Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 349

STATE OF DELAWARE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, on October 24, 1945, representatives of sovereign nations formed at San Francisco an organization having as its purpose the development of greater mutual understanding among nations; and

WHEREAS, this organization known as the United Nations has, during the past thirteen years, served as a sounding board for world opinion while contributing materially to the peace, health and welfare of many people in many lands; and

WHEREAS, today the United Nations stands as a beacon of hope for peace and prosperity; now

THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do proclaim Friday, October 24, as

UNITED NATIONS DAY

and call upon all Delawareans to joint in this observance. Further, I urge church, school and civic groups to offer programs calling public attention to the aims, principles and accomplishments of the United Nations.

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 fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-third.

(GREAT SEAL)

J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor

GEORGE J. SCHULZ, Secretary of State