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PROCLAMATIONS—MAR. 21, 1956 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY W E E K,

March 21, 1956 [No. 3129]

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1956

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

National Farm Safety Week, 1956.

WHEREAS more than 14,000 farm residents—men, women, and children—lose their lives each year as the result of accidents; and WHEREAS there were more accidental deaths among farm workers last year than occurred among the workers of any other major industry; and WHEREAS in nearly every case human failure is associated with this appalling loss of life; and WHEREAS experience in industry has proved that accidentprevention measures always pay—in less suffering and sorrow and in fewer injuries and deaths; and WHEREAS the annual observance of Farm Safety Week has done much to direct national attention to the need for constant observance throughout the year of adequate safety precautions on the part of all residents and workers qn the farm: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the Nation to observe the week beginning July 22, 1956, as National Farm Safety Week, and I urgently request all farm workers and those who reside on farms to adopt safe practices that will make every day safety day on the farm. I also request all persons and organizations interested in the welfare of farm people to join in this annual campaign to reduce the tragic loss of life. IN WITNESS 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 21st day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightieth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

Secretary of State.

WORLD TRADE W E E K, March 24, 1956 [No. 3130]

1956

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

A PROCLAMATION

World Trade Week, 1956.

WHEREAS it is the continuing desire of the people of the United States to strengthen our ties of friendship with all nations of the free world and to foster understanding and cooperation among them; and WHEREAS international trade, travel, and investment make vital contributions to international stability and the mutual development of resources, security, and culture; and WHEREAS the expansion of international social, cultural, and business relationships promotes the unity and solidarity of the nations of the free world; and WHEREAS the national interest requires that we join with friendly nations in dealing with our trade problems on a cooperative basis: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week begin-

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