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 PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 28, 1945 That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day and calling upon officials of the Govern- ment to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, October 12, 1945, as Columbus Day. I direct, also, that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day; and I invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appro- priate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places. 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 2 8 th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth. By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN 883 Designation of Oc- tober 12, 1945, as Columbus Day. IMMIGRATION QUOTAS FOR AUSTRIA AND GERMANY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General have reported to the President that pursuant to the duty imposed and the authority conferred upon them in and by sections 11 and 12 of the Immigration Act approved May 26, 1924 (43 Stat. 159-161), and Reorganization Plan No. V (3 CFR Cum. Supp., Ch. IV), they jointly have made the revision provided for in section 12 of the said act and have fixed the quotas for Austria and Germany in accordance therewith to be as hereinafter set forth: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quotas for Austria and Germany effective for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for each fiscal year thereafter, have been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows: Austria - - - - - - -- _ 1,413 Germany___-_ ___--- .- - - -. 25, 957 The immigration quotas assigned to Austria and Germany are de- signed solely for purposes of compliance with the pertinent provi- sions of the Immigration Act of 1924 and are not to be regarded as having any significance extraneous to this object. This proclamation shall take effect immediately, and shall have the effect of amending Proclamation 2283 of April 28, 1938. September 28. 194 [No. 2661 8 U. S. C.0§ 211, 212. 54 Stat. 1238. 5U..C. l33t note. Annual quotas 52 Stat. 154. 59 STAT.]

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