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PROCLAMATION 4029-FEB. 2, 1971

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 4, 1971, as National Safe Boating Week. I urge all who use our waterways to acquire those skills essential to their own safety and that of others and to apply them carefully. I also invite the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide for the observance of this week. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventyone, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-fifth.

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USO Day By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation On February 4, 1971, the United Service Organizations, affectionately known as the USO, will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. Its exclusive mission, since its beginning prior to World War II, has been to serve the morale, spiritual, recreational, and entertainment needs of the Armed Forces. In war and peace the USO, with its thousands of patriotic volunteers, has kept the faith with millions of Americans as they have been called into the service of their nation. Neither asking for nor receiving any financial support from the Government, the USO has been described as an expression of the continuing concern of Main Street America for its sons and daughters in uniform, wherever they serve. For the past three decades, the American people have voluntarily given their support, both financial and personal, to bolster the morale of our servicemen and women through the operation of the USO. It continues to give an answer to the two questions always on the minds of the young men and women in uniform, "Does anyone know I'm here?" and "Does anyone care?".

February 2, 1971

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