[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 22959]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10896]


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[Federal Register: May 4, 1994]




                        Presidential Documents 



                Proclamation 6681 of April 30, 1994

 

Small Business Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Small businesses create many new jobs in the United 
                States and are an important part of our Nation's 
                international competitiveness. Today, America's 20 
                million small businesses remain at the heart of our 
                economy. These companies are the engines of growth, and 
                it is in small business that people continue to find 
                opportunity, pride, and dignity.

                Indeed, small business is the lifeblood of America's 
                free enterprise system. This is the sector that creates 
                two of every three new jobs in our country, putting the 
                American Dream within reach of hundreds of thousands of 
                men and women who provide the variety and ingenuity 
                that are our greatest natural resources. Small 
                businesses employ more than 57 percent of the private 
                U.S. work force, account for 54 percent of all sales, 
                and generate half of the domestic private sector 
                output.

                As we move forward in a spirit of renewal and change, 
                there is one constant that must prevail in the economy 
                of the United States. Small business must continue to 
                provide the solid foundation upon which this Nation 
                builds its economic strength and maintains its 
                character. Government, working hand in hand with 
                entrepreneurs, must recognize these contributions and 
                help small business create jobs and increase incomes.

                We must support and honor small business for the 
                contributions this sector makes to the economy. And 
                just as important, we should remember that it is in 
                small business that the United States finds energy, 
                faith, and confidence in our system of democracy and 
                free enterprise. Only by fully developing our 
                technological and human resources can we expect to be 
                leaders in the global marketplace.

                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 the week of May 1 through 
                May 7, 1994, as the 31st ``Small Business Week,'' and I 
                call on every American to join me in this tribute.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth 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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[FR Doc. 94-10896
Filed 5-2-94; 4:38 pm]
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