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PROCLAMATION 4124-APR. 20, 1972
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mg that venturesome spirit of maritime enterprise that has contributed note. so significantly to the strength and development of our Nation. Today we have a national commitment and program to revitalize our merchant marine and improve the competitive position of our shipbuilding industry. This new program will generate the construction of many new ships, advanced in design and highly productive. It should help to ensure that ? -J --«v^ ». the American merchant marine is once again one of the most modern and efficient in the world by the end of this decade. It is important that all Americans realize the importance of our merchant marine to the Nation's economy and security. To promote such public awareness, each year since 1933, when the Congress designated the anniversary of the first transatlantic voyage by a steamship, the SS Savannah, on May 22, 1819, as National Maritime Day, successive ^s ^^^-^^^ Presidents have issued proclamations calling for public observance of that day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our American merchant marine on May 22, 1972, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes and other suitable places, and I request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on that day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventytwo, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth. C ^ ^ x i^»«h i»i ^y
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PROCLAMATION 4124
National Check-Your-VehicleEmissions-Month, April, 1972 By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation The task of cleansing our environment calls for individual effort on the part of all Americans.
Aprii 20, 1972
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