[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14240]
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Part VII
The President
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Proclamation 6902--Small Business Week, 1996
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6902 of May 31, 1996
Small Business Week, 1996
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The American Dream has long held out the promise of a
better life to our citizens--one of prosperity,
security, and personal fulfillment for all those who
are willing to work hard to reach their goals. Our
Nation's 22 million small business owners possess the
determination and initiative to make that promise a
reality, and their entrepreneurial spirit helps to
drive the engine of our economy. In addition, products
developed by small firms such as the artificial heart
valve, the pacemaker, and the personal computer, have
revolutionized our daily lives and made this an age of
extraordinary possibility.
The number of new small businesses has increased
steadily over the last three decades, with 800,000 new
businesses incorporated in 1995 alone. Small businesses
employ some 53 percent of the private work force,
account for 47 percent of all sales in the country, and
generate more than half of our private gross domestic
product. In addition, industries dominated by small
business were responsible for 75 percent of the 1.66
million new jobs created during 1995.
Last year, delegates to the White House Conference on
Small Business forged an agenda that will continue such
progress and prepare our economy for the challenges of
the next century. By implementing their
recommendations, ``reinventing'' the U.S. Small
Business Administration, and pursuing other incentives
and initiatives, we can establish an even better
environment for small business creation and growth.
These efforts are vital to keeping our economy strong
and strengthening the proud legacy of innovation that
has always inspired our people and made America great.
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 June 2 through June 8, 1996,
as Small Business Week. I call upon Government
officials and all the people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies,
activities, and programs that celebrate the
achievements of small business owners and encourage the
formation of new firms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
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