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PROCLAMATIONS—FEB. 2, 1957 NATIONAL J U N I O R ACHIEVEMENT W E E K,

1957

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

January 515, 1957 [No. 3168]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS many of the young people of our country, under the auspices of a nation-wide organization, are learning actual business methods by setting up and operating their own small-scale enterprises; and WHEREAS the sponsors of these energetic juniors—businessmen of many local communities—are voluntarily giving of their time, their counsel, and their experience for the benefit of these junior achievers; and WHEREAS the experience gained by these young people in conducting their own enterprises will heighten their understanding of the privileges and duties of citizenship and better prepare them for future leadership in industry and in their communities; and WHEREAS initiative, a sense of individual dignity, and the determination to mold one's own future are basic elements of the character of the people of our nation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by House Concurrent Resolution 73, agreed to January 17, 1957, has requested the President to issue a Ante, p. B4. proclamation designating the week beginning January 27, 1957, as National Junior Achievement Week: National NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Presi- Achievement dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week 1967. of January 27 through February 2, 1957, as National Junior Achievement Week; and I urge all our citizens to observe the week by honoring Junior Achievers and their volunteer adult advisers through appropriate ceremonies. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E a t the City of Washington this twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER

Junior Week,

DULLES,

Secretary of State.

DORCHESTER D A Y, 1957 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS February 3, 1957, marks the fourteenth anniversary of the sinking of the Army transport Dorchester by enemy action off the coast of Greenland; and WHEREAS four Army chaplains—a Methodist minister, a minister of the Reformed Church, a Roman Catholic priest, and a Jewish rabbi—led those on board the vessel in prayer, and gave their own lifejackets to others, creating a saga of faith and heroism that will long remain an inspiration to all who believe in God and love their country; and WHEREAS the Distinguished Service Cross, for services beyond the call of duty, was awarded posthumously to each of these four

February 2, 1957 [No. 31^69]

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