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PROCLAMATIONS—APR. 20, 1957

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articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the representative period from January 1, 1956, to December 31, 1956, inclusive. 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 fifteenth day of April 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. H E R T E R,

Acting Secretary of State.

NATIONAL M E N T A L H E A L T H W E E K April 20, 1957 [No. 3179]

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS mental illness is a major health concern of the Nation, and the care of the mentally ill presents grave problems; and WHEREAS preventive and control programs can do much to alleviate mental and emotional disorders through early detection, diagnosis, and treatment; and WHEREAS the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare conducts or supports broad programs of mental-health research, training, and community services, including the dissemination of newly gained knowledge and its application; and WHEREAS State and local governments are developing extensive mental-health activities, including research and training programs; and WHEREAS mental-health societies and voluntary and professional organizations throughout the country are working to increase public knowledge about mental illness and the best means of combating i t; and WHEREAS the work of these organizations, and the mental-health funds which they are raising through public subscription, deserve the generous support of us all; and WHEREAS Senate Joint Resolution 70 of the 85th Congress, 1st Ante.p. 15. Scssiou, approved April 20, 1957, requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 28 and ending May 4, 1957, as National Mental Health Week: He^a?tWeek,Y957*" NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning Sunday, April 28, 1957, as National Mental Health Week. I urge the people throughout the Nation to cooperate in the fight for the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness; and I invite the communities of the United States to observe National Mental Health Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the Seal the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, 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,

The Secretary qf State.

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