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PROCLAMATION 4200-MAR. 16, 1973

[87 STAT.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning March 11, 1973, as National Employ the Older Worker Week. I am pleased to join with the Congress in urging all employers to consider the skills and qualifications of those men and women 45 years of age and older who are unemployed or underemployed and who are able and willing to work. I am also asking the Secretary of Labor to see to it that those public officials at national, State, and local levels who provide job placement, counseling, training, and retraining services accelerate their efforts to help older workers to find suitable jobs and training opportunities. We must not only concentrate on these efforts during this week but sustain them at high level throughout the year. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth 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.

62:A^^ PROCLAMATION 4200

National Wildlife Week March 16, 1973

^y ^^^ President of the United States of America

A Proclamation Americans carved a nation out of the wilderness. Now we must preserve the wilderness for the Nation. The theme of this year's National Wildlife Week is: "Discover Wildlife—It's Too Good To Miss." In a greater sense, Americans are rediscovering the natural animal world around them. Our concern for the fate of wild animals has increased. We have come to realize that the development of the human habitat has occurred at great cost to another kind of habitat. And we are seeking more effective ways to prevent and enhance our wilderness areas. All men need refuges for their spirit. The wilderness invokes contemplation and provides recreation, and the animal wildlife of America provides a fascinating dimension to our natural heritage which we know must be preserved for future generations to enjoy. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning March 18, 1973, as National Wildlife Week.

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