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other under established rules of sportsmanship which offer an equal opportunity for all; and WHEREAS the Olympic and the Pan American Games of past years have contributed in a unique way to greater understanding and mutual respect among the peoples of the world; and WHEREAS the United States Olympic Association is presently engaged in obtaining maximum support for the teams representing the United States at these three athletic events; and WHEREAS the Congress by a joint resolution approved June 4, Ante, p. 181. 1958, has authorized and requested the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week: National NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, PresiWeek. 1958. Olympic dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week; and I urge all our citizens to give their full support to the XVIIth Olympic Games, to the Olympic Winter Games of 1960, and to the Pan American Games of 1959 so that the United States will be fully and adequately represented in these games. 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 4th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-second. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S,

Secretary of State.

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING W E E K, June 4, 1958 [No. 3245]

1958

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

A PROCLAMATION

Ante, p. 179.

National Safe Boating Week, 1958.

WHEREAS our people in increasing numbers are taking part in boating activities on the waters of the Nation, and it is estimated that approximately twenty-eight million will participate in such activities during 1958; and WHEREAS safety is essential for the full enjoyment of boating, and safe boating practices will result in the saving of many lives and in the avoidance of injuries and property damage; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved June 4, 1958, has authorized and requested the President of the United States to proclaim annually the week which includes July 4 as National Safe Boating Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning June 29, 1958, as National Safe Boating Week. I urge boating organizations, the boat industry. Government agencies, and all other organizations and all individuals interested in boating, to join in the observance of National Safe Boating Week; and I ask them to do their utmost during that week and throughout the year to make boating a safe and enjoyable activity. I also invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to provide for the observance of National Safe