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PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 10, 1947 conditions and formalities for the renewal of trade-mark registrations prescribed by section 12 of the act authorizing the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations or among the several States or with Indian tribes, and to protect the same, approved February 20, 1905, as amended (15 U. S . C. 92), by nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment in this respect to citizens of the United States of America: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of July 17, 1946, do find and pro- claim that with respect to trade-marks of nationals of the Netherlands registered in the United States Patent Office which have been subject to renewal on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed during several Jears since that date,, because of conditions growing out of World War II, such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to renewal of such registrations by section 12 of the aforesaid act of February 20, 1905, as amended, as to bring such registrations within the terms of the aforesaid act of July 17, 1946; that the Netherlands accords substantially equal treatment in this respect to trade-mark proprietors who are citizens of the United States, and that accordingly the time within which compliance with conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to renewal of registrations under section 12 of the aforesaid act of February 20, 1905, as amended, may take place is hereby extended with respect to such registrations which expired after September 3, 1939, and before June 30, 1947, until and including June 30, 1948. 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 10 th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State. 33 Stat. 727. The Netherlands. Proclamation of ex- tension of time re- specting renewal of certain trade-mark registrations. 60 Stat. 568 . 15U. S. C. §92note. 33 Stat. 727. 15U.S.C.§92. THANKSGIVING DAY, 1947 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Older than our nation itself is the hallowed custom of resting from our labors for one day at harvest time and of dedicating that day to expressions of gratitude to Almighty God for the many blessings which He has heaped upon us. Now, as the cycle of the year nears comple- tion, it is fitting that we should lift up our hearts again in special prayers. May our thanksgiving this year be tempered by humility, by sympathy for those who lack abundance, and by compassion for those in want. As we express appreciation in prayer for our munificent gifts, may we remember that it is more blessed to give than to receive; and may we manifest our remembrance of that precept by generously sharing our bounty with needy people of other nations. November 10, 1947 [No. 27561 61 STAT.] 1097