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PROCLAMATION 3575-FEB. 24, 1964

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WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, in recognizing the need for emphasis on boating safety, by a joint resolution, approved June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179), has requested the President to proclaim ^^ "^^ ^^^• annually the week which includes July 4 as National Safe Boating Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, P R E S I D E N T O F THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA, do hereby designate the week beginning June 28, 1964, as National Safe Boating Week. I n furtherance of the objectives of this proclamation, I strongly urge that all individuals, boating organizations, the boating industry, and Government agencies, both State and Federal, dedicated to safer recreational boating, publicize and observe National Safe Boating Week, and extend their effort throughout the year. I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to join in the observance of this Week in order to draw nationwide attention to the importance of safety in recreational boating. 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 twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and [SEAL] of 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 3575 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1964 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

Notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of thousands of volunteer leaders and members of rural organizations actively participate in community, State, and national safety programs which have proved effective in reducing the number and rate of accidents among farm residents, accidents still cause thousands of deaths and nearly a million disabling injuries to farm people each year. This loss of human and economic resources causes a significant adverse impact upon the economy of the entire Nation and must be viewed as a matter of national concern. I feel that the many public-spirited persons responsible for past and present farm safety efforts should be commended for their notable achievements and that these efforts should be given renewed public recognition and support. I n addition, I urge that vigorous new efforts be made to eradicate, insofar as feasible, all of the reasonably foreseeable causes of farm and rural accidents. Accomplishment of that objective should be the goal of National F a r m Safety Week, 1964.

February 24, 1964

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