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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-MAY 4, 1965

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INTER-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, F O U R T E E N T H C O N F E R E N C E

April 29, 1965 [H. Con. Res. 349]

Whereas the Inter-American Bar Association was organized at Washington, District of Columbia, May 16, 1940, and is now celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding; and Whereas the Inter-American Bar Association will hold its fourteenth conference at San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the period May 22-29, 1965; and Whereas this is the first time that the Inter-American Bar Association has planned a conference in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and Whereas three previous conferences of the association have been held in the United States; and Whereas the purposes of the association, as stated in its constitution, are to establish and maintain relations between associations and organizations of lawyers, national and local, in the various countries of the Americas, 10 provide a forum for exchange of views, and to encourage cordial intercourse and fellowship among the lawyers of the Western Hemisphere; and Whereas the high character of this international association, its deliberations, and its members can do much to encourage understanding, friendship, and cordial relations among the countries of the Western Hemisphere; and Whereas there were adopted by the Eightieth Congress, in its second session, and by the Eighty-sixth Congress, in its first session, concurrent resolutions of welcome and good wishes to the Inter-American Bar Association on the occasion of its holding conferences in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That the Congress of the United States welcomes the Inter-American Bar Association during its fourteenth conference to be held in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and wishes the association outstanding success in accomplishing its purposes; and be it further Resolved^ That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Secretary General of the Inter-American Bar Association. P a s s e d April 29, 1965. DAG H A M M A R S K J O L D

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May 4. 1965 [H. Con. R e s. 3051

MEMORIAL REDWOOD GROVE

Whereas the Dag Hammarskjold International Foundation, the American Association for the United Nations, the State of California Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Grove Committee and numerous cooperating groups including the Save-the-Redwoods League are carrying forward the proposal for a Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Redwood Grove; and Whereas the life of Dag Hammarskjold was in concordance with the deep and pervading majesty of the redwoods, among which we find spiritual refuge and gain a more profound realization of his own thought that "we each have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence," and Whereas Dag Hammarskjold, until his death on September 17, 1961, served eight years as Secretary-General of the United Nations, car-

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