PROCLAMATIONS-FEB . 12 , 24, 1949
Designation of Red
Cross Month.
February 24, 1949
(No. 2828]
WHEREAS the Red Cross stands at the side of our troops wherever
they are stationed throughout the world, and also provides invaluable
assistance to those war veterans who are still disabled or are mal-
adjusted to civilian life; and
WHEREAS, in order to help meet a growing post-war need, which
would be multiplied in the event of a national emergency, this agency
has inaugurated a national blood program intended to ensure eventu-
ally the availability of life-saving blood to the entire Nation; and
WHEREAS the American National Red Cross through its 3,746
chapters contributes immeasurably to the health, welfare, and safety
of our people and, acting in concert with its 65 sister societies, brings
material comfort to the less fortunate of other lands; and
WHEREAS for the continuance of its missions of mercy in the next
fiscal year the Red Cross is appealing for voluntary contributions
amounting to $60,000,000:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the
United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American
National Red Cross, do hereby designate and proclaim the month of
March 1949 as Red Cross Month; and I urge every citizen to respond
during that month as generously as possible to the humanitarian
appeal of this organization.
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 12th day of February in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of
[SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and seventy-third.
HARRY S TRUMAN
By the President:
DEAN ACHESON
Secretary of State
ARMY DAY, 1949
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the Army of the United States is a bulwark of the
Nation's defense in war and a faithful servant of the people in time
of peace; and
WHEREAS, currently, tasks vital to the final establishment of a
durable peace are entrusted to the Army and are being performed at
home and across the seas; and
WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 75th Congress, 1st
Session, which was agreed to by the House of Representatives on
March 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 1108), provides:
"That April 6 of each year be recognized by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the United States of America as Army
Day, and that the President of the United States be requested, as
Commander in Chief, to order military units throughout the United
States to assist civic bodies in appropriate celebration to such extent
as he may deem advisable; to issue a proclamation each year
declaring April 6 as Army Day, and in such proclamations to invite
the Governors of the various States to issue Army Day proclama-
tions: Provided, That in the event April 6 falls on Sunday, the
following Monday shall be recognized as Army Day":
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[63 STAT.
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