Proclamation 2898—First United States International Trade Fair

Whereas a joint resolution of the Congress approved on August 12, 1950, provides as follows:

That the President of the United States is authorized to invite by proclamation or otherwise, or in such manner as he may deem proper, the States of the Union and foreign nations to participate in the First United States International Trade Fair, to be held at Chicago, Illinois, from August 7 to 20, 1950, inclusive, for the purpose of exhibiting industrial products; machinery, equipment, supplies, and engineering; and the exhibiting of the newest developments in metals, plastics, chemicals, oils, textiles, and other manufactured products; and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of foreign and domestic trade and commerce in such products.

And Whereas invitations from the Governor of Illinois to foreign nations to participate in the First United States International Trade Fair to be held at Chicago, Illinois, from August 7 to 20, 1950, inclusive, have been extended through the Department of State and the United States Missions abroad:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite and urge the States of the Union and foreign nations to participate to the fullest practicable extent in the said First United States International Trade 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 14th day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Secretary of State.