. Consequently, my Government will consider the agreement effective as of January 1, 1939. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. His Excellency Mr. SUMNER WELles Acting Secretary of State Washington, D.C. EERO JÄRNEFELT |