Show fire prevention week proclamation oct 7 WHEREAS tiro fire in nornal normal times takes bakes a heavy toll of our and physical resources resource and tile ithe needless waste ot of lives ancl property occasioned eacie year by preventable flies flees ilan haa attained singly grave proportions tind timid WHEREAS a dhigh hie degree ot or individual responsibility arid arad cited effort are necessary to overcome this national menace NOW THEREFORE I 1 HARRY S TRUMAN president of tile the united states of america do dio hereby to designate uio ilie week beginning october 7 1945 as FIRM FIRE prevention WE WEEK EX I 1 earnestly desire that ha hat t eveny citizen assume a personal res tor for detecting and eliminating tire fire hazards under tinder ills his control con troi and take aill possible pre cautions caution cau tiona fi to safeguard both lives antl property from the ravages of ire fire I 1 also aleo request that tile the state inird local governments the chamber ot of commerce or of thy national inre waste council business and labor organizations the churches and ach civic groups and the barlous agencies of the press radio and motion picture industry throughout tho country bend every effort to the attainment of the objectives of firo fire prevention week and I 1 direct that the he appropriate prop agencies of the federal al government likewise assist in every avory practicable way the all enlightenment lighten ment of the public with respect to the purposes of a sound tire fire prevention program IN WITNESS WHEREOF I 1 have hereunto set not my hand this twenty second day of august in ii the bhe year of our lord nineteen hundred anid and furty and of tile the independence of tile the united states act lAmer laai the one hund rod anid seventieth AH by the president james F byrnes secretary of state |