[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 22959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10896]
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[Federal Register: May 4, 1994]
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 6681 of April 30, 1994
Small Business Week, 1994
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Small businesses create many new jobs in the United
States and are an important part of our Nation's
international competitiveness. Today, America's 20
million small businesses remain at the heart of our
economy. These companies are the engines of growth, and
it is in small business that people continue to find
opportunity, pride, and dignity.
Indeed, small business is the lifeblood of America's
free enterprise system. This is the sector that creates
two of every three new jobs in our country, putting the
American Dream within reach of hundreds of thousands of
men and women who provide the variety and ingenuity
that are our greatest natural resources. Small
businesses employ more than 57 percent of the private
U.S. work force, account for 54 percent of all sales,
and generate half of the domestic private sector
output.
As we move forward in a spirit of renewal and change,
there is one constant that must prevail in the economy
of the United States. Small business must continue to
provide the solid foundation upon which this Nation
builds its economic strength and maintains its
character. Government, working hand in hand with
entrepreneurs, must recognize these contributions and
help small business create jobs and increase incomes.
We must support and honor small business for the
contributions this sector makes to the economy. And
just as important, we should remember that it is in
small business that the United States finds energy,
faith, and confidence in our system of democracy and
free enterprise. Only by fully developing our
technological and human resources can we expect to be
leaders in the global marketplace.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim the week of May 1 through
May 7, 1994, as the 31st ``Small Business Week,'' and I
call on every American to join me in this tribute.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and eighteenth.
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[FR Doc. 94-10896
Filed 5-2-94; 4:38 pm]
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