Proclamation 4908.
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96 STAT. 2710 Proclamation 4908 of March 10, 1982 Afghanistan Day By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan without provocation and with overwhelming force. Since that time, the Soviet Union has sought through every available means, to assert its control over Afghanistan. The Afghan people have defied the Soviet Union and have resisted with a vigor that has few parallels in modem history. The Afghan people have paid a terrible price in their fight for freedom.
Their villages and homes have been destroyed; they have been murdered by bullets, bombs and chemical weapons. One-fifth of the Afghan people have been driven into exile. Yet their fight goes on. The international community, with the United States joining governments around the world, has condemned the invasion of Afghanistan as a violation of every standard of decency and international law and has called for a withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Every country and every people has a stake in the Afghan resistance, for the freedom fighters of Afghanistan are defending principles of independence and freedom that form the basis of global security and stability.
It is therefore altogether fitting that the European Parliament, the Congress of the United States and parliaments elsewhere in the world have designated March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day, to commemorate the valor of the Afghan people and to condemn the continuing Soviet invasion of their country. Afghanistan Day will serve to recall not only these events, but also the principles involved when a people struggles for the freedom to determine its own future, the right to be free of foreign interference and the right to practice religion according to the dictates of conscience.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN **Editorial note**: The President’s remarks of Mar. 10, 1982, on signing Proclamation 4908 are printed in the *Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents* (vol. 18, p. 280). 4909 March 10, 1982 National Energy Education Day, 1982 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4909 of March 10, 1982 National Energy Education Day, 1982 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Over its two-hundred-year history, this nation grew and prospered through the abundant production and use of energy.
The American people began by using wood for nearly all of their needs, started using coal in large quantities in the mid-1800’s, and moved to large-scale oil and gas use in the early part of the twentieth century. 96 STAT. 2711 All of these energy sources will continue to have an important role. But new sources are coming along as well: atomic power, now used to generate more than 12 percent of our electricity: solar energy; synthetic fuels: bio-mass; and a host of other new technologies.
The significant innovations in energy that took place over the past two hundred years were the product of the vision and foresight of citizens working through our free market economy. Today, with our own precious resources more limited, an important share of our energy supplies is threatened by political uncertainties in oil exporting regions. It is critical that our nation continue to take advantage of the ingenuity and talent of the American people to produce and consume energy efficiently.
Toward this end, my Administration has removed oil price controls and eliminated over 200 burdensome regulations associated with those controls. In so doing, we have provided new incentives for private industry to develop domestic energy resources and produce domestic energy supplies that were not feasible with fuel prices set at an artificially low level. Realistic pricing, of course, has also encouraged consumers to use energy more efficiently. The decontrol of oil prices has been a success.
Despite higher economic growth in 1981 than predicted: • Oil consumption has fallen by 1.1 million barrels per day. • Net oil imports have dropped below one-third of consumption for the first time since 1972. • Oil production began to increase for the first time in a decade. • Oil prices actually fell in real terms. The challenge ahead is to create a healthy economy that enables citizens, businesses, and state and local governments to make rational energy production and consumption decisions which reflect the true value of this nation’s resources.
Today, more than ever, it is important for all Americans to understand that the United States and its allies are participants in a world energy market. Our effectiveness in that market depends in large measure on our ability to unleash the industrial and economic strengths of this nation. To focus our attention on energy education for the young—in both public and private schools, and at all grade levels—and in an effort to bring together teachers, school officials, and parent groups to help our children understand our domestic and international energy situation now and in the future, the 97th Congress has by Senate Joint Resolution 84 proclaimed [95 Stat. 1713](/us/stat/t95/s1713).March 19, 1982, as National Energy Education Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all citizens and government officials to observe Friday, March 19, 1982, as National Energy Education Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I direct all agencies of the Federal government to cooperate with and participate in the celebration of National Energy Education Day. 96 STAT. 2712 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth.
RONALD REAGAN 4910 March 18, 1982 National Agriculture Day, 1982 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4910 of March 18, 1982 National Agriculture Day, 19822 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The production, distribution, and preservation of America’s food and fiber supply is basic to this nation’s economic, physical, and social well-being. American agriculture has achieved a record of productivity unmatched by any other food and fiber system on earth.
In 1820, a farmer in this country produced enough food to feed himself and three other persons. By 1940, that same farmer was feeding himself and eleven other people. Today a single American farmer is capable of satisfying the food requirements of seventy-seven individuals—a sevenfold increase in the course of forty years. This quantum leap in the productivity of our agricultural community makes it possible for the United States to respond to the demands of a burgeoning international population without imposing unnecessarily high food prices on American consumers.
The contributions of this nation’s agricultural sector are not limited to its capacity to produce a plentiful supply of food. Once agricultural commodities leave the farmgate, they generate economic activity which creates job opportunities for 19 million nonfarm workers. The success of our farmers in marketing their production abroad has enabled this nation to sharply reduce its balance of trade deficit and to pay for its energy imports. Our farmers are the critical link in a food production chain that consistently yields the most wholesome and varied range of foodstuffs known to man.
In addition, the farm community enhances our quality of life by helping preserve the family and the individual as meaningful components of modem American society. To recognize agriculture’s contribution to the nation and create a better understanding of each person’s stake in a reliable food and fiber supply, the *Ante*, p. 15.97th Congress has by S.J. Res. 148 proclaimed March 18, 1982, as National Agriculture Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe Thursday, March 18, 1982, as National Agriculture Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN 4911 March 22, 1982 Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1982 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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