Proclamation 3623—California World's Fair

Whereas the California World's Fair, an international exposition to be held in Southern California in 1968, will be dedicated to the dignity of man, and will depict man's efforts to achieve his aspirations for greater growth, maturity, and dignity; and

Whereas the exposition will demonstrate the vital importance of transportation and communication in the achievement of man's aspirations, the roles of the arts, commerce, industry, and the sciences as they affect the lives of mankind, and the contributions of the cultures of the various nations of the earth to man's eternal quest for dignity as exemplified by his physical, mental, and moral attainments; and

Whereas the exposition will provide an excellent and effective medium for the exchange of information by which all people may evaluate the attainments of men of other nations, will encourage tourist travel to the United States, and will stimulate foreign trade; and

Whereas the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 27, 1964 (Public Law 88-496), has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the several States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the exposition; and

Whereas the Governor of California has appointed a Commissioner General of the California World's Fair and will invite the several States of the Union to participate in the Fair:

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite the several States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the California World's Fair.

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 nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President:

DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State.