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1736 Child He&lth Day. Preamble. Vol. 45, p. 617. PROCLAMATIONS, 1934. IN TESTIMONY 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 fifth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President. CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. [No. 207i] CHILD HE.- \LTH DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Congress by Joint Resolution of May 18, 1928, requested the President of the United States to proclaim annually Mtty_l as Child Health Day; and WHEREAS the welfare of the Nation is vitally affected by the health of its children; and , WHEREAS the promotion of the best physical and mental develop- ment of the children is an essential part of the social-health prpgram of the Nation; and .1 WHEREAS it is highly desirable that special considerati()n be given this matter in all parts of the Nation; SettiDg aside May I, NOW THEREFORE I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Presi- 1934, as, IiDd re(~lm· d f'hU'dS 'f'A . dIb I. d'd . meDdiDg observaDce of. ent 0 t e mte tates 0 menca, 0 lere y proc aIm an eSIg- nate the first day of May of this year as Child Health Day, and do urge an official and voluntary agencies and organizations and all individuals interested in child welfare to unite upon that day in the observance of such exercises as will result in a deeper realization by the people of the necessity for the protection and promotion of the health of the Nation's children and in greater, unified effort to improve the existing child-welfare program wherever it is found inadequate. 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 6 th day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2078)