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VOLUME 9

1934
NUMBER 192

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Washington, Tuesday, September 26, 1944
The President PROCLAMATION 2623
C olum bus D a y ,
1944

BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS the discoveries of Christo pher Columbus and the long line of ex plorers who followed him have served to bring the continents and peoples of the world into an ever-narrowing circle of geographic relationship; and WHEREAS we, the heirs to the dis coveries of Columbus, have now come to realize that civilized peoples can live safely and develop fully in such an inter related world only through association for peace and the common good; and WHEREAS we, in our great task of achieving world peace by victory and of maintaining that peace by association with others, should take thought on the superb faith and resolution of the dis coverer of America; and 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 expres sive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America;

NOW, THEREFORE, T, FR AN K LIN D, ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, October 12, 1944, as Colum bus Day; I direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings; and I invite the people of the United States to ob serve the day with appropriate cere monies in schools and churches or 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 21st day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal forty-four, and of the Inde pendence of the-United States of America the one hundred and sixtyninth.
F r a n k l in
D R o o se v e lt
By the President:
C o r d e ll H u l l ,
Secretary of State.
P. R. Doc. 44-14710; Piled, Sept. 23; 1944;
12:12 p. m.l /

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
P r o c l a m a t io n s :

Page
Columbus Day__________________11729
General Pulaskis Memorial 11720
D a y -------------------E x e c u t iv e O rd er :

Farrell Cheek Steel Co., San dusky, Ohio, authorization of Secretary of War to take possession and operate, plants and facilities______11731
REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
C iv il
A e r o n a u t ic s t io n :

A d m in is t r a

Aviation gasoline, distribution and use___________________11732
PROCLAMATION 2624
G en e r a l P u l a s k i s M e m o r ia l D a y BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is especially fitting at this time, when the vandals of the west ern world have been pushed back to their own frontiers, that we pay homage to the indomitable spirit of the Poles who were the first to take up arms against the aggression of our common foe; and WHEREAS that spirit is typified by Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish patriot who came from overseas to fight for the freedom of America and gallantly gave his life on October 11,1779 as a result of wounds received at the siege of Savan nah; and WHEREAS, by a joint resolution ap proved September 7, 1944 Public Law 422,78th Congress, the Congress has au thorized me 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, 1944, 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 .
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRAN KLIN
D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Continued on page 11731

C i v i l S er vice C o m m is s io n :

Efficiency Ratings Boards of Review; appeal period for unsatisfactory efficiency rating---------------------------11731
C ustom s B u r e a u :

Abandoned and forfeited mer chandise, disposition_______ 11735
Articles conditionally free, sub ject to reduced rate, etc.;
baggage declarations_______ 11735
F ederal C o m m u n ic a t io n s C o m m is
s io n :

American Radio Telephone Co., hearing____________________ 11772
F ederal P o w e r C o m m is s io n :

Hanley and Bird, hearing______11773
F ederal T rade C o m m is s io n :

American Assn, of Law Book Publishers, et al., cease and desist order________________11733
Shriver, B. F., Co., hearing_____11773
F o r e ig n E c o n o m ic A d m in is t r a t io n :

General licenses:
Miscellaneous amendments_11736
Paper and paper products, shipment_________./_____11737
General provisions, textiles____11736
G en e r a l L a n d O f f i c e :

Colorado, p u b l i c land with drawal_____________________ 11772
Grazing leases; filing petitions for renewal________________11769
State grants for educational, etc., purposes; exchanges by California with individ uals of lands acquired for park purposes_____________ 11769
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