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PROCLAMATION 3986-JUNE 5, 1970

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seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred ninety-fourth.

(^/ZJL^^^K:/^ Proclamation 3986 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR June 5, 1970

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

41 Stat. 987 29 USC 11.

June 5, 1970, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor which has for half a century served as protector of the welfare of American women wage earners. The Women's Bureau since its founding has continually defined the changing role of women in our society and has helped them to make increasingly significant contributions as workers, homemakers and citizens. The Bureau has provided informed, active leadership in advancing the economic, social, civil, and political status of all women. I t has been a leader in seeking equal opportunity for advancement and freedom of choice for all people, and it has been a standard bearer for an end to sex discrimination in employment and education throughout the country. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 5 through June 13, 1970, as a period to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor. I request that all citizens lend their support to those activities that give recognition to the achievements of the Women's Bureau in encouraging the use of the talents and skills of "America's Womanpower—A National Resource." I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-fourth.

(JZJL^-^K:^ Proclamation 3987 FLAG DAY AND NATIONAL FLAG WEEK, 1970 June 8, 1970

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia adopted as a flag for the new nation a banner of 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a blue field. After nearly 200 years of history, only the constellation of stars in the flag has changed—from 13 to 50. The flag of the United States still symbolizes the dignity of man as it did when those early Americans created it. I t evokes for us,

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