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 2626 PROCLAMATIQNS, 192e.o 'DONE at theCity ci ·WAshin§ton this. 15th ·i•,y,¤£ September ih the year of _ourf—Lor ,onethnusand’ninenhundred< and [san.] twenty·six and of the Independence ‘off~the United States ` ~ ·· » of America the cneahundred and fifty-first;  ‘ · .»   — ~ I - Canv1N.Goom»om Bythe President:. i V. . ` ·     ~ ’FRANK B Kminoce  ~· E I -» we i  )Seoretary»0f State.- ·· · fr   .»·~  BY rum Pnmsxnnwr or rnn Umrnn S·1·.a·1·ns'prT‘L&mnmcA".` A PROCLAMATION. —   *  w;¥,°1s¥i¤{°v°°ti°° The nation’s constantly increasing Hre waste is cause for general ,P’°°“‘*’*°* concern   consideration. _._In 1905 the total Loss ofzproperty due to fire was $165,000,000. In 1915 it was $172,000,00G, and in 1925 had increased to more than;$570,QOQ,D00. In addition, thousands of lives are sacrificed each year through fires, a large majority of which are preventable, » The conservation of man }EL¢;wer·and_ material wealth from such, destruction isa challenge to t_ i_,pr0gress of our civilization; _ It demands the attentierg.of·pve;;?v=c1tizen.     _ The etfeet of ire waste is natioua1,,hut it 1B.0_ y by concerted efforts. in our cities, to _, hamlets and on our farmethat a, reduction may be achieved, 'Eiwthe f0d6l`8].i§l(:3V6l?I11}].BI}i}· this matteriis _of,grave concern, but ,we—rnust rely on,t I cumulative contrihntions_of;com- munities, throughoutthe and to make fire preventwn an actuality, Whileeiforts should be made constantly to reduce {ire destruction to a minimum, in- pursuance of a _welI established precedent, one week isset aside each.year~_during which the urgent need ot reventiznz in->¤` is forcibgléstressed. Thismay well be the starting gointlfor a con- tinuous grévention program extending over the entire country. Unqueeti¢:;;a,,_ly,,this is a most important means .of,attacking.fire waste,  »», , Q ,        _ b_£iw¤mm¤g<;;ggej¤g= THE?EFORE, I, GalvinQooIidge, President of ther UnitedStates, iszeiiislig ’ recommend that the week beginning Sunday, October 3, beobserved ‘ tl1rou&h_the cenmtry as Fire Prevention Week; To Stateand munici- pal o 018.18,; civic and commerciel organizations, school. authorities, the cle:-Ey and the press]. ;appea.l,in.orde;t_that_thcre may be a_f degree of cooperation. ,FYarmers.and.-others living in rural d1st¤¤t¤» who are .¤»·i<1,t¤ .1¤w<2 suffered n fir¤1q¤¤·¤fi$150.Q9DiQQ0 i¤‘ the past ·_year,_. are particularly requestedto, join in this movement. If every mdiv¤du¤i·vvi11es¢1¤pt;a¤d prwti<=¤v.th¤ simrie pr¤¢¤¤§¤m>ry measures advocated jire prevention_.saf§¤1ards, ;fi1·e hazar sand their:cqnsequences,' xbe materially reduc, ;_,¤  pp g, N,  In ¥1tnessawhereof,_I havge, hereunto set rny_.hand_ and caused the scalo the UmtedStatesa.to.bet.aHixed., _  L; _,.‘ A   _, L q., Done at the City of  this Qlstedaygof September, in, ··¤ the year _of .0l11'.;L01‘d.e0I1B thousand, nine hundred and [sm:.] twenty-six, and of the Independenceof i the United States of America theoneihundred and fifty-fzirstii  a · Cmvm `COOIJDGE By the President: ·, ; i Fmu~zx·B Knnnoee `  a  ‘=— Secretary of State. ,

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