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PROCLAMATION 3467-APR. 17, 1962

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WHEREAS the Nation's police departments have grown to be modern and scientific law enforcement bodies which unceasingly provide a vital public service; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved June 21, 1961 (75 Stat. 94), has designated the week of May 13-19, 1962, as Police Week in recognition of the contribution the police officers of America have made to our civilization through their dedicated and selfless efforts in enforcing our laws, and has also designated May 14th as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of the Federal, State, and municipal peace officers who have been killed or disabled in line of duty; and WHEREAS that resolution requests the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies and activities: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. 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 the week of May 13-19, 1962, as Police Week with appropriate ceremonies in which all of our people may join in commemorating police officers, past and present, who by their faithful and loyal devotion to their responsibilities have rendered a dedicated service to their communities and, in so doing, have established for themselves an enviable and enduring reputation for preserving the rights and security of all citizens. I further call upon the people of the United States to observe Monday, May 14, 1962, as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of those peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, have lost their lives or have become disabled in the performance of duty. 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 tenth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-sixth. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3467 ADDITION TO GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in the State of New Mexico, established by Proclamation No. 781 of November 16, 1907, was reserved and set apart for its scientific and educational interest, being the best representation of the Cliff Dwellers' remains of that region; and WHEREAS approximately three hundred and seventy-five acres of land near the present boundaries of the monument, under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, contain additional cliff dwellings and pit-house sites which are needed to round

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