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P U B L I C LAW 345--MAY 17, 1952

Olympic Week.

Canadian R i v e r Con:^>act. Consent of Congress. 43 USC 600c note.

STAT.

every participant to do his very best to win in a manner that will reflect credit upon himself or herself, and the country represented; and Whereas the peoples of the world in these trying times require above all else occasions for friendship and understanding, and among the most telling things which influence the opinions of people of other countries are the acts of individuals and not those of governments; and Whereas experiences afforded by the Olympic Games make a unique contribution to common understanding and mutual respect among all peoples; and Whereas previous Olympic Games have proved that competitors and spectators alike have been imbued with the Olympic ideals of friendship, chivalry, and comradeship and impressed with the fact that accomplishment is reward in itself; and Whereas the United States Olympic Association, in accordance with the provisions of its Federal charter, is presently engaged in selecting individuals and teams to represent the United States in the games at Helsinki and making arrangements for their equipment, transportation, feeding, housing, and competition; and Whereas, the United States Olympic Association, an organization not for pecuniary profit or gain, its activities being wholly supported by the public, is now making an appeal for the sum of $850,000, necessary to equip, transport, feed, house, and present in competition over four hundred amateur athletes from all classes of our society and all parts of our country to represent the United States in the 1952 Olympic Games: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the seven-day period beginning May 18, 1952, as Olympic Week and urging all citizens of our country to contribute as generously as possible to insure that the United States will be fully and adequately represented in the X V t h Olympic Games. Approved May 16, 1952.

CHAPTER 306

Public Law 345 May 17. 1952 [S. 1798]

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AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Olilahoma, Texas, and New Mexico relating to the waters of the Canadian River.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represejitatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the compact authorized by the Act of April 29, 1950 (64 Stat. 93), signed by the commissioners for the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on December 6, 1950, and thereafter ratified and approved by the legislatures of the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, which compact reads as follows: "CANADIAN RIVER COMPACT

"The State of New Mexico, the State of Texas, and the State of Oklahoma, acting through their Commissioners, John H. Bliss for the State of New Mexico, E. V. Spence for the State of Texas, and Clarence Burch for the State of Oklahoma, after negotiations participated in by