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PROCLAMATIONS—MAR. 25, 1955

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1955 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also urge the medical profession, the press, the radio, television, and motion-picture industries, and all interested agencies and individuals, to unite during the appointed month in public dedication to programs for the control of cancer. 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 25th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President:

C25 C a n e er C o n t r o l Month, 1955.

JOHN FOSTER DUIXES,

Secretary of

State.

WORLD TRADE W E E K,

1955

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

March 25, 1955 [No. 3087]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is the desire of the people of the United States of America to promote the growth and share the fruits of freedom and enterprise in peace and prosperity with their friends throughout the free world; and WHEREAS a significant contribution to the development of a lasting peace can be made by the interchange of goods and services and freedom of travel, and the mutual understanding thus attained can become the basis of true international friendship; and WHEREAS higher standards of living and better economic utilization of the world's resources can be promoted through an increased international exchange of goods, services, and capital; and WHEREAS international trade is a keystone in promoting international stability and developing resources, culture, and security; and WHEREAS the economic strength upon which the free world's common defense is based can be increased by international trade: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 22, 1955, as World Trade Week; and I request the appropriate officials of the Federal Government and of the several States, Territories, possessions, and municipalities of the United States to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge business, labor, agricultural, educational, and civic groups, as well as people in the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, ceremonies, and other appropriate activities. 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 25th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DUIXES,

Secretary of State.

World Trade Week, 1955.

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