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PROCLAMATION 3940-OCT. 8, 1969

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abilities and resources in an effort to bring better nutrition to these children. There can be no more important or far-reaching use of the abundance of food produced by America's farmlands than to feed our children. To recognize the value and achievements of the National School Lunch Program, the Congress, by a joint resolution of October 9, 1962 ^7g Stat. 779), has designated the seven-day period beginning on the second Sunday of October in each year as National School Lunch Week, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation annually calling for the observance of that week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 12, 1969, as National School Lunch Week. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred sixtynine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fourth.

C/ia^-^K:^ Proclamation 3940 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 1969 October 8.1969

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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John Adams was the first President to live in the executive residence we call the White House. His first night there, he wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he said: "Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise and honest men ever rule under this roof." This is a brief, unadorned prayer. Yet its very simplicity speaks to us today, across the years that separate the time of Adams from our own. Prayer knows no boundary of time; we in America today, in the spirit of Adams, seek the blessing of God on our nation and its leaders. At a time in our nation's history when the power of prayer is needed more than ever, it is fitting that we publicly demonstrate our faith in the power of prayer. Sensible of our people's faith, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 17, 1952, provided that the President "shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals." NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 22, as National Day of Prayer, 1969. And I ask that on this day the people of the United States pray for the achievement of America's goal of peace with justice for all people throughout the world. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred sixty-

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