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VOLUME 13

1934

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NUMBER 180

Washington, Wednesday, September 15, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2812
N ational E mploy the P hysically H andicapped W eek , 1948
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS our Nation would be mate rially strengthened and our democracy enriched if all citizens capable of per forming any kind of useful labor were afforded opportunities for suitable em ployment; and WHEREAS the millions of disabled persons in the United States, both mili tary and civilian, should be encouraged to avail themselves of the facilities for rehabilitation and training, as well as the services for placement, provided by our Federal, State, and local governments;
and WHEREAS war-production records and recerit industrial surveys show that handicapped workers, when selectively placed, perform their tasks as well as or better than those without handicaps;
and WHEREAS acceptance of the handi capped by employers will be the means of bringing opportunity for economic in dependence and full participation in our democratic life to citizens who, despite physical impairments, are willing and able to perform a wide variety of essenWHEREAS, in order to secure greater voluntary cooperation in employment of the handicapped on the part of thq public generally, I have established the Presi dents Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, com posed of leaders of organizations outside the Government; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 11, 1945 59
Stat. 530, has designated the first week in October of each year as National Em-
ploy the Physically Handicapped Week, during which time appropriate cere monies are to be held throughout the Nation, and has requested the President to issue a suitable proclamation each year:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the peo ple of the United States to .observe the week beginning October 3, 1948, as Na
tional Employ the Physically Handi capped Week. I also call upon the Gov ernors of States, the mayors of cities, and other public officials, as well as lead ers of industry and labor, of civic, vet erans, farm, womens, and fraternal organizations, and of other groups rep resentative of our national life, to lend full-support to the observance of the week, in order to enlist public interest in effectuating full employment of the handicapped.
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 13th day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal forty-eight, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.
H arry S. T ruman
By the President:
G. C. M arshall, Secretary of State.
F. R. Doc. 48-8346; Filed, Sept. 14, 1948;
11:30 a. m.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamations
Columbus Day, 1948----------------- 5357
National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, 1948------ 5357
Executive Orders
Canal Zone; suspension of certain statutory provisions relating to employment------------------------ 5360
Officers of Foreign Service and other officers of U. S. Govern ment; rules of precedence------ 5359
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Entomology and Plant Quarantine Bureau.
Proposed rule making:
General sugar regulations------ 5382
Rules and regulations:
Food assistance funds; fourth apportionment;------------------ 5362
Fruits and vegetables, processed products thereof, and certain other processed food products;
revised regulationsCorr.__ 5360
Pears in Oregon, Washington, and California------------------ 5360
Alien Property, Office of
PROCLAMATION 2813
C olumbus D ay ,
1948

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS four hundred and fifty-six years ago Christopher Columbus broad ened the worlds horizons through his keen vision, his indomitable spirit, and his unflagging persistence; and WHEREAS the old world which gave him birth and the new world which he discovered are now joined in closer rela tionship not only through modern mira cles ofj speed but also through mutual need for the achievement of lasting peace and a higher civilization; and WHEREAS it is fitting that the ex ploits of this gallant navigator, who has enriched the lives of all peoples by show ing the way to a land of unparalleled op portunities, should be commemorated on the anniversary of his finding that land;
and Continued on p. 5359

Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Block, Ida------- ---------------- 5389
Costs and expenses incurred in certain Ohio, Arizona and New Jersey court actions .. 5391
Eckart, Edmund, and New Rochelle Trust Co--------5390
Knittel, Anton------------------ 5390
Reiss, Joseph-------------------- 5391
Schulz, William S------------ 5390
Shimizu, Tomisaburo---------- 5392
Spork, Maria_____________ 5391
Tsutakawa, Joji G------------- 5392
Uyema, Shiho____________ 5392
Army Department
Rules and regulations:
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia, and itstributaries;
fishing----------------------------

5375

Child Labor Branch
Proposed rule making:
Minors between 16 and 18 years of.age; employment in occu pations involved in operation of power-driven fiold-metalworking machines_________ 5381
5357