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PROCLAMATION 4284-APR. 13, 1974

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The pioneering spirit that underlies our success as a Nation will continue to flourish for as long as the small businessman remains the mainstay of our economy and our society. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May 19, 1974, as Small Business Week. I ask all Americans to share with me during this week a deep pride in the many accomplishments of our Nation's small businessmen and women, and in the invaluable contribution they have made to our free way of life. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of x'\merica the one hundred ninety-eighth. ' '

Proclamation 4284

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RICHARD NIXON

April 13, 1974

Pan American Day and Pan American Week

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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On April 14, the United States will join in commemorating the establishment of the International Union of American Republics. The 84th anniversary of that event finds the United States and other members °^ ^^^ Organization of American States, the descendant of the International Union of American Republics, actively working together to fashion the Inter-American System into a constructive, cooperative force which will bring mutual understanding and mutual assistance. We are moving toward this goal despite the diversity of our cultural heritages and national characteristics and despite tensions and differences which have occurred from time to time. We do this, knowing, as a former Secretary of State of the United States, Elihu Root, once said: "There is not one of all our countries that cannot benefit the others; there is not one that will not gain by the prosperity, the peace and the happiness of all."

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