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PROCLAMATION 3499~OCT. 9, 1962

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to grow closer and stronger as a result of both the increasing dangers and constructive opportunities of our modern age; and WHEREAS in our own uncertain world Columbus' courage and strength of conviction inspire us as we work toward world community among all nations based upon the principles of a lasting peace, freedom, justice, and the dignity of man; and WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, in recognition of our indebtedness to ChristophiBr Columbus, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), has requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, October 12, 1962, as Columbus Day, I direct the appropriate officers of the Federal Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day; and I request the appropriate officers of the State and local governments likewise to display the flag on that day. I also invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of Christopher Columbus and his daring achievement. 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. DONE at the City of Washington this third day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh.

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JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN RUSK,

Secretary

of

State.

Proclamation 3499 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK, 1962 By the President of the United States of America

October 9. 1962

A Proclamation

WHEREAS the National School Lunch Act was enacted, as a 60 stat, 230. measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being note."^^^'^^ of the Nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food, by assisting the States, through grants-in-aid and other means, in providing an adequate supply of foods and other facilities for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of nonprofit school-lunch programs; and WHEREAS the school-lunch program is essentially a community effort, depending on the interest and support of every citizen; and WHEREAS, in order to encourage our citizens and civic groups to lend assistance to the school-lunch program, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved October 9, 1962, has designated the seven- Ante. p. 779. day period beginning on the second Sunday of October in each year as National School Lunch Week, and has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of that week:

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