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PROCLAMATION 4142-JULY 13, 1972

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I urge all Americans to mark this occasion by greater consideration for the special needs of the visually handicapped, and particularly by learning to heed the white cane in order that our traffic-filled streets may become safer for all, sighted and sightless alike. . >r „.«.',t.' -

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventytwo, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth. L**^^"*-"*-*

PROCLAMATION 4142

'•(National Voter Registration Month

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July 13.1972

By the President of the United States of America

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A Proclamation

America has no need of sidewalk superintendents. And any person who is qualified to vote, but who does not register to vote, can be little more than a sidewalk superintendent standing apart from the vital project of building national progress in the challenging era of the 1970s. ^ In recent years. Federal and State governments have taken historic actions to extend the voting privilege to more and more of our citizens, including those between 18 and 21 years of age. All of these efforts to broaden the base of the American constituency— in order to insure continuing national f>olitical vitality and accurate representation—will have been in vain, however, if the newly eligible voters do not activate their newly won voting rights by registering according to the laws of the States. ..bed! DSU
 * As we continually work to construct a better and better Nation,

There is no place for apathy in an America facing the momentous challenges and opportunities of the era of the 1970s. The Nation needs the talents and the energies of each and every citizen, and it needs all their votes on election day. , I am convinced that nationwide, non-partisan voter registration campaigns could substantially reduce the number of qualified citizens who

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