[54 STAT. 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 9 t h day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PAN AMERICAN DAY AND THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PAN AMERICAN UNION February 12,1940 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2386] A PROCLAMATION Preamble. WHEREAS in 1930 the Governing Board of the Pan American Union recommended that April 14 be designated as Pan American Day in all the American Republics, and that it be established as a commemorative symbol of the sovereignty of the American nations and the voluntary union of all in one continental community; and WHEREAS during the past ten years Pan American Day has been annually observed and has increased in significance through its emphasis on the spirit of peace, friendship, and cooperation uniting the nations of the American Continent; and WHEREAS in 1940 Pan American Day will be especially important because it will mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Pan American Union, the international organization of the twenty- one American Republics, which was established in accordance with a resolution adopted on April 14, 1890, by the First International Conference of American states and which, during the last half century, has constantly fostered the development of closer economic, cultural, and juridical relations between the nations of the Western Hemi- sphere; and WHEREAS it is most appropriate that the people of the United States should commemorate this significant occasion and thereby testify to the close bonds of friendship that unite the Government and people of the United States with those of the other republics of the American Continent; Pan American Day NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- rof Pan Amercan dent of the United States of America, do hereby order that on April ObsevanceonApril 14, 1940, the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government 14 1940. buildings, and do hereby invite the churches, the educational insti- tutions, the civic associations, and the people of the United States generally to observe with appropriate commemorative ceremonies this Pan American Day and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Pan American Union. 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 12" day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [BEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: COaRDLL HULL Screawy of Sutab. PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 9, 12, 1940 2686
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