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/HEH1.AS the Congress, by a joint :resol u,tion
approved august 11, 19lt5 has designated the first
week in October of each year as National I ifplpy
the Physically Handicapped T7eek, and pursu« at to
that resolution President Truman has issued a pro**
clamation in the following terms:
11 .-"HiiiREAS this Nation “has an unused retorv**
oir of skills and strength in those of our felow
citizens who by reason of physical handicaps are
denied opportunities for employment, and
"/HERDS' .the people of this Nation are profcu**
ndly conscious, of the limitless debt they owe to
their fellow citizens who count the costs of war:?
in-terns of physical handicaps; and
JHEREaS each year, the toll of industrial and
other accidents increases the number of handicapped
persons seeking work, and
H.jRdAS thousands of handicapped workers have
clemonsterl .that physcial handicaps are no insurnou**
ntable- bar to efficient and productive labor, anu
HZREA5 this Nation needs the full measure of
faith and participation in our democratic life wh
ich can only ccne in full measure to the handi
capped when they become self-supporting and indepe-*
ndent citizens, and
THEREnS the employers of this Nation have a
unique opportunity to assist in this national eff
ort to rehabilitate otherwise qualified but physicr
ally handicapped workers by employing their serv
ices; and
7HEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution
approved August 11, 19h5 has designated the first
week in October of each year as National Employ the
Fhysically Handicapped *7eek, during which approp
riate ceremonies are to be held throughout the Nat
ion, and has requested that the President issue
each year a suitable proclamation:
NO'.' THEREFORE, I, HARRY S, TRUTAN, President
of the United States Of America, do." hereby eall*upV.,
on the people of the . United States to observe the
•reek of October 5-11 > 19U7, as National employ th%
Physicall;/ Handicapped reek« I also call upon che
governors of states, mayors of cities, and heads of
other agencies of government and other public off
icials, as well as leaders of .industry, labor, and
civic groups to make every effort to enlist public
support for a sustained program aimed at the emplo-"
yment and full use of the capacities of physically'
handicapped workers," • - . "
NO f, THEREFORE, I, ERNEST GRUENING, Governor
of Alaska, call.the attention of the people of Ala
ska to this proclamation of our-President and urge
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conp3)iance v/ith the re- ^
quest made therin, and I ^
request all newspapers to ;
give publicity to this.,
proclamation, and all ^
radio stations to broad
cast it so that it may
come to tho >' attention of ^
all Alaskans.
By the Governor!
; IN V/ITNESS ^/HEREOF, -
hve hereunto subscribed
my hand and caused the
seal of the Territory of
Alaska to be affixed.
Done at Juneau, the Capt
ital, this 25th. day of ^
September in the year of ^
our Lord nineteen hund
red and forty-seven.
• Euhest Gruening
Governor of Alaska
• HONORABLE ■
SERVICE
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