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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 8, 11, 1947 [61 STAT. Designation of May 1, 1947, as Child Health Day. WHEREAS accidents are the leading cause of death and an impor- tant cause of crippling among children: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1947 as Child health Day; and I invite interested individuals and agencies to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to stimulate interest in and devotion to the cause of child welfare in the coming year. I call upon parents to dedicate themselves on that day to the exercise of unusual diligence throughout the year toward the preven- tion of accidents in the home, so that the children may be protected from needless injury and suffering and may receive and enjoy the blessings of health and happiness. 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 8 th day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State April 11, 1947 [No. 2727] 38 Stat. 770. 36U. .C.. 141, 142. Display of fag on Mother's Day, May 11,1947. HARRY S TRUMAN MOTHER'S DAY, 1947 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is a felicitous American custom to turn our thoughts anew to the commemoration of motherhood on one day in each year; and WHEREAS, in recognition of that custom, Public Resolution 25, 63d Congress, approved May 8, 1914, provides that the second Sunday in May of each year shall be designated as Mother's Day, and author- izes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling for the public observance of that day; and WHEREAS, in the eloquent words of the resolution, "the service rendered the United States by the American mother is the greatest source of the country's strength and inspiration": NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, hereby direct the officials of the Govern- ment to display the flag on all Government buildings on Mother's Day, May 11, 1947, and I call upon the people of the United States to display the flag on that day in their homes and other suitable places and to manifest through private and public expressions the reverent esteem in which we hold the mothers of our country. 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 11 h day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN 1064

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