PROCLAMATIONS-FEB. 9,18, 1944 THOMAS ALVA EDISON DAY, 1944 Februar 9, 194 [No. 28L] Ante, p. 10. Designation of February 11, 1944 as Thomas Alva Edison Day. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Thomas Alva Edison immeasurably enriched our way of living by the products of his incomparable genius; WHEREAS we are proud to include the name of this modest inventor in the longroll of American benefactors of the human race; and WHEREAS the President of the United States is authorized and requested by a joint resolution approved February 9, 1944, to issue a proclamation designating February 11, 1944, as Thomas Alva Edison Day; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate February 11, 1944, as Thomas Alva Edison Day; I call upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Govern- ment buildings on that day; and I invite the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 9th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-four, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES February 18, 1944 [No. 260] 56 Stat. 377, 1074. 36 U. S. C., Supp. III,§I 171-178 . Use on containers Intended for lend-lease aid or similar pur- MassB. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The flag of the United States of America is universally representa- tive of the principles of the justice, liberty, and democracy enjoyed by the people of the United States; and People all over the world recognize the flag of the United States as symbolic of the United States; and The effective prosecution of the war requires a proper understanding by the people of other countries of the material assistance being given by the Government of the United States: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, particularly by the Joint Resolution approved June 22, 1942, as amended by the Joint Resolu- tion approved December 22, 1942, as President and Commander in Chief, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: 1. The use of the flag of the United States or any representation thereof, if approved by the Foreign Economic Administration, on labels, packages, cartons, cases, or other containers for articles or products of the United States intended for export as lend-lease aid, as [58 STAT. 1126
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