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PROCLAMATION 3797-AUG. 1, 1967

[81 STAT.

Today our people reaffirm their faith in law; their faith in progress; their faith in human brotherhood. I t is right to pray that strife will not bring down what we have built, nor threaten all the things we hope to build. NOW THEREFORE I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Sunday, July 30, 1967, as a National Day of Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation. I call on every Governor, every Mayor, every family in the land to join in this observance. I call on all our citizens to go into their churches on this Sunday, and to pray for peace in the land we love. We deplore the few who rely upon words and works of terror. We mourn the many who have suffered from violence in the cities. We dedicate ourselves once more to the rule of law, in whose absence anarchy is loosed and tragedy is born. We pray to Almighty God, the Author of our liberty, for hearts free from hate, so that our Nation can be free from bitterness. We pray for strength to build together so that disorder may cease, progress steadily continue, and justice prosper. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second.

THE W H I T E HOUSE,

July %7, 1967.

Proclamation 3797 UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1967 August 1, 1967

By jhe President of the United States of America A Proclamation

Twenty-two years ago, the United States joined in founding the United Nations. Since that time, our Nation has faithfully honored its commitments to the world body, in pursuit of a just and lasting peace. Every President and Congress since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt has given full support to the United Nations. Under every Administration, and without regard to party, our country has: —cooperated actively in the United Nations search for peace in the Middle East, Kashmir, and other troubled areas around the world; —supported the United Nations efforts to strengthen the respect of men and nations for the rule of law, and for fundamental human rights and freedoms; —worked to limit armaments, including nuclear weapons, under effective international control; —supported the principle of self-determination for areas emerging from dependent status;

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