[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 16505-16506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-8425]


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Part XV





The President





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Proclamation 6661--
National Day of Reconciliation

Proclamation 6662--Transfer of Functions of the ACTION Agency to the 
Corporation for National and Community Service


                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 66
Wednesday, April 6, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6661 of April 3, 1994

 
National Day of Reconciliation

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In this season of Easter and Passover, as we mark the 
                twenty-sixth anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin 
                Luther King, Jr., I call upon every American to reflect 
                on the meaning of his teachings, to measure the 
                progress we have made in achieving the dream he shared, 
                and to rededicate ourselves to the end of violence and 
                to the true spirit of community for which he lived and 
                died. We must remain a Nation that is not too cynical 
                to restore hope, not too frightened to face our 
                problems, and not too intolerant to seek 
                reconciliation.

                Too many of our children hunger for lives with order 
                and meaning. They are easy prey to anger and narrow-
                mindedness, to violence, and to impulses that debase 
                their own lives and others. Too many, in their own 
                struggle to survive, cannot imagine a world that is 
                safe, secure and full of hope. We must do better than 
                this.

                Happily, most of our children still face the world with 
                courage and hope. They want to grow up to be good 
                parents and good citizens. They want to have good 
                marriages, good friendships. They want to make the 
                world a better place.

                They remain our greatest hope. Let us resolve to teach 
                them as Dr. King did, not so much by eloquent words as 
                by meaningful actions.

                Let us lead them by example, as we respect all people, 
                draw strength from our diversity, and face our 
                challenges with determination and goodwill so that Dr. 
                Martin Luther King's dream of equality for our children 
                will never be lost.

                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 Monday, April 4, 1994, as a 
                ``National Day of Reconciliation.'' On this day, let us 
                pause to reflect upon what our divisiveness, our 
                intolerance and our insecurity teach our children. Let 
                us remember and recognize that each of us bears the 
                profound responsibility of bringing Dr. King's message 
                of unity, compassion and equality to our schools and 
                our playgrounds, our places of work and worship, our 
                seats of governance, and into our homes and our hearts. 
                And when we are judged, not by the rich or powerful, 
                but by history and by our children, let it be said that 
                we overcame our differences for the sake of our 
                children. We shared a common dream for the future.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                third day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                eighteenth.

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