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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1937 NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and by virtue of and under the authority in me vested by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, amended, do hereby create a board to be composed of 3 persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organiza- tion of railway employees or any carrier, to investigate the afore- mentioned dispute and report its findings to me within thirty days from this date. The members of this board shall be compensated for and on account of such duties in the sum of $75.00 dollars for every day actually employed with or upon account of travel and duties incident to such board. The members will be reimbursed for and they are hereby au- thorized to make expenditures for expenses for themselves and of the board, including traveling expenses and in conformity with Public No. 212, 72nd Congress, Approved June 30, 1932, 11:30 a. m ., not to exceed five ($5.00) dollars per diem for expenses incurred for sub- sistence. All expenditures of the board shall be allowed and paid for out of the appropriation "Emergency Boards, Railway Labor Act, May 20, 1926, 1938" on the presentation of itemized vouchers properly ap- proved by the chairman of the board hereby created. IN TESTIMONY 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 30 th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State Emergency board created to investigate and report thereon. 44 Stat. 586 . 45U. S. C. §160. Compensation, etc. Expenditures. 47 Stat. 405. 5U.S.C.§823. Fund available. 50 Stat. 340 . THANKSGIVING DAY-1937 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of November 1937 as a day of national thanksgiving. The custom of observing a day of public thanksgiving began in Colonial times and has been given the sanction of national observance through many years. It is in keeping with all of our traditions that we, even as our fathers in olden days, give humble and hearty thanks for the bounty and the goodness of Divine Providence. The harvests of our fields have been abundant and many men and women have been given the blessing of stable employment. A period unhappily marked in many parts of the world by strife and threats of war finds our people enjoying the blessing of peace. We have no selfish designs against other nations. We have been fortunate in devoting our energies and our resources to constructive purposes and useful works. We have sought to ful- fill our obligation to use our national heritage by common effort for the common good. November 9, 1937 -No. 2260] Thanksgiving lDay, 1937. Thursday, Novem- ber 25. 1937, desig- nated as. 401 23918°-38 - -26

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