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so entered, or withdrawn, during such period, and a fee of 10 cents per pound, but not more than 50 per centum ad valorem, shall be imposed upon such almonds entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during such period in excess of an aggregate quantity of 7,000,000 pounds. The said fees shall be in addition to any other duties imposed on the importation of such almonds. 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 at the City of Washington this 29th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-eighth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S

Secretary of State ARMISTICE D A Y,

1953

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

November 5, 1953 [No. 3035]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS November 11, 1953, marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which ended the bitter hostilities of World War I and served as a beacon of hope to all humanity that peace would prevail on the earth; and WHEREAS the sons of the heroes of Chateau-Thierry, Saint Mihiel, and the Argonne had scarcely come of age when they were called upon to meet new aggressors at Omaha Beach, Anzio, Iwo Jima, Heartbreak Ridge, and elsewhere, and to give their lives, many of them, before new armistices could still the fighting and give renewed opportunity for establishing a true peace; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a concurrent resolution of June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), requested the President to issue a proclamation calling for the observance each year of the anniversary of the; signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and, by an act approved May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351), made November 11 of each year a legal holiday, and provided that the day should be dedicated to the cause of world peace and should be known as Armistice Day; and WHEREAS it is a wise custom to rededicate ourselves each year at this time to the prevention of armed conflict among nations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite and urge the people of the Nation to devote themselves anew on Wednesday, November 11, 1953, to the task of promoting with fervor and zeal a permanent peace among all the peoples of the earth. I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on that day. 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 fifth day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of [SEAL] 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

5 USC 87a.

Armistice Day, 1953.

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