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Wanted

NUMBER 89

Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 1940
T h e P re sid e n t I Am An American D ay1940
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

the judge or someone designated by him shall address the newly naturalized citi zen upon the form and genius of our Government and the privileges and re sponsibilities of citizenship; it being the intent and purpose of this section to enlist the aid of the judiciary, in cooper ation with civil and educational author ities, and patriotic organizations in a continuous effort to dignify and empha size the significance of citizenship.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the afore said public resolution, hereby designate Sunday, May 19, 1940, as I Am An American Day and I urge that the day be observed as a public occasion in recog nition of our citizens who have attained their majority or who have been natural ized within the past year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington, this 3d day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and seal of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth.
F ranklin D R oosevelt By the President:

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the preamble to Public Resolution 67, 76th Congress, 3d Session, approved May 3, 1940, recites:
Whereas some two million young men and women in the United States each year reach the age of twenty-one years;
and Whereas it is desirable that the sov ereign citizens of our Nation be pre pared for the responsibilities and im pressed with the significance of thenstatus in our self-governing Republic;
AND WHEREAS the said public reso lution provides:
That the third Sunday in May each year be, and hereby is, set aside as Citi zenship Day and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proc lamation setting aside that day as a pub lic occasion for the recognition of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have attained the status of citizenship, and the day shall be designated as I Am An American Day.
S umner W elles, That the civil and educational author Acting Secretary of State.
ities of States, counties, cities, and towns No. 2402

be, and they are hereby, urged tomake plans for the proper observance of this F. B. Doc. 40-1797; Filed, May 4, 1940;
day and for the full instruction of fu 10:13 a. m.
ture citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the States and localities in R u le s, R eg u la tio n s, O rd ers which they reside.
Nothing herein shall be construed as changing, or attempting to change, the TITLE 10ARMY : WAR DEPARTMENT
time or mode of any of the many al together commendable observances of CHAPTER VMILITARY RESERVA
TIONS AND NATIONAL CEME
similar nature now being held from time TERIES
to time, or periodically, but to the con trary, such practices are hereby praised P art 53 N ational C emeteries 1
and encouraged.
53.4 Burials in national cemeteries S ec. 2. E ith e r aT th e tim e of th e re n d i a Eligibility. Under the provisions of tion of th e decree of n atu ra liz atio n or a t such o th e r tim e as th e judge m ay fix,
1 53.4 is corrected.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation:
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RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle
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W ar D epart
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T itle 15 C ommerce:

Office of the Secretary:
Personnel regulations, amend ment relative to Coast and Geodetic Survey____
T itle 47-T elecommunication:
Federal Conyhunications Com mission:
Coastal and marine relay services, amendments Ship service rules, amend ments__________________
T itle 49 T ransportation a n d
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R ailroads:

Interstate Commerce Commis sion:
Filing of surety bonds, etc., by those subject to Motor Carrier Act____ _________

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NOTICES
Civil Aeronautics Authority:
United Air Lines Transport Corp., hearing____________ 1647
Department of Agriculture:
Food and Drug Administration:
Hearings on amendment of definitions and standards for canned cherries:
Identity__________________ 1645
Quality; label statement of substandard quality,__ 1646
Rural Electrification Adminis tration:
Allocations of funds for loans, 1647
Amendment of prior alloca tions 3 notices__ 1646,1647
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