April 14, 1957, as Pan American Week; and I invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States of America and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to issue similar proclamations. I also urge all our citizens and all interested organizations to join in appropriate observance of Pan American Day and Pan American Week, in testimony of the steadfast friendship which unites the people of the United States with the people of the other American Republics. 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 twenty-first day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3171 RED CROSS MONTH, 1957 WHEREAS the American National Red Cross continues to demonstrate its capacity to serve as a volunteer relief agency of the American people in matters affecting our communities, the Nation, and the world; and WHEREAS by act of Congress the American National Red Cross is assigned responsibility in matters of voluntary relief for the armed forces of the United States, and serves as an agent of the American people in mitigating the suffering caused by disaster in this country or abroad; and WHEREAS, while meeting its responsibilities to the American people, it has, during the past year, extended its assistance to the stricken people of Hungary; and WHEREAS the Red Cross continues to maintain the largest single program in the Nation for the collection and distribution of blood and blood derivatives, providing approximately two million pints of blood annually for the treatment of the sick and injured; and WHEREAS the activities of the Junior Red Cross contribute to the development of good citizenship and social responsibility among the youth of our Nation; and WHEREAS through its programs of First Aid, Water Safety, and Home Nursing, as well as other voluntary community services, the Red Cross helps to safeguard the health of millions of our people: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1957 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans to honor the Red Cross during that month and to support this organization throughout the year to assure the continuing effectiveness of its programs and services. 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 26th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTer Dulles, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3172 ARMED FORCES DAY WHEREAS the armed forces of the United States manifest our strength and our determination to maintain our national freedom and security; and WHEREAS members of the active and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States are engaged in programs designed to demonstrate to all the peoples of the world our purpose to uphold and defend the free way of life; and WHEREAS the year 1957 marks the tenth anniversary of the unification of our armed forces under the National Security Act of 1947; and WHEREAS it is appropriate that we dedicate one day each year to paying special tribute to the members of our armed forces, and that on such day the armed forces demonstrate to the people of the Nation their operations and capabilities; and WHEREAS it is also appropriate that the public be invited to visit on that day, within the limits permitted by security requirements, the posts, camps, stations, bases, vessels, armories, reserve centers, and other facilities: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, do hereby proclaim the third Saturday of May in 1957 and the third Saturday of May in each succeeding year as Armed Forces Day; and I direct the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the Coast Guard, to mark that day each year with appropriate ceremonies, to arrange for demonstrations and displays at armed-forces installations, to invite participation by representatives of all religious faiths in such ceremonies, in order that the interdependence of the deep and abiding religious faith of Americans and our security may be recognized, and to work hand in hand with civil authorities in arranging other supporting activities. I further direct the Secretary of Defense, as my personal representative, to assume the responsibility for initiating, formulating, and supervising policies and procedures in keeping with this proclamation. I also invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to provide for the observance of Armed Forces Day each year in such manner as will afford an opportunity for the people of the United States to become better acquainted with their armed forces, both active and reserve. And I call upon my fellow citizens to display the flag of the United States on Armed Forces Day, in recognition of the sacrifice and devotion to duty of the members of the armed forces. 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 fifth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3173 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1957 WHEREAS farm accidents each year inflict a heavy loss upon the economy of the Nation and cause untold suffering among our rural population; and WHEREAS the death toll from farmwork accidents last year was higher than that in any other major industry; and WHEREAS the health, prosperity, and welfare of the Nation's farm families are of vital concern to all citizens; and WHEREAS the effect of accident-prevention programs has indicated that our rural residents, through attention to safety education, can greatly reduce accidents and the resultant loss and suffering: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the Nation to observe the week beginning July 21, 1957, as National Farm Safety Week, and I urge all farm families and farm workers to join in a continuing campaign designed to prevent needless accidents in their homes, on their farms, and along their highways. I also request all persons and organizations interested in the welfare of farm people to support and participate in this special endeavor. 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 14th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, PROCLAMATION 3174 CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1957 WHEREAS the human and economic well-being of our people, individually and collectively, is seriously threatened by the ravages of cancer-in terms of loss of lives, protracted suffering, and significant limitation upon the economic productivity of our Nation; and WHEREAS the medical and biological sciences are accomplishing advances of great import in the struggle against cancer through the efforts of dedicated individuals and agencies engaged in research and related activities; and WHEREAS better health and higher health standards for our Nation and our citizens demand that the relentless assault on cancer be aided by ever-increasing support of those institutions and groups, public and private, lay and professional, which are seeking the causes and cures for cancer through research and which are involved in activities promoting the application of significant research findings, to the end that cancer may be ultimately conquered; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April 1957 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also urge the medical profession, the press, the radio, television, and motion-picture industries, and all interested agencies and individuals to unite during the appointed month in public support of programs for the control of cancer. 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 twenty-ninth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3175 WHEREAS section 1 of title 17 of the United States Code, entitled "Copyrights", as codified and enacted into positive law by the act of Congress approved July 30, 1947, 61 Stat. 652, provides in part as follows: Any person entitled thereto, upon complying with the provisions of this title, shall have the exclusive right: (e) To perform the copyrighted work publicly for profit if it be a musical composition; • • Provided, That the provisions of this title, so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall include only compositions published and copyrighted after July 1, 1909, and shall not include the works of a foreign author or composer unless the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States similar rights. and WHEREAS section 9 of the said title 17 provides in part that the copyright secured by such title shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation; (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection, substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this title or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto. and WHEREAS section 9 of the said title 17 further provides: The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time, as the purposes of this title may require * and WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United States of Brazil are parties to the Convention on Literary and Artistic Copyright, signed at Buenos Aires on August 11, 1910; and WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been received that under provisions of Brazilian law and by the terms of the above-mentioned Convention of Buenos Aires citizens of the United States of America are entitled to obtain copyright in the United States of Brazil for their works on substantially the same basis as citizens of the United States of Brazil, including rights similar to those provided by section 1 (e) of title 17 of the United States Code: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim: That there exist with respect to the United States of Brazil the reciprocal conditions specified in sections 1 (e) and 9 (b) of the said title 17 and that citizens of the United States of Brazil are entitled to all the benefits of the said title 17: Provided, that the provisions of section 1 (e) of the said title 17, so far as they secure copyright controlling parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall apply only to compositions published and copyrighted after the date of this proclamation which have not been reproduced in the United States prior to the date hereof on any contrivance by means of which the work may be mechanically performed. 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 second day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfirst. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: PROCLAMATION 3176 CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1957 WHEREAS the destiny of the Nation depends in large part upon the health and welfare of its children; and WHEREAS it is therefore appropriate that we dedicate ourselves anew to the task of promoting the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of our children; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), has authorized and requested the President of the United States to issue annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 as Child Health Day and calling for the appropriate observance of that day; and WHEREAS Child Health Day is also a fitting time for the people of the United States to observe a Universal Children's Day, and to salute the work which the United Nations, through its specialized agencies, and the United Nations Children's Fund are doing to build better health for children: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Wednesday, the first day of May 1957, as Child Health Day; and I invite all persons and all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on that day in observances that will emphasize the importance of a year-round program designed to protect and develop the health of all children. 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 8th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty[SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3177 WORLD TRADE WEEK, 1957 WHEREAS exports and imports are important to our economic strength and to the well-being of our people; and WHEREAS international commerce in all its aspects-trade, travel and investment-is beneficial to the community of nations and conducive to the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the world; and WHEREAS our national trade policy, which seeks to promote the continued growth of mutually profitable world trade, contributes both to our prosperity and to our national security: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 19, 1957, as World Trade Week; and I request the appropriate officials of the Federal Gov ernment and of the several States, Territories, possessions, and municipalities of the United States to cooperate in the observance of that week. I also urge business, labor, agricultural, educational, and civic groups, as well as the people of the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, ceremonies, and other activities designed to promote a greater awareness of the importance of world trade to our domestic economy and to the strength of the free world. 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 8th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty[SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-first. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3178 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 624), the Secretary of Agriculture advised me that there was reason to believe that butter substitutes, including butter oil, containing 45 per centum or more of butterfat, which are dutiable under paragraph 709 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 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, the price-support program undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to milk and butterfat, or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk and butterfat with respect to which such program of the Department of Agriculture is being undertaken; and WHEREAS on November 17, 1956, under the authority of the said section 22, I caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation with respect to this matter; and 603081 O-61-8 WHEREAS, in accordance with the said section 22, as implemented by Executive Order No. 7233 of November 23, 1935, 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 butter substitutes, including butter oil, containing 45 per centum or more of butterfat and classifiable under paragraph 709 of the Tariff Act of 1930 are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to materially interfere with the said price-support program with respect to milk and butterfat, and to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk and butterfat with respect to which said price-support program is being undertaken; and WHEREAS I find and declare that the imposition of the quantitative limitations hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the said Tariff Commission to be necessary in order that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of such butter substitutes, including butter oil, will not materially interfere with the said price-support program or reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk and butterfat with respect to which the said price-support program is being undertaken: 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, do hereby proclaim that the total aggregate quantity of butter substitutes, including butter oil, containing 45 per centum or more of butterfat and classifiable under paragraph 709 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which shall be permitted to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during calendar year 1957, shall not exceed 1,800,000 pounds, and that the total aggregate quantity of such articles which shall be permitted to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the calendar year 1958 and each subsequent calendar year shall not exceed 1,200,000 pounds. The specified quantities of the named articles which may be entered, or withdrawn from Page 107 |