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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 29, 1953

D O N E at the City of Washington this 22nd day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-eighth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: WALTER B. SMITH

Acting Secretary of State

COLUMBUS D A Y,

1953

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

September 22, 1953 [No. 3033]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS four hundred and sixty-one years ago Christopher Columbus sailed out toward the setting sun on a quest that culminated in the discovery of a new continent; and WHEREAS the supreme faith and resolution which brought this intrepid explorer to the Western Hemisphere may serve as a challenge to all who aspire to larger fields of human endeavor; and WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, authorized and requested the President, by a resolution approved on April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year, the anniversary of the discovery of America, as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 12, 1953, as Columbus Day, and I invite the people of the Nation to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies in their homes, their schools, and their churches, and in other suitable places. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on Columbus Day in honor of that great Admiral who opened the door of a new territorial world and a new world of opportunity. I N WITNESS 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 22nd day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-eighth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President:

36 USC 146.

Columbus 1953.

Day

WALTER B. SMITH

Acting Secretary of State

IMPOSING IMPORT F E E S ON SHELLED AND PREPARED

ALMONDS

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

A PROCLAMATION 1. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as added by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 773, reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937, 50 Stat. 246, and amended by section 3 of the act of July 3, 1948, 62 Stat.

September 29, 1953 [No. 3034]

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