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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 9, 1947
CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1947
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928
(45 Stat. 617), authorized and requested the President "to issue
annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 of each year as Child
Health Day and inviting all agencies and organizations interested in
child welfare to unite upon that day in the observance of such exer-
cises as will awaken the people of the Nation to the fundamental
necessity of a year-round program for the protection and development
of the health of the Nation's children"; and
WHEREAS every citizen of our country has an inescapable
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obligation to aid in insuring the American child's birthright of a
health and of freedom from handicaps; and
WHEREAS accidents are the leading cause of death and an
important cause of crippling among children:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United
States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1947 as Child Health
Day; and I invite interested individuals and agencies to observe the
day with appropriate ceremonies designed to stimulate interest in and
devotion to the cause of child welfare in the coming year.
I call upon parents to dedicate themselves on that day to
the exercise of unusual diligence throughout the year toward the
prevention of accidents in the home, so that the children may be
protected from needless injury and suffering and may receive and
enjoy the blessings of health and happiness.
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 eighth day of April, in
the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and forty-
(SEAL)
seven, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States
of America the one hundred
and seventy-first.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
DEAN ACHESON
Acting Secretary of State.