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 PROCLAMATIONS FIRE

PREVENTION W E E K,

BY THE P R E S I D E N T

OF THE UNITED

1956

STATES OF AMERICA

August 10, 1956 [No. 3149]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the teaching and the practice of fire prevention are of invaluable assistance in saving lives and protecting property throughout the Nation; and WHEREAS enormous losses can be avoided through effective fireprevention measures; and WHEREAS fire-prevention programs meet vital community needs and should be the concern of all our people: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Presi- wS'isS'"'"""''" dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 7, 1956, as Fire Prevention Week. I call upon our people to join in effective programs to promote safety in the control of fire; and I urge State and local governments, the American National Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and business, labor, and farm organizations, as well as schools, civic groups, and public-information agencies, to share actively in observing Fire Prevention Week. I also direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government to assist in this national effort to reduce the loss of life and property resulting from fires. 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 tenth day of August 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 eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER

DULLES,

Secretary oj State.

NATIONAL D A Y OF PRAYER, BY THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED

1956

STATES OF AMERICA

August 29, 1956 [No. 31.50]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, as a people, we are greatly blessed, both materially and spiritually, and it is fitting that we should recognize the hand of God in every matter affecting us individually and as a Nation; and WHEREAS, with this precept in mind, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved April 17, 1952, provided that the President "shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a c3

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