Proclamation 4065.

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85 Stat. 917 PROCLAMATION 4065 Captive Nations Week, 1971 By the President of the United States of America July 9, 1971 A Proclamation From its beginnings as a nation, the United States has maintained a commitment to the principles of national independence and human liberty. In keeping with this tradition, it remains an essential purpose of our people to encourage the constructive changes which lead to the growth of human freedom. We understand and sympathize with the efforts of oppressed peoples everywhere to realize this inalienable right.

By a joint resolution approved on July 17, 1959, the Eighty-Sixth Congress authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation [73 Stat. 212](/us/stat/73/212).each year designating the third week in July as Captive Nations Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 18, 1971 as Captive Nations Week. I invite the people of the United States of America to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to give renewed devotion to the just aspirations of all peoples for national independence and human liberty.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth. 4066 July 9, 1971 United Nations Day, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4066 United Nations Day, 1971 By the President of the United States of America July 9, 1971 A Proclamation Each year on October 24, the people of America and the world join in the formal observance of a truly global occasion, one that transcends political, cultural, religious, and calendar differences in its promise for all mankind: the anniversary of the United Nations Charter.

This fall, as [59 Stat. 1031](/us/stat/59/1031).85 Stat. 918the United Nations completes its twenty-sixth year of service to the world, United Nations Day is an occasion to look back with gratitude and a measure of pride, and to look ahead with determination and hope. Reviewing the work of the United Nations since 1945, we can see a substantial record of accomplishment in the world body’s major areas of endeavor—”to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . . . and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,” as the Charter states them.

The United States will continue in the future, as it has in the past, to support the efforts of the UN in these great tasks. At the same time, this country and its fellow member countries of the UN must act together to meet the new problems this new decade thrusts upon us. Through the UN, we all share stewardship over the planet Earth: together we face the challenges of coordinating measures to heal and protect the world’s fragile ecosystems; of ensuring that the resources of the sea are developed for the benefit of all mankind; of promoting international cooperation in the use of outer space.

Through the UN, we all share responsibility for making the human community more humane: together we face the challenges of curbing such vicious international crimes as narcotics trafficking, air piracy, and terrorism against diplomats; of moderating explosive population growth; of protecting the human rights of prisoners of war and refugees. The roots of American commitment to the United Nations go far deeper than the words of a charter signed at San Francisco or the glass and steel of a headquarters in New York—they spring from the hearts of the American people.

With the world in urgent need of a dynamic, effective international organization, it is appropriate for us as a people and as individuals to renew our sense of tough-minded dedication to making the UN work. The President’s Commission for the Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, recently submitted to me its recommendations for measures to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations and of American participation therein.

I am giving this useful report close study, and I commend it to the attention of every concerned citizen. Only “we the peoples of the United Nations,” who ordained the UN Charter and charged it with man’s highest hopes, have the power to make it succeed. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, October 24, 1971, as United Nations Day. I urge the citizens of this Nation to observe that day with community programs which will express realistic understanding and support for the United Nations and its associated organizations. 85 Stat. 919 I also call upon the appropriate officials to encourage citizens’ groups and agencies of communication—press, radio, television, and motion pictures—to engage in appropriate observance of United Nations Day this year in cooperation with the United Nations Association of the United States of America and other interested organizations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth. 4067 July 20, 1971 National Moon Walk Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4067 National Moon Walk Day By the President of the United States of America July 20, 1971 A Proclamation The United States has special reason to remember July 20, 1969, with pride, for it was on this date that two of our Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A.

Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., landed on the moon. Armstrong’s message, “The Eagle has landed,” marked the achievement of what men had dreamed of over the centuries: to navigate through space and land on another celestial body. Soon after their landing at the Sea of Tranquility, both astronauts walked on the surface of the moon, placed an American flag on its soil, gathered samples of soil and rocks, and emplaced scientific recording equipment. Man’s exploration of the moon had begun.

Since the historic flight of Apollo 11, American astronauts have extended man’s exploration of the moon to the Ocean of Storms with Apollo 12 and the hills of Frau Mauro with Apollo 14, with rich scientific return. Next week, Apollo 15 is scheduled to head for another different region of the moon to explore the base of the 12,000-foot Apennine Mountains and the rim of the 1,300 foot canyon-like Hadley Rille. Thus, two years after the first landing on the moon, other brave men are following in the footsteps of Armstrong and Aldrin to explore the unknown and advance scientific knowledge for the benefit of all mankind.

To commemorate the anniversary of the first moon walk on July 20, 1969, and to accord recognition to the many achievements of the national space program, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 101, has requested *Ante*, p. 156.that the President issue a proclamation designating July 20, 1971, as National Moon Walk Day. 85 Stat. 920 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate July 20, 1971, as National Moon Walk Day. I urge all Americans, and interested groups and organizations, to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs designed to show their pride in this great national achievement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-sixth. 4068 July 26, 1971 Fisheries Centennial Year Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4068 Fisheries Centennial Year July 26, 1971 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Just one hundred years ago, on February 9, 1871, the Congress of the United States authorized the President to appoint the first Commissioner [16 Stat. 593](/us/stat/16/593).of Fish and Fisheries.

Shortly thereafter, President Grant named Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird to this post and in June, 1871, Professor Baird initiated a program of research concerning the conservation of fish at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. From that original effort has evolved both the National Marine Fisheries Service of the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. The efforts to conserve and improve America’s fisheries are vitally important to all of our people.

These efforts will require the continuing vigilance of the fishing industry, of government at all levels, of private conservationists and of the American public. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1971 as Fisheries Centennial Year. I urge all citizens to support and encourage the work of Federal and State administrators and scientists and the work of private conservation organizations in protecting and enhancing the fisheries of our Nation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and 85 Stat. 921of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-sixth. 4069 July 26, 1971 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1971 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4069 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1971 By the President of the United States of America July 26, 1971 A Proclamation The one hundred and ninety-second anniversary of the death of General Casimir Pulaski on October 11, 1779, in the battle of Savannah, reminds us of the great sacrifice he made for our national independence.

General Pulaski believed that the cause of human freedom was indivisible. He fought against foreign suppression in his native Poland and he joined the struggle for American independence by volunteering in the Continental Army. On this anniversary of General Pulaski’s death, it is appropriate that we note with gratitude his historic contribution—and that of succeeding generations of Americans of Polish origin—to the freedom and progress of this Nation. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 11, 1971, as General Pulaski’s Memorial Day.

I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day. I also invite the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies honoring the memory of General Pulaski and the contributions which he and others from his homeland have made to our national life. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth. 4070 July 30, 1971 American Trial Lawyers Week Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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