198 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept, 
Although the source of the recent outbreak of this disease in the environs of 
New York is still unknown, officials say the Department of Agriculture cannot 
disregard the possibility that the elm-disease fungus may have been brought 
into that area in imported parts of diseased elm trees. Within recent weeks 
a few shipments of elm logs from Europe have arrived at Atlantic ports, and 
though for each of these lots safeguards have been provided, it is believed that 
the whole problem demands immediate attention. In view of the prompt efforts 
being taken to eradicate the disease, the necessity for protecting the country 
against further introduction from abroad is regarded as important. 
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF PROHIBITING 
OR RESTRICTING THE ENTRY OF ELM AND RELATED SPECIES OF TREES AND 
PARTS AND PRODUCTS THEREOF FROM EUROPE 
August 29, 1933. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has information that there exists on the con- 
tinent of Europe an injurious disease, known as the Dutch elm disease, due 
to the fungus Graph 'nan ultni Schwarz, and that this disease, not now widely 
prevalent within or throughout the United States, may be introduced into 
this country with importations of plants, cuttings, seeds, logs, timber, lumber, 
or other wood products of all species of the family Ulmaceae, among which 
elms (Ulmus spp.) and zelkova or keyaki (Zelkova spp.) are known to be 
hosts of this fungus. 
It appears necessary, therefore, to consider the advisability of prohibiting 
or restricting the entry of any or all parts or products of plants belonging to 
species of the family Ulmaceae from the continent of Europe. 
Notice is, therefore, hereby given that, in accordance with the Plant Quar- 
antine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, a public hearing will be held before 
the Bureau of Plant Quarantine of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, in room 42-43 of the Uniled States National Museum, Tenth Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C., at 10 a.m., September 15, 1933, 
in order that any person interested in the establishment of such prohibition 
or restriction may appear and be heard, either in person or by attorney. 
H. A. Wallace, 
. Secretary of Agriculture. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 56) 
AMENDMENT NO. 6 OF REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE 
NO. 56 
Under authority conferred by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 
(37 Stat. 315), as amended, it is ordered that regulation 2 of the Rules and 
Regulations Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 56. which became effec- 
tive November 1, 1923, as amended October 23, 1923, January 18, 1924, January 
10, 1925, February 6, 1925, and July 15, 1932, be, and the same is hereby, 
further amended to read as follows : 
Regulation 2. Restrictions on Entry of Fruits and Vegetables 
All importations of fruits and vegetables must be free from plants or por- 
tions of plants, as defined in regulation 1(b). 
Dried, cured, or processed fruits and vegetables, including dried products, 
cured figs, dates, and raisins, etc., nuts and dry beans, peas, etc., may be im- 
ported without permit or other compliance with these regulations: Provided, 
That any such articles may be made subject to entry only under permit and 
on compliance with the safeguards to be prescribed therein when it shall be 
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that the condition of drying, cur- 
ing, or processing to which they have been subjected may not entirely eliminate 
risk. Such determination with respect to any such articles shall become effec- 
tive after due notice. 
Except as restricted, as to certain countries and districts * by special quaran- 
tines and other orders now in force and by such restrictive orders as may 
1 Spe List of current quarantines and other restrictive orders and miscellaneous regu- 
lations, obtainable on request from the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
