CHAPTER 487
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, here, in Delaware, we are signally blessed with the Nation's highest per capita income, indicative of a thriving economy, and with employment that is approaching a new all-time high; and
WHEREAS, due to a generally good labor-management relationship, a pattern of labor peace prevails in our State, assuring continuation of our economic growth and eventual attainment of new highs in employment and personal income; and
WHEREAS, the skill, ingenuity and courage of our workers are serving to raise the standard of living for all our citizens; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting that the contributions of working men and women to the economy and welfare of our State should be suitably recognized; and
WHEREAS, the first Monday in September is traditionally set aside to honor the workers of America; and now
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim Monday, September 5, 1960, as
LABOR DAY
and urge the observance of this day by all our citizens with appropriate ceremonies and the display, on all state and public buildings, of the flags of the United States and the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, J. Caleb Boggs, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the said State to be hereunto affixed at Dover this second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-fifth.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor
GEORGE J. SCHULZ, Secretary of State