Proclamation 4784.
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94 STAT. 3787 Proclamation 4784 of August 25, 1980 National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Our Nation is moving strongly toward greater equality for people with physical and mental disabilities. The United Nations has designated next year as the International Year of Disabled Persons. As President, I not only reaffirm this country’s commitment to equality for handicapped individuals, I intend to make every effort to see that the coming decade is one in which their aspirations are fulfilled.
We must do all we can to give the handicapped maximum independence, full access to our society, and the opportunity to develop and use their talents and skills. This must be done case by case, event by event, and program by program. Working together, we can make certain that disabled people at last enter completely into the mainstream of our great society. To affirm our commitment to independence for 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 full week in October 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 5, 1980, 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 remove the barriers to equal opportunity for handicapped individuals and to help them in their search for productive employment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
JIMMY CARTER 4785 August 26, 1980 Women’s Equality Day, 1980 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4785 of August 26, 1980 Women’s Equality Day, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America struck a blow for justice on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, became law. On this 60th anniversary, American women and men recall how far we have come on the road toward equal opportunity for all Americans and reaffirm our commitment to full equality for women.
We celebrate today the achievements 94 STAT. 3788of the past, but even more we celebrate our dream for a future in which all Americans share equally in the rights and responsibilities of this land. Social and political change is never easy, as we know by the sacrifices of the early Suffragists. Courageous and high-principled, these women wrote, marched and argued for their cause through long years of delay and disappointment, but they never accepted defeat. Only a few weeks before her death at 86, Susan B.
Anthony addressed a convention on the theme, “Failure is impossible!” They knew the rightness of their cause, and found the will and courage to create a climate of change. We can best honor their memory today by continuing their crusade. In the intervening years women have faithfully carried out responsibilities at all levels of government, in every area of employment and education, and in the nurturing of families and children. Yet many of the rights that should accompany those responsibilities are missing.
Despite our hard-won progress, the rights of women vary from state to state. The Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, which would set a clear national standard outlawing discrimination against women, is still an unfulfilled promise. Thanks to the efforts of millions of women and men, 35 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. We have until June, 1982, to complete the ratification process in three more states and make the principle of equality a Constitutional guarantee.
Today, I reaffirm my own commitment to make the Equal Rights Amendment part of our Constitution. I urge all Americans to rekindle the spirit of early Suffragists, to use their energies, their wisdom and their compassion to achieve full equality for women. To advance the cause of women’s rights is to advance the cause of human rights. NOW. THEREFORE. I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim August 26, 1980 as Women’s Equality Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF.
I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth. JIMMY CARTER Editorial Note: The President’s remarks of Aug. 26, 1980, on signing Proclamation 4785. are printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 16. p. 1572). 4786 August 29, 1980 Working Mothers’ Day, 1980 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4786 of August 29, 1980 Working Mothers’ Day, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In greater numbers than ever before, American mothers are taking on important job responsibilities outside the home.
In workplaces across our Nation and in every occupation, more than 16 million employed mothers are contributing their valuable skills to the labor force. In fact, more than half of all the mothers in this country have taken on jobs outside the home, and it is estimated that by 1990. 75% of all two-parent families will have both parents in the work force. 94 STAT. 3789 On the job and in the home, working mothers are making a vital contribution to the national economy and to the strength of the American family.
Working mothers do not shed homemaking and parental responsibilities; they merely add the demands of a job to those of wife and mother. As we recognize the hard work and dedication of these women, we also acknowledge the many special problems they confront in meeting their dual responsibilities. We have an obligation to reinforce and support them in their endeavors. To give special recognition to working mothers for fulfilling their exceptional responsibilities in the home and in the world of commerce, the House of Representatives (House Joint Resolution 379) has requested that I designate August 31, 1980. as Working Mothers’ Day.
I fully support this Resolution. NOW THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER. President of the United States of America, do hereby designate August 31, 1980. as Working Mothers’ Day and call upon families, individual citizens, labor and civic organizations, and the business community to recognize publicly the unique contributions of mothers currently in the work force, and to honor former generations of working mothers for their important role in building American society. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
JIMMY CARTER 4787 August 29, 1980 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1980 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4787 of August 29, 1980 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Each year on the eleventh of October, the American people pay tribute to the memory of General Casimir Pulaski. In doing so they not only honor this great Polish champion of American freedom but also give recognition to the ties between our two nations, to the contributions of millions of other Polish-Americans to the birth and development of this country, and to the indivisibility of freedom everywhere.
By giving his life on the battlefield of our revolution, General Pulaski has provided inspiration to generations of his countrymen—in the United States and in Poland. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER. President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, October 11, 1980, as General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, and I direct the appropriate 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 honor the memory of General Pulaski by holding appropriate exercises and ceremonies in suitable places throughout our land. 94 STAT. 3790 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
JIMMY CARTER 4788 August 29, 1980 Columbus Day, 1980 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4788 of August 29, 1980 Columbus Day, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On October 12, 1492, an Italian sea captain and his crew, having sailed into the western void in three fragile craft, touched land and revealed a New World to the astonished eyes of the old. The Genoese Christopher Columbus, sailing for his royal Spanish patrons in search of fortune, glory and the validation of his dream, found these and more.
Today, almost five centuries later, we still honor Columbus for the stout heart and tenacity of purpose that sustained his exploits. He inspired an age of exploration and a continuing era of victory over the forces of complacency and ignorance. As we prepare to commemorate the four hundred eighty-eighth anniversary of Columbus’s historic landfall, we of the New World can pay no greater tribute to his memory than to keep alive that spark of hope and nerve that never failed him and has never failed us. [36 USC 146](/us/usc/t36/s146).[5 USC 6103](/us/usc/t5/s6103) and note.In tribute to the achievement of Columbus, the Congress of the United States of America, by joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), as modified by the Act of June 28, 1968 (82 Stat. 250), requested the President to proclaim the second Monday in October of each year as Columbus Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 13, 1980. as Columbus Day; and I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in his honor. I also direct that the flag of the United States of America be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in memory of Christopher Columbus. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
JIMMY CARTER 4789 August 29, 1980 United Nations Day, 1980 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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