Proclamation 3823.

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82 Stat. 1603 Proclamation 3823 MODIFYING PROCLAMATION 3279 ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS By the President of the United States of America January 29, 1968 A Proclamation WHEREAS, pursuant to section 2 of the act of July 1, 1954, as amended (72 Stat. 678), and section 232 of the Trade Expansion [19 USC 1352a](/us/usc/t19/s1352a).[19 USC 1862](/us/usc/t19/s1862).Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 877), findings and determinations have been made that adjustments in the imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products were necessary so that such imports would not threaten to impair the national security, such adjustments have been made by Proclamation 3279 (24 F.R. 1781) and modified by Proclamation 3290 (24 F.R. 3527), Proclamation 3328 (24 F.R. 10133), Proclamation 3386 (25 F.R. 13945), Proclamation 3389 (26 F.R. 507, 811), Proclamation 3509 (27 F.R. 11985), Proclamation[19 USC 1862 note](/us/usc/t19/s1862). 3531 (28 F.R. 4077), Proclamation 3541 (28 F.R. 5931), Proclamation 3693 (30 F.R. 15459), Proclamation 3779 (32 F.R. 5919), Proclamation 3794 (32 F.R. 10547), and Proclamation 3820 (32 F.R. 15701); and WHEREAS, I find and determine that the provisions in Proclamation 3279, as amended, respecting allocations of imports into Puerto Rico and shipments from Puerto Rico to Districts I-IV should be made applicable with respect to District V, in the interests of effective administration in District, V of the program established by that proclamation; and WHEREAS, I find and determine that authority should be provided for the making of allocations based upon exports of finished products and petrochemicals without impairing the objectives of Proclamation 3279, as amended; and WHEREAS, I find and determine that in view of the disruptions to petroleum supply and transport occasioned by the recent Middle East crisis, the Secretary of the Interior should be authorized to make certain adjustments with respect to allocations of imports and licenses for imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products; and WHEREAS, imports of liquids derived from tar sands are in effect imports of petroleum, I find and determine that imports of such liquids should be subject to the provisions of Proclamation 3279, as amended:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, do hereby proclaim that: 1. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning April 1, 1968 paragraph

(c)of section 2 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is [19 USC 1862 note](/us/usc/t19/s1862).amended to road as follows:

(c)The Secretary, having taken into account the standards prescribed for allocation of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Puerto Rico, any actions taken pursuant to section 4, and shipments from Puerto Rico into Districts I-IV and into District. V, shall establish for each allocation period a maximum level of imports into Puerto Rico of crude oil and unfinished oils which, in his judgment, 82 Stat. 1604is consonant with the objectives of this proclamation. The maximum level of imports of finished products into Puerto Rico for a particular allocation period shall be approximately the level of such imports during all or part of the calendar year 1958 as determined by the Secretary to be consonant with the purposes of this proclamation or such higher level as the Secretary may determine is required to meet a demand in Puerto Rico for finished products that would not otherwise be met. 2. [19 USC 1863 note](/us/usc/t19/s1863). Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 subparagraph

(1)of paragraph

(b)of section 3 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

(1)With respect to the allocation of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Districts I-IV and into District V such regulations shall provide, to the extent possible, for a fair and equitable distribution among persons having refinery capacity in these districts in relation to refinery inputs (excluding inputs of crude oil or unfinished oils imported pursuant to clause

(4)of paragraph

(a)of section 1). The Secretary may by regulation also pro vidé for the making of allocations of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Districts I-IV and into District V to persons having petrochemical plants in these districts in relation to the outputs of such plants or in relation to inputs to such plants (excluding inputs of crude oil or unfinished oils imported pursuant to clause

(4)of paragraph

(a)of section 1). Provision may be made in the regulations for the making of such allocations on the basis of graduated scales. Not withstanding the levels prescribed in section 2 of this proclamation, the Secretary may also by regulation make such provisions as he deems consonant with the objectives of this proclamation for the making of allocations of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Districts I-IV and into District V to persons who manufacture from crude oil and unfinished oils (other than crude oil or unfinished oils imported pursuant to clause

(4)of paragraph

(a)of section 1) and who export finished products and petrochemicals, subject to such designations as the Secretary may make. Provision shall be made in the regulations for the gradual reduction of historical allocations made on the basis of the last allocations of imports of crude oil wider the Voluntary Oil Import Program: *Provided*, That provision shall be made for a more rapid reduction of historical allocations based on allocations made under the Voluntary Oil Import Program which reflected imports of crude oil in the category now covered by clause

(4)of paragraph

(a)of section 1: *Provided further*, That the regulations shall provide that no further reduction shall be made in a historical allocation of the class mentioned in the preceding proviso if the reduction provided for the next allocation period would result in a reduced historical allocation which is smaller than an allocation for the same period would be if computed (for the purposes of comparison only) on the basis of a total of refinery inputs (of the holder of the historical allocation) which includes inputs of crude oil and unfinished oils imported pursuant to clause

(4)of paragraph

(a)of section 1. 3. Effective with respect to shipments made during the calendar year 1968 from Puerto Rico to District V, subparagraph

(2)of paragraph

(b)of section 3 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

(2)Such regulations shall provide for the allocation of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Puerto Rico among persons having 82 Stat. 1605refinery capacity in Puerto Rico in the calendar year 1964 on the basis of estimated requirements, acceptable to the Secretary, of each such person for crude oil and unfinished oils. The regulations shall provide also that if, during a period comprising the same number of months as an allocation period and ending three months before the beginning of the allocation period, any such person ships to Districts I—IV or to District V unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel) or sells unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel) which are shipped to Districts I-IV or to District V in excess of the volume of unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to lie used as fuel) which he so shipped or which he sold and were so shipped during the year 1965, the person’s allocation for the next allocation period shall be reduced by the amount of the excess. In addition, the Secretary may provide by regulation for the making, in instances in which the Secretary determines that such action would not impair the accomplishment of the objectives of this proclamation, of allocations of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Puerto Rico to persons as feed-stocks for facilities which will be established or for the operation of facilities which are establishes and which in the judgment of the Secretary will promote substantial expansion of employment in Puerto Rico through industrial development, and such regulations shall provide for the imposition of such conditions and restrictions upon such allocations as the Secretary may deem necessary to assure that any imports so allocated are used for the purposes for which an allocation is made and that the holder of such an allocation fulfills commitments made in connection with the making of the allocation. 4. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 a new subparagraph (6), reading as follows, is added to paragraph

(b)of section 3 of Proclamation 3279, as amended:[19 USC 1862 note](/us/usc/t19/s1862).

(6)Because of disruptions in petroleum transport and supply resulting from recent actions in the Middle East, the Secretary is authorized to provide that persons who did not fully utilize licenses to import crude oil and unfinished oils which were issued under allocations made in Districts I-IV and in District V for the allocation period January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1967 may utilize such licenses during the calendar years 1968 and 1969 and that persons who did not fully utilize licenses to import finished products other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel which were issued wider allocations made in Districts I-IV and in District V for the allocation period January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1967 may utilize such licenses during the calendar year 1968, and notwithstanding the levels established in section 2 of this proclamation, the Secretary is authorized to make such adjustments in allocations of imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products as he deems necessary. 5. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 paragraph

(f)of section 9 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

(f)“crude oil” means crude petroleum as it is produced at the wellhead and liquids (under atmospheric conditions) that have been recovered from mixtures of hydrocarbons which existed in a vaporous phase in a reservoir and that are not natural gas products and the initial liquid hydrocarbons produced from tar sands. 6. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 a new paragraph (i), reading as follows, is added to section 9 of Proclamation 3279, as amended: 82 Stat. 1606

(i)As used in paragraph

(g)and paragraph

(h)of this section, the term “petroleum oils” includes liquid hydrocarbons derived from crude oil. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3824 January 31, 1968 AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3824 AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 1968 By the President of the United States of America January 31, 1968 A Proclamation Heart and blood vessel diseases continue to be our Nation’s number one killer. More than fourteen and a half million American adults definitely have heart disease. It is suspected that another thirteen million are similarly afflicted. Heart and circulatory diseases take more lives in our country every year than all other causes of death combined. Their legacy is pain, disability’ and sorrow in millions of families. Their cost to the nation exceeds twenty-five billion dollars annually. In recent years physicians and medical scientists have scored impressive gains in the struggle against heart and blood vessel disease. In the past year alone there have been new breakthroughs in heart, surgery, and new triumphs in drug treatment. These and a host of other developments will save the lives of many men and women, and lengthen the lives of many more. The outlook is brighter for heart victims everywhere. Yet our great advances cannot obscure the magnitude of tire task that still confronts us. We have far to go before we eliminate diseases of the heart and blood vessels as serious threats to life and health. Tomorrow’s advances—like today’s achievements—will depend upon expanded programs of research, training, education, and service. For leadership in this critical effort, we shall look, as we have in the past, to the American Heart Association and other private and professional groups, to the National Heart Institute and the Heart Disease Control Program of the Public Health Service. Together, these constitute a creative partnership of government and private endeavor, dedicated to a common purpose and sustained by a concerned citizenry. With the unremitting support, of all Americans, we can move ahead, a triumph at a time, toward ending the threat of heart and circulatory disease to the well-being of our people. [36 USC 169b](/us/usc/t36/s169b).The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 843), requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating February as American Heart Month. 82 Stat. 1607 NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of February 1968 as American Heart Month, and I invite the governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. 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 all essential programs required to bring about its solution. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3825 February 5, 1968 RED CROSS MONTH, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3825 RED CROSS MONTH, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 5, 1968 A Proclamation On every battlefield, a flag of mercy dies. Its white field bears a Red Cross—the universal symbol of human compassion. Under that flag, there are no enemies, no racial or religious animosities. There are only brothers. The flag of the Red Cross flies in thousands of American cities and communities. Thirty million Americans are Red Cross members. Their support is an affirmation of the fundamental humanity of the American people. In the tragedy and loneliness of war, the Red Cross is a familiar friend and companion to our men and women in uniform. It is with them in Vietnam, in 27 other nations where Americans serve, and in our bases at home. Not only war, but trials of storm and earthquake, flood and fire, summon the Red Cross to service. Wherever disaster strikes, the Red Cross is there with food, shelter and relief from suffering—as it was last year in the ravaged valleys and lowlands of Alaska and Texas. And every day of the year, the Red Cross serves all America with its programs to provide blood, and to teach first aid, water safety, and citizenship to tomorrow’s citizens. This year the demands on the Red Cross—and its financial needs—will be exceptionally heavy. It must continue to serve our fighting men, to keep ready to assist the victims of disaster, and to maintain its life-saving work in our communities. To meet these needs, this March the American Red Cross will conduct a special SOS (Support Our Servicemen) Campaign. Its success concerns all of us—for the mission of the American Red Cross is the mission of all America. 82 Stat. 1608 NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1968 as Red Cross Month, I strongly urge all Americans to heed the special SOS (Support Our Servicemen) campaign by volunteering their time and to contribute what they can. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3826 February 7, 1968 NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3826 NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 7, 1968 A Proclamation Each year, half a million Americans—most of them children—accidentally swallow substances that could kill or injure them. Two familiar substances—medicine and household products—are among the most dangerous causes of accidental poisoning among children. Both are valuable assets in our homes—when used as directed. Yet both are a potential danger—a danger no more remote than the unknowing grasp of a small child. The federal government, together with State and local agencies, private industry, and professional and civic organizations, has tried to alert Americans to the dangers that be on the shelves of a careless home. Since 1962, when we first called national attention to this threat, deaths by accidental poisoning among children under five years of age has declined 20 percent. [81 Stat. 466](/us/stat/81/466).[15 USC 1262 note](/us/usc/t15/s1262).I recently signed into law a bill to establish a National Commission on Product Safety whose job it will be to identify dangerous household products. We must do more. We need to be much more alert to the dangers of accidental poisoning. And we need to learn more about how to treat it. To stimulate public interest in this problem, I am designating the third week in March as National Poison Prevention Week, as requested by Congress. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 17, 1968, as National Poison Prevention Week. I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, and I invite State and local governments and organizations, to participate actively in programs designed to promote better protection against accidential poisonings, particularly among children. 82 Stat. 1609 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3827 February 10, 1968 LULAC WEEK Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3827 LULAC WEEK By the President of the United States of America February 10, 1968 A Proclamation February 17 will mark the thirty-ninth anniversary of the founding of the League of United Latin American Citizens, popularly known as LULAC. LULAC is a nonprofit, non political civic organization interested in the progress and advancement of Latin Americans in this country. Its dedicated members work with young Americans of Spanish-speaking background to: —train them to become citizens. —provide them with educational opportunities. —promote the highest, standards of patriotism among them. In recognition of these and other civic contributions of LULAC, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved February 10, 1968, has requested *Ante*, p. 5.the President to issue a proclamation designating the period February 11 through 17, 1968, as LULAC Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of February 11 through February 17, 1968, as LULAC Week, and I call upon the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3828 February 12, 1960 LAW DAY, U.S.A., 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3828 LAW DAY, U.S.A., 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 12, 1960 A Proclamation On May 1, we will observe Law Day, U.S.A.—the day set aside each year by Congress in recognition of the fundamental importance of the rule of law to our nation. 82 Stat. 1610 The law we recognize arid respect is not the mere exercise of power. It is not just a device to enforce the status quo. Law is a process of continuous growth that allows the creation of new rights for all men through a deliberative, democratic process. It is a system that permits existing rights to be protected, injustices to he remedied, and disputes to be resolved, without recourse to self-defeating violence. That is the meaning of the theme of Law Day, 1968—“Only a lawful society can build a better society.” I commend all those members of the bar, the bench and the law enforcement system who work to improve the performance of this system—to make it more just, more effective, and more responsive to our people’s needs. America is grateful to them for their efforts to improve and extend legal services to the poor; to streamline the machinery of our courts; and to defend our society against crime and lawlessness. I call upon every citizen to assist these efforts in his own community. I deem it the duty of each man and woman to honor the law, and to work within it and through it for civil order and social justice. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Wednesday, May 1, 1968, as Law Day in the United States of America. I commend the organized bar for fostering the. annual observance of Law Day. I urge each citizen to join in that observance by making a personal commitment —to obey the law —to respect the rights of others —to aid law-enforcement officers —to uphold the judgments of the courts. As requested by the Congress, I suggest that our people observe Law Day with appropriate ceremonies and observances, through public bodies and private organizations, in schools and other suitable places; and I call upon public officials to display the nation’s flag on public buildings on that day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3829 February 13, 1968 AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3829 AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 13, 1968 A Proclamation The-history of the United States is not a record of blind forces sweeping human beings relentlessly along to an unknown destiny. It is the story of countless individuals whose success and sacrifice converted an idea into a free nation. 82 Stat. 1611 The heritage of liberty we enjoy was brought by men and women who dared the unknown, who tamed the wilderness, and gave their lives on fields of battle. We honor them by remembering their deeds—and by telling their story to each succeeding generation. The study of American history reveals the experience of shared endeavor, hardship, joy, and triumph which binds us together as a nation. Understanding that experience can give us the wisdom and courage to meet our present trials—and unite us in the face of tomorrow’s challenges. In recognition of this, the Congress by a joint resolution approved November 28, 1967, has designated February 1968 as American History[81 Stat. 517](/us/stat/81/517). Month and has requested the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that month. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, invite the people of the United States to observe February 1968 as American History Month in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, tins thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3830 February 26, 1968 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3830 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 26, 1968 A Proclamation When our Nation was very young, a man wrested a living from the land as best he could. His tools were primitive, his productivity low. He was fortunate if he could feed his family and have a little left over to sell. Today the technological revolution has made the American farmer food supplier to the world. His produce feeds his family, his neighbors, his countrymen, and thousands abroad. Yet that same revolution has brought unforeseen dangers. Modern farming is a complex and highly skilled profession. It is also a hazardous one. Agriculture currently ranks third among our industries in accidental death rate. Thousands of farm residents are killed every year in accidents. More than 700,000 others are disabled. The cost to the Nation in dollars is almost $2 billion. The cost in anguish is incalculable. This shameful waste must stop. It will stop when safety has become the conscious concern of all who work to produce America’s great agricultural abundance. 82 Stat. 1612 NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call on the people of the Nation to observe the week of July 21, 1968, as National Farm Safety Week. I urge all persons who live on farms, and those persons and groups serving or allied with agriculture, to intensify their individual efforts to curtail and halt accidents where and when possible at work, in homes, at recreation, and on public roads. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3831 February 27, 1968 SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3831 SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 27, 1968 A Proclamation Each year more than 30,000 Americans become blind. Early detection and proper treatment would prevent half of these tragedies. Those who act in time can often protect the irreplaceable gift of eyesight. Eye examinations, beginning during preschool years and continuing periodically through life, can detect sight defects early enough for treatment. For example, preschool checks can help prevent one-eye blindness from amblyopia later in life. Periodic examinations of adults can reveal elevated pressure within the eye soon enough to prevent blindness from glaucoma. Every American should make, a habit of regular eye examinations. For persons who cannot secure proper vision care on their own, assistance is offered by public and private health agencies. [36 USC 169a](/us/usc/t36/s169a).To emphasize the importance of regular eye care, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 629), 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 3, 1968, as Save Your Vision Week, and I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also call upon the communications media, the medical, optometric, and other health care professions, as well as all private and public agencies concerned with the improvement and preservation of sight, to join hr public activities that will impress upon all Americans the importance of maintaining good vision and of participating in programs to protect vision. 82 Stat. 1613 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3832 February 28, 1968 NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3832 NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America February 28, 1968 A Proclamation Each year more and more Americans go boating in their leisure hours. It we are to prevent, the needless loss of life mid property, this increasing traffic on our waterways must be accompanied by greater awareness of safe boating practices. The principal agent, of boating accidents last year was a careless operator. The most common errors were overloading or improper loading of small boats—mistakes easily avoided by the boatowner who understands his boat, its machinery, and its operation. An aggressive and comprehensive program of safety education—supported, where necessary, by law enforcement—can reduce the rate of boating accidents, and make boating what it should he: a purely pleasant recreation. Recognizing the need for emphasis on boating safety, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179), has requested the President to proclaim annually [36 USC 161](/us/usc/t36/s161).the week which includes July I as National Safe Boating Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning June 30, 1988, as National Safe Boating Week. I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide for the observance of this week. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3833 March 1, 1968 SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3833 SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 1, 1968 A Proclamation The respect we show for older Americans is not an act of charity. It comes from the recognition that this generation owes all it possesses to those who have borne responsibility in years past. 82 Stat. 1614 [49 Stat. 620](/us/stat/49/620).[42 USC 1305](/us/usc/t42/s1305).We have not always recognized the debt we owe them. It was only three decades ago, with the passage of the original Social Security Act in President Roosevelt’s administration, that we first began to respond effectively to our continuing national obligation. In recent years we have begun to make up this moral deficit: —This year 24 million older Americans will receive the highest level of Social Security benefits in the history of the program-—-thanks to the 13 percent increase in benefits we passed last year. *Ninety* percent of our citizens aged 65 and over are now eligible for retirement benefits under Social Security. Millions of older people have been lifted out of conditions of poverty by increased Social Security benefits. Nearly every one of the 78 million wage earners working today has a future retirement protected by Social Security. —Through Medicare, adopted in 1965, we have at last guaranteed adequate health care to our older citizens—a minimal standard of civilization and decency which required 30 years to achieve. More than 10 million older Americans are now covered by Medicare. During its first year of operation—in fiscal 1967—it paid hospital bills for over 4 million people, and doctor bills for more than 7 million. And it is now providing home health services and other assistance for half a million more. —Since 1963, we have increased the quality and quantity of housing for our senior citizens. Today the Federal commitment in special housing programs for older citizens totals some $3 billion. —Under [79 Stat. 220](/us/stat/79/220);[81 Stat. 106](/us/stat/81/106),[42 USC 3002 note](/us/usc/t42/s3002).the Older Americans Act, passed in 1967, we have increased educational, recreational, and health services. Today that program includes 650 individual local projects reaching older people in their home communities across the land. —Demonstration projects are showing us how to make important advances in nutrition, education, transportation and leisure time Activities. We are steadily increasing the number of professionally trained individuals who work with and for the elderly. —We are increasing opportunities for our elder citizens to make use of their talents and experience. Today older Americans serve with great distinction in the VISTA, SCORE, the Foster Grandparent Program, the Peace Corps, and in many community projects and programs of voluntary agencies. —In 1967 we enacted long-overdue legislation which prohibits[81 Stat. 602](/us/stat/81/602).[29 USC 621 note](/us/usc/t29/s621). discrimination because of age in employment. This is an extraordinary record of achievement in so short, a time. I am proud of it, us every American should be. But we are still far from the day when we can be satisfied with our achievements. Our goal must be to give each man and woman the opportunity to make his years of retirement also years of accomplishment and meaning, good health and economic security. Perhaps the greatest need of age is the need to know that one’s contributions are still valued. In a society where youth is so highly prized, older men and women need to know that their wisdom and experience are also important to their fellow citizens. Their contributions are one. of our nation’s most valuable assets—a resource that should be celebrated by every generation of Americans. 82 Stat. 1615 NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the month of May 1968 as Senior Citizens Month. I call upon the Federal, State and local governments, in partnership with private and voluntary organizations, to join in community efforts to give further meaning to the continuing theme of this special month: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF THE LATER YEARS. Let special emphasis this year be placed on making known the contributions that older Americans are making to our welfare. Let us demonstrate the greatness of our society by bringing new meaning and new vigor to the lives of our elders, who built the framework of our present prosperity and greatness. I invite the Governors of the States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and appropriate officials in other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to join in the observance of Senior Citizens Month. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3834 March 7, 1968 NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION DAY AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3834 NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION DAY AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 7, 1968 A Proclamation One hundred years ago, an American travelling from San Francisco to New York went by ship to Central America, crossed the Isthmus by mule and wagon, and four weeks later arrived at his destination. One year later, with the completion of our first transcontinental railroad, he could travel in relative comfort from California to New York in ten days. This revolution in transportation was one of the principal causes and opportunities for the rapid progress of our Nation—the taming of a vast continent with a rapidity which astounded the countries of Europe and continues to amaze historians. The history of our country cannot be separated from the story of our transportation—nor can its future. We look today to the leaders of our transportation industry for the imagination and enterprise which, in the past, did so much to make our Nation great. While the Government of the United States must continue to play a key partnership role in the improvement and expansion of our transportation system, basic decisions on investment and operation are made by private industry. This partnership between Government and industry forms one of the most critical elements of our economic system. 82 Stat. 1616 This partnership will be called upon in the future to meet even greater challenges than ever before. To call public attention to the contributions of this great industry—[36 USC 160](/us/usc/t36/s160).and to the challenges it faces—the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 30), has requested the President to proclaim annually the third Friday of May of each year as National Defense Transportation Day, and by a joint resolution approved [36 USC 166](/us/usc/t36/s166).May 14, 1962 (76 Stat. 69), has requested the President to proclaim annually the week of May in which that Friday falls as National Transportation Week, as a tribute to the men and women who, night and day, move our goods and our people throughout the land and around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 17, 1968, as National Defense Transportation Day, and the week beginning May 12, 1968, as National Transportation Week. I urge our people to participate with representatives of the transportation industry, our armed services, and other governmental agencies in the observance of these occasions through appropriate ceremonies. I also invite the Governors of the States to provide for the observance of National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week in a way that will give the citizens of each community the opportunity to recognize and appreciate fully the vital role our great and modern transportation system plays in their lives and in the defense of the Nation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3835 March 8, 1968 SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3835 SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 8, 1968 A Proclamation Today the United States possesses the strongest, most dynamic economy in man’s history—an economy created by wise use of the system of free, competitive enterprise. Throughout the development of our dynamic marketplace., the small businesses of America have been the building blocks of our economic structure. The creative abilities and diversified commercial efforts of small businessmen have fostered the innovative genius that has always been the hallmark of American economic progress. Today there are more than five million small businesses in the United States, supplying many of the goods and services of our communities while providing a variety’ of job opportunities to local citizens. Perhaps even more important, small business continues to 82 Stat. 1617offer the citizen who has the talent, the will—and the chance—a means of fulfilling his dream of taking a meaningful, productive role in our national life. Your Government has recognized the importance of each of these (Contributions of the small businessman, and through the Small Business Administration: —offers counsel and economic assistance to owners of small businesses; —provides financial assistance and guarantees rental payments to energetic citizens seeking to bring more business and more jobs into poverty-locked ghettoes; —aids small firms in competing for government contracts; —seeks ways of protecting small firms against criminal acts. These programs, as expanded by the Small Business Act Amendments I signed last fall, help insure that small business will continue[81 Stat. 268](/us/stat/81/268).[15 USC 633 note](/us/usc/t15/s633). to provide a reservoir of economic opportunities for our nation. It is appropriate that all citizens share in an expression of our national appreciation of the present, and the historic, contributions of the small businessman to our economic development. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON. President, of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May 12, 1968 as Small Business Week, and I urge industrial and commercial organizations, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and other public and private organizations to participate in ceremonies recognizing the significant contributions, past and present, of small business to our land, our culture, and our ideals. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3836 March 19, 1968 CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3836 CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 19, 1968 A Proclamation This year, more than 900,000 Americans will be treated for cancer, and more than 300,000 will die. Medical science will save 200,000 cancer patients in 1968. But another 100,000 persons, who might have been saved by earlier treatment using the skills we now possess, will be lost. Cancer continues to be our second deadliest disease—and the affliction people fear more than any other. 82 Stat. 1618 Progress against so formidable, an enemy has been slow, but significant. Our research has led to many encouraging achievements: —The survival of many children with acute leukemia for periods of two to three years, and in some instances five or more years, gives us renewed hope that this terrifying disease can he conquered. —More than 50 percent of patients treated with intensive doses of X-ray for localized Hodgkins disease have been cured. —New techniques, involving the concentration of drugs in brain tumors, have stimulated the search for better drugs to treat these cancers. —Malignant tumors of the eye have been cured in many patients by combined radiation, surgery, and drug treatment, without loss of useful vision. The incidence and death rates for cancer, however, continue to increase. We must redouble our support of the scientists, physicians, and health agencies who are battling this malignant public enemy. [36 USC 150](/us/usc/t36/s150).To impress upon our people the urgency of the cancer problem, a joint resolution of Congress adopted March. 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting aside the month of April as Cancer Control Month. ACCORDINGLY, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1968 as Cancer Control Mouth; 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 ask the medical and allied health professions, the communications industries, and sill other interested persons and groups to unite during the appointed month in public reaffirmation of the Nation’s efforts to control cancer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our-Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3837 March 27, 1968 WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3837 WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 27, 1968 A Proclamation A new era of world trade is opening. The challenges are great—the opportunities unlimited. The United States must meet the challenges, and seize the opportunities to increase our economic growth and the well-being of our citizens. 82 Stat. 1619 The United States also has heavy responsibilities in preserving a favorable trade balance and maintaining the soundness of the free world monetary system. The United States dollar is, at present, the cornerstone of that system. Its strength abroad depends on keeping our foreign earnings and spending in reasonable balance. In recent years our outflow of dollars has far exceeded the inflow, and we have a dangerous deficit in our international accounts. This situation cannot be allowed to continue. That, is why we have taken action this year to bring our balance of payments closer to equilibrium. The measures we have undertaken will insure the continued strength of the dollar. An essential element of this program is the expansion of our exports of goods and services to bring in more dollars. Last year saw new records in United States trade. We exported *$31 billion* worth of our merchandise, *$3 billion* more than (he year before. We also provided the greatest market ever for the products of other nations, importing *$27 billion* worth of goods. But we must sell even more overseas. The great success of the Kennedy Round of tariff negotiations offers us this opportunity. The fruits of the Kennedy Round, which produced the broadest reduction in import duties in history, will be vast new trading opportunities for the United States and for other countries. The tariff concessions cover $40 billion in world trade. Other countries granted the United States concessions on some $8 billion of our industrial and agricultural products—more than one-fourth of our total exports. We reduced duties on about the same volume of our imports. The United States and other major trading nations put the first stage of these reductions into effect this year. If we are to take advantage of these new opportunities to increase our sales abroad, we must do everything possible to make our goods better and less expensive and to make them available in foreign markets. We must make every effort to insure stable prices in order to meet foreign competition at home and abroad. Our success depends on the prompt enactment of legislation now before the Congress. First and foremost, the penny-on-a-dollar tax bill is the key element in our prudent program to restrain inflation and strengthen our competitive position in world markets. My recommendations to strengthen the financing of our exports and the promotion of our sales abroad are also vital to the long-run improvement we can and will achieve. World trade joins nations in economic progress. It creates more jobs, encourages investments, and raises family incomes. It makes more consumer goods available and at lower prices. It allows nations to make more productive use of their manpower and machines. The gains won at Geneva last summer moved the world closer to the healthy trading conditions on which the prosperity of many nations depends. We look forward, too, to increasing trade in peaceful goods and technology with the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations as a positive contribution to mutual trust, fruitful cooperation, and lasting peace. 82 Stat. 1620 Our objective must be to take advantage of the new trading opportunities to sell our goods abroad. In 1968, World Trade Week has greater significance than ever before. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 19, 1968, as World Trade Week; and I request the appropriate Federal, State, and local officials to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge business, labor, agricultural, educational, professional, and civic groups, as well as the people of the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, ceremonies, and other appropriate activities designed to promote continuing awareness of the importance of world trade to our economy and our relations with other nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3838 March 21, 1968 NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL WEEK, 1968 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3838 NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL WEEK, 1968 By the President of the United States of America March 21, 1968 A Proclamation For nearly fifty years, voluntary school safety patrols have performed a distinguished service to other children going to and from school. The volunteer patrol has not only safeguarded countless young lives; it has, by example, taught obedience to traffic laws and the observance of safe pedestrian practices. During this period of almost half a century, more than sixteen million youngsters have given freely of their time that their fellow students might walk to school safely. With the encouragement and assistance of the schools, parent-teacher associations, police and traffic engineers, motor clubs, and others, the School Safety Patrol Program has helped bring about a significant improvement in the traffic death and injury rates of school children. To give well-earned recognition to the accomplishments and efforts of school safety patrols, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved *Ante*, p. 69.March 29, 1968, has designated the second Week of May of 1968 as National School Safety Patrol Week, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation calling for its observance. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the week of May 5 to 11, 1968, as National 82 Stat. 1621School Safety Patrol Week, with ceremonies and activities designed to give honor and recognition to school patrols. I urge that the future success of the patrol program be assured by the continuing support, of the general public. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3839 April 5, 1968 DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3839 DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. By the President of the United States of America April 5, 1968 A Proclamation TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES: The heart of America grieves today. A leader of his people—a teacher of all people—has fallen. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been struck down by the violence against which he preached and worked. Yet the cause for which he struggled has not fallen. The voice that called for justice and brotherhood has been stilled—but the quest for freedom, to which he gave eloquent expression, continues. Men of ail races, all religions, all regions must join together in this hour to deny violence its victory—and to fulfill the vision of brotherhood that gave purpose to Martin Luther King’s life and works. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States, do call upon all Americans to observe Sunday next, the seventh day of April, as a day of national mourning throughout the United States. In our churches, in our homes, and in our private hearts, let us resolve before God to stand against divisiveness in our country and all its consequences. I direct that until interment the Hag of (he United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-stall for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. 3840 April 5, 1968 LAW AND ORDER IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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