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PROCLAMATION 4194-MAR. 12, 1973

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We honor the law because it preserves civilized society. We revere the law because it protects the dignity of the individual. And we respect our courts because without them the words of law would be words without meaning. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Tuesday, May 1, 1973, as Law Day in the United States of America. As requested by the Congress, I urge that our people observe Law Day with appropriate public ceremonies, through public bodies and private organizations, in schools, colleges and universities, and in other suitable places. I especially request that the courts, the legal profession, and all media of public information take the lead in such observances so that public understanding of the role of the courts in our society can be broadened. I call upon public officials to display the Nation's flag on public buildings on that day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh.

(/ijL^^^^K:ju^ PROCLAMATION 4194

Earth Week, 1973 March 12, 1973

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(fig President of the United States of America

A Proclamation The first Earth Week in 1971 marked an important milestone for the cause of environmental protection. It also provided an important opportunity for all Americans to pay tribute to the qualities which have made our country great—^individual initiative, voluntary action, and a deep sense of responsibility for the gifts of nature and the welfare of the community. Our environment is the source of life upon which we all depend; its preservation has brought out the best in the American character. In thousands of communities, citizens have joined to improve the quality of their lives and those of their neighbors. Our environmental problems have not been resolved since that first Earth Week, but we have done much and we will do more. While our

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