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36 USC 165.

PROCLAMATION 3574-FEB. 12, 1964

[78 STAT.

WHEREAS, each year, approximately one-half million of these young children consume medicines which are not intended for their use and swallow a variety of household products that are not intended for human consumption; and WHEREAS most of those medicines and household products are non-toxic and beneficial to mankind when properly used but are potentially poisonous when misused; and WHEREAS a significant number of serious injuries and deaths can be averted if adults will but exercise greater caution and consideration when handling or storing such items and when disposing of them so as to assure that those items are kept out of the reach of young children; and WHEREAS, by a joint resolution approved September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 681), the Congress requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the third week in March as National Poison Prevention Week; NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 15, 1964, as National Poison Prevention Week. I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, and I invite State and local governments and organizations interested in child safety, to participate actively in programs designed to promote better protection against accidental poisonings. IN 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 seventh day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary

of

State.

Proclamation 3574 NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, 1964 February 12, 1964

gy the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS recreational boating has become a leading outdoor activity for millions of Americans who enjoy this healthful and relaxing use of leisure time; and WHEREAS education of the boating public in safe practices contributes to the enjoyment of the sport and reduces the likelihood of accidents; and WHEREAS continuing cooperation between organizations and individuals interested in boating is necessary to insure safe boating throughout the year; and

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