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 Mar. 28, 1941 PROCLAMATIONS Apr. 2,1941 Apr. 2, 1941 WHEREAS dislocations in trade and commerce, resulting from hostilities in some parts of the world, have had serious repercussions in the industries in the Western Hemisphere associated with the production of cotton; and WHEREAS a concentrated hemispheric effort to promote the in- creased consumption of cotton and of its products would ameliorate the burden of surplus stocks resulting from such dislocations and ultimately would contribute to the economic and social welfare of the people of this large and important area; and WHEREAS the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the Memphis Cotton Exchange, the Memphis Cotton Carnival Association, and the National Cotton Council are organizing a Pan American Cotton Congress to be held in Memphis, Tennessee, from October 6 to 10, 1941; and WHEREAS a joint resolution of Congress, approved December 17, 1940, reads as follows: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized and requested, by proclamation or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite all foreign countries and nations to the Pan American Cotton Congress to be held at Memphis, Tennessee, during the year 1941, with a request that they participate therein": NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, pursuant to the aforesaid joint resolution of Congress, do invite the nations of the Western Hemi- sphere to participate in a Pan American Cotton Congress to be held in Memphis, Tennessee, from October 6 to 10, 1941, to discuss ways and means of increasing the popular consumption of cotton and the products thereof. 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 28" 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. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT WEEK BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A PROCLAMATION Despite great expansions in employment resulting directly and indirectly from our vast National Defense Program, the State and Federal governments continue to be concerned with the problems of older workers, many of whom still lack a place in industry. Among these are a considerable number of World War veterans, men who now average 48 years of age, and who, I feel, have a special appeal to our national sense of responsibility particularly during this time of na- tional defense preparation. 55 STAT.] 1625 54 Stat. 1226. Participation of na- tions of Western Hemisphere invited. April 2,1941 [No. 2471J

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