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PROCLAMATION 3343—APR. 8, 1960

the first transoceanic voyage by any steamship, and requested the President to issue a proclamation annually calling for the observance of that day; and WHEREAS May 22 falls on Sunday this year, it is appropriate that National Maritime Day be observed on the following Monday: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our Merchant Marine on Monday, May 23, 1960, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes or other suitable places; and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings on that day. I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on Monday, May 23, in tribute to the American Merchant Marine. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this first day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DwiGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,

Secretary of State. LOYALTY DAY, 1960 ^[No ^33«f

By ^^^ President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS the existence of the United States as a free Nation is dependent upon the unswerving and enlightened loyalty of its people; and WHEREAS our priceless heritage of freedom is in constant danger from

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