PROCLAMATIONS, 1937 November 15, 1937 [Wo. 2261] Pan America position, Ta la., 1939. Preamble. Statutory sions. 50 Stat. 831. Countries ( Americas invi participate. Let us, therefore, on the day appointed forego our usual occupa- tions and, in our accustomed places of worship, each in his own way, humbly acknowledge the mercy of God from whom comes every good and perfect gift. 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 ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 1939 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION ,n Ex- WHEREAS there is to be held at Tampa, Florida, during the year mpa. 1939, an international exposition which has for its purpose the com- memoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the landing of Hernando De Soto in Tampa Bay, and which because of its inter- national character will contribute to cordial relations among nations; and provi- WHEREAS a joint resolution of Congress, approved August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 831), reads in part as follows: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and respect- fully requested by proclamation, or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite foreign countries to an exposition to be held in Tampa, Florida, to be known as the 'Pan American Exposition', in commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the landing of Hernando De Soto in Tampa Bay, under the auspices and on the grounds of the Florida Fair and Gasparilla Association, Incorporated, in the year 1939, with a request that they participate therein."; AND WHEREAS I believe the people of many nations would be pleased to unite with the people of the United States in participating in this exposition, to be known as the Pan American Exposition: of the NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President ted to of the United States of America, in compliance with the aforesaid joint resolution of Congress, do invite the participation of the coun- tries of the Americas in this Exposition. 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 15" day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretaryof State. 402
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