Proclamation 5774 --
Department of Commerce Day, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
This
year marks the 75th year of service to our Nation by the United States
Department of Commerce; three-quarters of a century ago, on
Throughout
this century the Department of Commerce has helped Presidents and the Congress
develop policies to support our economic growth, our scientific and
technological advancement and security, and our international trade. The
Department provides business and government planners with critical data they
need for intelligent decision-making, urges inventors and entrepreneurs to
bring products to the marketplace, encourages firms to seek legitimate export
opportunities, and makes sure that fair trade laws are enforced vigorously. The
Department of Commerce also supplies oceanic information and formulates
telecommunications and information policy.
The
employees of the Department of Commerce have always reflected the finest
traditions of public service. That was surely true of the Department's late
Secretary, Malcolm Baldrige, and our present
Secretary, C. William Verity, Jr.
In
recognition of the contributions of the Department of Commerce and the
dedication of its officers and employees, the Congress, by Senate Joint
Resolution 251, has designated March 4, 1988, as ``Department of Commerce Day''
and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of that day.
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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