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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 20, 22, 1948 MOTHER'S DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS American mothers have ever nurtured the ideals which foster and enrich a true democracy; and WHEREAS it is a cherished American custom to dedicate one day each year to expressions of affection for our own mothers and for all mothers of the Nation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), gave formal recognition to that custom by designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and paid tribute to the contribution made by American mothers to the home and the community: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Sunday, May 9, 1948, as Mother's Day, and I direct the officials of the Government to display the flag on all Government buildings on that day. I also call upon the people of the United States to give public and private expression to the esteem in which our country holds its mothers through the display of the flag at their homes and other suitable places, through prayers at their places of worship, and through appropriate manifestations of honor, devotion, and love. 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 0 th day ofApril in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State April 20, 1948 [No. 2780] 36U.S.C.§§141, 142. Observance of May 9, 1948, as Mother's Day. NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the restoration of commerce between nations, which was interrupted by the war, is of the greatest importance to the economic welfare of our country and of the world at large, as well as to the continuance of free government; and WHEREAS the American Merchant Marine is contributing im- measurably to that objective by effecting the transportation of needed goods overseas, thus serving the ends of democracy in peace as it did in war; and WHEREAS it is the considered policy of the United States, as expressed in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, to develop and main- tain a Merchant Marine adequate for the requirements of our trade and our national defense; and WHEREAS the sailing of the Savannah on May 22, 1819, from Savannah, Georgia, on the first successful transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion constituted a significant milestone in the advance- ment of ocean transportation; and April 22, 1948 (No. 2781] 49 Stat. 1985. 46U. .C.§1101- 1279. 62 STAT.] 1499

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