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ning May 20, 1956, 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 designed to promote continuing awareness of the importance of world trade to our economy and our relations with other nations. IN 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 24th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightieth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER

DULLES,

The Secretary of State.

CHILD HEALTH D A Y, 1956 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

April 2, 1956 [No. 3131]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), has authorized and requested the President of the United States to issue annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 as Child Health Day; and WHEREAS Child Health Day provides us with an occasion for dedicating ourselves anew to the task of promoting the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of children; and WHEREAS it is fitting that we foster the health and welfare of our children in order that they may grow into responsible citizens and may contribute to the peace and productivity of the world; and WHEREAS Child Health Day is an appropriate time for the citizens of the United States to observe also a Universal Children's Day, and to salute the work which the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization are doing, through the United Nations, to build better health for children: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President jgChud Health Day, of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, the first day of May 1956, as Child Health Day, and I invite all citizens to unite in observances that will emphasize the importance of abundant health for all children. IN 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 second day of April 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.

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