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PROCLAMATIONS—APR. 22, 1&59 WoELD TRADE W E E K,

April 22, 1959 [No. 3286]

[73 STAT.

1959

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS commerce among the nations contributes to the economic stability and progress of the United States and its trading partners; and WHEREAS international trade provides regular and direct lines of communication between the peoples of the world, thus stimulating mutual respect and understanding which are the groundwork of peace; and WHEREAS growing competition in international trade requires that greater effort be made in this vital area: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 17, 1959, as World TraderWeek; and I request the appropriate officials of the Federal Government, and of the State and local governments, to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge business, labor, agricultural, educational, and civic groups, as well as individual citizens, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, ceremonies, and other appropriate activities designed to promote continuing awareness of the importance of world trade to our economy and to our relations with other nations. 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 22nd day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-third. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. H E R T E R,

Secretary of State.

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING W E E K, April 24, 1959 [No. 3287]

1959

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

36 USC 161.

WHEREAS the waters of the United States provide recreation for many millions of our citizens during the boating season; and WHEREAS safe boating practices contribute to greater enjoyment of the sport by reducing loss of life and damage to property; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179), has authorized and requested the President of the United States to proclaim annually the week which includes July 4 as National Safe Boating Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning June 28, 1959, as National Safe Boating Week.

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