PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 18, 19, 1944
relief and rehabilitation aid, or as emergency supplies for the Terri-
tories and possessions of the United States, or similar purposes, shall
be considered a proper use of the flag of the United States and con-
sistent with the honor and respect due to the flag.
2. If any article or product so labelled, packaged or otherwise bear-
ing the flag of the United States or any representation thereof, as
provided for in section 1, should, by force of circumstances, be diverted
to the ordinary channels of domestic trade, no person shall be con-
sidered as violating the rules and customs pertaining to the display of
the flag of the United States, as set forth in the Joint Resolution
approved June 22, 1942, as amended by the Joint Resolution approved
December 22, 1942 (U. S . C., Supp. II, title 36, sees. 171-178) for
possessing, transporting, displaying, selling, or otherwise transferring
any such article or product solely because the label, package, carton,
case, or other container bears the flag of the United States or any
representation thereof.
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 18th day of February, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-four, and of
[SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and sixty-eighth.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
By the President:
E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr.
Acting Secretary of State.
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Diversion of labeled
article to domestic
trade.
56 Stat. 377, 1074.
36 U. S. C., Supp.
III, §§171-178.
RED CROSS MONTH, 1944
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
February 19, 1944
[No. 26061
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the war has entered a decisive stage requiring the fullest
measure of individual sacrifice;
WHEREAS the American National Red Cross is an auxiliary to
the United States armed forces and, as such, is providing indispensable
service to our troops throughout the world as well as to their families
at home;
WHEREAS these wartime activities, including the collection of
life-saving blood for the wounded, recreation work in military hospi-
tals, provision of aid to families of servicemen, shipment of food parcels
to prisoners of war, production of surgical dressings, operation of over-
seas clubs and recreation centers, and recruitment of Army and Navy
nurses, all combine to save countless lives, restore hope, and provide
comfort for our fighting men;
WHEREAS, through its vast network of local chapters, this agency
of our people simultaneously conducts an extensive program of
training and community service, while continuing with traditional
efficiency to lessen the distress of those overwhelmed by disaster; and
WHEREAS this agency is wholly dependent upon individual
support and personal participation and is issuing its 1944 appeal to
the entire citizenship for a minimum War Fund of $200,000,000;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi-
dent of the United States of America and President of the American
Designation of
March 1944 as "Bed
Crao Month. "
58 STAT.]
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