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Show BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF UTAH A Proclamation WHEREAS, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation designating Monday, February 16, 1942, between be-tween the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. as the date and time for conducting the Third Registration under the Selective Selec-tive Training and Service Act and amendments thereto; and WHEREAS, every male person residing within the United States who has attained the twentieth anniversary of his birth on or before December 31, 1941 and who has not attained the forty-fifth anniversary of his birth on February 16, 1942, and who has not heretofore registered, as required by the Selective Selec-tive Training and Service Act and amendments thereto, is required to present himself for and submit to registration; and i WHEREAS, it is mandatory that all male persons within the specified age limits, who have not already registered, shall comply with the law by presenting themselves for re- gistration on the day specified; NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT B. MAW, Governor of the State of Utah, do hereby issue this Proclamation and call upon all male persons subject thereto within the State of Utah, to comply with the law and Proclamation of the President of the United States, and register on the day designated des-ignated therefor. ' A state of war exists between our Nation and the Axis Powers. Our citizens have been savagely and viciously attacked at-tacked and our territory invaded. The ideals and institutions of Democracy and our right to live as free men are in the balance. The future security and happiness of ourselves, our children, and of generations to come are in our hands for preservation. We must not hesitate or falter. The men and women of Utah prize freedom and liberty and the right to worship according to the dictates of their own conscience above all earthly possessions. We have made the only decision de-cision which an outraged, law-abiding and self-respecting people can make. In this hour of peril the people of our state will patriotically respond to every call for service. S I enjoin all public officials to give the utmost cooperation coopera-tion to the completion of this registration. And I again urge all employers, public and private, to make arrangements so that those subject to registration may have ample opportunity, opportuni-ty, to perform this most important duty, to the end that the registration may be successfully accomplished. I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have here- a unto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah. 1 Done at the Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, ; this twenty-second day of January, 1942. HERBERT B. MAW, Governor By the Governor: E. E. Monson, Secretary of State. |