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PROCLAMATIONS — D E C. 12, 1951

STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL D A Y BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

December 13, 1951 [No. 2957]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Stephen Collins Foster has achieved world-wide renown through his imperishable songs reflecting American traditions and folklore; and WHEREAS his magic gift for melody has brought pleasure to succeeding generations of Americans; and WHEREAS memorials in his honor have been erected in the States of Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on October 27, 1951 (Public Law 225, 82d Congress), has authorized the President to issue a proclamation designating January 13 of each year, the anniversary of the composer's death in 1864, as Stephen Foster Memorial Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, January 13, 1952, and each succeeding January 13 throughout the years, as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and I call upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to the shrines of this beloved composer, and musical programs featuring his compositions. 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 13th day of December 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:

65 Stat. 659.

Stephen Foster Memorial Day.

D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State.

COPYRIGHT EXTENSION: ITALY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

December 12, 1951 [No. 2958]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the President is authorized, in accordance with the conditions prescribed in section 9 of title 17 of the United States Code, which includes the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909, 35 Stat. 1075, as amended by the act of September 25, 1941, 55 Stat. 732, to grant an extension of time for fulfillment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the copyright laws of the United States of America, with respect to works first produced or published outside the United States of America and subject to copyright or to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America, by nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment to citizens of the United States of America; and WHEREAS the President of Italy has issued a decree, effective from this day, by the terms of which treatment substantially equal to that authorized by the aforesaid section 9 of title 17 is accorded in Italy to literary and artistic works first produced or published in the

61 Stat. 655.

61 Stat. 655.

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