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PROCLAMATION 3649-MAR. 29, 1965

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WHEREAS small businessmen are leaders in the business and civic affairs of their communities, and will continue to play a leading role in community-wide action to eliminate poverty wherever it exists; NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May 23, 1965, as Small Business Week; and I call upon chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and other public and private organizations to participate in ceremonies recognizing the contribution of small business to our goal of a better and more productive life for all our people. 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. D O N E at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary

of

State. Proclamation 3649

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK By the President of the United States of America

March 29, 1965

A Proclamation

We have long been accustomed to the enrichment of our lives by photography. Photography gives us remembrances of our loved ones, records of today's events as they become tomorrow's history, and art forms which enrich our culture. Familiar, too, is photography's contribution in the laboratory, the hospital, and the classroom. I n all of these traditional areas, the work of professional photographers has been recognized and accepted. Less well known, however, is the contribution of professional photography to our country's economy. More than 150,000 men and women are engaged in professional photography. I n industry and commerce, professional photography makes an increasingly important contribution to product design, research, manufacture, the promotion of safety, and the marketing of products. On our farms, in our courts, and in the world of nature, professional photography has increased our knowledge and our understanding. With the broadening of man's horizons through recent scientific achievements, we are coming to a fuller realization of the importance of photography. Professional photography plays a vital part in scientific advances as we search into the little known world of outer space and delve farther into the ocean's depths. As a tribute to the professional photographer and in recognition of the importance of professional photography in our life today and in America's future, the Congress by a joint resolution approved March 29, 1965, has requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning May 2 through May 8, 1965, as Professional Photography Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of May

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