Proclamation 4263.

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88 Stat. 2444 Proclamation 4263 · February 4, 1974 American Heart Month, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America is in the midst of a deadly epidemic. Diseases of the heart and blood vessels claim more American lives than all other causes of death combined. It is estimated that nearly 28 million Americans have some major form of heart and blood vessel disease. Heart and blood vessel diseases cost the Nation an estimated $30 billion annually.

In addition to lost income and expenditures for medical care, an estimated 200,000 man-years of production are lost each year because of this health hazard. And the greatest cost of course, the cost in human suffering, is one that cannot be measured in monetary terms. [42 USC 287 note](/us/usc/t42/s287).In 1948, with passage of the National Heart Act, this country launched a comprehensive effort to help alleviate the burden of cardiovascular diseases. This landmark legislation 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.

During the past 26 years, this partnership has fostered extraordinary’ progress in the fields of diagnosis, prevention, treatment, surgery, coronary care, and rehabilitation. Still heart and blood vessel diseases remain our Nation’s deadliest health threat. To encourage a continuing effective attack on cardiovascular diseases, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 (77 [36 USC 169b](/us/usc/t36/s169b).Stat. 843), requested the President to issue a proclamation designating February of each year as American Heart Month.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of February, 1974, 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. 88 Stat. 2445 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth.

Richard Nixon 4264 February 6, 1974 National Nurse Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4264 · February 6, 1974 National Nurse Week, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America has always honored those who serve society as nurses. In recent years, however, we have come to appreciate more than ever the complex and expanding role which nurses play in our health care system. Increasingly, the high quality of our nursing profession is making it possible for more Americans to enjoy better health services.

As medical science makes new discoveries, nursing skills in turn must become more sophisticated and more highly specialized. In out-of-hospital settings, nurses in increasing numbers are assuming primary care roles as specialized nurse practioners. Graduates of pediatric nurse practitioner programs are independently caring for a high percentage of children receiving care in metropolitan health clinics and private medical practice. Visiting nurses, with highly specialized skills in the prevention of illness and accidents and in the assessment and treatment of chronic conditions, are making it possible for even very frail elderly people to go on residing in their own homes.

Nurses trained in intensive coronary care are saving lives of patients who develop lethal disturbances of heart rhythm. Nurses engaged in research projects have helped to improve our understanding in many areas, including the rehabilitation of stroke patients, the care and prevention of pulmonary disease, cancer nursing, ways to help ambulatory patients, and illnesses that result in absence from school. For their dedication and for their constantly expanding skills, which are doing so much to improve the health of America, nurses merit the highest measure of personal and professional regard. 88 Stat. 2446 NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of February 10 through February 16, 1974, as National Nurse Week.

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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon 4265 February 6, 1974 National Port Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4265 · February 6, 1974 National Port Week, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In providing services to promote the expansion of United States exports, our commercial ocean and inland ports play a central role in improving our balance of trade.

The building of World Trade Centers in several ports and the establishment of trade promotion offices in major manufacturing areas are among the methods employed by United States ports to encourage export expansion. Over 1.6 billion tons of commerce in our foreign and domestic water-borne trades moved through our port gateways in 1972. The foreign portion of this total was valued at more than $47 billion. The many and varied port handling activities required to service this vast trade volume alone generate about $30 billion in direct dollar income to local and regional economies served by United States ports.

This amount serves to stimulate an even greater economic chain of indirect revenues as these dollars are spent throughout the national economy. Other statistics also help to demonstrate the central role of port facilities in the American economy. Public and private port interests have invested over $5 billion in cargo handling facilities since the end of World War II. Port-generated activities now provide employment for well over 1.2 million people—accounting for about $12 billion in wages each 88 Stat. 2447year.

A total of over $32 billion a year is being poured into the American economy directly and indirectly by waterfront activities in our national port system. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, in order to remind Americans of the importance of the port industry of the United States to our national life, do hereby designate the week beginning on the last Sunday in September as National Port Week. I ask that public attention be directed to the important role our Nation’s ports play in the American economy through appropriate activities and ceremonies.

I also ask that all ships in United States ports during that week dress ship in tribute to our port industry. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon 4266 February 7, 1974 National Inventors’ Day, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4266 · February 7, 1974 National Inventors’ Day, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Curiosity and creativity are hallmarks of the American character and nowhere are those traits more evident than in the American inventor.

From the days of Benjamin Franklin to the present, whether they have worked in garages or multi-million dollar laboratories, inventors have given us an increasingly broad array of labor-saving devices as well as new methods of improving our personal comfort, new methods of transportation, and new means of enjoying our culture. Indeed, they have given us the means of converting our Nation’s great natural abundance into a better life for all Americans. Our history is filled with the stories of men who have worked in loneliness-—and sometimes in spite of the laughter of men of lesser vision—in order to perfect ideas that have transformed our civilization.

At the heart of all our great technological advances, and of all our industrial and 88 Stat. 2448commercial enterprises in communications, technology, medicine, and many other fields, lies the dream and the ingenuity of the inventor. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, 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, designate February 11, 1974, as National Inventors’ Day.

I call upon the people of the United States to join in observing 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 seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth.

Richard Nixon 4267 February 7, 1974 Save Your Vision Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4267 · February 7, 1974 Save Your Vision Week, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Most of us, rarely, pause to think about how or why we see. Many of us give little thought to the care of our eyes. But the importance of good vision cannot be overstated. Even though most people retain effective vision throughout their lives, eyesight can deteriorate at any moment.

Yet within our grasp is the knowledge and means to help us combat even very serious vision problems. This is possible because of the skills of our Nation’s optometrists, opthalmologists, opticians, and allied health professionals as well as the Nation’s scientists who conduct research on vision problems assisted by Federal support from the National Eye Institute and by many private organizations. To focus the Nation’s attention on the importance of good vision and upon ways of preserving and improving it, the Congress by a joint resolution [36 USC 169a](/us/usc/t36/s169a).approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 629), requested the Presi-88 Stat. 2449dent to proclaim the first full week in March 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 3, 1974, as Save Your Vision Week. I urge optometrists, physicians, and government and private agencies concerned to inform every American of the need to protect the precious gift of vision. I invite the Governors of the States and appropriate local government officials to support Save Your Vision Week activities and I call upon the Nation’s mass communications media to join in encouraging all Americans to heed the message of Save Your Vision Week—to preserve good vision and to enhance the joy of seeing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon 4268 February 7, 1974 National Poison Prevention Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4268 · February 7, 1974 National Poison Prevention Week, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation While there has been a significant reduction in the number of deaths among young children as a result of poisoning, poisoning still remains one of the most common medical emergencies involving children.

The reductions which have been accomplished over the years have largely been the result of cooperation among the medical, pharmaceutical, dental, nursing, and allied professions; Federal, State, and local government agencies, community organizations; and private industry. New Federal laws, including the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 have also played an important part in this achievement.[15 USC 1471 note](/us/usc/t15/s1471). We must continue to use every possible preventive measure to further reduce poisoning as a threat to the health of all Americans.

To help call attention to this effort, the Congress, in a joint resolution approved 88 Stat. 2450[36 USC 165](/us/usc/t36/s165).September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 681), requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the third week in March as National Poison Prevention Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning March 17, 1974, as National Poison Prevention Week. I direct all appropriate agencies of the Federal Government to participate actively in programs designed to promote maximum protection of our people against accidental poisoning, particularly among children.

Further I invite all State and local governments, and private organizations and individuals to share in this national effort. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon 4269 February 21, 1974 National Farm Safety Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4269 · February 21, 1974 National Farm Safety Week, 1974 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Every one of America’s farmers produces enough food to feed 50 other people.

Our agricultural productivity plays a fundamental role in our country’s international leadership as it enables us to provide assistance to other less fortunate nations and it frees so many in our society for other economic and social efforts which benefit America and the world. As in every other crucial industry, job safety is essential to the maintenance of high agricultural productivity. But we are concerned with more than productivity alone. Every year farm accidents produce serious injuries and result in the lass of thousands of lives.

The financial cost in lost time, production, and medical and property expenses runs into billions of dollars. The cost in human suffering is incalculable. This needless waste of precious human and economic resources must be and can be sharply reduced through careful attention to basic safety 88 Stat. 2451precautions. As we act to provide the food and fibre that feeds and clothes Americans and many people around the world, I urge that we also act to protect the lives of the farmers and farm workers of America through more careful attention to farm safety.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 25, 1974, as National Farm Safety Week. During this week and in the ensuing year, I urge all who reside on farms and ranches to employ every needed safety precaution and practice, at work, at home, and in recreation. Further, I ask those who work with and serve farm and ranch people to support them in accident-reducing efforts by providing encouragement, information and education.

We must become as effective at reducing accident losses as we have become in increasing agricultural production. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon 4270 February 26, 1974 Vietnam Veterans Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 4270 · February 26, 1974 Vietnam Veterans Day By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation As America enters its second year of peace after a decade of conflict, it is highly appropriate for us to acknowledge the debt we owe to those veterans who served in the Armed Forces during the conflict in Southeast Asia.

The untiring devotion that characterized our Armed Forces during this trying conflict is a tribute to the national character. There are over six and one-half million Vietnam-era veterans, of whom more than two and one-half million served in Vietnam. Despite significant disruptions in their lives and other personal sacrifices, they answered the call of their country and served with great distinction. 88 Stat. 2452 As a Nation, we have acknowledged our deep respect and admiration by setting aside March 29, 1974, as Vietnam Veterans Day to remember that the honorable peace America achieved came through great sacrifice.

Those who served, those who gave their lives, those who were disabled, and those who are still missing in Southeast Asia—and whose full accounting we shall continue to seek—deserve the profound gratitude of their countrymen. For this purpose, the Congress has authorized and requested me to issue a proclamation designating March 29, 1974, as Vietnam Veterans Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, urge the people of this Nation to join in commemorating Friday, March 29, 1974, as Vietnam Veterans Day with suitable observances.

I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on that day; and I request officials of Federal, State, and local Governments, and civic and patriotic organizations, to give their enthusiastic support to appropriate ceremonies and observances throughout the Nation. I urge all citizens of every age to participate in the events of this day as one means of honoring those men and women who served their country faithfully and courageously during the Vietnam conflict.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard Nixon Editorial Note: For the text of Presidential remarks on signing Proclamation 4270. see Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 10, p. 256). 4271 February 26, 1974 National Safe Boating Week, 1974 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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