Northeasterly, southeasterly, and easterly, along a subsidiary divide between two streams flowing into Excursion Inlet, to the divide between the waters of Excursion Inlet and Lynn Canal in approximate latitude 58°29′30′′ N., longitude 135°20' W.; Southerly along said divide to a point in approximate latitude 58°27′ N., longitude 135°18' W.; Westerly along a subsidiary divide between two streams flowing into Excursion Inlet to the east shore of said Inlet; West to the center of the principal channel of Excursion Inlet; Northerly along the center of the principal channel of Excursion Inlet to the point of beginning. The area described, including both public and nonpublic lands, aggregates approximately 10,184 acres. The lands in the above-described Gustavus Area shall not be subject to application, location, settlement, entry, or other forms of appropriation under the public land laws until further order of an authorized officer of the Department of the Interior. The said Proclamation No. 2330 of April 18, 1939, is amended accordingly. 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 31st day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, 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 3090 UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1955 WHEREAS the United States of America was one of the nations instrumental in establishing the United Nations in an effort to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war; and WHEREAS it is the consistent policy of the Government of the United States to encourage and support the work of the United Nations in that effort; and WHEREAS the United Nations has entered on its tenth year of unremitting labor toward realizing the hopes of man kind for an ordered world based on the supremacy of reason and justice; and WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that October 24, the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter, should be dedicated each year to making known the aims and accomplishments of the United Nations, and has called on the Governments of all Member States especially to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the citizens of this Nation to observe Monday, October 24, 1955, as United Nations Day by means of community programs that will demonstrate their faith in, and support of, the United Nations and that will create a better public understanding of its problems and of its aims and achievements. I also call upon the officials of the Federal, State, and local Governments, the United States Committee for the United Nations, representatives of civic, educational, and religious organizations, and agencies of the press, radio, television, and motion pictures, as well as all citizens, to cooperate in appropriate observance throughout our country of this tenth anniversary of the United Nations. 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 5th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. [SEAL] DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3091 LOYALTY DAY, 1955 WHEREAS the prime requisite for retaining our freedom is unswerving devotion to the liberties embodied in our Constitution; and WHEREAS it is fitting that a special day be set aside for solemn re-evaluation of those priceless gifts of freedom which are our heritage, to the end that we may stimulate and renew that high sense of patriotism which has signalized our glorious history as a Nation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved April 27, 1955, has set aside May 1, 1955, as Loyalty Day and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people to observe that day by reaffirming their loyalty to our beloved country: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby request all our citizens to observe Sunday, May 1, 1955, as Loyalty Day with suitable ceremonies. I also request the appropriate officials to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States upon all Government buildings on that day as a manifestation of our loyalty to the Nation which that flag symbolizes. 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 28th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, 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 3092 MOTHER'S DAY, 1955 WHEREAS since the earliest days of our history American mothers have inspired our most exalted national ideals through their teachings and by example in their daily lives; and WHEREAS it has become our felicitous custom to set aside one day each year for commemorating motherhood and for showing our reverence and love for all the mothers of the land; and WHEREAS in recognition of the fitness of such commemoration, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May of each year as Mother's Day and has requested the President to issue a proclamation calling for the observance of that day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 8, 1955, be celebrated as Mother's Day; and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings on that day. I also call upon the people of the Nation to give public and private expression to the esteem in which our country holds its mothers, through the display of the flag at their homes and other suitable places, through prayers at their places of worship, and through appropriate manifestations of respect and devotion. 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 May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. [SEAL] DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3093 CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1955 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 WHEREAS the health we seek for our children includes their spiritual, emotional, and intellectual, as well as their physical, well-being; and WHEREAS Child Health Day provides us with an occasion for dedicating ourselves to enlarging the opportunities of children for achieving such health; and WHEREAS Child Health Day has been given added significance this year by the recently announced discovery of a means of protecting our children from the crippling scourge of poliomyelitis: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, the first day of May 1955, as Child Health Day; and I invite all citizens, meeting in their various places of worship and elsewhere on that day, to unite in observances that will emphasize the importance of abundant health for all children throughout the coming year. 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 April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, 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 3094 NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1955 WHEREAS the American Merchant Marine is today carrying on a long and honorable tradition of serving the trade and commerce of the world upon the high seas; and WHEREAS American merchant ships and American seamen stand ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice; and WHEREAS we have added to the United States Program for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy a proposal to build an atomic-powered merchant ship that will visit the ports of the world to demonstrate to people everywhere atomic energy harnessed to peacetime uses for the benefit of mankind; and WHEREAS the Congress by a joint resolution approved May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73), designated May 22 as National Maritime Day, thus honoring the Merchant Marine by commemorating the departure from Savannah, Georgia, on May 22, 1819, of the Savannah on the first transoceanic voyage by any steamship, and requested the President to issue a proclamation annually calling for the observance of that day; and WHEREAS since May 22 falls on Sunday this year, it is appropriate that National Maritime Day be observed on the following Monday: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our Merchant Marine on Monday, May 23, 1955, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes or other suitable places; and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings on that day. I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on Monday, May 23, in tribute to our Merchant Marine. 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 10th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: HERBERT HOOVER, Jr., Acting Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION 3095 FURTHER MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF PEANUTS WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 624), I issued Proclamation No. 30191 on June 8, 1953 (67 Stat. C 46), limiting to 1,709,000 pounds (aggregate quantity) the imports of peanuts, whether shelled, not shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved (including roasted peanuts, but not including peanut butter) which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any 12-month period beginning July 1 in any year, which proclamation was amended by Proclamation No. 3025 of June 30, 1953 (67 Stat. C 54); and WHEREAS on February 18, 1955, the United States Tariff Commission submitted to me a report of its findings and recommendation made in connection with a supplemental investigation conducted by the Commission with respect to peanuts, on the basis of which supplemental investigation and report I issued Proclamation No. 3084 on March 9, 1955 (20 F. R. 1549), modifying the said Proclamation No. 3019, as amended, so as to permit the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the remainder of the 12-month period ending June 30, 1955, of an additional quantity of not more than 51,000,000 pounds (aggregate quantity) of certain 13 CFR, 1953 Supp., p. 29. 23 CFR, 1953 Supp., p. 34. • Supra. peanuts, subject to a fee of 2 cents per pound but not more than 50 per centum ad valorem, which fee was in addition to any other duties imposed upon the importation of such peanuts; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 (d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, the United States Tariff Commission has made a second supplemental investigation to determine whether the deficit in the domestic supply of peanuts is such as to require an increase in the quantity of peanuts, whether shelled, not shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved, which may be permitted to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the quota year ending June 30, 1955, and during the quota year beginning July 1, 1955, to meet essential requirements of domestic peanut users, and, if so, what additional quantity or quantities of such peanuts may be permitted to be so entered or withdrawn without materially interfering with or rendering ineffective the peanut program of the Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report of its findings and recommendations in connection with the said second supplemental investigation; and WHEREAS, on the basis of the said second supplemental investigation and report of the Tariff Commission, I find that the deficit in the domestic supply of peanuts is such as to require the admission of an additional quantity of peanuts, as hereinafter proclaimed, to meet the essential requirements of domestic peanut users until supplies become available from the 1955 domestic crop; and WHEREAS I find and declare that the admission of such additional quantity of peanuts under the conditions and subject to the fee hereinafter proclaimed is necessary in order that the entry of such peanuts will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said program of the Department of Agriculture with respect to peanuts, or reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from peanuts with respect to which such 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, as amended, do hereby proclaim that the said Proclamation No. 3019, as amended and modified, is hereby further amended and modified so as (1) to extend the current quota year for peanuts through July 31, 1955; (2) to permit an unlimited additional quantity of peanuts, shelled, blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved (including roasted peanuts, but not including peanuts not shelled or peanut butter), to be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or before July 31, 1955, subject to a fee of 2 cents per pound, but not more than 50 per centum ad valorem: Provided, that the said fee shall be in addition to any other duties imposed on the importation of such peanuts; and (3) to establish hereafter as the quota year for peanuts the 12-month period beginning August 1 in any year. The said Proclamation No. 3084 of March 9, 1955, is hereby terminated. 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 16th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] fifty-five, 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 3096 PRAYER FOR PEACE, MEMORIAL DAY, 1955 WHEREAS Memorial Day each year serves as a solemn reminder of the Scourge of war and its bitter aftermath of sorrow; and WHEREAS this day has traditionally been devoted to paying homage to loved ones who lie in hallowed graves throughout the land, having sacrificed their lives that war might end; and WHEREAS in tribute to these silent dead it is fitting that we lift up our voices together in supplication to Almighty God for wisdom in our search for an enduring peace; and WHEREAS the Congress, in a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, provided that Memorial Day should be set aside as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and requested the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day in that manner: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, Monday, the thirtieth of May, 1955, as a day of Nation-wide prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at eleven o'clock in the morning as a period in which the people of this Nation may unite in beseeching God to guide the nations of the world into the ways of peace. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be afixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and fifty-five, 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 3097 FLAG DAY, 1955 WHEREAS the flag which we cherish as the emblem of our unity, our strength, and our free institutions, was adopted by resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777; and WHEREAS under the protecting folds of this banner generations of Americans have enjoyed the blessings of liberty and justice inherent in our form of government; and WHEREAS it has become our custom to observe June 14 with appropriate ceremonies commemorative of the adoption of the flag and expressive of our devotion to the Republic which it so nobly represents; and WHEREAS in recognition of the fitness of such commemoration, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as Flag Day and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for its observance: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the appropriate officials of the Federal Government, and of the State and local Governments, to arrange for the display of our colors on all public buildings on Flag Day, June 14, 1955; and I urge all of our people to observe the day by flying the Stars and Stripes at their homes or other suitable places and by participating in ceremonies especially designed to honor the flag of the United States. 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 first day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth. [SEAL] DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, PROCLAMATION 3098 CITIZENSHIP DAY, 1955 WHEREAS, by joint resolution approved February 29, 1952 (66 Stat. 9), the Congress of the United States has designated the 17th day of September of each year as Citizenship Day in commemoration of the signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787, and in recognition of all our citizens who have come of age and all who have been naturalized during the year; and WHEREAS in this time of world uncertainty and unrest it is most appropriate that every one of our citizens, whether native-born or foreign-born, give special thought to the priceless blessings secured to us by our Constitution; and WHEREAS the aforesaid resolution authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of Citizenship Day with appropriate ceremonies: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, call upon the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Saturday, |