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 Feb. 28, 1948 PROCLAMATIONS--Mar 20, 1948 [62 STAT. way of life by conspicuous skill and gallantry. I also invite the Gover- nors of the several States to issue proclamations for the celebration of this day in such manner as to render suitable honor to the Army of the United States in all its component parts-the Organized Reserves, the National Guard, and the Regular Army-and to the millions of Army veterans who have returned to civilian pursuits. In these critical times, I urge my fellow citizens to remember that an alert and ready America is a mighty power for peace and a beacon of hope to the peoples of the world who would be free. If our soldiers who are on duty in foreign lands are to represent American democracy proudly and successfully, they must know that they have the whole- hearted support of our people. I therefore commend to all Americans appropriate and sympathetic observance of Army Day as a token of special honor to the soldiers and veterans of our Army, at home and in foreign lands. 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 28 t h day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State PAN AMERICAN WEEK, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Designation of Wednesday, April 14, 1948, as Pan American Day. Designation of week beginning April 11, 194as Pan Ameri- can Week. WHEREAS the people of the United States of America and the people of the other republics of the Americas, inspired by sentiments of Pan-Americanism and devoted to the policy of the Good Neighbor, are united by bonds of friendship and mutual respect, which have grown strong through inter-American cooperation in many fields of human activity; and WHEREAS the concept of a Western Hemisphere community of nations is expressed through the principles, agencies, and procedures of the Inter-American System, the foundations of which were laid at the First International Conference of American States in the year 1890; and WHEREAS the Ninth International Conference of American States is soon to be held at Bogota, Colombia, to consolidate and strengthen the Inter-American System, in order that the common will of the American republics may be more perfectly realized, in consonance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations; and WHEREAS the Governing Board of the Pan American Union has resolved that April 14, the founding date of the Union, should be officially observed each year by every member country as Pan Amer- ican Day, a custom which the United States has followed: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1948, as Pan American Day, and in order to broaden the scope of the observance of this anniversary, I designate the week beginning April 11, 1948, as Pan American Week. I call upon the officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all public 1490 March 20, 1948 [No. 2772]

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