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Show 1 HARDING DECLARES U. S HAS I MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR President Issues Proclamation Setting Aside November 30 as Day for Thanksgiving Supplication and Devotion WASHINGTON, -N'v ;;- Declaring that the estate of the nation ' presents very much to justify a nationwide and most ainciTH testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been be-Mo-wed on us." President Harding. Ill the annunl ThankgH 'lng proclamation proclama-tion Issued today, rails upon the American Amer-ican people to ofoserv Thursday, No." vember 3". "an a day of Thanksgiving, supplication and devotion." The text of the proclamation follows: fol-lows: "By the president of the United States of America "A proclamation : "In the beginning of our country the custom was established by the devour lathers of observing annually a day of thanksgiving for the bounties and protection which divine providence, had extended throughout the ear. It, has eome to b perhaps the most characteristic char-acteristic of our national observances and us the season approaches for Its' .innual ic-currncc, it Is fitting for-) mally to direct attention to this ancient an-cient institution of our people and to call upon them again to unite In ap-j propriate celebration. "The year which now approaches Its end has been marked, in the expert-' ene of our nation, by a complexity of trials and triumphs -f difficulties and of achievements, which wo must regard as our inevitable portion In such an epoch as that through w hlch all mankind is moving. AS we survey the experiences of the passing 12-month 12-month we shall find that our estate presents very much to Justify a nationwide na-tionwide and most i in i re testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed upon us Though we have lived in the shadow of the hard i onsequencc-s of great conflict, our1 country has been at peace and has been able to contribute toward the! maintenance and perpetuation otl peace in the world. We have seen tho race of mankind make gratifying' progress on the way to permanent peace, toward order and restored confidence con-fidence In its high destiny. "For tho divine guidance which has I -nabed us In growing frutenlty with! other peoples, to attain so much of progress; for the bounteous yield which has come to us from the resources re-sources of oui soil and our Industry, we owe our tribute of gratitude and with it our acknowledgment of our( duty and obligation to our own peo- ; pie and to the unfortunate, the sui-(, fering, the distracted of other lands , Let us in all humility acknowledge how great is our debt to the provi-j dence hlih has generously dealt v ith us and give devoted assurance i of unselfish purpose to play a helpful j jand ennobling part In human advance-nint advance-nint II Is much to bo desired that In rendering homage for tho blessings which have come to us we should earnestly testify our continued and in-i in-i r islng aim to make our own great fortune a means of helping and serving serv-ing as best W6. can, the cause of all humanity "Now, therefore. T, "Warren G. Harding, Hard-ing, president of the United Statca of America, do dsignrit Thursday the thirtieth day of November, as a day I of thanksgiving, supplication and devotion. de-votion. I recommenel that the people gather nt their family altars and In their houses of worship to render thanks to Goel for tho bounties they have enjoyed and to petition that they may be continued in the year be-1 fore us. In witness wherof. I have hereunto I set my hand and caused the seal of the rijlted Sthtes to be affixed. ' Lone at the City of Washington, the second day of November in tho year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred forty-seventh "Warren G. Hanling." |