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 1570 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 28, 30, 1948 [62 STAT. ARMISTICE DAY, 1948 October28, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2820] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS November 11, 1948, marks the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which terminated hostilities between lawless aggressors on one side and defenders of freedom and peace on the other; and WHEREAS less than a generation after the first World War the peace of the earth was shattered by the same aggressive forces, so that peace-loving men were once again compelled to defend themselves and their ideals by force of arms; and WHEREAS it is fitting that on this anniversary we rededicate ourselves as unflagging and perpetual advocates of those principles for which we fought. and WHEREAS the Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, in schools or churches, or other suitable 5U. . .187a places, and later provided in an act approved May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. Observan f 351), that this date should be celebrated and known as Armistice Day: November 11, 1948, NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the Armistice Day. United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe November 11, 1948, as Armistice Day by renewing their devotion to the cause of enduring peace; and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day. 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 8 t h day of October 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-third. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State. AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS October30, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 28 A PROCLAMATION Por' p. WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has adopted and has submitted to me for approval the following amendment of the regulations relating to migratory birds and game mammals included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 39tat.17 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United 50sstat. 13 Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and certain game mammals concluded February 7, 1936:

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