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PROCLAMATIONS—APR. 26, 1951

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D O N E at the City of Washington this second day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth. HARRY S. TRUMAN. By the President: DEAN ACHESON

Secretary of State

CHILD HEALTH D A Y, 1951 BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMIIRTCA

April 19, 1951 [No. 2922]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resokition of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), has authorized and requested the President of the ae U.S.C. § HS. United States to issue annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 as Child Health Day; and WHEREAS it is recognized that our children embody our most cherished hopes: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the i, fgllTchSdHS United States of America, do hereby designate the first day of May of Day-' this year as Child Health Day; and I call upon the people of each community of the United States, and all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare, to consider upon that day how, in the coming year, they may carry out the objectives of the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, held last year, to the end that all our children may grow in physical, mental, and emotional health, with faith in God and in the dignity of man. I N W I T N E S S 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 April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-one, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: DEAN ACHESON

Secretary of State

MOTHER'S DAY, 1951 BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

April 26, 1951 [No. 2923]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the strength of our Nation reflects the strength of the American home, which is based on the virtues fostered by the mothers of our country; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the services rendered by American mothers, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), set aside the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and lauded American mothers for their influence toward good government

36 U.S.C.§§i4i,i42.