Proclamation 4038.

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85 Stat. 888 PROCLAMATION 4038 National Week of Concern for Americans Who Are Prisoners of War or Missing in Action March 19, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The first American still being held by the enemy was captured in South Vietnam on March 26, 1964. Now, with the seventh anniversary of that event approaching, the number of Americans missing in action or known captured in the Vietnamese conflict has grown to about 1,600. Most of these men are officers and enlisted men of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps; some are civilians.

Even in captivity, they continue to serve our Nation in the highest sense of honor and duty to country. We owe them, in turn, no less than our strongest support and our firmest pledge that we will neither forget them nor abandon them. This Government has made and will continue to make strenuous efforts in behalf of these Americans who are prisoners of war or missing in action. In the face of the enemy’s callous indifference to the plight of these men and their families, we have sought to focus the attention of the world on the barbaric attitude of North Vietnam and its agents throughout Indo-china.

We have conducted vigorous diplomatic efforts to resolve the prisoner of war problem on a purely humane basis for the prisoners we hold as well as for our brave men held prisoner. [6 UST 3316](/us/ust/t6/s3316). The Geneva Prisoner of War Convention of 1949 sets forth the minimum standards for humanitarian treatment applying to all prisoners of war. Some 125 nations including all of those involved on both sides in the Southeast Asia hostilities have acceded to the Geneva Convention and have pledged to observe its humane standards.

And on a moral plane above and apart from these formal rules, all civilized peoples are subject to the basic humanitarian standards long established in international law and custom. In view of the continuing disregard of this Convention and basic humane standards by North Vietnam and its agents—their refusal to identify all of the Americans being held, to permit impartial inspection of their camps, to release the seriously sick and wounded prisoners, to provide humane treatment, and to permit prisoners to correspond regularly with their families—and in view of their adamant refusal to consider 85 Stat. 889negotiation regarding the release of prisoners, the Congress of the United States has, by House Joint Resolution 16, requested the President to *Ante*, p. 12.designate the period beginning March 21, 1971, and ending March 27, 1971, as “National Week of Concern for Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.

” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period March 21, 1971, through March 27, 1971, as National Week of Concern for Americans Who Are Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. I call upon all the people of the United States to observe this week in heartfelt prayer, and in ceremonies and activities appropriate to voice deep concern for the prisoners and missing men, to inspire their loved ones with new courage and hope, and to hasten the day when their ordeal may end.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4039 March 29, 1971 Cancer Control Month, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4039 Cancer Control Month, 1971 By the President of the United States of America March 29, 1971 A Proclamation This Nation may stand on the threshold of one of the greatest triumphs in human history—the conquest of cancer.

If we can now achieve that great goal, we will have lifted from the human family forever the pain, the suffering and the unbearable fear of that most dreaded of all diseases. Decades of research have brought us at last to the moment when scientists can look with renewed hope toward victories in the prevention and treatment of cancer. This moment presents an opportunity that we dare not pass up. The lives of millions now living and countless more yet unborn can be touched—and saved—by what we do.

I have proposed a bold new effort to bring us closer to the goal we seek. I have asked for an additional $100 million this year to press toward the conquest of cancer. I know that money alone cannot guarantee victory in a struggle as complex and difficult as this. But I also 85 Stat. 890know that this search can be quickened by great strides. When they occur, we must be ready to seize upon them and grasp, if we can, the prize that has been sought for so long. Just as the whole world could benefit from this effort, the whole Nation must be behind it.

The Congress, by joint resolution of March 28, 1938 [36 USC 150](/us/usc/t36/s150).(52 Stat. 148) requested that the President issue annually a proclamation setting aside the month of April as Cancer Control Month. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1971 as Cancer Control Month, and I invite the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the appropriate officials of all other areas under the United States flag to issue similar proclamations.

To give new emphasis to this serious problem, and to encourage the determination of the American people to resolve it, I also ask the medical and allied health professions, the communications industries, and all other interested persons and groups to unite during the appointed month in public reaffirmation of this Nation’s efforts to control cancer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4040 March 29, 1971 Proclamation Revoking Proclamation No. 4031 of February 23, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4040 Proclamation Revoking Proclamation No. 4031 of February 23, 1971 March 29, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS, the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931 [49 Stat. 1011](/us/stat/49/1011).[40 USC 276a](/us/usc/t40/s276a).(46 Stat. 1494, as amended) and the provisions of all other acts, Executive Orders, proclamations, rules, regulations or other directives providing for the payment of wages, which provisions are dependent upon determinations by the Secretary of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act, were suspended until otherwise provided by Proclamation No. 4031 *Ante*, p. 879.of February 23, 1971; and 85 Stat. 891 WHEREAS, I have today issued Executive Order No. 11588; [3 CFR 1971 Comp., p. 147](/us/cfr/t3/s1971/p147).

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do by this Proclamation revoke Proclamation No. 4031 of February 23, 1971, as to all construction contracts for *Ante*, p. 879.which solicitations for bids or proposals are issued after the date of this Proclamation, whether direct federal construction or federally assisted construction subject to the previous Proclamation No. 4031. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-one and of the independence of the United States of America the one-hundred ninety-fifth. 4041 March 31, 1971 National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4041 National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 1971 By the President of the United States of America March 31, 1971 A Proclamation The past growth and prosperity of the United States relied heavily on an interconnected, diversified transportation network which linked its cities and its citizens.

Our commerce prospered from the ever-increasing proximity of the markets; our citizens, from the availability and accessibility of the great productive wealth of the Nation. We are now entering into a new era in transportation—an era in which our national mobility will demand the continued conquest of time and space, yet our national conscience will no longer permit irreparable damage to our land, our environment, or the social fabric of our communities. It is in this light that transportation faces its challenge of the future.

To meet that challenge, we will need a truly balanced transportation system—a system that provides our citizens with the ability to choose the most efficient means of transportation at the least possible cost to themselves and to the environment. I ask for the help of all citizens in achieving this goal. In recognition of the importance of our transportation system to our economy, our national security and our daily lives, and as a tribute to 85 Stat. 892the men and women who move goods and people throughout our land, [71 Stat. 30](/us/stat/71/30).[36 USC 160](/us/usc/t36/s160).the Congress by a joint resolution approved May 16, 1957, requested the President to proclaim annually the third Friday of May each year as National Defense Transportation Day, and by a joint resolution approved [76 Stat. 69](/us/stat/76/69).[36 USC 166](/us/usc/t36/s166).May 14, 1962, requested the President to proclaim annually the week of May in which that Friday falls as National Transportation Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 21, 1971, as National Defense Transportation Day, and the week beginning May 16, 1971, as National Transportation Week. During National Transportation Week, I ask that the people of this Nation join with the Department of Transportation and also with State and local officials in reevaluating our goals and reaffirming our commitment to a balanced transportation system for these United States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4042 April 2, 1971 Earth Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4042 Earth Week, 1971 April 2, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Few concerns facing America and the world today are more compelling than the quality of our physical environment.

All that we do, all that we hope to achieve for ourselves, all that we hope to create for our children will go for nothing if the world itself is made unfit to live in. The question of what we do with our environment is a matter of cosmic consequence; there is a limit to how long the matter rests merely with man, and if that limit is exceeded, the success of man as an earth creature may itself be limited by forces he no longer controls. The earth and its atmosphere are a closed system.

They are finite. The good water cannot purify itself indefinitely. The good air cannot cleanse itself endlessly. And the good earth cannot sustain and repair the injustices of man forever. Man must help to put his own earthly house in order. We have made a beginning in this. But we have only begun. Now there must be a conscious, sustained effort by every American and, we 85 Stat. 893might hope, by every citizen of the world if our posterity are not to look back in sorrow and wonder why, when God had created the earth and seen that it was good, man did not agree and leave it that way.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period of April 18 through April 24, 1971, as Earth Week. I call upon the Governors of the several States to encourage observance of this period and its purposes through appropriate ceremonies and to give special consideration to means of educating our citizens to the preservation of our environment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4043 April 6, 1971 National Maritime Day, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4043 National Maritime Day, 1971 By the President of the United States of America April 6, 1971 A Proclamation A strong American merchant marine is essential to the Nation’s economic prosperity and military security.

Under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the Nation’s maritime industry [84 Stat. 1018](/us/stat/84/1018).[46 USC 1101 note](/us/usc/t46/s1101).can and must move forward with the task of rebuilding our merchant marine fleet, improving the competitive position of our shipbuilding industry, and restoring the United States to its rightful proud position in the shipping lanes of the world. All elements of the maritime industry should utilize the opportunity provided by that Act to develop an American merchant marine fully capable of providing the modem, efficient services which are indispensable both to our foreign commerce and to our security.

To remind Americans of the important role which the merchant marine plays in our national life, the Congress in 1933 designated the anniversary of the first transatlantic voyage by a steamship, the SS *Savannah*, on May 22, 1819, as National Maritime Day, and requested [48 Stat. 73](/us/stat/48/73).[36 USC 145](/us/usc/t36/s145).the President to issue a proclamation annually in observance of that day. 85 Stat. 894 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our American merchant marine on May 22, 1971, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes and other suitable places, and I request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on that day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4044 April 7, 1971 National Farm Safety Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4044 National Farm Safety Week, 1971 April 7, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Primitive man’s first discoveries about cultivating the land came by chance, and for thousands of years thereafter agriculture progressed only slowly out of the realm of guesswork.

Even in the early days of this Nation, when we were a people of farmers and planters, the process of coaxing life out of the earth remained far more an art than a science. But today American agriculture has become a fully realized technology largely subject to human planning and control—a bountiful producer of food, clothing, and the makings of the good life for America and the world. Thus there is sharp irony in the fact that this great industry, so accomplished in the scientific nurture of plant and animal life, remains among the industries in which *human* life is most precarious and accident rates are highest.

The farm and ranch environment abounds in potential hazards—powerful machinery, exposed working conditions, physically demanding jobs—but experience has shown that caution, common sense, and protective equipment can do much to counter them and keep accidents and injuries to a minimum. All who live and work on America’s farms and ranches owe it to themselves, their families, and the nation that depends on them, to put safety first. Let us set the goal of eliminating chance from rural life just as we have learned to exclude it from agricultural production. 85 Stat. 895 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of July 25, 1971, as National Farm Safety Week.

I urge farm families and all in the rural community to make every effort to reduce accidents occurring at work, home, in recreation and on the highway. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4045 April 8, 1971 Small Business Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4045 Small Business Week, 1971 By the President of the United States of America April 8, 1971 A Proclamation The American tradition of independent enterprise is as old as our society itself.

The freemen who tended little stores, ran coastwise shipping, traded in furs, or made candles helped this tradition put down deep roots early in our history. “What most astonishes me,” wrote de Tocqueville as he took the measure of our young nation in the 1830s, “is not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertakings as the innumerable multitude of small ones.” From such beginnings, small business has grown into one of the principal economic forces in this, the world’s greatest industrial nation.

Today—its name aside—small business is *big*. Nineteen United States firms in twenty are small businesses. They do nearly three-fourths of the total volume of sales and one-third of all manufacturing. For the industry and resourcefulness which millions of Americans invest in them as owners and employees, they return not only profits but also the rich rewards of self-reliance. They contribute to the wide diversity of our society and our economy, and they offer members of disadvantaged minority groups an open door into full participation in the Nation’s prosperity—a door through which black Americans, Spanish-speaking Americans, Indians, and other minority enterprisers are now passing in increasing numbers.

But if small business is to realize its full potential in the years ahead, it needs and deserves wholehearted support from citizens and the business 85 Stat. 896community as a whole, as well as the strong encouragement it already receives from government. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May 16, 1971, as Small Business Week. I ask all Americans and their business organizations to join with me during this week in paying tribute to the accomplishments of small business and in helping small business toward continued strength and success.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4046 April 12, 1971 Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4046 Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1971 April 12, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation April 14 marks the eighty-first anniversary of the founding of the world’s oldest regional grouping of nations, the inter-American system [2 UST 2394](/us/ust/t2/s2394); [21 UST 607](/us/ust/t21/s607).now called the Organization of American States.

The name of the system has changed over the years, but its objectives have not. It was Simon Bolivar’s dream of 150 years ago—that the freedom of the New World would be the hope of the universe—which inspired the creation of the inter-American system. And it is that aspiration which still unites the peoples of the Western Hemisphere in the structure of peace and the pursuit of progress, transcending our diversity of languages and cultures. The United States, as the oldest republic in the Americas and a founding member of the inter-American system, has long been pledged to lend its full weight to the work of realizing Bolivar’s dream.

I have renewed that pledge for the Seventies, with special emphasis on equal partnership and full participation for all the New World nations. The Organization of American States has long outlived the farsighted men who laid the foundations of hemispheric cooperation eight decades ago. It has gained steadily in stature as a force for a better life in the 85 Stat. 897Americas. With our support it can continue to meet the challenges of the present and enlarge the opportunities of the future.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1971, as Pan American Day, and the week beginning April 11 and ending April 17 as Pan American Week; and I call upon the Governors of the fifty States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and appropriate officials of all other areas under the flag of the United States to issue similar proclamations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4047 April 15, 1971 World Trade Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4047 World Trade Week, 1971 By the President of the United States of America April 15, 1971 A Proclamation Trade between nations is an expression of mutual dependence and good will.

The international flow of goods is an instrument of world cooperation that fosters the well-being of peoples. A strong position in world trade and investment has become a basic pillar of the American economy. It also helps raise the standards of living of other peoples of the world by making more widely available our advanced technologies and our capital. Now, more than ever before, the United States must seek to strengthen its role as a key supplier to the global marketplace.

An increased international effort will accelerate foreign exchange earnings, strengthen the position of the dollar abroad and enable us to meet our responsibilities to the international community. It will also provide added stimulus to our economy at home as it moves towards our national objective of full employment through increased productivity. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 16, 1971, as World Trade Week, and I call upon the business community and the American people to consider world trade as an 85 Stat. 898important national priority which warrants their attention and productive efforts.

I request that appropriate Federal, State, and local officials cooperate in observing that week. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4048 April 20, 1971 Senior Citizens Month, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4048 Senior Citizens Month, 1971 April 20, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation From its beginnings, the American Nation has been dedicated to the constant pursuit of better tomorrows.

Yet, for many of our 20 million older Americans the “tomorrows” that arrive with their later years have not been better. Rather than days of reward, happiness, and opportunity, they have too often been days of disappointment, loneliness, and anxiety. It is imperative that this situation be changed. Some of the problems of older Americans have their roots in economic causes. For example, the incidence of poverty is more than twice as great among older Americans as among those under 65.

This is especially tragic because many of these people did not become poor until they reached their later years. Moreover, the economic gap between the age groups has been accompanied in recent years by a growing sense of social and psychological separation, so that too often our older citizens are regarded as an unwanted generation. The generation of Americans over 65 have lived through a particularly challenging time in world history. The fact that our country has come through the first two-thirds of the twentieth century as a strong and growing Nation is the direct result of their devotion and their resourcefulness.

We owe them a great deal—not only for what they have done in the past but also for what they are continuing to do today. Perhaps the greatest error which younger Americans make in dealing with the elderly is to underestimate the energy and skill which they can still contribute to their country. During the last year, several hundred thousand older people wrote to officials of the Federal Government and told us in their own words—85 Stat. 899some sad, some hopeful—about what they need and what they desire.

We learned once again that what they seek most of all is a continuing role in shaping the destiny of their society. We must find new ways for helping them play such a role—an undertaking which will require a basic change in the attitudes of many Americans who are not yet elderly. As a part of our effort to achieve such changes, our Nation each year observes the month of May as Senior Citizens Month. This is a time when we make a special effort to thank our older citizens for all they have contributed to America’s progress.

It is also a time for asking with special force whether they are now sharing in that progress as fully as they deserve and desire and for renewing our efforts to help them live proud and fulfilling lives. Senior Citizens Month, 1971, will be a particularly important time for such endeavors, for this is the year of the White House Conference on Aging. The Governor of every State has issued a call for a State Conference on Aging to be held during May. From these State conferences will come policy recommendations which will be submitted to the White House Conference in Washington next November.

I know that the work of these State conferences during Senior Citizens Month—like the work of the White House Conference next autumn—will be undertaken with a high sense of discipline, commitment, and imagination. The Nation owes no less to those who have given so much to its development. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May, 1971, as Senior Citizens Month. The theme for this month will be Toward a National Policy on Aging.

I am deeply grateful to the Governors for their concern and participation in this observance. I urge officials of government at all levels—national, State, and local—and of voluntary organizations and private groups to give special attention to the problems of older Americans during this period. I also call upon individual citizens of all ages to take full advantage of this opportunity to share in designing a better future—for those who are now numbered among our older citizens and for all who will be among that number someday.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth. 4049 April 30, 1971 Clean Waters for America Week, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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