PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 18, 28 , 1948 1489 WHEREAS in response to a growing need, recognized by numerous medical leaders, the Red Cross has now embarked upon a national blood-donor program, designed eventually to furnish whole blood and blood derivatives to the entire Nation without cost therefor; and WHEREAS the Red Cross must stand ready to provide assistance to millions of American war veterans in their readjustment to civilian life and to furnish added comfort, entertainment, and relaxation to those in Government hospitals; and WHEREAS this organization, which exemplifies the noblest in- stinct of mankind-the desire to aid one's fellow man-, is now issuing its 1948 appeal for contributions totaling $75,000,000: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1948 as Red Cross Month; and I urge every citizen to respond as generously as possible to this humanitarian cause. 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 18th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State ARMY DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Army of the United States is a mighty shield of our Nation in war and the faithful servant of our people in time of peace; and WHEREAS the tasks entrusted to the Army are vital to the estab- lishment of a durable peace; and WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 75th Congress, 1st Session, which was agreed to by the House of Representatives on March 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 1108), provides: "That April 6 of each year be recognized by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America as Army Day, and that the President of the United States be re- quested, as Commander in Chief, to order military units through- out the United States to assist civic bodies in appropriate cele- bration to such extent as he may deem advisable; to issue a procla- mation each year declaring April 6 as Army Day, and in such proclamations to invite the Governors of the various States to issue Army Day proclamations: Provided, That in the event April 6 falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be recognized as Army Day": NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, April 6, 1948, as Army Day, in order that we may accord appropriate recogni- tion to our Army, which throughout our history has preserved our February 28, 1948 [No. 2771] Proclamation of Tuesday, April 6, 1948, as Army Day. Designation of March 1948 as Red Cross Month. 62 STAT.]
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