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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 25, 1952

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and proclaim that the said supplementary agreement, signed on August 28, 1952, will come into force on October 11, 1952. I N 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 a t the city of Washington this 19th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] fifty-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-seventh, HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State.

COLUMBUS D A Y, 1952 September 25, 1952 [No. 2990]

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Christopher Columbus, after sailing many weeks on a vast and unknown sea, found a western continent and a new world on October 12, 1492; and WHEREAS the daring and resolution of this m a n of destiny have encouraged in every generation the perseverance of those who seek the truth beyond the horizon; and WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, mindful of the rich heritage left us by Christopher Columbus, provided, by a resolution 36 USC 146. approved on April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), that the anniversary of his epochal discovery should be commemorated each year: C o l u m b u s Day, NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the 19.52. United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, October 12, 1952, as Columbus Day, and I invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in their homes, their schools, and their churches, or in other suitable places. I direct the officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on October 12 in honor of the man whose discovery gave democracy a new birthplace. I N 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 a t the City of Washington this 25th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, [SEAL] and of the 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

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