[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 48013-48014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23161]
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Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 6822--National Farm Safety and Health Week, 1995
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 179 / Friday, September 15, 1995 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6822 of September 13, 1995
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's agricultural productivity is a gift to our
Nation and to people everywhere. Using innovative
techniques and the latest technology, our farmers,
ranchers, and agricultural workers provide enough food
and fiber to satisfy our needs and those of millions of
people around the globe. However, we too often forget
that farming can be a difficult and dangerous
profession.
Agricultural workers are exposed daily to the risks
associated with operating powerful machinery, managing
livestock, working and travelling in adverse weather
conditions, and performing countless other demanding
tasks, often miles away from emergency medical care.
Sadly, children and young people on our farms and
ranches are particularly vulnerable to these hazards
and more.
The simplest safety tool we have at hand is education.
By word and by example, we must teach each new
generation of Americans about the critical importance
of knowledge, caution, and vigilance in farming and
ranching activities. Wearing protective clothing and
gear, learning the safety features that manufacturers
build into equipment, and staying alert to possible
dangers when working with livestock, chemicals,
machinery, and vehicles--all of these measures can help
to ensure longer, healthier lives for America's
agricultural workers.
As important as education is to the safety and well-
being of our agricultural workers, we must remember
that quality health care is just as critical. We must
strengthen our resolve to provide the citizens of our
rural areas with high-quality, affordable, and
accessible health care if we are truly to meet their
needs.
By setting aside a special week each year to focus on
the need for improved safety and health in our Nation's
agricultural industry, we demonstrate to all of our
agricultural workers that we value their lives and
livelihood, that we appreciate their unsurpassed
productivity, and that we honor their determined
spirit.
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 September 17
through September 23, 1995, as ``National Farm Safety
and Health Week.'' I call upon government agencies,
businesses, and professional associations that serve
our agricultural sector to strengthen efforts to
promote safety and health measures among our Nation's
farm and ranch workers. I ask these workers to take
advantage of educational programs and technical
innovations that can help them to avoid injury and
illness. Finally, I call upon the citizens of our
Nation to reflect on the bounty we enjoy thanks to the
labor of agricultural workers across the land. Join me
in renewing our commitment to make their health and
safety a national priority.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirteenth day of September, 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 twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 95-23161
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