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PROCLAMATION 3623-OCT. 19, 1964

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Proclamation 3622 WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY, 1964 By the President of the United States of America

October 6, 1964

A Proclamation

A white cane in our society has become one of the symbols of a blind person's ability to come and go on his own. I t s use has promoted courtesy and special consideration for the blind on our streets and highways. To make our people more fully aware of the meaning of the white cane, and of the need for motorists to exercise special care for the blind persons who carry it, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved October 6, 1964, has authorized the President to proclaim October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 15, 1964, as White Cane Safety Day. I urge civic and service organizations, schools, public bodies, and the media of public information to join in this observance with appropriate activities designed to promote continuing awareness of the significance of the white cane to blind persons. I call upon all our citizens to make every effort to promote the safety and welfare of our blind persons on the streets and highways, and thereby to contribute to their independence of spirit and their capability for self-management. 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 sixth day of October 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-ninth.

78 Stat. 1003. 36 USC 169d.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN RUSK,

Secretary

of

State.

Proclamation 3623 CALIFORNIA WORLD'S FAIR By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS the California World's Fair, an international exposition to be held in Southern California in 1968, will be dedicated to the dignity of man, and will depict man's efforts to achieve his aspirations for greater growth, maturity, and dignity; and WHEREAS the exposition will demonstrate the vital importance of transportation and communication in the achievement of man's aspirations, the roles of the arts, commerce, industry, and the sciences as they affect the lives of mankind, and the contributions of the cultures of the various nations of the earth to man's eternal quest for dignity as exemplified by his physical, mental, and moral attainments; and WHEREAS the exposition will provide an excellent and effective medium for the exchange of information by which all people may

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