Proclamation 3217—Saint Lawrence Seaway Celebration

Whereas the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959 will mark the inauguration of a new era of direct transoceanic water-borne commerce between inland ports of the Great Lakes of North America and the far-flung ports of the world; and

Whereas from January 1 to December 31, 1959, the City of Chicago in the State of Illinois will celebrate the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway inviting attention to the importance of the Seaway and the North American ports that it will serve;

Whereas the program of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Celebration at Chicago will include the Pan American Games of 1959, a Festival of the Americas, and an International Fair and Exposition which have for their purpose the promotion of international understanding and the display of the products of the world; and

Whereas the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 512, authorized the President of the United States, by proclamation or in such other manner as he might deem proper, to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the Saint Lawrence Seaway Celebration to be held at Chicago during 1959 for the purpose of promoting foreign and domestic commerce and fostering good will among nations:

Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the programs of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Celebration to be held at Chicago, Illinois, in 1959.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-second.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

Secretary of State