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Cooperation of offic i a l s, agencies, and employers. Ante, p. 75.

PROCLAMATIONS—AUG. 17, 1951

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or any of the days fixed for his registration but subsequently enters Guam he shall, within five days after such entrance, present himself for and submit to registration before a duly designated registration official or selective service local board. If a person subject to registration who is not a citizen of the United States is not in Guam on the day or any of the days fixed in paragraph numbered 1 hereof for the registration of a citizen of the United States of his age but subsequently enters Guam he shall present himself for and submit to registration before a duly designated registration official or selective service local board within the period of six months following the day on which he entered any of the following: The continental United States, the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. 3. Every person subject to registration is required to familiarize himself with the rules and regulations governing registration and to comply therewith. 4. The duty of any person to present himself for and submit to registration in accordance with any previous proclamation issued under said Act shall not be affected by this proclamation. 5. I call upon the Governor of Guam, all officers and agents of Guam, and all local boards which, and agents thereof who, are appointed under the provisions of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, or the regulations prescribed thereunder, to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish effective and complete registration. 6. In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effect the purposes of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds—Federal and local—to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent upon them under the said Act and this proclamation. 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. D O N E at the City of Washington this 16th day of August 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-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: JAMES E. W E B B

Acting Secretary of /State

NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED W E E K, August 17, 1951 [No. 2939]

1951

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Nation needs the services of every person capable of productive work in its gigantic task of mobilizing to meet the requirements of defense and to maintain the civilian economy; and WHEREAS the physically handicapped of our Nation have demonstrated that they are capable workers when placed in jobs suited to their abilities, training, and experience, and therefore, as a group, constitute a valuable resource of manpower; and WHEREAS there is a continuing need for public support of informational and educational work in securing employment for the