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PRIVATE LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
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B8 April 17, 1958 [S. Con. R e s. 77]

The West Indies. Greetings from U. S.

AprU 30, 1958 [S. Con. R e s. 71] Printing of pre sentation p r o c e e d ings.

April 30, 1958 [H. Con. R e s. 308]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-APR. 17, 1958

[72 S T A T.

FEDERAL LEGISLATURE OF THE WEST INDIES

Whereas it is the policy of the Government of the United States to favor the orderly evolution of peoples and nations to self-determination throughout the world; and Whereas the people of the United States support the concept that other peoples should have an opportunity freely to choose their own destiny under circumstances which will enable them to assume and maintain an equal station among the nations of the world; and Whereas The West Indies is comprised of those islands of Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Christopher, Xevis and Anquilla, and Montserrat, having an area of more than eight thousand square miles and a population of over three million; and AVhereas the United Kingdom by order in Council, July 31, 1957, provided for the establishment of The West Indies (Federation) and Whereas the Federal Legislature of The West Indies will be officially convened for the first time at Port of Spain, Trinidad, The West Indies, on April 22, 1958: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives coneuriing), That the Congress of the United States extends its most cordial greetings to the Federal I^egislature of The West Indies on this historic occasion, and expresses the earnest hope that the Federal Legislature and the people of The West Indies will enjoy continuing success in their new status, and reaffirms the friendship of the United States for the people of The West Indies. Agreed to April 17, 1958.

STATUE OF MARIA L. SANFORD Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurring), That the proceedings at the presentation, dedication, and acceptance of the statue of Maria L. Sanford, to be presented on November 12, 1958, by the State of Minnesota in the rotunda of the Capitol, together with appropriate illustrations and other pertinent matter, shall be printed as a Senate document. The copy for such Senate document shall be prepared under the supervision of the Joint Committee on Printing. SEC. 2. There shall be printed five thousand additional copies of such Senate document, which shall be bound in such style as the Joint Committee on Printing shall direct, and of which one hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and one thousand nine hundred copies shall be for the use of the Members of the Senate from the State of Minnesota, and five hundred copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and two thousand five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives from the State of Minnesota. Agreed to April 30, 1958.

" TRADE AGREEMENTS EXTENSION ACT OF 1958»'

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ P r i n t i n g of That there be printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and additional onai copies, ij^jgj^j^g^ House of Representatives, four thousand additional copies of the hearings entitled "Trade Agreements Extension Act of 15)58". P a s s e d April 30, 1958.