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PROCLAMATION 3616-SEPT. 18, 1%4

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WHEREAS the name von Steuben serves as a reminder of the tremendous influence and important bearing the lives of the many other great German-born American patriots have had upon the development and expansion of our nation; and WHEREAS our nation is deeply indebted to the 8 million Germans who migrated to this country and to their estimated 26 million lineal descendants living today in virtually every community of our country: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America do hereby designate September 17, 1964 as von Steuben Day. I invite all the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I suggest that programs commemorating the birth of von Steuben serve also as reminders of the contribution of the dedicated American citizens of German derivation. I ask those great patriotic organizations bearing von Steuben's name or the name of other patriots of his nationality to stress in their celebrations the debt of gratitude which all Americans owe our Founding Fathers for the democratic principles and ideals of freedom which motivated their great decisions and which we today are dedicated to protect, to follow and to preserve for posterity. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set mj hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: Dean Rusk, Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3616 NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK, 1964 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS this Nation has, from the days of its inception, been blessed with forest resources that have made it a beautiful and a bountiful country; and WHEREAS those forest resources sustained our forebears and immeasurably contributed to this Nation's growth, wealth, and prosperity by providing a wide variety of products essential to life, commerce, and progress; and WHEREAS the forest products industry is one of the largest industries in this Nation; employing l.Y million workers who turn out 27 billion dollars worth of products each year and who receive 5.7 billion dollars in wages and salaries annually; and WHEREAS our forest resources are so closely related to the welfare of all Americans that it is fitting that we set aside a special day to direct public attention to those resources and to the people associated with the industry; and

September is, 1964

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