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PROCLAMATION 4296-JUNE 4, 1974

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during that week. I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day, June 14, and Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable places. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtyfirst day of May, 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 4296

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June 4, 1974

World Environment Day, 1974

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On May 4, 1974, I had the pleasure of helping to inaugurate EXPO '74, a six-month long exhibition in Spokane, Washington, dedicated to the improvement of the human environment. This exposition is one of many examples of a deepening concern for the quality of life in America. While much remains to be done, all Americans can be gratified by the substantial success which has already occurred with respect to a number of environmental concerns. Air quality is improving in most of our urban areas as harmful emissions have been reduced. Water quality is similarly improving. In the Great Lakes game fish are returning to areas from which they had long been absent, due in large measure to the cooperative work which we have undertaken with our Canadian neighbors under the terms of an agreement which I signed with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada on April 15, 1972, in Ottawa. We are working with other nations to deal effectively with a variety of environmental problems, and there will be continued progress. June 5 will mark the second anniversary of World Environment Day. This date was established by the United Nations as a day on which the peoples of the world can undertake activities reaflfirming their concern for the preservation and enhancement of the human environment. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do, in support of the action of the United

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