of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: WALTER B. SMITH, Acting Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3066 NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK, 1954 WHEREAS the year 1954 marks the tenth anniversary of the observance of a week dedicated to publicizing the urgent need for employing the physically handicapped; and WHEREAS recent legislation enacted by the Congress will tend to increase greatly the number of our citizens who will be rehabilitated and prepared for gainful occupation annually, thus requiring redoubled activity in the field of employment; and WHEREAS observance of this week materially aids the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped in the accomplishment of its main objectives: to inform employers of the abilities of qualified handicapped workers, to encourage employers to hire such workers, and to increase community understanding of the value of rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped; and WHEREAS the ever-increasing awareness among public and private employers of the desirability of hiring the handicapped should be maintained and stimulated further; and WHEREAS the observance of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week once each year, as authorized by a joint resolution of the Congress approved August 11, 1945 (59 Stat. 530), emphasizes the need for a year-round program: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do call upon the people of our Nation to observe the week beginning October 3, 1954, as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, and to cooperate with the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped in carrying out the aforementioned resolution of Congress. I also request the Governors of States, the mayors of municipalities, other public officials, leaders of industry and labor, and members of religious, civic, veterans', agricultural, women's, handicapped persons', and fraternal organizations, to participate actively in this observance. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 13th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3067 GENERAL PULASKI'S MEMORIAL DAY, 1954 WHEREAS Count Casimir Pulaski crossed the Atlantic to fight in the cause of freedom and gave his life for that cause on October 11, 1779, as a result of wounds received while leading the Pulaski Legion in a gallant cavalry charge at the siege of Savannah; and WHEREAS the story of this Polish patriot's supreme contribution to our independence is a treasured chapter in the annals of a grateful Nation; and WHEREAS it is fitting that we should honor the memory of this distinguished soldier, who attained the rank of Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary Army, on the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of his heroic death: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 11, 1954, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day, and I invite the people of our country to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day in tribute to General Casimir Pulaski. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 27th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: PROCLAMATION 3068 WHEREAS the courageous voyage on which Christopher Columbus embarked over four and one-half centuries ago opened to our ancestors the untold opportunities of this new Continent; and WHEREAS the discovery of Christopher Columbus led to the settlement of our land and, ultimately, to the birth of our nation; and WHEREAS it is therefore especially fitting that the memory of this great Admiral be accorded appropriate recognition each year by the people of this Nation; and WHEREAS, in commemoration of the achievement of this intrepid explorer, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year, the anniversary of the discovery of America, as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 12, 1954, as Columbus Day, and I invite all the people of our Nation to observe this anniversary with appropriate ceremonies. I also call upon officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on the twelfth day of October in honor of the memory of Christopher Columbus. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 1st day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER Dulles, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3069 NATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY, 1954 WHEREAS the XVIth Olympic Games of the modern era will be held at Melbourne, Australia, November 22 to December 8, 1956, with Winter Games to be held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, January 26 to February 5, 1956, and the Pan American Games will be held at Mexico City in March 1955; and WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved April 22, 1954 (68 Stat. 58), the Congress has declared that these games will afford an opportunity of bringing together young men and women representing more than seventy nations, of many races, creeds, and stations in life and possessing various habits and customs, all bound together by the universal appeal of friendly athletic competition; and WHEREAS the said joint resolution calls attention to the fact that the United States Olympic Association is presently engaged in assuring maximum support for the teams representing the United States in these athletic contests, and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the sixteenth day of October 1954 as National Olympic Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, October 16, 1954, as National Olympic Day, and I urge all citizens of our country to do all in their power to support the XVIth Olympic Games, the Winter Games, and the Pan American Games so as to insure that the United States will be fully and adequately represented in these games. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 2d day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty[SEAL] four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER Dulles, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3070 IMPOSING A QUOTA ON IMPORTS OF OATS WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as added by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 773, reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937, 50 Stat. 246, and as amended by section 3 of the act of July 3, 1948, 62 Stat. 1248, section 3 of the act of June 28, 1950, 64 Stat. 261, and section 8 (b) of the act of June 16, 1951, 65 Stat. 72 (7 U. S. C. 624), the Secretary of Agriculture has advised me that he has reason to believe that oats, hulled or unhulled, and unhulled ground oats are practically certain to be imported into the United States after September 30, 1954, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the price-support program undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to oats pursuant to sections 301 and 401 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic oats with respect to which such program of the Department of Agriculture is being undertaken; and WHEREAS, on August 20, 1954, I caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation under the said section 22 with respect to this matter; and WHEREAS, the said Tariff Commission has made such investigation and has reported to me its findings and recommendations made in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, on the basis of the said investigation and report of the Tariff Commission, I find that oats, hulled and unhulled, and unhulled ground oats, in the aggregate, are practically certain to be imported into the United States during the period from October 1, 1954, to September 30, 1955, inclusive, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said pricesupport program with respect to oats; and WHEREAS, I find and declare that the imposition of the quantitative limitations hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be necessary in order that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of oats, hulled and unhulled, and unhulled ground oats will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said price-support program: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, do hereby proclaim that the total aggregate quantity of oats, hulled and unhulled, and unhulled ground oats entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period from October 1, 1954, to September 30, 1955, inclusive, shall not be permitted to exceed 40,000,000 bushels of 32 pounds each, which permissible total quantity I find and declare to be proportionately not less than 50 per centum of the total average aggregate annual quantity of such oats entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the representative period from July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1953, inclusive; and that, of the foregoing permissible total quantity, not more than 39,312,000 bushels of 32 pounds each shall be imported from Canada and not more than 688,000 bushels of 32 pounds each shall be imported from other foreign countries. The provisions of this proclamation shall not apply to certified or registered seed oats for use for seeding and cropimprovement purposes, in bags tagged and sealed by an officially recognized seed-certifying agency of the country of production: Provided, (a) that the individual shipment amounts to 100 bushels (of 32 pounds each) or less, or (b) that the individual shipment amounts to more than 100 bushels (of 32 pounds each) and the written approval of the Secretary of Agriculture or his designated representative is presented at the time of entry, or bond is furnished in a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Customs in an amount equal to the value of the merchandise as set forth in the entry, plus the estimated duty as determined at the time of entry, conditioned upon the production of such written approval within 6 months from the date of entry. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 4th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3071 VETERANS DAY, 1954 WHEREAS it has long been our custom to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and WHEREAS in the intervening years the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to the honor rolls of this Nation; and WHEREAS the Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, and later provided in an act approved May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351), that the eleventh of November should be a legal holiday and should be known as Armistice Day; and WHEREAS, in order to expand the significance of that commemoration and in order that a grateful Nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of this Nation, the Congress, by an act approved June 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 168), changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain. I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Veterans Day. In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose. Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the national level necessary planning for the observance. I am also requesting the heads of all departments and agencies of the Executive branch of the Government to assist the National Committee in every way possible. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3072 NATIONAL NURSE WEEK WHEREAS this autumn marks the one hundredth anniversary of Florence Nightingale's historic contribution to the cause of nursing by her heroic leadership in alleviating human suffering in the Crimea; and WHEREAS a continuing renewal and extension of the ranks of nurses, through the attraction of young people to the nursing profession, is of grave importance to the Nation's future well-being; and WHEREAS the support of an informed and sympathetic public is essential to progress in the humanitarian efforts of our nurses; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 23, 1954, (68 Stat. 766), has designated the period beginning October 11, 1954, and ending October 16, 1954, as National Nurse Week, in honor of the professional nurses of America and in recognition of the vitally important service they have rendered in the promotion of the national health and welfare; and WHEREAS the Congress, in the same resolution, has requested the President to issue a proclamation calling upon all the people of the United States to cooperate in the observance of that week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all citizens to observe the period beginning Monday, October 11, 1954, and ending Saturday, October 16, 1954, as National Nurse Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations, and I urge the medical profession, the press, and the radio and television industries, as well as other interested groups, to unite in public tribute to all those who give nursing care. And I call upon the people generally to express their appreciation of the untiring efforts of our nurses in caring for the health needs of the people of this Nation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3073 IMPOSING IMPORT FEES ON SHELLED AND PREPARED ALMONDS AND ON SHELLED FILBERTS 1. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as added by section 31 of the Act of August 24, 1935, (49 Stat. 773), reenacted by section 1 of the Act of June 3, 1937, (50 Stat. 246), and amended by section 3 of the Act of July 3, 1948, (62 Stat. 1248), section 3 of the Act of June 28, 1950, (64 Stat. 261), and section 8 (b) of the Act of June 16, 1951, (65 Stat. 72) (7 U. S. C. 624), on April 13, 1950 the President caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation to determine whether almonds, filberts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, or cashews are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, certain programs undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts with respect to which any such program is being undertaken; and 2. WHEREAS the said Commission instituted such an investigation on April 13, 1950, which it has been conducting since that date on a continuing basis and in the course of which it has from time to time reported to the President regarding the need for the imposition of restrictions pursuant to the said section 22 in order to prevent imports of almonds, filberts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, or cashews from rendering ineffective, or materially interfering with, the said programs, or from reducing substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts with respect to which any such program is being undertaken; and 3. WHEREAS import fees on shelled almonds and blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) imposed pursuant to the President's proclamation of September 29, 1953 (Proclamation 3034; 18 F. R. 6345), which proclamation was issued under the authority of the said section 22, will cease to apply to such articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after September 30, 1954; and 4. WHEREAS further in the course of the said investigation, on September 24, 1954, the said Commission reported to me its findings regarding the need for import restrictions under the said section 22 on certain tree nuts after September 30, 1954; and 5. WHEREAS, on the basis of such report of September 24, 1954, I find that shelled almonds, and blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste), and shelled filberts, whether or not blanched, are practically certain to be imported into the United States during the period October 1, 1954, to September 30, 1955, both dates inclusive, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or |