"SEC. 2. That the last Sunday in September shall hereafter be designated and known as 'Gold Star Mother's Day', and it shall be the duty of the President to request its observance as provided for in this resolution." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid public resolution, do by this proclamation designate Sunday, September 26, 1937, as Gold Star Mother's Day and direct Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and do call upon the people of the United States to display the flag and to hold appropriate meetings at their homes, churches, or other suitable places on that day as a public expression of the affection and reverence of the people of the United States for the American Gold Star Mothers. 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 September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty[SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT Sunday, September 26, 1937, designated as. Secretary of State. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK-1937 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS more than ten thousand lives are lost each year as a result of fires in the United States; and WHEREAS the property loss from fires in the United States in 1936 was more than $260,000,000, a marked increase over the loss in 1935; and WHEREAS this upward trend in the devastation wrought by fires can be corrected only through the earnest effort of everyone; and WHEREAS it has been customary for the President of the United States to request public observance of Fire Prevention Week in an effort to bring home to every citizen a realization of individual responsibility in the movement to curtail losses of life and property from preventable fires; September 18, 1937 [No. 2252] Fire Prevention Week beginning October 3, 1937, desig NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and desig- nated as. nate the week beginning October 3, 1937, as Fire Prevention Week and invite the active cooperation of all our people in the elimination of fire hazards and the prevention of fire waste, to the end that human life may be safeguarded and the national prosperity increased. 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 18" day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT September 18, 1937 [No. 2253] Columbus Day, 1937. Preamble. 48 Stat. 657. 36 U. S. C. § 146. Statutory provi sions. COLUMBUS DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Public Resolution 21, Seventy-third Congress, approved April 30, 1934, provides: "That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day and calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America."'; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President ber 12, 1937, as, and of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid public resolution, do by this proclamation designate October 12, 1937, as Columbus Day and do direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings; and, further, I do invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches, or other suitable places. Designating Octo inviting observance. September 18, 1937 [No. 2254] General Pulaski Memorial Day. Preamble. Statutory provi sions. 50 Stat. 62. 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 18" day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT GENERAL PULASKI MEMORIAL DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS General Casimir Pulaski crossed the seas to offer his services to General Washington and to the young Republic in its hour of need; and WHEREAS General Pulaski organized the cavalry unit known as the Pulaski Legion, which he commanded with distinction until the day when he fell mortally wounded while leading a charge at Savannah; and WHEREAS he died from the wounds thus received on October 11, 1779; and WHEREAS Public Resolution 24, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved on April 13, 1937, provides: "That the President of the United States is authorized and directed to issue a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all governmental buildings on October 11, 1937, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the death of General Casimir Pulaski." versary of death in NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President Observance of anniof the United States of America, do direct that the flag shall be dis- vited. played upon all Government buildings on October 11, 1937, as a mark of respect to the memory of General Casimir Pulaski, and do hereby invite the people of the United States to observe that day as General Pulaski Memorial Day and to participate with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places in the solemn commemoration of General Pulaski's death on October 11, one hundred and fifty-eight years ago. 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 18" day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. American extrater? ritorial courts in Preamble. 19 Stat. 662. WHEREAS by a Presidential proclamation issued on March 27, 1876, pursuant to the authority of the act of Congress approved Egypt. March 23, 1874, the judicial functions theretofore exercised in Egypt by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States pursuant to the act of Congress approved June 22, 1860, were suspended, during the pleasure of the President, so far as the jurisdiction of certain Egyptian tribunals embraced matters cognizable by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced before the date of the said proclamation; WHEREAS at the time of the issuance of the said proclamation the jurisdiction of the said Egyptian tribunals did not extend to certain categories of cases within the jurisdiction of the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States which were accordingly retained within the jurisdiction of, and have continued to the present time to be exercised by, those functionaries; Convention with Egypt providing for capitulatory rights of termination of certain United States, etc Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, ad interim Personal status matters excepted. WHEREAS the Government of the United States and other governments concluded a convention with the Government of Egypt on May 8, 1937, providing for the termination of the capitulatory rights now enjoyed by the United States and other powers in Egypt and providing that, during the period October 15, 1937-October 14, 1949, the judicial functions now exercised by consular courts would be exercised by the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except as to personal functions. status matters-as defined in article 28 of the Règlement d'Organisation Judiciaire annexed to and forming a part of the said convention of May 8, 1937-with respect to which the said convention provides that the signatory governments may retain existing consular courts for the purpose of jurisdiction in cases involving the personal status. of their respective nationals during the period October 15, 1937October 14, 1949; Cooperative action WHEREAS, pending the ratification of the said convention by the by United States pending ratification. Government of the United States, it is in the interest of the United States to cooperate with the Government of Egypt and the other capitulatory powers by suspending the jurisdiction now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt and consenting to the transfer of that jurisdiction to the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except jurisdiction in matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States; and be Treatment to accorded U. S. citizens of Egypt. WHEREAS satisfactory information has been received by me that by Mixed Tribunals the said Mixed Tribunals of Egypt are organized on a basis likely to secure to citizens of the United States in Egypt the impartial justice which they now enjoy under the judicial functions exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States pursuant to the said act of Congress of June 22, 1860: 12 Stat. 72. Suspension of judicial functions of extraterritorial courts. 18 Stat. 23. Exceptions. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said act of Congress approved March 23, 1874, do hereby suspend, effective October 15, 1937, during the pleasure of the President, the judicial functions now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced before October 15, 1937, and except as to matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States as defined in article 28 of the Règlement d'Organisation Judiciaire annexed to the said convention of May 8, 1937. 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 9th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT October 12, 1937 [No. 2256] Congress. Convening 1937. extra CONVENING THE CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be convened in extra session at twelve o'clock, noon, on the Fifteenth day of November, 1937, to receive such communication as may be made by the Executive; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President session, November 15, of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene in extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the Fifteenth day of November, 1937, at twelve o'clock, noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States. DONE at the City of Washington this 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT PACIFIC MERCADO (INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION) AND WORLD'S FAIR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Public Resolution 73, 75th Congress, approved August 26, 1937, recites that "there is to be held in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, commencing in the year 1940, a continuing international exposition to be known as the Pacific Mercado, designed to promote closer relations and better understandings among the countries and nations of the world, through the furtherance of trade, industry, and cultural arts, by gathering, arranging, and exhibiting the varied cultures of such countries and nations and the origins, progress, and accomplishments in science, the arts, education, industry, business, and transportation of such countries and nations, and by other appropriate means"; and that "there is to be held in said. city in the year 1942, in connection with the said Pacific Mercado, a world's fair commemorating the landing of Cabrillo"; WHEREAS the said Resolution reads in part as follows: * * "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled * That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and respectfully requested by proclamation, or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite foreign countries to such proposed Pacific Mercado (International Exposition) and to such proposed world's fair to be held in connection therewith, with a request that they participate therein"; AND WHEREAS I believe the people of many nations would be pleased to unite with the people of the United States in participating in this exposition and in the world's fair to be held in connection therewith: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, in compliance with the aforesaid Resolution, do invite the participation of foreign countries in this exposition and in the world's fair to be held in connection therewith. IN TESTIMONY 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 19th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT |