Proclamation 4245.

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87 Stat. 1250 PROCLAMATION 4245 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1973 September 18, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation This country was founded upon a promise made to all of its people: that our government would work to assure every citizen a fair and equal start in the race of life. Implicit in this promise is the concept that a person has a right to compete for any job he is able to perform. This promise has been kept for a great many of our people, but not for all.

Too many handicapped persons—particularly young disabled veterans—are unable to find work. Perhaps the greatest difficulty a handicapped person faces is not his own disability, but rather the attitudes of society concerning that disability. Yet handicapped people are able to perform a wide range of jobs with great skill and efficiency. The employer who hires the handicapped is not only helping them; he is also helping himself and his country. Let us all work therefore to make good on the promise America has always held out to its people—allowing each person who is willing to work and who is qualified to work a fair chance to work.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the [59 Stat. 530](/us/stat/59/530); [84 Stat. 914](/us/stat/84/914).Congress approved August 11, 1945, as amended (36 U.S.C. 155), do hereby proclaim the week of October 7, 1973, as National Employ the Handicapped Week. I urge the Nation’s Governors, mayors, and all other public officials, as well as leaders in every area of American life, to join with the handicapped themselves in making this observance a time of new awakening in our country to the value and the importance of employing handicapped men and women. 87 Stat. 1251 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4246 September 19, 1973 Johnny Horizon ‘76 Clean Up America Month Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4246 Johnny Horizon ‘76 Clean Up America Month By the President of the United States of America September 19, 1973 A Proclamation While the Federal Government pursues its national responsibility to prevent pollution of our air, water and land resources, no contribution to a better environment can match the exercise of individual responsibility.

We must recognize that environmental improvement and protection require the commitment and positive action of each and every American. We can have clean air, clean water, beautiful, open forests and shores, but all these will not improve our environment if our immediate surroundings are cluttered and degraded. Our most precious environment is the area in which we live—our city streets and rural towns. Environmental awareness goes far beyond the improvement of what we commonly refer to as our natural resources.

The spirit with which we work to enhance our lives must be one of: “I’ll help, too.” To dramatize this spirit, the Congress has by House Joint Resolution 695, 93rd Congress, designated the period of September *Ante*, p. 351.15 to October 15, 1973 as “Johnny Horizon ‘76 Clean Up America Month” and requested the President to issue a proclamation calling for observance of this month. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim “Clean Up America Month,” and ask our Nation’s attention to the Johnny Horizon ‘76 environmental awareness and action program for America’s 200th birthday and related Bicentennial activities.

I urge representatives of business, industry, labor, government, civic groups and other citizens to join 87 Stat. 1252together to demonstrate the significant results that can be realized when Americans translate their concerns into affirmative action. I further urge neighborhood and community cleanups, beautification programs, resource recovery and education programs, anti-litter campaigns, energy and wildlife conservation efforts and other worthwhile activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4247 September 29, 1973 Country Music Month, October 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4247 Country Music Month, October 1973 September 29, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation We do not truly know America until, in Whitman’s phrase, we “hear America singing”—singing not only the songs of concert stage and night-club, choir loft and schoolroom, but also the earthy, emotion-packed melodies and lyrics that have come to be called “country.

” At one time, that particularly rich and honest strain in the American musical tradition was largely confined to the geographic areas its name implies: the countryside and Western ranges of America’s heartland. But half a century ago, in 1923, Fiddlin’ John Carson broke through with the first widely popular country music recording, and since then records and the broadcast airwaves have been winning new audiences for country and Western music all over America and around the world—so that now the term describes not just a locale but a state of mind and style of taste, as much beloved downtown as on the farm.

Today, no matter where men and women happen to live, country music may be one of the truest voices speaking to and for them. All of us can better understand our Nation’s head and heart by listening to “hear America singing” in that voice. 87 Stat. 1253 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, ask Americans to mark the month of October, 1973, with suitable observances as Country Music Month. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of September, 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-eighth. 4248 October 5, 1973 National Day of Prayer, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4248 National Day of Prayer, 1973 By the President of the United States of America October 5, 1973 A Proclamation America is a nation under God.

This is not a consequence of legislative mandate, but of the spiritual commitment of a people. Throughout our history, we have turned to God for guidance, for sustenance, and in gratitude for the blessings of freedom. When our forbears stood on the rocks at Plymouth, they turned to God in prayer. When our Founding Fathers created a nation nearly two hundred years ago, they asked God’s blessing upon their endeavor. When those who shaped our form of government met in 1787, they sought God’s assistance.

When our Nation threatened to tear itself apart a little over a hundred years ago, Abraham Lincoln turned to God for the understanding to keep us together. We do not assume God’s favor, but we seek it. We do not suppose that our way is God’s way, but we pray for the wisdom to understand God’s way, and the grace to let it be our own. For we know that neither wealth, nor wisdom, nor strength of arms can sustain a nation’s greatness, except that God look with favor on the purposes of that nation and its people.

The challenges of our future are no less grave than those faced and met by the men and women to whose faith we are indebted for the constantly recurring miracle of America. As we act to meet the challenges of the American future, let us do so with the same profound faith in 87 Stat. 1254the God of our fathers, mindful of the words of the Psalms: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, October 17, as National Day of Prayer, 1973.

I ask that on this day the people of the United States join in reaffirming our dependence on God’s grace, beseeching His blessings on our endeavors and His guidance in the search for peace, reconciliation, and goodwill among all people. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninety-eighth. 4249 October 5, 1973 Veterans Day, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4249 Veterans Day, 1973 October 5, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation As America enjoys the blessings of peace for the first time in more than a dozen years, it is appropriate that we should pay special honor to those whose service helped us to achieve it.

We salute our veterans on a day of their own each year, a day on which we express our pride in them and our awareness of a debt to them which can never fully be repaid. At no period in our history has there been more reason to call the Nation’s attention to the achievements of its veterans than today. Never before has peace been more welcome nor prospects for its permanence more substantial. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call on all Americans to join in observing Monday, October 22, 1973, as Veterans Day, I urge both public ceremony and private contemplation in recognition of the precious gifts of freedom and security that are ours because those we honor have stood in our defense. 87 Stat. 1255 Let us give special consideration on that day to those who have died in our Nation’s wars and those who have been disabled.

Let this be a day of remembrance for those veterans who are in our hospitals, a day on which our appreciation is expressed tangibly by our visits and our attention. Further, let this be a day on which all Americans take special cognizance of the needs of those young veterans who are currently readjusting to civilian life; let us give them personal help and encouragement. I direct the appropriate officials of Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on this day.

I request officials of Federal, State and local governments to support its observance and I urge schools, churches, unions, civic and patriotic organizations to participate in appropriate public ceremonies throughout the Nation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4250 October 12, 1973 National School Lunch Week, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4250 National School Lunch Week, 1973 By the President of the United States of America October 12, 1973 A Proclamation The National School Lunch Program—now in its twenty-seventh year—works to ensure nutritious and well-balanced meals to young people in our country.

Since its inception, the National School Lunch Program, in close partnership with State and local communities, has provided food, funds, and technical assistance in a comprehensive program of child nutrition. Today, more than 25 million youngsters participate in the program daily. In recent years, a determined and consistent effort has been made to extend the program’s benefits to schools that do not have lunch or other food programs for their students. Because of the special need for good nutrition among high school students and the challenge of achieving their full participation in the program, innovative efforts to make the program more relevant to the needs and experience of today’s high school students are now under way. 87 Stat. 1256 [76 Stat. 779](/us/stat/76/779).[36 USC 168](/us/usc/t36/s168).By a joint resolution approved on October 9, 1962, the Congress designated the week beginning on the second Sunday of October in each year as National School Lunch Week, and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for observance of that week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 14, 1973, as National School Lunch Week and to give special and deserved recognition to the role of good nutrition in building a strong America through strong American youth. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4251 October 17, 1973 Drug Abuse Prevention Week, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4251 Drug Abuse Prevention Week, 1973 October 17, 1973 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation No problem faced by America is more insidious than the problem of drug abuse.

It strikes at the heart of our national well-being, destroying lives, breeding crime, dividing families, and shredding the fabric of mutual trust and concern which is the hallmark of a decent society. In the past four years, I have given the highest priority to the work of eliminating this danger to our Nation. That effort is now bearing fruit. Improved law enforcement is reducing illicit narcotics supplies. International cooperation has increased the number of seizures of heroin, opium, and other narcotics.

Arrests of drug traffickers and pushers are rising, while drug-related crimes in our major cities have begun to decline. Increased resources for the rehabilitation of addicts have resulted in a decrease in narcotics-related deaths. New treatment facilities are providing for addicts an avenue of escape from the tyranny of drugs. These indices of progress are heartening, for they demonstrate that we can eliminate drug abuse as America’s public enemy number one and that we are on the way to meeting that objective. 87 Stat. 1257 But our recent success should not cause us to slacken on our pace in this battle.

Rather, it should inspire us to redouble our efforts with a view to achieving final victory. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of October 21–27, 1973, as Drug Abuse Prevention Week. Drug Abuse Prevention Week this year will provide the fourth annual observance of our national commitment to remove drug abuse as a threat to our national life. As the family is the keystone of American life, the theme of Drug Abuse Prevention Week 1973 will be *The American Family—A Response to Drug Abuse*.

I hope that our people will give particular emphasis at this time to the role of the family in strengthening our Nation’s moral fiber. And let us remember, too. that lasting success in the battle against drug abuse will come only if all members of our national family work closely together in this historic struggle. I call upon officials at every level of government, upon educators, medical professionals, and communicators, upon the business community and the civic groups of our Nation, upon the churches and the clergy, and upon all who bear the special trusts of parenthood and care of the young, to rededicate themselves during this week to the total banishment of drug abuse from American life.

I again urge every American to commit himself wholeheartedly, beginning now, to this supremely important humanitarian cause. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4252 October 18, 1973 National Forest Products Week, 1973 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation PROCLAMATION 4252 National Forest Products Week, 1973 By the President of the United States of America October 18, 1973 A Proclamation As a Nation, we have grown increasingly dependent upon the resources of our forest lands, especially wood and wood products.

As the 1970’s have brought record worldwide demands for housing, pulp, paper, 87 Stat. 1258building materials, and furniture, Americans have become more keenly aware of the need for careful management and development of our timber resources so as to ensure a continuous supply of timber and other forest products. As Theodore Roosevelt put it many years ago, forest protection does not limit our resources but “on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies.

” We have also come to recognize the importance of the forest products industry to the vitality of the Nation’s economy and the maintenance of our high standard of living. For example, the thousands of products that are manufactured from wood each year represent one-fifth of the industrial raw materials in the Nation. Forest products industries provide five percent of the Nation’s employment, and five percent of our gross national product originates in timber based activities.

Projections for future demands of wood and wood products, both at home and abroad, indicate that consumers will want and need even more forest products in the 1980’s and beyond. This means that we must give even greater attention to the protection and renewal of our forest resources. We must find better and more efficient ways to use our timber supply, ways which are consistent with our environmental values. And we must improve the technology for reclaiming and recycling forest products.

In order to give further recognition and emphasis to the importance of forest resources and forest products to the Nation, the Congress has [36 USC 163](/us/usc/t36/s163).by joint resolution of September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 898) designated the seven-day period beginning on the third Sunday of October in each year as National Forest Products Week and has requested the President to issue an annual proclamation calling for the observance of that week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 21, 1973, as National Forest Products Week.

I ask that public attention be directed through appropriate activities and ceremonies to the importance of forest products m American life and to the responsibility we have for protecting and using them in the most intelligent manner possible. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. 4253 October 31, 1973 Proclamation Amending Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States with Respect to the Importation of Agricultural Commodities Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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