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 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 19, 25, 1946 NATIONAL AIR MAIL WEEK [61 STAT. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Designation of Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, 1946, as National Air Mail Week. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS every new chapter in the stirring saga of the transporta- tion of mail warms the heart and touches the imagination of the American people; and WHEREAS air mail has furnished a fresh opportunity for the interchange of thought, and the mail airplane, winging its way to the furthermost places, has become an emissary of peace and social progress; and WHEREAS the Post Office Department has planned, for the week of October 27 to November 2, 1946, a program to encourage the expansion of mail service over the highways of the air: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of October 27 to November 2, 1946 as National Air Mail Week and urge the people of the United States and its territories and possessions to join in the observance of this week, which marks another milestone on the road to international unity. 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 19t h day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-six and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President JAMES F BYRNES Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN EMERGENCY DUE TO HOUSING SHORTAGE-FREE IMPORTATION OF TIMBER, LUMBER, AND LUMBER PRODUCTS October 25. 1946 [No. 2708! BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Po, p.1073. WHEREAS the long-term housing shortage and the war have combined to create an unprecedented emergency shortage of housing, particularly for veterans of World War II and their families; and WHEREAS section 1 of the Veterans' Emergency Housing Act 60 Stat. 27. of 1946 recognizes the aforesaid unprecedented emergency; and 821 . . WHEREAS it is imperative that immediate action be taken on a temporary basis to increase the available supplies of timber, lumber, and lumber products for housing purposes: gDationofeer- NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and 19 US. C .1318. in particular by section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (46 Stat. 590, 696), do hereby declare an emergency to exist, and do hereby authorize 1044 Octoher 19, 1946 INo. 27071

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