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PROCLAMATION 3363—AUG. 1, 1960

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DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-ninth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fifth. DwiGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,

Secretary of State. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK, 1960 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS the American system of free public education, recognizing the supreme importance of the individual and his right to develop his capacities to the full, has created a virile and powerful society of responsible citizens; and WHEREAS this educational system is a means for preserving the most precious heritage of our land and a basic requirement for further social and economic advances; and WHEREAS, through the benefits of education, the peoples of the world have entered a new age which can open up an intensified attack on the ancient ills of poverty, disease, and ignorance and which can harness the energies of mankind for a better way of life for all; and WHEREAS it is imperative that we continue to lead in this age by building on the accomplishments of the past so that our educational system will adequately prepare our children for the responsibilities of the future: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period from November 6 through November 12, 1960, as American Education Week; and I urge citizens throughout the Nation to participate actively in

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