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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 28, 1956

36 USC 146.

Columbus 1956.

Day,

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STAT.

WHEREAS the passing of the centuries has not dimmed the glory of his exploits, which continue to inspire and encourage all of us who are his heirs to seek broader fields of endeavor and new ways of understanding our planet and its peoples; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the vision, the daring, and the achievements of Christopher Columbus, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Friday, October 12, 1956, as Columbus Day, and I invite the people of this Nation to observe the day with ceremonies commemorative of the sighting of land by Columbus and his crew on their westward voyage in 1492. I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Columbus Day in honor of the great discoverer. 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 26th day of September 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 eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S,

Secretary of State.

F U R THE R SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATION 2761A OF DECEMBER 1947, W I T H R E S P E C T TO CERTAIN W O O L E N T E X T I L E S September 28, 1956 [No. 3160]

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

A PROCLAMATION

69 Stat. 162. 19 USC 1351.

61 Stat. A1274.

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (ch. 474, 48 Stat. 943; ch. 118, 57 Stat. 125; ch. 269, 59 Stat. 410), on October 30, 1947, the President entered into a trade agreement with certain foreign countries, which trade agreement consists of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the related Protocol of Provisional Application thereof, together with the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment (61 Stat. (Parts 5 and 6) A7, A l l, and A2051), and, by Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (Part 2) 1103), the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out the said trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948; 2. WHEREAS items 1108 and 1109 (a), and the appropriate headings, in Part I of Schedule X X annexed to the said General Agreement

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