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VOLUME 15

NUMBER 56

Washington, Thursday, March 23, 1950
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2876
S eventeenth D ecennial C e n su s BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, pursuant to the acts of Congress approved June 18,1929,46 Stat.
21, and July 15, 1949 Public Law 171, 81st Congress, 1st Session, the Seven teenth Decennial Census of the United States will be taken beginning April 1, 1950; and WHEREAS this Census, which will mark the one hundred and sixtieth an niversary of the first United States Cen sus, is required by the Constitution of the United States to determine the appor tionment among the several Spates of seats in the House of Representatives;
and , WHEREAS during the ten years inter vening since the Sixteenth Census a great World War in which our Nation has been involved has wrought unparalleled changes in the growth, location, and characteristics of our people and in their housing and industries, and has made it more.essential than ever before that we have a current inventory of the Nations people, homes, farms, and other re sources to guide us in the future :
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that under the aforesaid acts of Congress, it is the duty of every person over eighteen years of age to answer all questions in the census schedules apply ing to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm or home oc cupied by him or his family, and that any person refusing to do so is subject to penalty as provided by law.
The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information re garding the population, its characteris tics, its homes, and its farms. Replies are required from individuals only to en able the compilation of such general sta tistics. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information re quired. Individual information collected under the Seventeenth Decennial Census
will not be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation, or in con nection with military or jury service, the compulsion of school attendance, the regulation of immigration, or with the enforcement of any national, state, or local law, or ordinance. There need be no fear that disclosure will be made re garding any individual person or his af fairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons fur nishing information, every employee of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any in formation which may come to his knowl edge by reason of his employment.
Life and liberty in a free democracy entail a variety of cooperative actions for the common good. The prompt, com plete, and accurate answering of all offi cial inquiries made by Census officials should be regarded as one of the require ments of good citizenship and an exer cise in-fundamental democracy.
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 18th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifseal ty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth.
H arry S. T ruman
By the President:
D ean A cheson ,
Secretary of State.
P . R . D o c. 50-2459; P ile d , M ar. 21, 1950;3 :2 8 p . m .j
PROCLAMATION 2877
P an A merican D ay ,
1950

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS this year marks the sixti eth anniversary of the founding of the Pan American Union, which now funcContinued on next page
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamations Cancer Control Month, 1950____
Pan American Day, 1950_______
Seventeenth decennial census___

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corpora tion; Production and Marketing Administration.
Air Force Department Rules and regulations:
Air force aircraft, use; rescis sion------------ rs____ _________
Alien Property, Office of Notices :
Vesting orders, etc.:
Beckord, Otto, et al________
Lappin, Emma A_-__________
Leopold, Livia, et al________
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp----------------Société de Prospection de Electrique___________
Yano, Fujiso__________
Commodity Credit Corporation Rules and regulations:
Tobacco loan program, 1949___
Customs Bureau Notices:
Guiria, Venezuela; no consul list _____
Defense Department See Air Force Department.
Federal Power Commission Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Iroquois Gas Corp__________
Northwestern Public Service Co--------------------------------Pacific Power & Light Co___
Federal Trade Commission Notices:
Athletic Goods Manufacturers Assn.; application for deter mination and announcementFish and Wildlife Service Rules and regulations:
Deer Flat National Wildlife Ref uge, Idaho; public use of mo tor boats__________________
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