Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 75.djvu/1089

 75 STAT.]

PROCLAMATION 3406—APR. 12, 1961

1049

played on all government buildings on that day. 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 seventh day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfifth. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State. LOYALTY DAY, 1961 By the President of the United States Prj' '2 i%i of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS we as a people enjoy the blessings of a free democratic society in a world threatened by the forces of totalitarianism; and WHEREAS steadfast devotion to our country and our Constitution is indispensable to the preservation of our freedom and liberty; and WHEREAS it is most appropriate that a special day be set aside each year for the affirmative expression of our loyalty to the United States of America and for the recognition of our heritage of freedom; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved July 18, 1958 (72 Stat. 369), has designated May 1 of 3 USC i62. 6 each year as Loyalty Day, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN P. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States, and upon all patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to observe Monday, May 1, 64207 0-62—69

�