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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 27, 28, 1941 "I AM AN AMERICAN" DAY-1941 March 27, 1941 [No. 2469] 36U.S.0.. 152. Designation of May 18, 1941, as "I Am An American" Day. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Public Resolution No. 67, approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), provides, in part: That the third Sunday in May each year be, and hereby is, set aside as Citizenship Day and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclama- tion setting aside that day as a public occasion for the recognition of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have attained the status of citizenship, and the day shall be designated as "I Am An American Day". That the civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns be, and they are hereby, urged to make plans for the proper observance of this day and for the full instruction of future citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the States and localities in which they reside: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, May 18, 1941, as "I Am An American" Day and urge that this day be observed as a public occasion in recognition of our citizens who have attained their majority or who have been naturalized within the past year. - And I do call upon all Federal, State, and local officials, and all patriotic, civil, and educational organizations to join in exercises calculated to impress upon all our citizens, both native-born and naturalized, the special significance of citizenship in this Nation. 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 27th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. PAN AMERICAN COTTON CONGRESS March 28, 1941 [No. 2470] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the production of cotton and the manufacture and distribution of cotton products represent some of the important commercial activities of many countries in the Western Hemisphere and constitute the basis of appreciable volumes of trade and commerce between them; and WHEREAS the economic and social well-being of large segments of the population of the Western Hemisphere are dependent upon the prosperity of the cotton industry and allied enterprises; and [55 STAT. 1624

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