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PROCLAMATIONS—AUG. 8, 1957 NATIONAL D A Y O F PRAYER,

August 8, 1957 [No. 3194]

[71 STAT.

1957

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

66 Stat. 64. 36 USC 186.

National Day Prayer, 19S7.

WHEREAS, we are grateful for the faith in which our fathers found their strength, and for the hope which has guided our Nation from the earliest days; and WHEREAS, it is a good thing for a people unitedly to remember their heritage of spirit, and to refresh themselves daily in the Divine Truth which is their most precious inheritance; and WHEREAS, in our steady drive for enduring peace among men we must always seek the aid of the Father of mankind; and WHEREAS, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved April 17, 1952, has provided that the President "shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National D a y of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer": NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, the second day of October 1957, as a National Day of Prayer; and I call upon our citizens, each according to his own faith, to unite in prayer and meditation on that day. In constant dependence upon our Creator for the spiritual gifts required in the conduct of our affairs as individuals and as a Nation, let us now ask for wisdom and strength to fulfill the high purposes for which we are called, seeking the welfare of all peoples through a just and lasting peace across the face of the earth, bringing happiness to the home of the humblest family and to the courts of the Almighty. Let us pray with eager expectation that we may be inspired to sacrifice, at home and abroad, to achieve a life worthy of the children of God, for all men, everywhere. 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 eighth day of August 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-second. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER

DULLES,

Secretary of State.

RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL ARTICLES FOR EXHIBITION AT TRADE F A I R S OR FOR RESEARCH August 17, 1957 [No. 3195]

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment 65Itlt 7^67 Stat ^^^' ^^ amended (7 U.S.C. 624), I issued proclamations limiting 472. * ' the quantities of certain articles which may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, as follows: 67 Stat. C46. Proclamation No. 3019 of June 8, 1953, with respect to certain dairy products and other commodities;

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