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 PROCLAMATION 4398—OCT. 2, 1975

89 STAT. 1301

symbolizes the close ties of friendship, goodwill and common goals to which the Japanese and American people are dedicated. Their visit will contribute immeasurably to mutual understanding and respect between the United States of America and Japan. We warmly welcome Their Majesties to our country. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period beginning October 2, 1975, through October 13, 1975, as Japan-United States Friendship Days. I call upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe this period with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. GERALD R.

Proclamation 4398

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October 2, 1975

World Law Day, 1975

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Recognizing the need to destroy the discriminatory barriers of legal inequality which confront women throughout the world, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women's Year. At home, the President, by Proclamation No. 4262, set aside the year ^

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1975 as International Women's Year in the United States, and, by Executive Order No. 11832, created a National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. In 1972, the Congress adopted a proposed constitutional amendment which would ensure the equality of men and women before the law. If a few more States ratify

^^ CFR, 1974 Comp., p. 6. 3A CFR, 1975 Comp., p. 106.

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