Proclamation 4588.

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92 STAT. 3944 Proclamation 4588 • August 18, 1978 National Lupus Week, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Five hundred thousand Americans suffer from Lupus erythematosus, an increasingly prevalent disease of the connective tissue. There are an estimated 50,000 new victims each year, mostly young women. In the systemic form, lupus can affect almost any part of the body and create abnormalities in the skin, joints, kidney, heart, or other internal organ.

Lupus is often fatal but even if not, its victims still endure pain and anguish. We have made progress in understanding lupus in the last few years. Thousands of sufferers can look forward to improved treatment and the opportunity to live more productive and happier lives. Today’s outlook is far from bleak, but we still need new research and alternative approaches to treatment and diagnosis if we are to eliminate lupus as a cause of human suffering and to improve life for its victims.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 through September 23, 1978 as National Lupus 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. I urge the people of the United States and educational, philanthropic, scientific, medical, and health care organizations and professionals to provide the necessary assistance and resources to discover the cause and cure of lupus erythematosus and the other rheumatic diseases and to alleviate the suffering of all persons struck by these disorders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4589 August 21, 1978 International Literacy Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4589 • August 21, 1978 International Literacy Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Throughout our history, the United States has stood for the protection and promotion of human rights for all peoples.

Central to these concerns are the political, social, and economic rights of all human beings. Our dedication to these rights stems from the belief that all people should be allowed to live their lives to the fullest of their capabilities, that the talent and character given each person by God should not be wasted. 92 STAT. 3945 Education is one of the most important gifts our society can give to its people in helping them fulfill their human potential. Especially in our modem world, adequate communication skills are essential.

Education and training to promote literacy are central to our efforts to improve the lives of all people, and guarantee their basic human rights. Every illiterate adult is an indictment of us all. In our own nation, and in nations across the world, significant efforts have been made to advance literacy, and bong its benefits to every man and woman. Our concern and dedication to this cause have brought results, but there still remains great progress to be made Around the world, eight hundred million people lack effective reading or writing skills.

For the past 12 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has set aside September 8 as Literacy Day. The United States has always joined with other nations in recognizing the need to advance literacy among people everywhere, to promote our cherished human rights. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 8, 1978. as International Literacy Day. and I call upon the people of the United States to assess and strengthen our commitment to eliminating illiteracy both at home and abroad, recognizing that in so doing we are helping people everywhere open a gateway to many other human rights as well.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4590 August 25, 1978 Women's Equality Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4590 • August 25, 1978 Women's Equality Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation August 26, 1978, is the 58th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing that the right of United States citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the Federal government or any state on account of sex.

This was the successful culmination of the struggle of the American Women's Suffrage movement. The right to vote, to participate in the process of framing the laws under which we all live, is fundamental. But it was only the first step in achieving full equality for women. The late Dr. Alice Paul realized this, drafted the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923 and had it introduced in Congress over a period of 49 years, until it passed on March 22, 1972. Women have made substantial progress toward full equality in recent years, partly as a result of the national debate on the Equal Rights Amendment, which has made many people aware of existing injustices Despite this progress, strong action is still needed to guarantee women full equality of opportunity.

I personally believe that ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment can be the single most important step in guaranteeing all Americans—both women and men—92 STAT. 3946their rights under the United States Constitution. This major step toward full equality for women has already been taken by 35 states, representing seventy-two percent of the population of this Nation. Only three more slates must ratify the Equal Rights Amendment before it becomes a part of the Constitution. I believe this is too important and far-reaching an issue for arbitrary time barriers to limit full debate and an ultimate decision that truly reflects the will of the American people.

In a society that is free, democratic and humane, there can be no time limit on equality. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim August 26, 1978, as Women's Equality Day and do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I further urge all our people to dedicate themselves anew to the goal of achieving equal rights for women under the law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4591 September 1, 1978 National Day of Prayer, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4591 • September 1, 1978 National Day of Prayer, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Our Nation, perhaps more than any other, has always held a special cognizance of the gifts of the Creator. We were founded upon a belief in, and reverence for, the liberty of the human spirit under God and the equality of all people before the Almighty.

Regardless of our individual conceptions of the Divine. Americans have always sought from Providence the help and guidance necessary to live justly and to build a better world for all who share this planet. Today we face challenges equal to any in our history. Few generations have been given such opportunities for good or ill on earth. We approach our responsibility confidently, but with sobering awareness that God's sea is very great, and our ship, infinitely small. From time to time we should turn to the Almighty for help and guidance, as we have done throughout our Nation's two hundred and three years.

In humility and reverence, we should pause from our daily activities to thank our Creator for the bountiful goodness that imbues our lives, and to ask for His blessing in the days ahead. Recognizing this, the Congress by joint resolution approved April 17, 1952 ([36 USC 169h](/us/usc/t36/s169h).36 U.S.C. 185; 66 Stat. 64) has called upon the President to set aside a suitable day each year as a National Day of Prayer. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United Stales of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, October 7, 1978, as National Day of Prayer.

I ask all Americans to join with me on that day in asking God's help that we may see and understand our responsibilities and discharge them with wisdom, strength, and patience. 92 STAT. 3947 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4592 September 2, 1978 Leif Erikson Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4592 • September 2, 1978 Leif Erikson Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Stories of brave men battling fearful odds fire our imaginations.

We honor such men long after the memories of their adventures have been dimmed by time. So it is with Leif Erikson. His original discovery and exploration of North America was the supreme achievement of a race of men who truly were the masters of the sea. His voyage enlarged mankind's horizons and pointed the way West for the others who were to follow. Today we honor Leif Erikson, and in honoring him we also honor the human qualities of imagination, courage, and perseverance which characterize both his men of old and Americans of Scandinavian descent today.

As a mark of respect for the achievements of Leif Erikson and his followers, the Congress of the United States, by joint resolution approved September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 849. 36 U.S.C. 169c), authorized the President to proclaim October 9 in each year as Leif Erikson Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 9, 1978, as Leif Erikson Day and I direct the appropriate government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings that day.

I also invite the people of the United States to honor the memory of Leif Erikson on that day by holding appropriate exercises and ceremonies in suitable places throughout our land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4593 September 7, 1978 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4593 • September 7, 1978 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Our country's greatest resource is its people—including those with physical and mental disabilities. 92 STAT. 3948 But handicapped individuals too often have had to exist on the sidelines of life because of poor education, improper vocational preparation, unavailable transportation, inaccessible buildings and other difficulties.

Now, however, local, state and Federal laws and regulations are beginning to ensure equal rights to the disabled, so that they will no longer be second-class citizens. All offices of the Federal government have been directed to improve hiring and promotion practices as they relate to handicapped individuals. The private sector, too, is being made more aware of its duties and responsibilities. To affirm our commitment to handicapped individuals, the Congress, by joint resolution of August 11, 1945, as amended (36 U.S.C. 155) has called for the designation of the first week in October of each year as National Employ the Handicapped Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 1, 1978, as National Employ the Handicapped Week. I urge all Governors, Mayors, other public officials, leaders in business and labor, and private citizens at all levels of responsibility to help secure full employment rights for handicapped individuals and to remove all barriers that prevent their full participation in every aspect of our national life. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4594 September 8, 1978 National School Lunch Week, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4594 • September 8, 1978 National School Lunch Week, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Every child needs wholesome food. The National School Lunch Program was created in 1946 to help our nation achieve that goal. It now provides nutritious lunches to 26 million children every school day. I am proud of the success of the National School Lunch Program and of the two other nutrition-related school activities that complement its success.

One is the School Breakfast Program that now serves 2.8 million children daily. It gives all children, not just the needy, the chance to eat breakfast at school if they cannot eat at home. The other is the Nutrition Education and Training Program that will instruct children, teachers, and school food service workers on the relationship between food, nutrition, and health. In recognition of the National School Lunch Program’s contribution to America's youth, the Congress, by a joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (76 Stat. 779; 36 U.S.C 168), has designated the week beginning the second Sunday of October of each year as National School Lunch Week, and has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for its appropriate observance.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 8, 1978, as National School Lunch Week and to give special recognition to the role of good nutrition in building a stronger America through its youth. 92 STAT. 3949 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4595 September 11, 1978 Veterans Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4595 • September 11, 1978 Veterans Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Among the great days of national remembrance, none is more deeply moving to Americans than Veterans Day. On this occasion, our nation traditionally joins together to salute those valiant individuals who have served in the Armed Forces.

This is a very special day. It symbolizes the debt of gratitude we owe our veterans. It reminds us that the freedom we enjoy has endured intact because millions of patriotic men and women answered their country’s call to service and sacrifice. Our veterans have not sought glory for themselves, but peace and freedom for us all. They represent the spirit that has preserved us as a great nation. They deserve our recognition for all they have done. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, invite all Americans to observe Saturday, November 11, 1978, as Veterans Day and on this historic occasion, let us resolve anew to keep faith with those whose love of country has set them in an imperishable roll of honor.

I urge all the families and friends of our sick and disabled veterans to visit them and extend to them a grateful nation's promise that they will not be forgotten. I call upon Federal. State, and local Government officials to mark Veterans Day by displaying the flag of the United Stales, and by encouraging and supporting public involvement in appropriate ceremonies throughout the country. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4596 September 15, 1978 National Port Week, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4596 • September 15, 1978 National Port Week, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Since the days of its early settlement, the finned States has been dependent on water transportation for its trade. Populations tended to locate around harbors, 92 STAT. 3950which rapidly became the economic centers of the New World.

Now there are some 170 commercial seaports in this country, as well as numerous inland ports on our navigable inland waterways. The result has been the creation of a network of ocean and inland pons that includes many of the country’s most important centers of industry, distribution, finance, and education. Ports provide the vital link between land and water carriers. The port industry contributes enormously to the Nation’s economy. It facilitates international trade, employs significant numbers of people, provides substantial personal and business incomes, and generates revenues for State and local governments.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, 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 seven calendar days beginning September 17, 1978, as “National Port Week.” I invite the Governors of the several States, the chief officials of local governments, and the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of September, 1978, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4597 September 19, 1978 United Nations Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4597 • September 19, 1978 United Nations Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The founding of the United Nations, on October 24, 1945, was an historic attempt to establish a framework for international cooperation. The nations of the world now face such tasks as maintaining international peace and security; promoting basic human rights; building a better international economic order; and allocating fairly the globe's natural resources.

The United Nations and its affiliated agencies bring together representatives of ail nations to work together toward these goals. It holds out the vision of a truly cooperative world—a world at peace. As one of its founding members, as its leading contributor, and as its host country, the United States feels a special pride in the Organization's accomplishments. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 24, 1978, as United Nations Day.

I have appointed Clifton C. Garvin, Jr., to be United States National Chairman for United Nations Day. I urge Americans to become better acquainted with the institutions that make up the United Nations, to consider its role in addressing the problems of global interdependence, and to help it resolve the array of critical international issues that face us in these times. 92 STAT. 3951 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter Editorial Note: The President’s statement of Sept. 19, 1978, on signing Proclamation 4547, is printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 14, p. 1540). 4598 September 20, 1978 National Guard Day, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4598 • September 20, 1978 National Guard Day, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Three hundred and forty-two years ago, the First Militia Regiment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was organized to enable the colonists to defend themselves and their settlement.

That step toward citizen self-defense was the beginning of our National Guard, the oldest military organization in the United States. Over those three centuries, names have changed—Militia. State Troops, State Volunteers, and, finally, the National Guard—but the spirit of the citizen-soldier has been constant. It is exemplified by those who stand prepared to leave their civilian occupations, don the uniform of their Country, and serve their States and their Nation when the need arises.

In time of war, the Guard is always ready to serve. At King's Mountain, the Meuse-Argonne, Bataan, Omaha Beach, and the Iron Triangle, during the Berlin Airlift and Vietnam, the Guard has served in every major conflict in which this country has engaged. When disaster strikes in time of peace, the Guard is equally ready to serve—as it has, in recent years, at Johnstown, Texas City, and in the wake of Hurricane Agnes. In recognition of the debt of gratitude owed by the people of the United States to those who serve as members of the National Guard, the Congress has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 7, 1978, as National Guard Day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, ask all Americans to celebrate Saturday, October 7, 1978, as National Guard Day and to honor the Arms and Air National Guard of the United States for service to their communities, to their States and to their Nation. 92 STAT. 3952 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4599 September 21, 1978 National Forest Products Week, 1978 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation Proclamation 4599 • September 21, 1978 National Forest Products Week, 1978 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation When we Americans stop to reflect about our wealth of natural resources and the benefits they bestow, we quickly realize the worth of our Nation's forests. One-third of our land, some 740 million acres, is forested, and we get a wide range of essential products from many of these forests.

Trees become houses to shelter us, books to convey our thoughts, packaging to protect our food energy to power our factories or heat our homes. A forest can be many things at the same time. With sound management, we need never fear running out of trees. A forest is a renewable resource. But for all its powers of regeneration, a forest is not invulnerable. If we use it unwisely or wastefully. it can disappear. If we ignore the diverse needs of our people, the forests will cease to preserve the natural watersheds.

To provide a home for wildlife or a wilderness where our people can renew their spirits. Many of the earth's problems today are the result of generations of destructive deforestation that has left lands barren and wasted. We must make sure that man's works lie gently on our land, so that we may leave for future generations a richer, more abundant, more beautiful land than we inherited. Research is helping to show the ways to get as much usable material as possible from each harvested tree, finding better methods for protecting wood products so they last longer and developing ways to recycle used wood into new products.

Our scientists are also finding ways to make trees grow faster, and to protect the forest from Us natural enemies of fire, insects, and disease. The Congress has designated the third week of October in each year as National Forest Products Week to remind us of the importance of forests in our national life. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of October 15 through 21, 1978, as National Forest Products Week and ask all Americans to reflect upon the value of our forests.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4600 September 21, 1978 Temporary Staged Reduction of Rates of Duty on Certain Products Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States A Proclamation

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