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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1930. 3015 By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA February 21, 1930. A PROCLAMATION The Congress by unanimous vote has authorized commemoration Coyered-WagonCen. tenmal. of the heroism of the fathers and mothers who traversed the Oregon Preamble. Trail to the Far West. On April 10, 1830, the first wagon train left St. Louis for Oregon, pioneering the way for the thousands of men and women who settled the Pacific States. On December 29, 1830, Ezra Meeker was born, who carried over into our day the personal memory of this historic epoch. The Oregon 'rrail Memorial Asso- ciation, which he founded and which includes men and women in aU walks of life in all parts of the country, has sponsored the move- ment to observe the period from April 10 to December 29 of this year as the Covered-Wagon Centennial, to recall the national sig- nificance of this centenary of the great westward tide which estab- lished American civilization across a continent. THEREFORE I HERBERT HOOVER President of the United RecommendingAprii S d]1" I I'hifi . . 10 to December 29, tates, 0 ca upon our peop e to emp oy t s ttmg occaSIOn to 1930, be obsernd as. commemorate the lives -8Jld deeds of the heroic pioneers who won and held the West. 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 twenty-first day of Feb- ruary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and fifty-fourth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: J P COTTON Acting Secretary oj State. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION To the People oj the United States: March 8, 1930. It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of Willic,ra d AnhnOUillia!lCin g the H dTf h·h d hih . hC' fWh' eat of W ill How- owar at,w IC occurre at somemt e lty0 as mgton, ard Taft. on the eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty, at five- Preamble. fifteen o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Taft's service to our country has been of rare distinction, and was marked by a purity of patriotism, a lofty disinte~'estedness, and a devotion to the best interests of the Nation that deserve and will ever command the grateful memory of his countrymen. His career was almost unique in the wide range of official duty: as Judge, Solicitor General, Governor General of the Philippines, Secretary of War, President of the United States, and finally Chief Justice. His private life was characterized by a simplicity of virtue that won for him a place in the affection of his fellow countrymen rarely equaled by any man. In public and in private life he set a shining example, and his death will be mourned throughout the land. As an expression of the public sorrow, it is ordered that the flags of Tributeofrespectdl· The White House and of the several departmental buildings be dis- rected. played at half staff for a period of thirty days, and that suitable 57894°-31 -I'T 2-R8