Dwight Eisenhower actually said...
Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act, do hereby proclaim the said Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948, as set forth in section 6 of the said act, as amended, which are attached hereto and made a part hereof, and do specify the effective date thereof as January 1, 1954.
08/15/1953