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PROCLAMATION 4267-FEB. 7, 1974

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commercial enterprises in communications, technology, medicine, and many other fields, lies the dream and the ingenuity of the inventor. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, in honor of the important role played by inventors in promoting progress in the useful arts and in recognition of the invaluable contribution of inventors to the welfare of our people, designate February 11, 1974, as National Inventors' Day. I call upon the people of the United States to join in observing National Inventors' Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities honoring the important role played by inventors in promoting progress in useful arts and in recognition of their invaluable contribution to our welfare. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventyfour, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. RICHARD NIXON

Proclamation 4267

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February 7, 1974

Save Your Vision Week, 1974 By the President

of the

United

States

of

America

A Proclamation Most of us, rarely, pause to think about how or why we see. Many of us give little thought to the care of our eyes. But the importance of good vision cannot be overstated. Even though most people retain effective vision throughout their lives, eyesight can deteriorate at any moment. Yet within our grasp is the knowledge and means to help us combat even very serious vision problems. This is possible because of the skills of our Nation's optometrists, opthalmologists, opticians, and allied health professionals as well as the Nation's scientists who conduct research on vision problems assisted by Federal support from the National Eye Institute and by many private organizations.

36 USC 169a.

To focus the Nation's attention on the importance of good vision and upon ways of preserving and improving it, the Congress by a joint resolu^{Q^ approvcd December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 629), requested the Presi-

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