Proclamation 4042—Earth Week, 1971
04/01/1971
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We honor them most by remembering what it was they died for—not for glory, not for conquest, but for those concepts that bind a people toget...
John McCormack is one of the finest public servants I have ever known.
Every person in this country has an immense debt to him for his statesmanship and patriotism.
I urge the press, radio, television and all other information media to cooperate in this observance.