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 Mar. 24, 1945 PROCLAMATIONS Ar. 4, 1945 Apr. 4, 1945 April 4, 1946 [No. 26] 36U.8.C.t145. Observance of May 22, 1945, as National Maritime Day. about the early symptoms of cancer, clinics for early diagnosis, and other health facilities available for the control of cancer. 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 24 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: JOSEPH C. GREW Acting Secretary of State NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1945 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a notable contribution was made in the history of ocean transportation when the steamship The Savannah set sail from the United States on May 22, 1819 and made the first successful voyage across the Atlantic Ocean under steam propulsion; and WHEREAS in commemoration of this achievement the Congress by a joint resolution approved May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73) designated May 22 of each year as National Maritime Day and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that day; and WHEREAS many thousands of patriotic men and women are toiling through the long hours of the day and night in the construction of the great fleets of vessels that carry the goods of victory to the distant battlefronts of the United Nations; and WHEREAS our ships, sailing every ocean, have been manned by courageous officers and seamen all of whom have left the security of their firesides and many of whom have given their lives for the land of their allegiance; and WHEREAS the American people are looking forward to the days of lasting peace when the merchant fleets of the Nation, wisely used and vigilantly maintained, shall sail the seas freed from the perils of war: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1945 as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and I direct that the flag be displayed on all Government buildings on that day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be afixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 4th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State. [59 STAT.

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