| Show i pRESIDENT URGES RELIEF r MEASURES d t Suggests Contributions JOT for 0 r t Ail Aid A id of o Suffering People rj in Thanksgiving Edict Washington n Nov No 1 17 Pr i-Pr President Wilt Wil t non Ion toda today formally by pro proclamation n designated Thursday November 30 30 10 a aI as ns s I Thanksgiving ln day The Presidents proclamation follows It has long been the custom of ot our people to to turn In the fruitful autumn of ot the year ear In praise and thanksgiving c to Almighty Go God for tor His Ills man many blessIng blessings bless bless- I ings Ing and mercies to us and tho the nation l The Tho year ear that has elapsed since since- we wo last observed etl our da day of or thanksgiving has bas been rich In blessings t to us as n a people but the whole face tace of ot the world f- f has been darkened by war In the midst of or our peace and happiness our thoughts dwell with painful disquiet II upon the the- struggles and sufferings of ot the nations at war an and 1 of the tho peoples upon whom war has brought disaster tj choice or possibility of ot escape t on their part We e cannot think of ot our I own happiness without thinking of their pitiful ul distress Now ow therefore I Wood Woodrow row Wilson President of oC the United States of ot America Amer Amer- lea ica Ica do appoint Thursday the the- of November 1 as a do day of national thanksgiving thanksgiving thanks thanks- giving giving- and prayer and urge and ond advise the tho people to resort to their several i places of worship t on that da day to render render render ren ren- der thanks to Almighty God GotI for the blessings of peace and unbroken prosperity prosperity prosperity pros pros- which lIe He has bestowed upon our beloved countr country In such unstinted measure r And I also urge and suggest our dut duty In this our da day of pea peace e and abundance to think In deep sympathy th of ot the stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and terror of war 11 has S so pitilessly fallen an and to contribute contrib contrib- uto ute out of our abundant means to the relict relief of their sufferings Our people could In no better way show chow their real attitude altitude towards the present struggle of ot the nations than b by byL L contributing out of ot their abundance to tol l the relief relict of tho suffering which war has bas brought in Its train In witness whereof I have o hereunto set pet m my hand and antl caused the seal Real of the United States to be bo affixed Done Dono at the city of Washington this day of November In the year ear of ot our Lord li 16 and cf cC the Independence of ot the tho United States the H Hist 1st WOODROW WOODROY 1 WILSON By the President Robert Lansing Secretary of State |
