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PROCLAMATIONS, 1921. 2239 Br THE Piznsmmzr or THE Unrran STATES ..M°Y 3,*92*- A PROCLAMATION WTIEREAS this nation has been conceived in prayer and deve- {9°’;*,‘;{,§=;;D¤Y· tion by men and women who were moved under God to found a ` nation where principles of right should form the lasting cornerstone; And whereas these principles purchased at the price of great sacrifice have been fostered by a worthy posterity; And whereas a great war has 1ate§y;7 laid its costly demands u on our land: Now, therefore, I, arren G. Hardiptg, President of the United ,,,g§°”d°, Y]·,]£3Ya£‘°· States of America, do hereby proclaim onday, the thirtieth day of nfpiigliv memorial. y May, a day already fregghted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public memori . I invite my fellow citizens fitf ly to pa homage on this day to a noble dead who sleep in homelsfiig, beneath the sea or on foreign field that we who survive ht enjoy the blessings of peace and appiness, and to the end thslrt-liberty and justice, without which no nation can exist, shall live forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this third da of May, in the ear of our Lord Nineteen hundred andy twenty-one and, of [snex.,] the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fifth. Wruuzm: G Hannmo By the President, Crmiznres E. Huomzs Secretary of State. BY THE Pmzsmnur 01-* THE UNTTED STATES or Ammuca, ' A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, satisfactory roof has been given to me by the Gov- T° °d“"°°· ernment of the Republic of Poland that no discriminatin duties of Pu;-nl;%1°` tonnage or imposts are levied or imposed in the waters of Poland or the Free Cit of Danzig upon vessel}; wholly belonging to citizens of the United Srtates or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in such vessels from the United States, or from any foreign countr ·: Now, therefbre, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United “§;}",}}:{‘{,,‘°”d,,‘{§°8“,§{,‘ Sta tes of America, b virtue of the authority vested in me by Section vessels vi island and four thousand, two liundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Stat- D°{€§5'm_•m_p_gl4_ rites of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States are suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels of Poland and the vessels of the Free Citi of Danzig, and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise im(porte in said vessels into the United States from Poland or the Free ity of Danzig, orfrom any other foreign country; the su§>ension to take effect on and after the date of this Proclamation an to continue so long; as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the nited States, and their cargoes, shall be continued, and no longer. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this 6th dagrof May, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hun ed and twenty-one, [snan.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fifth. WARREN G Hannmo By the President; Cmnms E. Hconns Secretary of State.