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 96 STAT. 2702

PROCLAMATION 4903—FEB. 26, 1982

Protecting the eyes from injury is another important way to prevent visual impairment and even bhndness. Safety glasses, goggles, or face shields should be worn in hazardous situations at work and while participating in potentially hazardous sports. We should also remember that thousands blinded by corneal disease or injury could have their vision restored by corneal transplants if people would pledge their eyes at death to their local eye bank as a legacy of sight. To encourage citizens of this country to cherish and protect their eyesight, the Congress, by joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 ^7 Stat. 629, 36 U.S.C. 169a], has requested the President to proclaim the first week in March of each year as Save Your Vision Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning March 7, 1982, as Save your Vision Week. I urge all of our citizens to participate in this observance by making plans to take care of their own eyes and by considering what they can do to protect the vision of family members and co-workers as well. I also invite eye care professionals, the communications media, educators, athletic coaches, and all public and private organizations that support sight conservation to join in activities that will foster concern for eye care and eye safety. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of Feb., in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN

Proclamation 4903 of February 26, 1982

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Women's History Week, 1982 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation American women of every race, creed and ethnic background helped found and build our Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways. As pioneers, teachers, mothers, homemakers, soldiers, nurses and laborers, women played and continue to play a vital role in American economic, cultural and social life. In science, business, medicine, law, the arts and the home, women have made significant contributions to the growth and development of our land. Their diverse service is among America's most precious gifts. As leaders in public affairs, American women not only worked to secure their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity but also were principal advocates in the abolitionist, temperance, mental health reform, industrial labor and social reform movements, as well as the modern civil rights movement. Their dedication and commitment heightened awareness of our society's needs and accelerated our common efforts to meet those needs. As volunteers, women have provided invaluable service and leadership in American charitable, philanthropic and cultural endeavors. And, as mothers and homemakers, they remain instrumental in preserving the cornerstone of our Nation's strength—the family.

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