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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 22, 24, 1948 Ante, pp. 1467,1468. Ante, p. 1502. that, effective on and after April 21, 1948, the lists set forth in the 8th and 9th recitals of said proclamation of January 1, 1948, as amended and rectified, shall be further amended in the manner indicated in the 8th recital of this proclamation. 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 22 nd day of April, 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: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1948 April 24, 1948 INo. 2783] Observance of week commencing Mny 16, 148, as World 'rade Week. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS international trade provides each participating nation with the products of the resources and skills of other nations as well as a market for its own products; and WHEREAS the expansion of import and export trade improves standards of living and encourages full employment of labor and productive facilities, thus promoting prosperity and fostering peace among nations; and WHEREAS it is the established policy of this country to secure the removal of unnecessary trade restrictions and discriminations through international agreement, as exemplified by the reciprocal-trade- agreements program, and by participation in the United Nations Con- ference on Trade and Employment held at Havana for the establish- ment of an International Trade Organization; and WHEREAS greater emphasis should be given to the importance of world trade to this Nation and to the significance of such trade in bringing about international stability and an enduring peace: NO, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the Nation to observe the week commencing May 16, 1948, as World Trade Week; and I invite the appropriate officials of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, as well as the municipalities and other political subdivisions of the country, to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge trade associations, business establishments, clubs, edu- cational institutions, civic groups, and other organizations, and the people of the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with ceremonies, displays, exhibits, and other appropriate activities. 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 24th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN 1504 [62 STAT.

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