2640 PROCLAMATIONS, 1927. greatly strengthened and vitalized. Agriculture would End in silvi- culture a strong ally providing markets for farm produce and for surplus labor. Our farms themselves contain nearlyl a third of our woodland—an enormous potential farm asset if han ed for continu- ous timber crops. With wide spread forest culture, new wealth would spring up for the support of roads, schools, and local govern- ment, and the rural regions would enjoy a larger share of the national prosperity. For some of our surplus capital now seeking investment abroad, new outlets would be found in forest production. Our people would then have an assured srgsply of timber and would see the hills and the waste places recloth i with forests for their pleas1u·e and inspiration.; i — . American Forest Week gives a useful opportunity for taking counsel on what can and should be done to bring these neglected an waiting lands intonuse. It also gives an opportunity for each-citizen to con- sider his own resp0nsib' `tyiin the common task. It isnnot enough that the Federal and State governments have joined hands witht e landowner in the first step toward forest rehabilitation, (protection against Hrs, Evexiy citizen whose thoughtless act may en anger the woods has the »ob igation of respecting the forest and guarding it from its worst enemy, fire. I o — . A,‘?,§“,§‘;§§,"}§2§f °' NOW,. THEREFORE, I,‘ CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set aside as American Forest Week the week beginning Ap ` 24 and ending April 30, in this year of 1927; and I do earnestly urge that during that week the thought of all citizens be directed to the need of preventing forest Hres and to the measures necessary for the preservation and wise use of our forests. I recommend to the Governors of the several States that they likewise designate this week for special observance, and that where Eracticable and not in condict with law or custom, Arbor Day be o served on some day of the same week. I urge that in each State special exer- cises be held in the schools and that the press and the general public give consideration to the forest needs of their respective common- wealths, to the adequacy of such legislation as may be on their statute books, and to the possi le needfor further enactments. And I urge that all who own forest lands give consideration to the feasibility of so usinlgfthem that their bene ts may continue in perpetuity. IN W NESS WHEREOF, I have, hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at the city of Washington this March 5, in the year of our · Lord one thousandnine hundred and twenty-seven, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one · hundred and fifty-first. ° t 4 ‘ H A A ' · ` Canvm Coomncn By the~President: ‘ Josnrn C. Gnnw Acting Secretary of State
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