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PROCLAMATIONS—MAR. 29, 1957

71 STAT.]

NATIONAL FARM SAFETY W E E K,

1957

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

March 14, 1957 [No. 3173]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS farm accidents each year inflict a heavy loss upon the economy of the Nation and cause untold suffering among our rural population; and WHEREAS the death toll from farm-work accidents last year was higher than that in any other major industry; and WHEREAS the health, prosperity, and welfare of the Nation's farm families are of vital concern to all citizens; and WHEREAS the effect of accident-prevention programs has indicated that our rural residents, through attention to safety education, can greatly reduce accidents and the resultant loss and suffering: 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 21, 1957, as National Farm Safety Week, and I urge all farm families and farm workers to join in a continuing campaign designed to prevent needless accidents in their homes, on their farms, and along their highways. I also request all persons and organizations interested in the welfare of farm people to support and participate in this special endeavor. 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 14th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A.

National Farm Safety Week, 1957.

HERTER,

Acting Secretary of State.

CANCER CONTROL M O N T H,

1957

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the human and economic well-being of our people, individually and collectively, is seriously threatened by the ravages of cancer—in terms of loss of lives, protracted suffering, and significant limitation upon the economic productivity of our Nation; and WHEREAS the medical and biological sciences are accomplishing advances of great import in the struggle against cancer through the efforts of dedicated individuals and agencies engaged in research and related activities; and WHEREAS better health and higher health standards for our Nation and our citizens demand that the relentless assault on cancer be aided by ever-increasing support of those institutions and groups, public and private, lay and professional, which are seeking the causes and cures for cancer through research and which are involved in activities promoting the application of significant research findings, to the end that cancer may be ultimately conquered; and WHEREAS the Congress, b;y^ a joint resolution approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month. 84352 O - 5 8 - 5 7

March 29, 1957 [No. 3174]

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