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DR:L.P'f PROCLAMATION WHEREAS twenty-one years ago, on October twenty-fourth 1945, the United Nations Charter came into force; and -e WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has called for the annual observance of October twenty-fourth as United Nations Day, to be celebrated by all Member Nations; and WHEREAS the President of the United States has officially proclaimed October twenty-fourth 1966 as United Nations Day in the United States; and WHEREAS the citizens of this community are fully aware that our survival requires worldwide cooperation; and that this country's highest hopes are in harmony with the hopes and aspirations of peoples everywhere; and WHEREAS the United Nations was created to maintain peace in the world, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, and to raise the standard of living for all men -- purposes which the United States of America wholeheartedly supports; and WHEREAS the United Nations is the only international forum where nations large and small can gather together in their common belief that the conference table is better than the battle field; and WHEREAS the United Nations and its family of agencies has earned the esteem and respect of the citizens of this country and of this city for its practical achievements, which directly benefit each one of us in our daily lives, and help us to fulfill the humanitarian obligations which Americans have always tried to serve; and WHEREAS the success of the United Nations depends to a great extent on the good will and support of a well-informed public: NOW, THEREFORE, I,R~f.~.._t:, Mayor of ()~ft;.~ ~ do hereby proclaim Monday, Octob~r 2, 966 as United Nations y, and call upon all citizens of ~ I~ to observe that day in a spirit of common purpose with the aims of the United Nations; I urge everyone, groups or individuals, to participate in programs and activities designed to give support and encouragement to effective U. S. participation in the United Nations. I ask all citizens to observe United Nations Day with a sense of rededication to the high truths which we in the United States hold to be self-evident, as expressed for us in the Constitution of the United States and for all the world in the Charter of the United Nations. .e IN WITNESS WHEREOF~ ~~ Q...[L,.,....................JE..,..Q...-L. . U<,..-4. (J' . -;)..1 I t(f.:," I