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PROCLAMATION 3527-APR. 18, 1963

WHEREAS, in recognition and appreciation of the Society's efforts to maintain barbershop quartet singing as a traditional form of native American music and, through their stimulus to good music and vocal harmony, to keep America singing, the Congress by a joint resolution approved April 9, 1963, has designated the six-day period beginning April 15, 1963, and ending April 20, 1963, as National Harmony Week, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to join in the observance of that week:

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite the people of the United States to observe the period of April 15, 1963, through April 20, 1963, as National Harmony Week, with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m^ hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: GEORGE W. BALL,

Acting Secretary of State. Proclamation 3527 SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS there are now more than seventeen million persons aged sixty-five and over in our population, and this number is expected to increase to twenty-four million by 1980; and WHEREAS this large segment of our population represents a great national resource of skills, wisdom, and experience upon which much of our Nation's progress has been built and which continues to enrich our daily lives and to provide counsel and leadership; and WHEREAS all persons reaching their later years should have opportunity to share fully in the benefits of our advances in economic wealth, science, technology, and culture; and WHEREAS all informational and educational means should be used to foster an environment in which our senior citizens can gain this opportunity and can lead useful and satisfying lives, consistent with their capacities; and WHEREAS the Federal Government should provide leadership, encouragement, and assistance to the States, communities, and voluntary organizations in utilizing the potentials of our elder citizens: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the month of May 1963 as.Senior Citizens Month; and I urge all persons and public and private organizations to cooperate in its observance by increasing com-

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