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PROCLAMATIONS—FEB. 21, 1955
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Housing for (10) February 1, 1955 is hereby determined, under the provisions tressed families. (3isof section 503 of the Act of October 14, 1940, ch. 862, 54 Stat. 1125, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1573, rehiting to housing for distressed families of servicemen and veterans, as the date prior to which persons must have served in the military or naval forces of the United States in order that such persons come within the meaning of the term "veterans" contained in the said section. (11) February 1, 1955 is hereby determined, under the provisions Low-rent housing. of section 2 (14) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, ch. 896, 50 Stat. 888, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1402 (14), relating to low-rent housing, as the date prior to which persons must have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in order that such persons come within the meaning of the terms "veteran" and "serviceman" contained in the said section by reason of service on or after June 27, 1950. Farm (12) January 31, 1955 is hereby determined, under the provisions erences. housing prefof section 507 of the Housing Act of 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 436, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1477, relating to preferences for veterans and families of deceased servicemen in respect of farm housing, as the date ending the period during which persons must have served in the military forces of the United States in order that such persons come within the meaning of the terms "veteran" and "deceased servicemen," contained in the said section, by reason of service during the period beginning June 27, 1950. Te nt (13) January 31, 1955 is hereby determined, under the provisions loans n aand purchase mortgage insurance. of section 1(b)(2) of the Bankhead-Jones F a r m Tenant Act, as amended, 67 Stat. 132, 7 U.S.C. 1001 (b)(2), as the date ending the period during which persons must have served in the military forces of the United States in order to come within the definition of veteran, contained in the said section, by reason of service on or after June 27, 1950. Cooperative (14) February 1, 1955 is hereby determined, under the provisions ing insurance. housof section 213 of the National Housing Act, ch. 847, 48 Stat. 1246, as amended, 12 U.S.C. I715e (b), relating to cooperative housing insur- 64 Stat. 54 ance, as the date prior to which persons must have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in order that such persons come within the meaning of the term "veteran," contained in the said section, by reason of service on or after June 27, 1950. I N W I T N E S S 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 first day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES,
Secretary of State.
ARMED FORCES D A Y,
1955
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF.AMERICA
A PROCT.AMATION WHEREAS the armed forces of the United States have always served as an instrumentality of a free people who cherish peace and security with honor; and
February 21, 1955 [No. 3081]
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