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PROCLAMATIONS—JUNE 25, 1952

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NATIONAL D A Y OF PRAYER, 1952 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

June 17, 1952 [No. 2978J

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS from the earliest days of our history our people have been accustomed to turn to Almighty God for help and guidance; and WHEREAS in times of national crisis when we are striving to strengthen the foundations of peace and security we stand in special need of divine support; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on April 17, 1952 (66 Stat. 64), has provided that the President "shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation"; and WHEREAS I deem it fitting that this Day of Prayer coincide with the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which published to the world this Nation's "firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence": NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the Pr^/eriQw' "^^"^ "^ United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, July 4, 1952, as a National Day of Prayer, on which all of us, in our churches, in our homes, and in our hearts, may beseech God to grant us wisdom to know the course which we should follow, and strength and patience to pursue that course steadfastly. May we also give thanks to Him for His constant watchfulness over us in every hour of national prosperity and national peril. 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 17th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State.

REVOCATION OF THE D U T Y SUSPENSION ON L E A D BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

June 25, 1952 [No. 2979]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the import duties imposed under paragraphs 391 and 392 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on lead-bearing ores, flue |^|*|^«28i dust, and mattes of all kinds, lead bullion or base bullion, lead in pigs and bars, lead dross, reclaimed lead, scrap lead, antimonial lead, and antimonial scrap lead have been suspended by Public Law 257, 82d Congress, approved February 11, 1952, with respect to imports Ante,v>.&. entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period beginning February 12, 1952, and ending with the close of March 31, 1953, or the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by me on December 16, 1950, whichever is earlier; WHEREAS the said Public Law 257 contains the following proviso:

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