Proclamation 4184.

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87 Stat. 1159 PROCLAMATION 4184 Save Your Vision Week, 1973 By the President of the United States of America January 29, 1973 A Proclamation Like many precious possessions, eyesight is usually taken for granted until it is lost. Yet the preservation of vision—one of life’s greatest blessings—need not be left to chance. There are steps all of us can take to help keep our eyes healthy for a lifetime of useful service. Simple safety precautions can substantially reduce the number of accidents which cause loss of vision.

Potential sources of eye injury in the home, at work, and at school can be sought out and eliminated. However, most blindness in the United States is the result not of injury, but of disease. Proper attention to hygiene, good nutrition, and, most important, regular professional eye examinations can minimize the risk of visual disability. Glaucoma, one of the most common eye diseases, can be detected through a simple and painless test and, if detected early, can usually be arrested and controlled.

Many elderly Americans are unnecessarily blind because of cataracts. It is tragic that unwarranted fear of cataract surgery—successful in 95 percent of the cases—keeps many of our older citizens from regaining their sight. For visual loss that can now neither be prevented nor cured, research such as that conducted by the Federal Government through the National Eye Institute offers new hope. To encourage greater awareness of the importance of preserving sight, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 629), requested the President to proclaim the first week in March [36 USC 169a](/us/usc/t36/s169a).of each year as Save Your Vision Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of March 4, 1973, as Save Your Vision Week. I invite the Governors of the States and appropriate local government officials to issue similar proclamations, and I call upon the Nation’s mass communications media to join in bringing to the attention of all Americans the importance of preventive vision care. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-87 Stat. 1160three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. 4185 January 29, 1973 National Safe Boating Week, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4185 National Safe Boating Week, 1973 January 29, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation As more and more Americans in all parts of our Nation turn to boating as a leisure time activity, we need to give increasing attention to the safety requirements of the millions who participate in this healthy, challenging outdoor sport.

Aware of this need, the Congress approved a joint resolution on [36 USC 161](/us/usc/t36/s161).June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179) requesting that the President proclaim an annual National Safe Boating week during the week including July 4th of each year. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 1, 1973, as National Safe Boating Week. I urge all Americans who use our waterways to take advantage of the numerous boating safety courses offered by governmental and private organizations to help make their stay afloat as safe as it is enjoyable.

These courses, sponsored by the United States Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the United States Power Squadrons, the American Red Cross and various State agencies, provide the average citizen with the information needed for the safe operation of recreational boats. I particularly urge the novice and the occasional boatman, the one who operates a small boat on only a few weekends of the year, to consider his own and his family’s safety and to be prepared for the unexpected by taking advantage of the sound safety information such courses offer.

I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to provide for the observance of this week. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred 87 Stat. 1161seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. 4186 February 5, 1973 American Heart Month, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4186 American Heart Month, 1973 By the President of the United States of America February 5, 1973 A Proclamation Diseases of the heart and blood vessels impose an intolerable burden on the American people.

They afflict one-eighth of our population—more than 27 million citizens. With every 30 seconds that pass, cardiovascular diseases claim another American life. The toll for 1973 will be staggering: more than one million lives, more than 200 million man-years lost from work and some $30 billion in lost income and the cost of medical care. In 1948, the National Heart Act launched a nationwide effort to help [62 Stat. 464](/us/stat/62/464).[42 USC 287 note](/us/usc/t42/s287).alleviate this burden.

This landmark bill created the Federal Government’s National Heart Institute, bringing the public sector into a close alliance with the private sector, as exemplified by the American Heart Association, a national voluntary health agency. In the nearly twenty-five years that have followed, science and medicine have made dramatic advances against this dread enemy. As cardiovascular medicine and surgery have undergone sweeping changes, new hope has been given to thousands of heart patients.

Still heart and blood vessel diseases remain our Nation’s deadliest health threat, and our cardiovascular disease rate is the second highest in the world. June of this year will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the National Heart Act. On September 19, 1972, I signed into law a greatly expanded version of this authorization—the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Act of 1972—calling for significant increases in cardiovascular [86 Stat. 679](/us/stat/86/679).[42 USC 287 note](/us/usc/t42/s287).research and prevention programs.

This legislation marks yet another milestone in our continued fight against preventable heart attack and stroke. To encourage a continuing effective attack on cardiovascular diseases, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 843), requested the President to issue annually a proclamation [36 USC 169b](/us/usc/t36/s169b).designating February as American Heart Month. 87 Stat. 1162 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of February, 1973, as American Heart Month.

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 consider fully the nationwide problem of cardiovascular diseases, and to support programs essential to bring about its solution. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. 4187 February 6, 1973 National Inventors’ Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4187 National Inventors’ Day February 6, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In 1646, the Massachusetts General Court granted an immigrant ironworker named Joseph Jenks the first patent for machinery issued in what was then British North America—a 14 year monopoly on water-mills for the “speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands.

” That was the beginning of what has become a long and proud tradition in this country. The creators of our Republic, themselves the inventors of a new form of government, recognized the important role which inventors would play in achieving national progress and, accordingly, gave the Congress the Constitutional authority to grant inventors, for limited times, the exclusive rights to their discoveries. In 1790, Congress did that by establishing the United States Patent System and granting Samuel Hopkins the first patent.

History is filled with evidence of the success of this system. The names of Whitney, McCormick, Morse, Bell, and Edison and the cotton gin, the reaper, the telegraph and telephone, the light bulb, the airplane, transistor, television, are familiar examples of American inventiveness. 87 Stat. 1163 Ours is a proud history of technological achievement, but, as I noted in my message to the Congress on Science and Technology last March, it is not enough to take pride in the achievements of the past.

Great and complex challenges at home and abroad demand further progress and new technology. Today, as in our past, the inventor must play a crucial role in determining whether we meet these challenges. In honor of the important role played by inventors in promoting progress in the useful arts and in recognition of the invaluable contribution of inventors to the welfare of our people, the Congress has by Public Law 92–457 designated February 11, 1973 as National Inventors’ Day. [86 Stat. 763](/us/stat/86/763).

It is particularly appropriate to have chosen February 11 as the day on which to honor all inventors in this manner, since it is the birthday of one of our Nation’s most outstanding inventors, Thomas Alva Edison, to whom more than 1,000 patents were issued for his various inventions. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, as authorized and requested by the Congress, call upon the people of the United States to join in celebrating National Inventors’ Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities honoring the important role played by inventors in promoting progress in useful arts and in recognition of their invaluable contribution to our welfare.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. 4188 February 13, 1973 Display of the Flag in Honor of Vietnam Prisoners of War Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4188 Display of the Flag in Honor of Vietnam Prisoners of War By the President of the United States of America February 13, 1973 A Proclamation The death on January 22, 1973, of Lyndon Baines Johnson, a man dedicated to the cause of peace with honor in Vietnam, prevented 87 Stat. 1164him by only a matter of hours from witnessing the attainment of that peace, and by only days from sharing in our rejoicing at the return of the first American prisoners of war.

Although the thirty-day mourning period which is traditional upon the passing of a President does not conclude for President Johnson until February 21, Mrs. Johnson has expressed to me her feeling that the most fitting tribute both to her husband’s memory and to the heroism of the returning prisoners would be to return the flag of the United States from half-staff to full staff on the day the prisoners come home. Lyndon Johnson gave himself completely in the service of his country.

As Commander in Chief, he had the highest respect and affection for the men in uniform who gave so much on the battlefields and in the prison camps. On the night that he renounced his candidacy for re-election in order to seek an end to the war, he said of those brave men: “The peace that will bring them home someday will come.” Now that peace with honor has come, and now that the men who made that peace possible are coming home, he would surely want the flag to be flying high.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, in expression of the Nation’s gratitude for the service rendered and the sacrifices made by those Americans who have been prisoners of war in Indochina, those still missing, those who gave their lives, and their families and loved ones, do hereby direct [68 Stat. C32](/us/stat/68/C32); [83 Stat. 974](/us/stat/83/974).[36 USC 175 note](/us/usc/t36/s175).*Ante*, p. 1154.that the provisions of Proclamation 3044 of March 1, 1954, and of Proclamation 4180 of January 23, 1973, with respect to display of the flag of the United States at half-staff be suspended effective on the day of return of the first prisoners to the United States, and that commencing on that day the flag once again be displayed at full staff.

I urge all Americans to join in this observance by displaying the flag at their homes, places of business, and public buildings on the day of return; but I also request that the expression of public sorrow in tribute to the memory of President Lyndon B. Johnson as proclaimed in Proclamation 4180 shall not be diminished. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. 4189 February 20, 1973 Modification of Trade Agreement Concession and Extension of Increased Rate of Duty on Imports of Certain Pianos Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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