[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26337-26338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12218]
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Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 6799 of May 12, 1995--National Defense Transportation Day
and National Transportation Week
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6799 of May 12, 1995
National Defense Transportation Day and National
Transportation Week, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
We Americans enjoy the benefits of the finest
transportation system in the world. Our Nation has
built a wide network of airports and seaports,
railroads and bridges, highways, waterways, and
subways. This infrastructure is a mainstay of our
economy, an essential part of our national defense, and
the means by which our citizens enjoy unprecedented
mobility. Such ease of travel unites our land, brings
cities and communities closer together, and links our
society to the world.
Recent international trade agreements have dramatically
changed the global marketplace, creating new
opportunities and expanding horizons for all Americans.
Our success in this increasingly competitive
environment depends as never before on transportation.
A system that moves people and goods safely and
efficiently helps us to sell our products overseas,
spawning new industries and generating jobs at an
unprecedented rate.
The national transportation system, with government and
industry working together, is a keystone of America's
national security strategy. The world is still an
unpredictable place, and America continues to have
worldwide security and economic interests. The national
transportation system gives America the capability to
rapidly move military equipment and personnel to meet
contingencies, crises, and humanitarian efforts
anywhere in the world.
Today, American transportation is moving forward to
embrace the exciting possibilities and challenges of
the 21st century. Using state-of-the-art technology, we
are developing a single integrated system that links
all forms of transportation and enables the user--
passenger or shipper--to choose the service that best
meets the immediate need. The Department of
Transportation is working on a National Transportation
System to address modern concerns of efficiency and
environmental safety, and we are looking toward States,
communities, and the private sector to join in
investing strategically in the transportation
infrastructure of the future.
This week, Americans honor the men and women who build,
maintain, and monitor the safety of our transportation
system--from air traffic controllers to railroad safety
inspectors to aerospace machinists building the planes
of tomorrow. We salute our transportation industry
workers for their countless contributions to our Nation
and for helping to ensure that our transportation
system remains the finest in the world.
In recognition of the millions of Americans who work
every day to meet our transportation needs, the
Congress, by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957 (36
U.S.C. 160), has designated the third Friday in May of
each year as ``National Defense Transportation Day''
and, by joint resolution approved May 14, 1962 (36
U.S.C. 166), declared that the week in which that
Friday falls be designated ``National Transportation
Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday,
May 19, 1995, as National Defense Transportation Day
and May 14 through May 20, 1995, as National
Transpor [[Page 26338]] tation Week. I urge all
Americans to observe these occasions with appropriate
ceremonies and activities, giving due recognition to
the individuals and organizations that build, operate,
safeguard, and maintain this country's modern
transportation system.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and
nineteenth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 95-12218
Filed 5-15-95; 10:58 am]
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