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P R O C r ^ M A T I O N S — S E P T. 12, 1951

UNITED NATIONS D A Y, 1951 September 12, 1951 [No. 2944]

[65 STAT.

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION 59 Stat. p. 1031.

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Observation of Oct. 24, 1951, a s United Nations Day.

WHEREAS the Charter of the United Nations, which came into operation on October 24, 1945, was designed as a firm foundation on which men of good will might build a world of peace and security; and WHEREAS most of the members of the United Nations have cooperated faithfully in the effort to build such a world on the basis of the Charter; and WHEREAS the United Nations has been engaged in the greatest effort ever made by an international organization to restore peace and security in an area of conflict; and WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations, by its resolution of October 31, 1947, declared that October 24 of each year, the anniversary of the coming into force of the Charter, should be dedicated to the dissemination of information concerning the aims and accomplishments of the United Nations, with a view to enlisting the interest and cooperation of all humanity: NOW, THE R E i ^ O R E, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the citizens of this Nation to observe Wednesday, October 24, 1951, as United Nations Day, remembering that the anniversary commemorates a landmark in the history of the human race, and that its significance should be cherished in our hearts. I also call upon the officials of the Federal, State, and local Governments, representatives of civic, educational, and religious organizations, and agencies of the press, radio, television, motion pictures, and other media of public information, to cooperate in arranging for ceremonies and programs on United Nations Day, designed to acquaint our citizens with the activities of the United Nations, to the end that we may forward the work of this great international partnership. IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 12th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: DEAN ACHESON

Secretary of /State

AUDUBON CENTENNIAL YEAR September 18, 1951 [No. 2945]

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS John James Audubon, naturalist, ornithologist, and artist, by his devotion to a task which he loved and to which he dedicated his life, made an outstanding contribution to American culture and art by his paintings of the birds of America in their natural size and in the full glory of their colored plumage; and

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