Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby call on the people of the Nation to observe the week beginning July 21, 1963, as National Farm Safety Week; and I urge all farm families, and all persons and organizations allied with agriculture, to engage in a purposeful, united effort to reduce further the number of farm, home, and highway accidents.
Proclamation 3520—National Farm Safety Week, 1963
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