Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 67.djvu/920

 C6

PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 16, 1952

[67 STAT.

WHEREAS the aforesaid resolution authorizes the President of the United States to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of Citizenship Day: jgCui7-enship Day, NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Wednesday, September 17, 1952, and I urge the people of the Nation to display the flag on that day a t their homes and other suitable places. I also urge Federal, State, and local officials, as well as patriotic, religious, civic, educational, and other interested organizations to arrange for appropriate ceremonies on Citizenship D a y in which all our people may join to the end that both native-born and naturalized citizens may have a fuller understanding of their rights and privileges and of their obligations and responsibilities as citizens of the United States. And I call upon all our citizens to renew and reaffirm on that day their faith in the principles and ideals embodied in the Constitution— the foundation of our strength and the symbol of freedom and justice for all. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 25th day of July 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-seventh. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State.

NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED W E E K, August 15, 1952 [No. 2985]

1952

BY THE P R E S I D E N TO P THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the productive capacity of physically-handicapped workers, when they are employed in positions suited to their physical abilities and skills, has been demonstrated beyond question; and WHEREAS there is a need for greater understanding of the employment capabilities of the physically handicapped and of proved methods of matching their abilities with job requirements; and WHEREAS there is also a need for greater public participation in educational and promotional activities that have as their objective the suitable employment of physically-handicapped workers who have been adequately prepared and are willing and able to work; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on August 11, 1945 (59 Stat. 530), has designated the first week in October of each year as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation calling

�