material used in warfare which is classified from the standpoint of military security.

Effective April 15, 1948, this proclamation shall supersede Proclamation 2717, dated February 14, 1947.

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 26th day of March in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty(SEAL) eight, and of the Independence

of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: G. C. MARSHALL,

Secretary of State.

past year as well as to those of our youth who have reached their majority and are ready to assume the full responsibilities of citizenship.

I call upon Federal, State, and local officials, as well as patriotic, civic, and educational organizations, to conduct exercises on or about May 16 expressing thankfulness for the rights and privileges of American citizenship and solemn acceptance of our obligations as citizens, at home and abroad, to the end that peace and happiness may be attained by Americans and by other peoples everywhere.

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 30th day of March in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty(SEAL) eight, and of the Independence

of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2777

PROCLAMATION 2778

I AM AN AMERICAN DAY, 1948 WHEREAS the stature of our country has been augmented by the millions who have come here from other lands to realize their dreams of liberty and opportunity; and

WHEREAS the vigor of our national life is constantly renewed by the coming of age of our native-born youth, who add their strength to the cause of preserving the heritage which has been held in trust for them; and

WHEREAS loyalty to a great ideal has brought together people of every race, creed, and culture—all blended into a unity which has been the strength of our country and has enabled it to meet every crisis; and

WHEREAS the trying problems, both foreign and domestic, which face our Nation today require unselfish devotion and united effort on the part of all our citizens:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Congress in a joint resolution approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), do hereby designate Sunday, May 16, 1948, as I Am An American Day, and do set aside that day as an occasion for stressing the worth and meaning of American citizenship and rendering special recognition to those who have been naturalized during the

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CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1948 WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 as Child Health Day; and

WHEREAS the potential strength and future greatness of this Nation depend in large measure upon its children; and

WHEREAS the protection of the health of young Americans will help to assure the continued physical welfare of our people:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1948, as Child Health Day; and I invite all parents, doctors, nurses, teachers, and all others who are interested in child welfare to cooperate in a nation-wide effort, beginning on that day, to improve the health of children of school age.

I recommend as a first step that practical plans be developed to obtain thorough medical and dental examinations and treatment if necessary for every child entering school for the first time in the fall of 1948, to the end that all correctible defects found in the health of these children shall have been removed or placed under treatment by the close of the school year.

In order to give impetus to this effort, I request the National Health Assembly, meeting by invitation of the Federal Security Administrator in Washington from May 1 to 4, to give special consideration to the health needs of children of school age.

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 16th day of April in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty(SEAL) eight, and of the Independence

of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

and persons interested in farm life and welfare to join in a concerted attack upon these menaces to the lives and happiness of American farmers and their families.

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 16th day of April in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty(SEAL) eight, and of the Independence

of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2780

MOTHER'S DAY, 1948

PROCLAMATION 2779 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1948

WHEREAS needless hazards on the farms of our Nation continue to cause thousands of accidents each year which could be prevented by a positive safety program; and

WHEREAS these accidents, which annually cause some 18,000 farm residents to lose their lives, constitute an unnecessary and tragic waste of human life; and

WHEREAS the reduction of accidents to a minimum cannot be achieved without the vigilance and efforts of those who are endangered:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the Nation to observe the week commencing July 25, 1948, as National Farm Safety Week. I urgently request each member of every American farm family to accept responsibility for eliminating at least one possible source of accidents during that week. I also ask all organizations

WHEREAS American mothers have ever nurtured the ideals which foster and enrich a true democracy; and

WHEREAS it is a cherished American custom to dedicate one day each year to expressions of affection for our own mothers and for all mothers of the Nation; and

WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), gave formal recognition to that custom by designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and paid tribute to the contribution made by American mothers to the home and the community:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Sunday, May 9, 1948, as Mother's Day, and I direct the officials of the Government to display the flag on all Government buildings on that day. I also call upon the people of the United States to give public and private expression to the esteem in which our country holds its mothers through the display of the flag at their homes and other suitable places, through prayers at their places of Worship, and through appropriate manifestations of honor, devotion, and love.

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 20th day of April in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL) eight, and of the Independence

of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on National Maritime Day.

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 22nd day of April in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-eight, and of the Inde

pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventysecond.

HARRY S. TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2781

NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1948 WHEREAS the restoration of commerce between nations, which was interrupted by the war, is of the greatest importance to the economic welfare of our country and of the world at large, as well as to the continuance of free government; and

WHEREAS the American Merchant Marine is contributing immeasurably to that objective by effecting the transportation of needed goods overseas, thus serving the ends of democracy in peace as it did in war; and

WHEREAS it is the considered policy of the United States, as expressed in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, to develop and maintain a Merchant Marine adequate for the requirements of our trade and our national defense; and

WHEREAS the sailing of the Savannah on May 22, 1819, from Savannah, Georgia, on the first successful transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion constituted a significant milestone in the advancement of ocean transportation; and

WHEREAS by joint resolution approved May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73), the Congress designated May 22 as National Maritime Day and authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 22, 1948, as National Maritime Day; and I urge the people of the United States to observe that day by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes or other suitable places, and I direct the officials of the Government to display the flag on that day on all Government buildings. I also request that

PROCLAMATION 2782 SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATIONS OF DE

CEMBER 16, 1947 AND JANUARY 1, 1948,
CARRYING OUT GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE AND EXCLUSIVE TRADE
AGREEMENT WITH CUBA, RESPECTIVELY

WHEREAS (1), pursuant to the authority conferred by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1934, by the Joint Resolution approved June 7, 1943, and by sections 2 and 3 of the Act of July 5, 1945 (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57 Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. (1946) 1351), the period within which said authority may be exercised having been extended by section 1 of said Act of July 5, 1945 until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1945 (48 Stat. 944, ch. 474, 59 Stat. 410, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. (1946) 1352 (c)), on October 30, 1947 the President entered into a trade agreement with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Czechoslovak Republic, the French Republic, India, Lebanon, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia, Syria, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which trade agree. ment consists of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the related Protocol of Provisional Application thereof, together with the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment which authenticated the texts of said general agreement and said protocol;

WHEREAS (2) on December 16, 1947, by Proclamation 2761A · the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (12 F. R. 8866), which proclamation has been supplemented by Proclamation 2769 of January 30, 1948 (13 F. R. 467);

WHEREAS (3), pursuant to the authority conferred by said section 350, the period within which said authority may be exercised having been so extended, on October 30, 1947 the President entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (T. D. 51819 (Customs)), which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the customs treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America;

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WHEREAS (4) on January 1, 1948 by Proclamation 2764’ the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America in respect of products of the Republic of Cuba and such continuance of existing customs and excise treatment of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (13 F. R. 25 and 26), which proclamation has been supplemented by said proclamation of January 30, 1948;

WHEREAS (5) said protocol of provisional application has been signed

by the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic, and said Government has become a contracting party to said general agreement;

WHEREAS (6) I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, determine that the application of such of the concessions provided for in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement which were withheld from application in accordance with article XXVII of said general agreement by said proclamation of December 16, 1947 as are identified in the following list is required or appropriate to carry out on and after April 21, 1948, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation:

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Item (paragraph) 212 (second] 217 218 (b) (first) 218 (c)---218 (e) (first]--

218 (e) (second] 218 (1)

218 (g) 230 (d) 339 348 350 397 412 (second] 412 (third). 412 (sixth)

710 780 (first)--