PROCLAMATION 5941—MAR. 8, 1989 103 STAT. 2995 than 70 percent since 1972, when the first drugs were required to have child-resistant packaging. Life-saving treatment advice by poison con- trol centers when a poisoning does occur has also been a valuable factor. Many lives have been saved, but there is more to do. We must contin- ue to instruct new parents and grandparents on the need to use child- resistant packaging and to keep medicines and household chemicals out of the reach of children. Underlying our poison prevention program is the assumption that virtually all cldldhood poisonings are prevent- able. To encourage the American people to learn more about the dangers of accidental poisonings and to take more preventive measures, the Con- gress, by joint resolution approved September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 681), has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the third week of March of each year as "National Poison Prevention Week." NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week begiiming March 19, 1989, as National Poison Prevention Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week by participating in appropriate ceremonies and events and by learning how to prevent childhood poisonings. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hun- dred and thirteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 5941 of March 8, 1989 Federal Employees Recognition Week, 1989 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Nineteen hundred and eighty-nine marks the two hundredth year of im- interrupted governance under the Constitution of the United States. It is a fitting occasion to honor those of our fellow citizens who are pledged by solenm oath to "support and defend" that Constitution. As capable and dedicated Federal employees, these men and women have contrib- uted to the success of free, democratic government both here and around the world. Federal employees speed our mail, guard our borders, and care for our ailing veterans. They conduct medical research that will lead to cures for devastating illnesses, they man the spacecraft that probe the boimd- aries of the universe, and they help the men and women of the Armed Forces maintain our national security. In countless ways, Federal em- ployees serve our country with skill and dedication, seeing to it that the will of the American people is carried out effectively. Federal employees show us the meaning of public service off the job as well. Thousands of churches, fraternal lodges, volimtary associations,
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