1938] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 37 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERN- 
ING THE IMPORTATION OF COTTON AND COTTON WRAPPINGS INTO 
THE UNITED STATES 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS 
COTTON AND COTTON WRAPPINGS— APPLICATION FOR PERMITS (T. D. 49666) 
Amended Regulations Governing the Importation of Cotton and Cotton 
Wrappings Into the United States (T. D. 39645, T. D. 40573, and T. D. 
49398) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs, 
Washington, D. C, July 20, 1938. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned : 
The appended copy of an amendment to the regulations promulgated by 
the Department of Agriculture governing the importation into the United 
States of cotton and cotton wrappings is published for the information and 
guidance of customs officers and others concerned. 
The number of this Treasury decision should be noted as a marginal refer- 
ence for articles 579, 580, 581 (c), and 583 of the Customs Regulations of 1937. 
Frank Dow, 
Acting Commissioner of Customs^ 
[Then follows the text of the amendment.] 
TERMINAL INSPECTION OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
REVOCATION OF OREGON PLANT QUARANTINE 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, August 1, 1938. 
Oregon Plant Quarantine (Order No. 15-A series) pertaining to the white- 
pine blister rust in Oregon has been revoked, effective May 24, 1938. 
This amends the list of Oregon State Plant Quarantines dated June 23, 1937, 
published in the Postal Bulletin of July 27, 1937, and on page 44 of the August 
1937 Supplement to the Postal Guide, and removes the restrictions previously 
imposed on the acceptance for mailing of parcels containing five-leafed pines 
and currant and gooseberry plants intended for shipment within the State of 
Oregon. 
Postmasters will please, therefore, make the proper correction and be gov- 
erned accordingly. The removal of the Oregon quarantine, however, does not 
in any way affect the provisions of Federal Quarantine No. 63 on account of 
the white-pine blister rust. 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER UNITED STATES QUARANTINE ON ACCOUNT OF 
WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE 
(Press notice) 
August 19, 1938. 
A public hearing to consider a Federal quarantine because of white- 
fringed beetle infestations in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi 
was announced today by Secretary Wallace. The hearing will be In Court 
Room 206 of the Post Office Building, New Orleans, La., at 10 a. in., 
September 15, 1938. 
The white-fringed beetle, known to occur in South America, has become es- 
tablished in several areas in the four Southern Slates, where an extensive 
survey in the current season has resulted in new findings. 
