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Red Cross Month, 1955.

PROCLAMATIONS—MAR. 9, 1955

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volunteer agency to act in matters of relief under the treaties, and has prescribed other humanitarian duties to be performed by the Red Cross on behalf of the Government and people of the United States; and WHEREAS during the last half century the American people, through Red Cross membership and the voluntary contribution of their time, their blood, and their money, have made possible the assumption and discharge by the American National Red Cross of its obligations during periods of both war and peace; and WHEREAS, through its services to our armed forces all over the world, its extension of relief to sufferers from disasters at home and abroad, its blood program, its Junior Red Cross activities, and its contributions in the fields of nursing, first aid, and water safety, the American National Red Cross has strengthened the Nation by saving lives, salvaging hopes, and preserving human dignity; and WHEREAS, by reason of its origin, its official status, its record of accomplishment, and the humanitarian purposes that it serves, the American National Red Cross must continue to have the support of all the American people: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1955 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans during that month to assure the continuing effectiveness of the work of the Red Cross by contributing liberally of their funds and by enrolling for active membership in this organization. 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. DONE at the City of Washington this 24th day of February in the year of our I ^ r d nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: HERBERT HOOVER,

Jr.,

Actingr /Secretary of

State.

MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF PEANUTS March 9, 1955 [No. 3084]

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

A PROCLAMATION Post, p. c33. 62 Stat. 1248.

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), I issued a proclamation on June 8, 1953 (No. 3019; 67 Stat. c46) limiting the quantities of peanuts, whether shelled, not shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved (including roasted peanuts, but not including peanut butter) which msij be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any 12-month period beginning July 1 in any year, which proclamation was amended by my proclamation of June 30, 1953 (No. 3025; 67 Stat. c54); WHEREAS the total quantity of such peanuts which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption under the said proclamation of June 8, 1953, as amended, during the 12-month period beginning July 1, 1954, has already been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption;

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