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PROCLAMATIONS—FEB. 14, 1958 R E D CROSS M O N T H,

1958

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

February 7, 1958 [No. 3222J

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the American National Red Cross has served the American people and the cause of human welfare for more than seventy-five years; and WHEREAS the Red Cross, through its blood program, benefits thousands in our hospitals, and, t h r o u ^ additional programs of first aid, water safety, and home nursing, provides the people of our communities, including children of school age, with essential training in health, safety, and citizenship; and WHEREAS, in addition to its aid to civilians, the Red Cross also serves our armed forces at home and overseas; and WHEREAS the violent disasters of recent years, in which volunteers of the Red Cross heroically helped stricken communities and families, have dangerously reduced the organization's material resources: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1958 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans to honor the Red Cross during that month and to support its magnificent services throughout the year. I N WITNESS 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 seventh day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-second. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President:

Red Cross Month, 1958.

JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S,

The Secretary of State.

OREGON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION,

1959

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS patriotic Americans, with pioneer endeavor and heroic endurance, created a basis for self-government in a fertile territory of the Northwest; and WHEREAS Oregon, on February 14, 1859, in recognition of the achievements of its people, was admitted into the Union as the thirty-third State of the United States; and WHEREAS the year 1959 will mark the one hundredth anniversary of statehood for Oregon, known as the Beaver State, and the Legislative Assembly of that State has provided for a Centennial Celebration to commemorate the anniversary in a fitting and a proper manner; and WHEREAS this Celebration, which will include the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair, will bring to the attention of the Nation and the world the resources of the Northwest,

February 14, 1958 [No. 3223]

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