Proclamations
Proclamations are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government.
Proclamations are intended for individuals outside of the government, while executive orders are intended for individuals within the government. Tables that are part of the proclamations are not included in this web site, please see the Code of Federal Regulations for the tables.
Proclamation 2924
WHEREAS Proclamation No. 1654 of March 2, 1923, established the Hovenweep National Monument on certain public lands in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah for the purpose of protecting and preserving four groups of ruins including structures of…
Proclamation 2925
WHEREAS certain lands adjacent to the Lava Beds National Monument in the State of California, established by Proclamation No. 1755 of November 21, 1925, contain cliffs with petroglyphic carvings from a prehistoric period; and
WHEREAS a large cinder cone…
Proclamation 2926
WHEREAS preventable accidents continue to kill thousands and injure hundreds of thousands of farm residents each year; and
WHEREAS such accidents deprive the Nation of needed manpower and destroy property vital to our defense; and
WHEREAS a careless or…
Proclamation 2927
WHEREAS trade among the free nations of the world raises the standards of living of the peoples of such nations and fosters friendly relations among them; and
WHEREAS international trade makes it possible for us and our allies to obtain supplies and…
Proclamation 2928
WHEREAS the American Merchant Marine has again displayed, during the past year, its ability to support the military forces of our Nation by furnishing supplies to the fighting men engaged in the Korean hostilities; and
WHEREAS the American Merchant…
Proclamation 2929
1. WHEREAS (pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the act of June 12, 1934, by the joint resolution approved June 7, 1943, and…
Proclamation 2930
WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), has set aside June 14 of each year as Flag Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the flag of the United States by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777; and…
Proclamation 2931
WHEREAS section 5 of the India Emergency Food Aid Act of 1951, approved June 15, 1951, provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, to the extent that the President, after consultation with appropriate Government officials and…
Proclamation 2932
WHEREAS the Muir Woods National Monument, California, was established by Proclamation No. 793 of January 9, 1908 (35 Stat. 2174), and was enlarged by proclamations No. 1608 of September 22, 1921 (42 Stat. 2249), and No. 2122 of April 5, 1935 (49 Stat.…
Proclamation 2933
1. WHEREAS (pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the act of June 12, 1934 (ch. 474, 48 Stat. 943)) the President of the United…
Proclamation 2934
WHEREAS pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as amended by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935, 49 Sat. 750, 773, as amended by section 5 of the act of February 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 1148, 1152, and as reenacted by section…
Proclamation 2935
WHEREAS sections 5 and 11 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 (Public Law 50, 82d Congress) provide as follows:
SEC. 5. As soon as practicable, the President shall take such action as is necessary to suspend, withdraw or prevent the…
Proclamation 2936
WHEREAS during the past year preventable fires have again brought death to at least ten thousand of our citizens and permanent disability or painful injury to scores of thousands more; and
WHEREAS each year natural and created resources worth nearly a…
Proclamation 2937
WHEREAS, title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, contains, in part, the following provisions:
SEC. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this title, it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United…
Proclamation 2938
WHEREAS title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, contains, in part, the following provisions:
"SEC. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this title, it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United…
Proclamation 2939
WHEREAS the Nation needs the services of every person capable of productive work in its gigantic task of mobilizing to meet the requirements of defense and to maintain the civilian economy; and
WHEREAS the physically handicapped of our Nation have…
Proclamation 2940
WHEREAS, over four and a half centuries ago, Christopher Columbus, with undaunted courage, traversed the uncharged Atlantic and discovered a new world; and
WHEREAS the saga of his exploits has stirred the imagination of men throughout the centuries and…
Proclamation 2941
WHEREAS October 11, 1951, marks the one hundred and seventy-second anniversary
of the death of County Casimir Pulaski, a Polish patriot who attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army and laid down his life while fighting on American…
Proclamation 2942
WHEREAS under authority vested in me by title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 I provided by proclamation No. 2799 of July 20, 1948, for the registration in the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Territories of…
Proclamation 2943
WHEREAS, the people of the United States and the people of many other countries are striving together through the United Nations to put down unprovoked and lawless aggression in Korea; and
WHEREAS millions of men, women, and children in Korea have been…
Proclamation 2944
WHEREAS the Charter of the United Nations, which came into operation on October 24, 1945, was designed as a firm foundation on which men of good will might build a world of peace and security; and
WHEREAS most of the members of the United Nations have…
Proclamation 2945
WHEREAS John James Audubon, naturalist, ornithologist, and artist, by his devotion to a task which he loved and to which he dedicated his life, made an outstanding contribution to American culture and art by his paintings of the birds of America in their…
Proclamation 2946
1. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the President of the United States entered into a trade agreement with the President of the…
Proclamation 2947
WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, by joint resolution approved October 10, 1951, has extended its official welcome to the foreign metal scientists who will visit major American production centers and attend the World Metallurgical Congress to be…
Proclamation 2948
WHEREAS section 491 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (46 Stat. 726; 52 Stat. 1083; 19 U.S.C. 1491), provides in part as follows:
Any entered or unentered merchandise (except merchandise entered under section 557 of this Act, but including…