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NUMBER 237

Washington, Saturday, December 5, 7959

Title 3 THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation 3327
HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK, 1959
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS December 15, 1959, marks
the one hundred and sixty-eighth anni versary of the adoption of our Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS December 10, 1959, marks
the eleventh anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and
DONE at the City of Washington this third day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal fifty-nine, and of the Independ ence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfourth.
D w ig h t D . E isenhow er
By the President:
C hristian A. H erter , S ecretary o f S tate.
F.R. Doc. 59-10348; Piled, Dec. 3, 1959;
4:21 p.m.

Executive Order 10856

WHEREAS the individual rights and
EXCUSING F E D E R A L EMPLOYEES
FROM DUTY FOR ONE-HALF DAY
ON DECEMBER 24, 1959

WHEREAS promotion of the rights and freedoms declared in the Universal D eclaration of Human Rights is a basic objective of the United Nations:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the period of December 10 to Decem ber 17,1959, as Human Rights Week, and I call upon the citizens of the United States to observe these anniversaries by studying the Bill of Rights of the United States and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, that we may grow in our understanding f the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of each member of the humari family. In gratitude for the liberties that we enjoy, let us work to advance universal freedom and justice stand ready to uphold the rights of ethers which are inextricably linked With our own.
TN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the eal of the United States of America to be affixed.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that employees of the several executive departments, inde pendent establishments, and other gov ernmental agencies, including the Gen eral Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and the field services of the respective departments, establish ments, and agencies of the Government, except those who may for special public reasons be excluded from the provisions of this order by the heads of their re spective departments, establishments, or agencies, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the pro visions of existing law, shall be excused from duty for one-half day on Thursday, December 24, 1959, the day preceding Christmas Day; and such one-half day shall be considered a holiday within the meaning of Executive Order No. 10358 of June 9,1952, and of all statutes so far as they relate to the compensation and leave of employees of the United States.
The heads of departments, agencies, and independent establishments shall, to the extent consistent with the needs of the service, adopt a liberal policy for the granting of annual leave to all employees Continued on p. 9765

freedoms set forth in the Bill of Rights constitute a vital part of the political heritage of each American citizen; and
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
Paee
Excusing Federal Employees From Duty for One-Half Day on De cember 24, 1959______________

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Proclamation Human Rights Week, 1959______

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agricultural Marketing Service Notices:
Peoria Union Stock Yards Co.;
petition for rate order modi fication_____________________
Rules and regulations :
Cucumbers; import restrictionsH a n d l i n g limitations, fruit grown in California and Arizona:
Lemons_____________________
Navel oranges___________;___

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Agriculture Department S ee also Agricultural Marketing Service; Commodity Stabiliza tion Service.
Rules and regulations :
Parity price determination; sub stitution of term milkfat for butterfat_________________

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Army Department S ee Engineers Corps.

Atomic Energy Commission Notices:
Martin Co.; issuance of facility license amendment__________
Mines Development, Inc.; hear ing._______ _______________

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Civil and Defense Mobilization Office Notices:
Assistant Director for Plans and Operations et al.; delegation of authority______________

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Coast Guard Rules and regulations:
Numbering of undocumented vessels; Kansas system ap proved----------------- --------------9763

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