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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1937 "SEC. 2. That the last Sunday in September shall hereafter be designated and known as 'Gold Star Mother's Day', and it shall be the duty of the President to request its observance as provided for in this resolution." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid public resolution, do by this proclamation designate Sunday, September 26, 1937, as Gold Star Mother's Day and direct Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and do call upon the people of the United States to display the flag and to hold appropriate meet- ings at their homes, churches, or other suitable places on that day as a public expression of the affection and reverence of the people of the United States for the American Gold Star Mothers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 10th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty- [SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK-1937 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS more than ten thousand lives are lost each year as a result of fires in the United States; and WHEREAS the property loss from fires in the United States in 1936 was more than $260,000,000, a marked increase over the loss in 1935; and WHEREAS this upward trend in the devastation wrought by fires can be corrected only through the earnest effort of everyone; and WHEREAS it has been customary for the President of the United States to request public observance of Fire Prevention Week in an effort to bring home to every citizen a realization of individual respon- sibility in the movement to curtail losses of life and property from preventable fires; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and desig- nate the week beginning October 3, 1937, as Fire Prevention Week and invite the active cooperation of all our people in the elimination of fire hazards and the prevention of fire waste, to the end that human life may be safeguarded and the national prosperity increased. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 18" day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. Sunday, September 26, 1937, designated as. September 18, 1937 [No. 22521 Fire Prevention Week, 1937. Preamble. Week beginning October 3, 1937, desig- nated as. 395

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