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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1924. 1939 His early profession as a lawyer was abandoned to enter academic life. In this chosen field he attained the highest rank as an educator, and has left his impress u on the intellectual thought of the country. From the Presidency of Princeton University he was called by his fellow citizens to be the Chief Executive of the State of New Jersey. The duties of this high office he so conducted as to win the confidence of the eople of the United States, who twice elected him to the Chief Mpagistracy of the Republic. As President of the United States he was `moved by an earnest desire to promote the best interests of the country as he conceived them. His acts were prompted blyl high motives and his sincerity offpurpose can not be uestioned. e led the nation through the terr` c stru le of the wo(il·ld war with a lofty idealism which never failed him. He ave utterance to the aspiration of humanity with an eloquence wgich held the attention of all the earth and made America a new and enlarged influence in the destiny of mankind. In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the ,,,§;‘}F:,{’,{°¤§‘v§*,1;,,’§0*{lg Government and eo le of the United States, I o hereby direct dirwwdthat the flags of the White House and of the several Departmental buildings be dis layed at half staff for a period of thirty days, and that suitable military and naval honors under orders of the Secretary of War and of the Secretary of the Navy may be rendered on the day of the funeral. Done at the City of Washington this third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sEAL.] twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America one hundred an forty-eighth. CALVIN COOLmoE By the President: CnAm.Es EvANs HUGHES. Secrrlary of State. Q -..-..-i..-1_- Br rim l’REsIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, it is essential to the continued comfort, welfare, and A,I[,‘},,'°%,{’,$‘Z,‘§,S§}$,‘g§§,§l prosperity of the eople of the United States that abundant for- ”§,*l;mmb,°_ ests, widely distrilguted and maintained in a condition of high productiveness, be forever wisely conserved as one of o1u· greatest natural resources; and WHEREAS, because of our constantly increasing need for wood and other forest products, together with our past failure to provide for reforestation, we are drawing u on our supplies of timber four times as fast as they are renewed) through growth, and WHEREAS, the most formidable agency of forest destruction and revention of reforestation is fire and, of the fires which annually Sevastate vast areas, four-fifths are ascribed in origin to human agencies and virtually all may be controlled and made innocuous \ throu h rudence, care, and vi ilance· THEREIFCIRE, I, CALVIN COCLIDGE, President of the United ,,,I_}°,§{.${‘§§l‘}§ ‘}{,,‘§°°,,§ States, do urge upon the Governors of the various States to desig- {;,¤r;¤¤mPr¤i¤¤¤`¤¤ nate and set apart the week of April 21-27, 1924, as Forest Pro- °° ’° ' tection Week, and, wherever practicable and‘not in conflict with State law or accepted customs, to celebrate Arbor Day within that week. I also urge all citizens, either in association or as individuals, all schools, and the press of the land to give common