both the desires and interests of their own peoples as well as those of the interAmerican community; and WHEREAS the American Republics have joined together in programs to increase hemispheric economic progress in this new decade and to meet the rising expectations of their citizens for a better life; and WHEREAS the spiritual, social, political, cultural, and economic progress of the peoples of the Hemisphere is necessary for the continuing vitality of the inter-American system, and the United States of America is proud to be a part of this progress: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 1960, as Pan American Day, and the period from April 10 to April 16, 1960, as Pan American Week; and I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also urge our citizens and all interested organizations to share in the celebration of Pan American Day and Pan American Week, as evidence of the friendly interdependence which unites the people of this country with the other peoples of the Americas. 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 February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] Sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Secretary of State. Proclamation 3334 RED CROSS MONTH, 1960 WHEREAS the American National Red Cross, acting under congressional charter, provides welfare services to the armed forces, veterans, and their families, and ministers to the needs of disaster victims both at home and abroad; and WHEREAS, through its first aid and safety services, blood program, nursing program, youth programs, and other community services, the Red Cross contributes to the general health and welfare of the American people; and WHEREAS, by helping to promote cooperative action among the eighty-four national Red Cross societies comprising the League of Red Cross Societies, the American Red Cross is a major instrument for strengthening the bonds of humanitarian service among the peoples of the world; and WHEREAS, throughout its years of generous and effective work in our land, the Red Cross has relied solely on the voluntary support of our citizens in carrying out its many responsibilities: 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 1960 as Red Cross Month; and I urge all Americans to support the Red Cross as an instrument of their charitable concern for their neighbors in need. 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 February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Secretary of State. Proclamation 3335 NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, 1960 WHEREAS many millions of our citizens enjoy the sport of boating for recreation and relaxation; and WHEREAS safety on the waterways is as important as safety on the highways; and WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, in seeking to focus national attention on the importance of safe boating practices, by a joint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179), has authorized and requested the President citizens who have come of age and those who have been naturalized during the year; and to proclaim annually the week which includes July 4 as National Safe Boating Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 3, 1960, as National Safe Boating Week. I invite all the people of this Nation interested in boating, including boating organizations, the boating industry, Government agencies and other groups, to observe National Safe Boating Week. I urge them during this week and throughout the entire year to follow safe boating practices and to exercise courtesy on the waterways. I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide for the observance of this week. 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 February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] Sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Proclamation 3336 STITUTION WEEK, 1960 WHEREAS our life as a Nation is founded upon the Constitution of the United States, the oldest and most tested written constitution in the world; and WHEREAS it is fitting that our citizens, both native-born and naturalized, observe the birthday of the Constitution and reaffirm their determination to support its principles, which have a universal appeal and application and are an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere; and WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved February 29, 1952 (66 Stat. 9), the Congress designated the seventeenth day of September of each year as Citizenship Day in commemoration of the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and in recognition of those WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 932), the Congress requested the President to designate the week beginning September 17 of each year as Constitution Week, a time for study and observance of the acts which resulted in the formation of the Constitution; and WHEREAS the aforesaid resolutions of the Congress authorize the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of Citizenship Day and Constitution Week: 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 Citizenship Day, September 17, 1960; and I urge Federal, State, and local officials, as well as all religious, civic, educational, and other organizations, to hold appropriate ceremonies on that day designed to give our people a clearer understanding of their rights, responsibilities, and opportunities as citizens of the United States. I also designate the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1960, as Constitution Week; and I urge the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities in their schools and churches and in other suitable places. 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 fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] Sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Proclamation 3337 EIGHTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS WHEREAS, pursuant to section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and chapter 5 of title 13 of the United States Code, the Eighteenth Decennial Census of the United States will be taken beginning April 1, 1960; and WHEREAS this Census, which will mark the one hundred and seventieth anniversary of the first United States Census, is required by the Constitution to determine the apportionment among the several States of members of the House of Representatives; and WHEREAS during the ten years since the Seventeenth Decennial Census was taken great changes have occurred in the growth, location, and characteristics of our people and in their housing and activities, and these changes have made it more essential than ever before that we have a current inventory of the Nation's people, homes, and other resources to guide us in the future: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that under the law it is the duty of every person over eighteen years of age to answer all questions in the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the home occupied by him or his family, and that any person refusing to do so is subject to penalty as provided by law. The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population, its characteristics, and its homes. Replies are required from individuals only to enable the compilation of such general statistics. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required. Individual information collected in the taking of the Eighteenth Decennial Census will not be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation, or in connection with military or jury service, the enforcement of school attendance, the regulation of immigration, or the enforcement of any national, state, or local law, or ordinance. There need be no fear that disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing information, every employee of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any information which may come to his knowledge by reason of his employment. Life and liberty in a free country entail a variety of cooperative actions for the common good. The prompt, complete, and accurate answering of all official inquiries made by Census officials should be regarded as one of the requirements of good citizenship. 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 fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] Sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: Proclamation 3338 NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1960 WHEREAS the health and prosperity of rural America have a profound effect upon the health and prosperity of the Nation; and WHEREAS accidents cause death and disability, suffering and hardship to thousands of our farm people annually and substantially reduce the productive capacity of our farming industry; and WHEREAS various individual, regional, and national farm safety activities have proved their worth in reducing the number of accidents which occur on our farms: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the Nation, urban and rural, to observe the week beginning July 24, 1960, as National Farm Safety Week, and I urge all farm families, all organized farm groups, and all persons allied with agriculture to join their efforts to begin this new decade of the sixties with an exemplary record in farm safety. 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 fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] Sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Secretary of State. Proclamation 3339 ESTABLISHING THE KEY LARGO CORAL REEF PRESERVE WHEREAS there is situated seaward from the coast of Key Largo, Florida, an undersea coral reef formation which is part of the only living coral reef formation along the coast of North America; and WHEREAS this unique coral formation and its associated marine life are of great scientific interest and value to students of the sea; and WHEREAS this coral reef is considered to be one of the most beautiful formations of its kind in the world; and WHEREAS the reef is being subjected to commercial exploitation and is in danger of destruction; and WHEREAS it is in the public interest to preserve this formation of great scientific and esthetic importance for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and WHEREAS a portion of this reef lies inside the three-mile limit in the area relinquished to the State of Florida by the United States through the Submerged Lands Act, approved May 22, 1953 (67 Stat. 29; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), and the remainder lies on the sea bed of the outer Continental Shelf outside the seaward boundary of the State of Florida and appertains to the United States, as declared by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, approved August 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 462; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and WHEREAS the United States and the State of Florida are desirous of cooperating for the purpose of preserving the scenic and scientific values of this area unimpaired for the benefit of future generations; and WHEREAS by the terms of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act the United States has jurisdiction over the lands of the outer Continental Shelf and has the exclusive right to dispose of the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil thereof; and WHEREAS section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act authorizes the President to withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the outer Continental Shelf; and WHEREAS section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe rules and regulations for the conservation of the natural resources of the outer Continental Shelf and to cooperate with the conservation agencies of adjacent States in the enforcement of conservation laws, rules, and regulations: 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 Constitution and the statutes of the United States, particularly section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described area is designated as the Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, and so much thereof as lies on the outer Continental Shelf is withdrawn from disposition: That portion of the outer Continental Shelf situated seaward of a line three geographic miles from Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, lying and being within the following described area: BEGINNING at a point on the 60-foot depth curve (10-fathom line) as delineated on Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart 1249 (approximate Latitude 25°17′36'' N., Longitude 80°10'00" W.), 200 yards southeast of Flashing White Light-Whistle Buoy "2"; thence northwesterly approximately 7,000 yards through Whistle Buoy "2" to Can Buoy "21" (approximate Latitude 25°20'06" N., Longitude 80°12′36′′ W.) southeast of Old Rhodes Key; thence southwesterly about 6,900 yards to Can Buoy "25"; thence southwesterly approximately 5,500 yards to Can Buoy "27"; thence southwesterly approximately 5,000 yards to Flashing Green Light "31BH" in Hawk Channel southeast of Point Elizabeth; thence southwesterly approximately 10,650 yards to Black Day Beacon "33" in Hawk Channel east of Point Willie; thence southwesterly approximately 9,800 yards to Flashing White Light "35" on Mosquito Bank east of Point Charles; thence southwesterly approximately 5,400 yards to Black Day Beacon "37" (approximate Latitude 25°02'25'' N., Longitude 80°25'36'' W.), southeast of Rodriguez Key; thence southeasterly approximately 7,100 yards (pass 600 yards Southwest of Flashing Light "2" at Molasses Reef) to the 60-foot depth curve (10-fathom line) 800 yards due South of said light at Molasses Reef (approximate Latitude 25°00'18" N., Longitude 80°22'30'' W.); thence northeasterly with the 60-foot depth curve and 10-fathom line (passing easterly of French Reef, Dixie Shoal, The Elbow, and Carysfort Reef) approximately 21 miles to the point of beginning. I call upon all persons to join in the effort to protect and preserve this natural wonder for the benefit of future generations. The Secretary of the Interior is requested to prescribe rules and regulations governing the protection and conserva Proclamation 3340 CANCER CONTROL MONTH, 1960 WHEREAS cancer, an increasing threat to the health and well-being of the people of this Nation, annually takes the lives of more than a quarter of a million Americans of all ages; and WHEREAS application of the results of research has saved the lives of one million cancer victims in this country and could save many thousands more each year; and WHEREAS the concerted research effort in progress may lead to the development of methods permitting more effective control of cancer through prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; 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 1960 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations. I also ask the medical and allied health professions, the communications industries, and all interested persons and groups to unite within the appointed month to further our nationwide effort to control 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-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, Secretary of State. Proclamation 3341 UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1960 WHEREAS the establishment of a just and enduring peace throughout the world is essential to the survival of civilization; and WHEREAS the United Nations is a powerful instrument for guarding mankind against the calamity of war and for establishing the rule of law among nations; and WHEREAS the United Nations has demonstrated its ability to assist in the orderly progress of dependent peoples toward self-government; to help those who live in underdeveloped areas to become self-sustaining; and to drive back the forces of disease and poverty whereever found; and WHEREAS the United States supports the United Nations with unswerving loyalty as it works to advance the economic, social, and spiritual well-being of all peoples; and WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that October twenty-fourth, the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter, should be dedicated each year to making known the purposes, principles, and accomplishments 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, 1960, as United Nations Day by means of community programs which will demonstrate their faith in and support of the United Nations and contribute to a better understanding of its aims, problems, and achievements. I also call upon the officials of the Federal and State Governments and upon local officials to encourage citizen |