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Show - President Roosevelt DesignatesI DesignatesNov DesignatesNov Designates DesignatesNov I ) Nov . 23as 23 as Day of Thanksgiving I Vi Washington i ashmgton ashongton Oct 31-Proclairn- 31 Proclairn 31-Proclaim- Proclaim 31ProclairnIng 31Proclaiming 31 - Proclaim Proclaiming - ing Thursday Nov 23 as a day of ofgenial ofgcn gcnalal genial ial thanksgiving than\.sgIvmg than.sgIvmg than .sgIvmg sgIvmg \ . President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt asked today that thanks thanksbe thanksbe be off-red off red offered - for the hope that lives liveswithin liveswithin liveswithin within us of the th " coming commg of an anevcntual aneventual aneventual evcntual eventual evcntualolld \ vvoild \\olld olld world \ peace peaceThe The pioclamation plOclamation proclamation designated the thenext thenext thenext next ofthe to last Thursday Thursd'lY ThursdlY ' instead mstead of the last Thursday in m the month monthas as Thanksgiving day in m accordance accordancelth accordancewith accordancewith \\lth lth with \ Mr Roosevelt Roosevclts s decision declSlon , to tomo.e tomove tomove mo.e moe move . up the holiday for busIness busInessreasons businessreasons businessreasons howeverhave everhae reasons Someta Some -ta ta - stages sta'es staes " ' es ho\\ ho hoever however \ ever ha\e ha e have \ decided to celebiate celeblate celebrate Nov 30Mr 30Mr 30 30Mr Mr Roosevelt Roose\elt Roose elt \ said in 111 an the pl'1.cla pl1.cla pl1cla piacla pl'1.clamption piaclamotion piaciamption ' . ' mption motion that tlnt ItVas it was \Vas Vas \ fitting fittmg to con cona continue continue tinue a hallov hallowed ; ed custom begI1D begun begI1D'I 'Iby ' by begunby President Washington Washmgton " when "hen hen he heask"d heasked heask heaskd 'I I ask"d askd asked " -d d - the nation n\tlOll n tlOll ' \ to lay do dovn s \ n all alltashs alltasks alltasks tashs tasks for one day in the tre year vear ear and andgl andgn andgiv gl\ gl gn gle \ e a tl t1 ' anks 'Inks Inks for the blessings bleosmgs grant granted granted ed by divine dlvme providenceOur providenceOur providence providenceOur steadilyforward steadilyfon Our nation n'1.tlon n1.tlon n1tlon ' . has gone steadily fon\ fon fonard forward \ ard In tl e a application appl1cation of dem dam damocratic democratic I ocratic processes to economic and andsocial andsocial andsocial social problems the I - president l-rpsldent l rpsldent resident said We have ha\e ha e hale \ 'aced aced ' the specters of ofbusiness ofbusmess busmess business depression deprcssion of unemploy unemployment unemploymerit unemployment ment merit agiicultural agricultural ' . and 1.nd 1nd ofudespread of cf \ widespread \udespread udespread agllcul agricul I tural distress and our positive ef of effOl offoits effoils fOl foits ts to alleviate 1.11cVlate 111cVlate ' . these conditions conditionshave conditionsha.e ha.e hae have . iret wet met with heartening heartcnlng results resultsWe resultsWe resultsWe We have also been peimitted pelmltted permitted tosee tosee to I ( I toI see the fruition frUltlcn of methods mtlhods which whichd \ whichfe hlCh d , e have undertaken i ir- ir II irrealms ' ' - realms ot or othealth orhealth olhealth health socnlelfale social socnl \ welfaic \\elfale elfale welfare and tte ti-e ti e ? - 0 con conservatlOn conservation conservation servatlOn servation of resourcesAs resourcesAs resources resourcesAs gratefit gratefl grateft As a nationVe nation \ we \Ve Ve are deeply grate fl ft 1 l that in m a \ world orld cf turmoil we weare \ weare \ e eare are at peaceIth peace \ with \\Ith Ith all countries countnes and andw andwe w \ e especially rejoice in the stleng stieng stlengI stiengthened stlengthened thened bonds of our frIendshIp1th friendship \\1th 1th with withtl \ withtie 1thtI \ I tI tl e a other ether peoples of the westernhcmispher \ western pstern psternhcmlsphel western'hcmispheie ' 'hcmispheie hcmispheie 'hcmispheieLet hcmlsphel hcmispher e eLet eLet Let u us ' on the dav day set aside for fortIns forthis fortins tIns this purpose g1 give ve thanks than\.s than.s than .s s \ . to the theruler theruler theruler ruler of the unlveisc unlvelse univeise foi fOl for t\e t e the teI thestrength thestrength \ } I ) strength \ which hlCh he has vouchsafed vouchsafedus vouchsafedI us to carryon carry on our dally d'1.Ily d1.Ily d1Ily dilly ' . labors hbors anct and anctfor andfor andfor : I for tne toe the hope hcpe that lives within wlthm us usof usof usof of the coining commg of a day \ when \ hen peace peaceand peaceand peaceand I and the productive activities ofl ofpeace of ofpeace l > peace C'1.ce C1.ce C1ce ' . shall reign on every eery e\ e \ ery con contment continent contment tment tinent _ _ _ _ . . |