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PROCLAMATION 4222-JUNE 14, 1973

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But "getting involved" is appropriate advice for other Americans too. For the businessman who understands the give-and-take of the marketplace, for the oceanographer who understands the mystic cycles of the sea, for the writer who understands the beauty and power of words, getting involved can mean sharing knowledge and enthusiasm with young people struggling to make their own career decisions. Getting involved can mean taking the time to help a handicapped child learn to read. It can mean raising the aspirations of a disadvantaged child by listening to his hopes and dreams—and by caring about them. It can mean working with gifted young people to help them channel their creativity into productive outlets. Above all, getting involved means giving support to the dedicated men and women who are entrusted with the education of our children. They are trained professionals who welcome constructive change. They deserve our confidence. Education should be everyone's concern, for the knowledge and values imparted to our youth today will determine our future as a people. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of October 2 1 27, 1973, as American Education Week. I urge all Americans to join with me during this period in a reaffirmation of faith in our educational system and a new dedication to helping that system meet the challenges that now confront it. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of June, 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.

(^£u^^ PROCLAMATION 4222

Honor America, 1973 By, the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation This year, for the first time in a dozen years, America will be at peace on Independence Day. For the first time in a generation, none of our young men will be drafted into the armed services.

June i4, 1973

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