PROCLAMATIONS, 1026. 2603 Flourishi1ig·=woodlands, however; more than timberycrops, permanent ,adequi.te;¤supply::of wood; ··'il`hey
to our need for outdoor recreation; they preserve animal
and bird l1fe;‘ they protectgand your hillsides and our streams; they. preserve the environment whichhas cor§:1g>utel¢§somucth;;)toil1Ame1•iean=.e h b » . . ~- · o ourna n`prrogress.1n ores · as eenw bvigun, much'-reudgrains tobe done thronghrcboth concertedand indi ' ual effort. ’We must- stamp outrthe —for;est— nres whichstill ·a.rmua11]Iri sweep many wooded areas, destroying timber .the nation can ` afford to lose and killing young growth needed to constitute the forests of the future. Forest Eres, caused la ely by human indiffer- ence ci? are the greatest single loistacle to reforestation and e ective orestms¤ageme¤t...‘ . _, ¤ , " i We must encoruage andextend methods of timber cutting which perpetuate the forest while harvesting itsprodncts. We `must trees in abundance on idle land where hey can profitably be We must examine taxation practicesithat may form economic barriers to timber culture. » We must reneoprage the extension of forest ownerslngoon thejpart of niiinierpahtres, counties, Statw, and the Federal. vernment. And we musititake coxnmoncounsel in public `meetérnlgs to tiheegnd the rofazig; problems of each regionmay bew consiyer an ‘ e uate me; " ` . NOW, THEREFORE, (l, O§iVIN OOOLIDGE, President of ¤r]li°:rii`it$$°i14.°i¤a`{i?i¤'§ theglnited Stateslggéimeriflag do heggby d;es$gnite tha iireekof April $°"°°”"°'°"W°°“· 18- 4 inc usive, , as erican ores ee g recommen to thd Governors of the various States that they also designate the week of April 18-24 as American Forest Week and observe Arbor Day within that week -wherever‘pract.icab,le»and not in conflict with law or accepted custom. And I rugs public officials, public and busi- ness organizations, industrial andowners, editors, educators, clergyman, and all patriotic crtrzens to unite in the common task of forrest conserva?o1;1‘an(¢;l>rer(§<;walk}($ ·— · —· - · ‘ e action o t e ana 'an `vernment in ` ewise procla1mmg` ` the week of Agri} A18-24, inclusive, as a period when the utmost stress"shall be aid upon the problems of forest conservation and renewal, thus the respective efforts of Ganada and the liraited States,`is an ad ed reason whgtotir citizens should give careful t to amattersoim ortarit‘to’ ` t countries. · · A · 5 I .WITNESS WHERRDOF Ihavelhereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United étatesto beaiiixed. ' ’ · DONE at the City of Washington this day of March, inthe year of our Lord onethousand nine hundred and twenty- [sm1..]‘ six, andof the Independence of theUnited States ofAmerioa i the one lnmdred- and fiftieth. ‘ _ » · _‘ ‘ eu · r · .u.v1N Coonmcnat By the President: ‘ ` · Fnaiwx B Knrmoee ' Secretary of State. Br ru .P1msm1¤N•r or rmt UNITED.STATES or Armmoa Mmtaisza A PROCLAMATION lgxhezrieasl,) sincie the iisugncgvgf the plrpclamglti? of Janugrry 31, Fyegérgagg Nacional , e oun aries 0 t ee 'tman ation crest, in on, 1;mi¤Jie.' have been changed through transfer of the Minam National Facgrest v°l‘ 3°· p" mi" thereto by Executive order of June 20, 1920; and
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