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PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 10 , 28 , 1947 Thursday, Nov. 27, 1947, proclaimed a day of national thanks- giving. 55 Stat. 862. 5U.S.C.§87b. November 28,1947 (No. 2757] 7U. S. C.§ 1179. 50 Stat. 904, 909 . 7U.S.C.§1111- 1122, 1131-1137. 56 Stat. 1952. 7U.8.C.§1111 note. Termination of sus- pension of operation of Title II of Sugar Act of 1937. 50 Stat. 904. 7U.S.C.§1111- 1122. NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, invite the attention of all citizens to the joint resolution of Congress approved December 26, 1941, which designates the fourth Thursday in November of each year as Thanks- giving Day; I proclaim Thursday, November 27, 1947, as a day of national thanksgiving; and I call upon the people of the United States of every faith to consecrate that day to thoughts of gratitude, acts of devotion, and a firm resolve to assist in the efforts being made by religious groups and other bodies to aid the undernourished, the sick, the aged, and all sufferers in war-devastated lands. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 10ot day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State TERMINATING THE SUSPENSION OF TITLE II OF THE SUGAR ACT OF 1937 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 509 of the Sugar Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 916) provides, in part: "Whenever the President finds and proclaims that a national economic or other emergency exists with respect to sugar or liquid sugar, he shall by proclamation suspend the operation of title II or III above, which he determines, on the basis of such findings should be suspended, and, thereafter, the operation of any such title shall continue in suspense until the President finds and proclaims that the facts which occasioned such suspension no longer exist."; AND WHEREAS by proclamation issued April 13, 1942 (7 F. R. 2826), the President found and proclaimed that a national economic emergency existed with respect to sugar and suspended the operation of Title II of that Act: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision the Sugar Act of 1937, do hereby find and proclaim that the facts which occasioned such sus- pension no longer exist, and do hereby terminate such suspension of the operation of Title II of that Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 2 8 t h day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty- [SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. By the President: HARRY S TRUMAN ROBERT A LovETT Acting Secretary of State 1098 [61 STAT.