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PROCLAMATION 3369—AUG. 31, 1960

DONE at the City of Washington this 26th day of August in the year LsEAL] of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fifth. DwiGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: DOUGLAS DILLON,

Acting Secretary of State. CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1960 ^TM'' ^.V Q?^° [No. 33o9|

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

WHEREAS our children embody the promise of a better world, and are our most cherished and most rewarding responsibility; and WHEREAS we must strive continually to advance their spiritual, mental, and physical well-being; and WHEREAS the observance of a special day emphasizing the importance of child health affords us an opportunity to express our common concern for the health of America's younger generation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928, 45 Stat. 617, as amended by a joint resolution of September 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 627 (36 U.S.C. 143), has authorized and requested the President of the United States to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in October as Child Health Day; and WHEREAS Child Health Day is also an appropriate time for the people of the United States to observe a Universal Children's Day, and to salute the work which the United Nations, through its specialized agencies, and the United Nations Children's Fund are doing to build better health for children around the world: Now, therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of

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