Federal Register - December 4, 1952
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VOLUME 17
REGISTER
1934
NUMBER 236
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Washington, Thursday, December 4, 1952
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2999
United N a t io n s H u m a n R ig h t s D a y ,
1952
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
O F AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
our generation. It is to defend and safe guard these same freedoms that the United Nations is resisting communist aggression in Korea, and is seeking to promote the liberty and security of all peoples.
In this celebration let us join with the peoples of the other free nations of the world in recognition of our com mon purpose to defend and further the rights and freedoms of all people as pro claimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in so doing renew our determination that here in our own land the great guarantees in our Bills of Rights shall not be lost or weakened or curtd/il@d IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be af fixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 1st day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and se a l fifty-two, and of the Independ ence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyseventh.
WHEREAS the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948, as a common standard of achievement for all nations and all peoples, and the anniversary of its adoption is now celebrated each year by free peoples throughout the world;
and WHEREAS the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, our great American Bill of Rights, be came effective on December 15, 1791, so that the anniversary of this significant event in our own history falls close to the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
and WHEREAS many of the rights and H ar ry S . T r u m a n freedoms set forth in our Bill of Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Hu By the President:
man Rights, including the immeasurable D avid B r u c e , privileges of freedom pf speech, religion, Acting Secretary of State.
assembly, and petition, are similarly affirmed in the constitutions and basic F. R. Doc. 52-12884; Filed, -Dec. 2, 1952;
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laws of our States and territories; and WHEREAS it is fitting that this an niversary should be observed by our schools, our churches, our labor unions, TITLE 6 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
and our religious, educational, and civic Chapter IV Production and Market organizations of all kinds the freedom ing Administration and Commodity of which has been safeguarded through Credit Corporation, Department of these guarantees of individual liberty:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
Agriculture TRUMAN, President of the United Subchapter B Export and Diversion Programs States of America, having in 1949 des P art 517F r u i t s aNd B er ries , F r e sh ignated December 10 of that year and each succeeding year as United Nations SUBPART-----ORANGE EXPORT P A Y M E N T PRO
Human Rights Day, do hereby call upon GRAM T M X 1 3 5 A FISCAL YEAR 1 9 5 3
the people of the United States to cele brate December 10, 1952, by studying Sec.
uie Universal Declaration of Human 517.375 General statement.
Eligible countries.
Rights and the Constitution of the 517.376
517.377 Eligible products and rate of pay United States, and the constitutions of ment.
our States and territories, and by giving 517.378 Eligibility for payment.
thanks for the priceless heritage of lib 517.379 Product specifications.
Uremkdted in these great documents. 517.380 Claims for payment supported by evidence of compliance.
We do not forget that in past years on in many lands have died to win 517.381 Records and accounts.
these freedoms and preserve them for Continued on p. 10923
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
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United Nations Human Rights Day, 1952_____________________ 10921
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See also Production and Market ing Administration.
Notices :
Administrator of Production and Marketing Administra tion; delegation of authority to determine commodities in short supply________
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Army Department Rules and regulations:
Procurement; general provi sions; labor__ _________
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Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
All American Airways, Inc__ 10976
Frontier Airlines, Inc., et al.;
Route 93 renewal case____ 10976
Commerce Department See National thority.
Production
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Commodity Credit Corporation See Production and Marketing Administration.
Defense Department See Army Department.
Defense Mobilization, Office of Notices:
Albion, Michigan area; deter mination and certification of a critical defense housing area____ ___________________ 10977
Economic Stabilization Agency See Price Stabilization, Office of.
Federal Power Commission Notices:.
Hearings, etc.:
Algonquin Gas Transmission Co_____ _____ ___________
Indiana Gas & Water Co., Inc_
United Gas Pipe Line Co___
Proposed rule making:
Regulations under Natural Gas Act; order fixing date of oral argument and for filing of written comments__________
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