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PROCLAMATION 3690-NOV. 16, 1965

[80 STAT.

D O N E A T the City of Washington this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord, 1965, and of the independence of [SEAL] the United States of America, the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN KUSK,

Secretary

of State.

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Proclamation 3690 CRUSADE FOR SAFETY DAY November 16, 1965

gy jhe President of the United States of America A Proclamation

79 Stat. 1438.

WHEREAS traffic accidents constitute one of the Nation's most urgent domestic problems, involving a continuous toll of death, injury, and financial loss; and WHEREAS the benefits of our vastly improved highways can be fully realized only if we are able to travel them without excessive risk of accidents; and WHEREAS public officials concerned with traffic safety cannot win the fight against traffic accidents without the active cooperation of private citizens; and WHEREAS the Congress, by House Concurrent Resolution 448, agreed to October 22, 1965, has requested the President to issue a proclamation designating November 26, 1965, as Crusade for Safety D a y: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim November 26, 1965, as Crusade for Safety Day. I urge that private citizens throughout the country join public officials in their efforts to improve highway safety through the application of measures designed to prevent traffic accidents. IN 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 16th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: GEORGE W. BALL,

Acting Secretary

of

State.

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