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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 14, 24 , 1945 WHEREAS the Congress, by Public Resolution 67, approved May 3, 1940, has recognized the third Sunday in May of each year as "I Am An American Day" and has requested that the President issue a proclamation setting aside that day for the special recognition of those who have been naturalized or have attained their majority during the past year: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, in order that we may honor those who have recently become members of our body politic and at the same time reaffirm our allegiance to the principles of American citizenship, do hereby proclaim Sunday, May 20, 1945, as "I Am An American Day." And I call upon Federal, State, and local officials, and patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to hold, on or about May 20, exercises designed to impress upon our citizens, both native-born and naturalized, the privileges of their new status in our democracy and their responsibilities for building this Nation's security and advancing its welfare. 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 1 4 th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr. Secretary of State 861 64 Stat. 178. 36U.S. .§ 152. Designation of May 20,1945, as "I Am An American Day." CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1945 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS good physical health is a vital factor in building the sound and peaceful world to which we all ardently look forward; and WHEREAS the disease of cancer is one of the most important problems of physical health and welfare; and WHEREAS science has developed the essential methods of early diagnosis that can prevent a large part of the tragic waste and suffering caused by cancer; and WHEREAS every individual in his private capacity should avail himself of these known resources of early diagnosis and in his public capacity should lend all the support within his power to an active program of popular education in methods and means available for the control of this disease; and WHEREAS by Public Resolution 82, 75th Congress, approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), the President is authorized and re- quested to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby set apart the month of April 1945 as Cancer Control Month and do invite similar action on the part of the Governors of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States. I also invite the medical profession, the press, and all other agencies and individuals interested in a national campaign for the control of cancer to unite in a program for the dissemination of information March 24, 1945 [No. 2644] aSU. . o.f1la. DesIgnat of April 1961as Cancer Control Month. 59 STAT.]

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