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PROCLAMATION 3669-AUG. 23, 1965

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Proclamation 3668 NATIONAL HIGHWAY WEEK, 1965 By the President of the United States of America

August 17, 1965

A Proclamation

WHEREAS the continued improvement of highways is vital to our Nation's social and economic welfare and national defense; and WHEREAS adequate highways save lives, save time, save money, and increase the employment and recreational opportunities of all Americans; and WHEREAS the Federal, State, and local governments are engaged in a cooperative program to construct highways that are safer, more efficient, more economical, and more beautiful; and WHEREAS I have directed that priority be given to improving safety at high-accident locations on our highways; and WHEREAS I have called for a major effort to beautify our highways and roadsides, and to construct scenic and recreational roads: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning September 19, 1965, as National Highway Week in recognition of the importance of highway transportation to the social and economic progress and defense of our Nation; and I urge the Governors of the States and mayors of cities to issue similar proclamations. I also ask appropriate oflS^cials of the Federal, State, and local governments, as well as public and private organizations and the general public, to join in this observance. During this week I urge all Americans to give recognition to the value of highway transportation to their own activities and to our national welfare. 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 l7th day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary

of

State.

Proclamation 3669 NATIONAL AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL WEEK By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS American Legion junior baseball has provided programs of sport and recreation for 15 million young Americans since 1925; and WHEREAS American Legion junior baseball performs a vital service to our youth by offering them opportunities to develop physical fitness, to learn the value of teamwork and mutual cooperation, to

August 23, 1965

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