Show bytha BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A proclamation WHEREAS the constitution odthe of the united states was signed on september 17 1787 and had by june 21 1788 been ratified by the necessary number of states and WHEREAS george washington was inaugurated inaugurate as the first president of the united states on april 30 1789 NOW THEREFORE 1 I franklin D roosevelt rooseve it president of the united states of america Amei ica hereby designate des ignato the period irom from september 17 1937 to april 30 1939 as one of commemoration ot of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing and the ratification of the constitution and of 0 tile the inauguration of the first president under that constitution in commemorating this period we shall affirm our debt to those who ordained and established the constitution in order to form a more perfect perte ct union establish justice insure domestic tranquility provide for the common defence promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity we ve shall recognize that the constitution Is an enduring instrument tit fit tor 1 or the governing ot of a far flung population of more than one hundred and thirty million engaged ell in diverse and varied pursuits even as it was tit fit for the governing of 0 a small agrarian nation of less than tour four million it is therefore appropriate that in the period herein set apart we shall think afresh 0 of the founding of our government under unde the constitution how it has served us in the past and how in the days to come its principles will guide the nation ever forward IN WITNESS WHEREOF I 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused t the he seal of the united states of 0 america to be affixed DONE at the city ot of washington this fourth day of 0 july in the and thirty seven and ot of year of 0 f our lord nineteen hundred the independence ot of the united states ot of america the one hundred and second by the president FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT CORDELL HULL secretary ot of state stale |