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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1925. 1987 The Secreta of War shall have the supervision, management, u§;,*§}"{,,*§‘f° °'S°°’°‘ and control of {this monument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this 6th day of February, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine undred and twenty- [sam.] five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty ninth. Canvm Coonmen. By the President: Cmnnns E. Hnonns, Secretary of State. BY rum Pnnsmmrr or run Umrnn Srrarns or Aunmoa A PROCLAMATION Whereas public interests require that the Senate of the United P’°°m*"°· States be convened at twelve o’clock on the fourth day of March next to receive such communications ‘as may be made by the Executive;. . . spain semen or me Now, Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United anna to be convened States of America, do herelgy proclaim and declare that an extraordi- M"°" *· ‘°”· nary occasion requires the enate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth da of March next, at twelve o’c1ock noon, of which all persons who sliall at that time be entitled to act as members of that ody are hereby required to take notice. Given under m hand and the seal of the United States in the city . of Washington the 14th day of February in the {year of our [sam.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- ve, and of ¢' the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-ninth. Canvm Coonmoa. By the President: Crmnnns E. Huenms, Secretary of State. BY run Pnnsmnnr or THE UNITED Siwrns or Ammuoa. A PROCLAMATION. In proclaiming American Forest Week, I desire to bring to the A,1i,‘I,¥’°°B§‘§t°°.¥,i$°,'§$.l“,°i attention of all our people the danger that comes from the neglect ‘*°,£’;°Q’,§,”,;,° of our forests. ‘ ` For several years the Nation has observed Forest Protection Week. It is fitting that this observance be enlarged. We have too freely spent the rich and magnificent gift that nature bestowed on us. In our eagerness to use that gift we have stripped our forests; we have -~ permitted fires to lay waste and devo1u· them; we have all too often destroyed the young lgrowth and the seed from which new forests might spring. And t ough we already feel the first grip of timber short e, we have barely egun to save and restore. Wdvliave passed the pioneer stage and are no longer excusable for continuing this unwise dissipation of a great resource. To the Nation it means the lack of an elemental necessity and the waste of keeping idle or only partly productive nearly one—fourth of our soil.