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 95 STAT. 1854

PROCLAMATION 4885—DEC. 4, 1981

of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN ANNEX 19 USC 1202.

Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS remains modified by insertion in numerical sequence the following provision: Rates of Duty Item

Articles

Effective period 1

923,18 Ferrochromium, containing over 4.625 per lb. on 3 percent by weight of carbon, chromium valued less than 38 cents per content. pound of chromium content provided for in item 606.24.

2

4.625 per lb. on chromium content.

On or before Nov. 15, 1982.

Proclamation 4885 of December 4, 1981

Bill of Rights Day Human Rights Day and Week, 1981 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On December 15, 1791, our Founding Fathers rejoiced in the ratification of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States—a Bill of Rights which has helped guarantee all Americans the liberty which we so cherish. One hundred and fifty-seven years later, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an effort aimed at securing basic human rights for the people of all nations. Each of these great documents was born after the bloodshed of a bitter war. We remember the great sacrifices Americans have made for 200 years, from the Revolutionary War, in which our ancestors pledged "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor," to the wars of this century, in which hundreds of thousands of young Americans and millions of others gave their Uves on the battlefields of Europe, Asia, and Africa in the struggle for freedom. And, yet, even today, as we celebrate Bill of Rights Day and Human Rights Day, we all are only too well aware that the individual rights declared in these documents are not yet respected in many nations. We have learned that the lesson our Founding Fathers taught is as true today as it was two centuries ago—liberty depends not upon the state but upon the people. Liberty thrives in the free association of citizens in free institutions: families, churches, universities, trade unions, and a free press. Mankind's best defense against tyranny and want is limited government—a government which empowers its people, not itself, and which respects the

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