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PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 19, 26, 1944 WHEREAS the public safety no longer requires that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus remain suspended or that martial law continue in the said Territory: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of April 30, 1900, do proclaim that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is hereby restored and that martial law is hereby terminated in the Territory of Hawaii, and I do hereby direct the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii so to proclaim to the people of the Territory of Hawaii. This Proclamation shall become effective October 2 4 th , 1944. 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 19th day of October 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-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 1159 Restoration of priv- ilege of writ of habeas corpus. 31 Stat. 141. 48U.S.C.§491et seq. Termination of mar- tial law. Effective date. ARMISTICE DAY, 1944 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the armistice of November 11, 1918, marked the cessa- tion of the battles of the first World War; and WHEREAS the peace has again been broken, and we and our allies, uniting to reestablish peace under liberty, have deployed our forces by land, sea, and air, and are confident of victory; and WHEREAS under God we are resolved that the victories of this second World War shall produce not merely an armistice, but also institutions capable of establishing a peace which shall endure; and WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 of the Sixty-ninth Congress, passed June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for the observance of November 11 as Armistice Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe November 11, 1944, as Armistice Day by re- dedicating themselves to the tasks of waging this second World War to a victorious conclusion and establishing an enduring peace; and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Govern- ment buildings on that day. 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 26th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-four, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr. Acting Secretary of State. October 26, 1944 [No. 2628] Observanes of No- vember 11 1944, as Armistice Day. 58 STAT.]