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PROCLAMATION 4240-SEPT. 4, 1973

[87 STAT.

and local officials a broader range of alternative solutions as they address their transportation requirements. Only by meeting these challenges today can we continue to enjoy the full benefits of our highway system tomorrow. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning September 23, 1973, as National Highway Week. I urge Federal, State, and local government officials, as well as highway industry and other organizations, to hold appropriate observances during that week, recognizing the benefits which highway transportation has provided for our country in the past and reflecting on how we can best continue to realize those benefits in the future. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninty-eighth. C ^ ^ ^ od.».m..^y

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PROCLAMATION 4240

United Nations Day, 1973 September 4, 1973

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A Proclamation 59 Stat. 1031.

Each year the peoples of the world celebrate October 24 as United Nations Day, recalling the date in 1945 when the United Nations Charter came into force. This is an appropriate occasion for people everywhere to renew their adherence to the Charter ideals of peace and human rights, and their determination to promote economic and social progress and a greater measure of justice and freedom for all. This year the anniversary occurs at a time of dramatic change in world affairs. We sense the promise of a more peaceful world and the opportunity for new strides in international cooperation. As the world climate improves, the prospects will grow for using the United Nations to alleviate political disputes and for broadening its constructive activity in the social, economic and technological fields. In some areas, international cooperation is already a longstanding tradition—moving the international mails, regulating international

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