Proclamation 3563.

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77 Stat. 1034 Proclamation 3563 BILL OF RIGHTS DAYHUMAN RIGHTS DAY By the President of the United States of AmericaDecember 2, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS December 10, 1963, is the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, and the General Assembly has called for special observance of this anniversary in the hope that it may mark a decisive step forward in the affirmation of these fundamental freedoms; and WHEREAS December 15, 1963, is the one hundred and seventy-second anniversary of the adoption of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which are known as the Bill of Rights, and this day has long been celebrated in gratitude for the guarantees of individual rights and liberties set forth therein; and WHEREAS many of the principles embodied in our Bill of Rights—freedom of speech, press, and assembly, freedom of religion and conscience, the right to a fair trial, and prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments—are likewise embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are hailed by free peoples as the foundation of democratic government and of the rule or law; and WHEREAS the past year has seen a great surge of determination in this country to assure the full enjoyment of these rights and freedoms without, distinction as to race, sex, creed, or color; and WHEREAS the ideals epitomized in the Bill of Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were ever foremost in the heart of our gallant thirty-fifth President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 10, 1963, as Human Rights Day and December 15, 1963, as Bill of Rights Day, and call upon the people of the United States to observe the week of December 10–17 as Human Rights Week. Let us set aside time, in our places of worship, in our schools, and in our homes, and at gatherings of civic and patriotic organizations, to examine once again these cherished documents of human rights in order that we may cultivate a greater appreciation of our heritage of individual liberty and responsibility.

Let us rededicate ourselves to the humanitarian precepts enumerated in those documents and let us resolve to devote our full energy to the task of assuring that each human being—regardless of his race, sex, creed, color, or place of national origin—shall be afforded a meaningful opportunity to enjoy fully the rights and benefits embodied in these instruments of liberty and to enjoy fully our heritage of justice under law. In so doing, we will erect an everlasting and vibrant memorial to our departed President.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 77 Stat. 1035 DONE at the City of Washington this second day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3564 December 4, 1963 PROCLAMATION INCREASING RATES OF DUTY ON SPECIFIED ARTICLES Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 3564 PROCLAMATION INCREASING RATES OF DUTY ON SPECIFIED ARTICLES By the President of the United States of America December 4, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS the European Economic Community maintains unreasonable import restrictions upon imports of poultry from the United States;

WHEREAS such unreasonable import restrictions directly and substantially burden United States commerce; WHEREAS products of the European Economic Community receive benefits of trade agreement concessions made by the United States; WHEREAS it is consistent with the purposes expressed in Section 102 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1902 (19 U.S.C. 1801) for the [76 Stat. 872](/us/stat/76/872).United States to suspend the application of the benefits of certain of those trade agreement concessions;

WHEREAS, having due regard for the international obligations of the United States, particularly paragraph 3 of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade**That agreement of October 30, 1947, has been proclaimed by Proclamation 2761A of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103), which proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent proclamations. requiring any suspension [8 UST 1767](/us/ust/8/1767).of trade agreement concessions to be made on a most-favored-nation basis, I am taking steps to suspend; on a most-favored-nation basis, certain trade agreement concessions in the United States schedules to that Agreement; and WHEREAS rates of duty suspended by this proclamation will not be required or appropriate to carry out any trade agreement on and after January 7, 1964:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 252(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1882(c)) and Section 350(a)

(6)of the Tariff Act of 1930, as [76 Stat. 879](/us/stat/76/879).[69 Stat. 162](/us/stat/69/162); [72 Stat. 673](/us/stat/72/673).amended (19 U.S.C. 1351(a)(6)), and in order to suspend the application of the benefits of certain trade agreement concessions, do hereby proclaim (until such time as the President of the United States of America otherwise proclaims)—

(1)the termination of that part of any prior proclamation which proclaims rates of duty inconsistent with those provided for in the amendment made by paragraph

(2)of this proclamation; and

(2)the amendment of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (28 F.R. 8599, as corrected, 28 F.R. 9131) by inserting under the heading [77A Stat. 3](/us/stat/77A/3).“Subpart B” of Part 2 of the Appendix thereto the following: 77 Stat. 1036 " Item Article Rates of Duty 1 2 945. 13 Potato starch (provided for in item 132.50) 2.5¢ per lb No change 945. 16 Brandy, valued over 89.00 per gallon (provided for in items 168.20 and 168.22) $5 per gal No change 945. 49 Dextrine and soluble or chemically treated starches (provided for in item 493.30) 3¢ per lb No change 945. 69 Automobile trucks valued at 81,000 or more (provided for in item 692.05) 25% ad val No change " The rates provided for in the amendment made by paragraph

(2)of this proclamation shall be effective as to all articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after January 7, 1964. 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 fourth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3565 December 17, 1963 WRIGHT BROTHERS DAY, 1963 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3565 WRIGHT BROTHERS DAY, 1963 By the President of the United States of AmericaDecember 17, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, made the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; and WHEREAS the Wright brothers’ genius and their vision have revolutionized transportation and defense methods and placed the United States in the forefront of world aviation; and WHEREAS by their deeds the Wright brothers have brought us closer together with the other peoples of the world; and WHEREAS it is most fitting that the great accomplishments of Orville and Wilbur Wright should be remembered and that they should be memorialized on the anniversary of their success; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December *Ante*, p. 402.17, 1963, has designated the seventeenth day of December of each year as Wright Brothers Day, and has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon officials of the Government and the people of the United States to observe the day 77 Stat. 1037of December 17, 1963, with ceremonies and activities designed to commemorate the achievements of the Wright brothers and to further and stimulate interest in aviation in this country. 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 seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: George W. Ball, *Acting Secretary of State*. 3566 December 30, 1963 AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 1964 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3566 AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 1964 By the President of the United States of America December 30, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS diseases of the heart and the circulatory system are responsible for over one-half the deaths occurring annually; and WHEREAS over one-half of the ten million Americans afflicted by the cardiovascular diseases are stricken during their most productive years, thereby causing a staggering physical and economic loss to the nation; and WHEREAS expanded research has contributed improved methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the cardiovascular diseases; and WHEREAS substantial progress in combating those diseases is being made by comprehensive educational and community programs which have brought about swift and wide dissemination and use of such improved methods; and WHEREAS these programs of research and education have resulted largely from the teamwork between the American Heart Association, its chapters and affiliates, and the Federal Government, particularly the Public Health Service through the National Heart Institute and the Heart Disease Control Program; and WHEREAS the results thus far achieved in combating the cardiovascular diseases give hope that the continuation and expansion of these programs may eventually eliminate these diseases as important causes of death; and WHEREAS it is essential to the health and well-being of our nation that our citizens be made aware of the medical, social, and economic aspects of the problem of cardiovascular diseases, and the measures being taken to combat them; and WHEREAS the Congress, by joint resolution approved December 30, 1963, has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation *Ante*, p. 843.designating February as American Heart Month: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America do hereby proclaim the month of February 1964 as American Heart Month; and I invite the governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. 77 Stat. 1038 I urge the people of the United States to give heed to the nationwide problem of the heart and blood-vessel diseases, and to support the programs required to bring about its solution. 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 December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3567 December 30, 1963 SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK, 1964 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3567 SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK, 1964 By the President of the United States of AmericaDecember 30, 1963 A Proclamation WHEREAS blindness is a major and increasing social and economic problem in the United States in spite of the great advances in the last two decades in medical care, vastly improved health, and increased longevity of our people; and WHEREAS visual disorders and defects in our younger population interfere with their proper intellectual, social, and emotional development; and WHEREAS it is essential to the health of our Nation that our citizens be aware of what is being done and what can be done to control the causes of blindness and visual impairments, and that they avail themselves of opportunities for conserving vision; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December *Ante*, p. 629.30, 1963, has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the first week in March of each year as Save Your Vision Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March L 1964, as Save Your Vision Week; and I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also request the medical and allied health professions, the communications industries, and all interested persons and groups to unite during the designated week in public affirmation of our Nation’s effort to conserve the God-given and irreplaceable gift of vision. 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 December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and of the [seal] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3568 December 30, 1963 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS YEAR Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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