Proclamation 4390.

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89 STAT. 1293 PROCLAMATION 4390—SEPT. 11, 1975 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4390 September 11, 1975 National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4390 · September 11, 1975 National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Among the most important elements of America’s Bicentennial observance—and of everyday American life for nearly 200 years—Is the religious heritage of our Nation, rich in its diversity and its quality.

The singular devotion, faith and courage of such servants of God as Elizabeth Ann Seton give life to that heritage and inspiration to us all. On Sunday, September 14, 1975, His Holiness Pope Paul VI will confer upon “Mother Seton,” as she is known to millions of Roman Catholics, the rites of canonization. From that day, Mother Seton will be Saint Elizabeth Seton, the first American-born saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in New York more than 200 years ago, Mother Seton was content in her early years to live the common life of the 18th century woman.

But tragedy entered her life, leaving her a widow at a young age and with five children. Moving to Emmitsburg, Maryland, she turned to the work of her church, took the vows of a nun and later founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, an order of nuns devoted to teaching. Mother Seton established the first parochial school in America, the foundation for an educational system that has brought the priceless gift of knowledge to millions of Americans, including a multitude of newly arrived immigrants whom Mother Seton and her followers instructed in the language and the ways of their new homeland.

For her devout faith and diligent service in the Kingdom of God, her church is bestowing its highest honor on Mother Seton on September 14, 1975. 89 STAT. 1294 For her service to her country, we, as a Nation, and believers in many faiths, also have just cause to honor the memory of Mother Seton on that special day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, in accordance with Senate Joint Resolution [89 Stat. 477](/us/usc/t89/s477).125, do hereby designate Sunday, September 14, 1975, as National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day, and call for such memorials and other observances as are appropriate to the occasion.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two-hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4391 September 15, 1975 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4391 · September 15, 1975 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation One hundred and ninety-six years ago, Casimir Pulaski, a Polish patriot in exile, gave his life in the struggle for American independence.

General Pulaski came to the United States in 1777, when barely 30 years of age, to join George Washington’s Revolutionary Army. He served with great distinction at Brandywine and was promoted by the Continental Congress to the rank of Brigadier General. He commanded a cavalry division and later organized an independent corps of cavalry and light infantry which won acclaim as Pulaski’s Legion. In October, 1779, during the Battle of Savannah, he was mortally wounded while leading his cavalry unit in a daring charge.

It is appropriate to commemorate General Pulaski’s heroic sacrifice in the cause of freedom. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, October 11, 1975, as General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, and I direct the appropriate 89 STAT. 1295 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 the day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of General Pulaski and his dedication to the defense of liberty.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two-hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4392 September 15, 1975 Leif Erikson Day, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4392 · September 15, 1975 Leif Erikson Day, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The United States has been fortunate in the two hundred years of its independence to welcome friendly visitors from all over the earth.

Many of those newcomers came to stay and to help make our land the free and prosperous nation that it is today. Many others visited our shores in earlier centuries, among them the daring Norse explorer, Leif Erikson, and, his intrepid crew. The spirit of adventure and search for new horizons which brought Leif Erikson to this continent has led succeeding generations of Americans to the greatest of accomplishments. In honoring this great Norwegian, we honor all those who came to our land and enriched the history of the United States.

In a joint resolution approved September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 849, 36 U.S.C. 169c), the Congress authorized the President to proclaim October 9 in each year as Leif Erikson Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, October 9, 1975, as Leif Erikson Day, and I call upon appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on Government buildings that day. 89 STAT. 1296 I also call upon the people of the United States to hold appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of Leif Erikson on that day, and to take this opportunity to renew their knowledge of the early history of our continent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4393 September 15, 1975 National School Lunch Week, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4393 · September 15, 1975 National School Lunch Week, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The success of the National School Lunch Program—now in its 29th year—reaffirms those qualities which we, as a people, have exhibited for the past 200 years.

Our awareness, our concern, our willingness to work together for a common good have preserved and enriched this Nation. Today, these same qualities are ensuring the health and well-being of our country’s children and youth. The National School Lunch Program is a product of the awareness and cooperation of parents, teachers and civic groups. It is also an out-standing example of cooperation between people at Federal, State and local levels. Recognizing the importance of their activities and the good which this program does our Nation, Congress, by a joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (76 Stat. 779, 36 U.S.C. 168), designated the week beginning the second Sunday in October each year as National School Lunch Week.

The President has been requested to annually issue a proclamation calling for observance of that week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States 89 STAT. 1297to observe the week of October 12, 1975, as National School Lunch Week and to give special attention to activities which will focus on good nutrition for our young people. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth.

Gerald R. Ford 4394 September 15, 1975 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4394 · September 15, 1975 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America offers a promise that all its people who are willing and qualified to work shall have an equal opportunity to do so. Elimination of many discriminatory barriers has moved us closer toward the fulfillment of that promise.

For our handicapped citizens, however, much more needs to be done. The barriers facing the handicapped are not so much their own dis-abilities, but the attitudes of the non-handicapped toward their disabilities. Those of us who are not handicapped think of what we could not do if we lost an arm or a leg, lost our sight or our voice, or were disabled in some other way. We often forget that the handicapped are thinking of what they can do. We must learn to think like them—positively! We must look not at what they cannot do, but at what they can do.

We must look beyond the disability to the positive ability. The disabled can perform a wide range of jobs with skill and efficiency. They do not need special jobs. They need the opportunity to compete, to prove that they can perform. The Congress has recognized our special responsibility to the handicapped and, by a joint resolution approved August 11, 1945, as amended (36 U.S.C. 155), has asked the President to issue a suitable proclamation. 89 STAT. 1298 NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R.

FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 5, 1975, as National Employ the Handicapped Week. I call upon the Governors of the States, mayors and other public officials, and leaders of industry, labor, education, religious, veteran, farm, scientific, professional and other groups to join with the handicapped themselves in making the American people aware of the value and fairness of employing handicapped men and women. Also, I call upon all employers to review and broaden their policies toward the employment of the handicapped.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4395 September 18, 1975 National Hunting and Fishing Day, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4395 · September 18, 1975 National Hunting and Fishing Day, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The great natural resources which belong to America meant survival to our forefathers.

The abundance of fish and wildlife enabled the early settlers to withstand the first winters. Later this abundance helped pioneers to make their way across the continent. Today, our outdoor sportsmen help to assure the survival of our natural resources. Hunters and fishermen contribute to the preservation and protection of America’s fish and wildlife through their voluntary conservation efforts and by providing millions of dollars for restoration programs, acquisition and maintenance of habitat and supportive re-search.

These funds come through the purchase of licenses and excise taxes on sporting equipment. In recognition of the significant contributions by American hunters and fishermen, to dramatize the continued need for gun and boat safety and to promote the conservation of our resources, the Congress, by Senate 89 STAT. 1299Joint Resolution 34, has requested the President to declare the fourth [89 Stat. 478](/us/usc/t89/s478).Saturday of September 1975 as National Hunting and Fishing Day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, September 27, 1975, as National Hunting and Fishing Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4396 September 24, 1975 Child Health Day, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4396 · September 24, 1975 Child Health Day, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In the years since 1928, when Child Health Day was first proclaimed, our concept of health has acquired new dimensions.

No longer do we consider health merely the timely treatment and cure of illness. Health now encompasses the prevention of those conditions which can lead to illness. Scientific technology and medical research have given us many new tools to help in the essential tasks of preventing illness or conditions which can cripple. Thanks to vaccines which have been developed in recent decades, poliomyelitis is no longer the widespread crippler it once was. Children can now be protected against measles and the risk of death or brain damage resulting from this disease.

Immunization against rubella not only protects young children, but also protects pregnant women from contracting the disease and risking the mental health of their unborn children. Future challenge includes prevention of such divergent problems as birth abnormality, the battered child syndrome and the teen-age alcoholic, drug addict or criminal. 89 STAT. 1300 In our Bicentennial year as a Nation, we are charting a course for the future that will enable us to complete the American dream.

We can be certain that future scientific discoveries will help to control and conquer other conditions which now cripple or otherwise handicap children. For the present, each of us must resolve to apply the knowledge and the means now at hand for the fullest protection of our children’s health. As an expression of its concern, the Congress, by joint resolution (36 U.S.C. 143), has asked the President to designate the first Monday in October as Child Health Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R.

FORD, President of the United States of America, do proclaim Monday, October 6, 1975, as Child Health Day. I ask American parents on Child Health Day this year to place special emphasis on ensuring protection for their children against all diseases for which safe and effective vaccines are now available. I call upon all citizens, agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to promote and observe appropriate activities, especially those which emphasize the preventive immunizations so necessary for proper health care.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R. Ford 4397 October 2, 1975 Japan-United States Friendship Days Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4397 · October 2, 1975 Japan-United States Friendship Days By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan will officially begin their State visit to the United States of America on October 2, 1975.

This visit which extends through October 13, 1975 will be the first State visit to the United States of America by a reigning Emperor of Japan. The State visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan openly 89 STAT. 1301symbolizes the close ties of friendship, goodwill and common goals to which the Japanese and American people are dedicated. Their visit will contribute immeasurably to mutual understanding and respect between the United States of America and Japan. We warmly welcome Their Majesties to our country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period beginning October 2, 1975, through October 13, 1975, as Japan-United States Friendship Days. I call upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe this period with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth.

Gerald R. Ford 4398 October 2, 1975 World Law Day, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4398 · October 2, 1975 World Law Day, 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Recognizing the need to destroy the discriminatory barriers of legal inequality which confront women throughout the world, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women’s Year. At home, the President, by Proclamation No. 4262, set aside the year 3A CFR. 1974 Comp., p. 6.1975 as International Women’s Year in the United States, and, by Executive Order No. 11832, created a National Commission on the 3A CFR, 1975 Comp., p. 106.Observance of International Women’s Year.

In 1972, the Congress adopted a proposed constitutional amendment which would ensure the equality of men and women before the law. If a few more States ratify 89 STAT. 1302that proposed amendment, it will become a fitting constitutional heritage of our Bicentennial era. Our efforts at home have been linked with those of other nations. This year, citizens of the United States participated in the world Conference on International Women’s Year held in Mexico City on June 19 through July 2, 1975, to develop guidelines for a sustained, long-term effort to achieve the objectives of International Women’s Year.

Also this year, members of our Nation’s legal profession will be joined by lawyers, professors, and jurists from more than one hundred nations during the week of October 12, 1975, at a World Law Conference, under the auspices of the World Peace Through Law Center, held in our Nation’s capital. The agenda of the World Law Conference will deal with a host of international legal issues, ranging from the role of multinational companies to laws governing oil pollution at sea. The theme of the World Law Conference is the achievement of legal equality between men and women.

A portion of the agenda will be devoted to discussing the elimination of discrimination against women. The President of the United States, along with the leaders of other nations, for more than a decade has encouraged the significant inter-national efforts represented by these World Law Conferences. With its theme of legal equality between men and women, it is fitting, during this International Women’s Year, to do so again. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, October 12, 1975, as World Law Day in the United States.

I call upon all Americans, men and women, especially members of the legal, educational and religious communities, to give recognition to the importance of law in our Nation’s international quest for peace, human dignity and equality before the law for women and men. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundredth. Gerald R.

Ford 4399 October 3, 1975 National Forest Products Week, 1975 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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