[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26337-26338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12218]




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Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 6799 of May 12, 1995--National Defense Transportation Day 
and National Transportation Week
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                Proclamation 6799 of May 12, 1995

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                We Americans enjoy the benefits of the finest 
                transportation system in the world. Our Nation has 
                built a wide network of airports and seaports, 
                railroads and bridges, highways, waterways, and 
                subways. This infrastructure is a mainstay of our 
                economy, an essential part of our national defense, and 
                the means by which our citizens enjoy unprecedented 
                mobility. Such ease of travel unites our land, brings 
                cities and communities closer together, and links our 
                society to the world.

                Recent international trade agreements have dramatically 
                changed the global marketplace, creating new 
                opportunities and expanding horizons for all Americans. 
                Our success in this increasingly competitive 
                environment depends as never before on transportation. 
                A system that moves people and goods safely and 
                efficiently helps us to sell our products overseas, 
                spawning new industries and generating jobs at an 
                unprecedented rate.

                The national transportation system, with government and 
                industry working together, is a keystone of America's 
                national security strategy. The world is still an 
                unpredictable place, and America continues to have 
                worldwide security and economic interests. The national 
                transportation system gives America the capability to 
                rapidly move military equipment and personnel to meet 
                contingencies, crises, and humanitarian efforts 
                anywhere in the world.

                Today, American transportation is moving forward to 
                embrace the exciting possibilities and challenges of 
                the 21st century. Using state-of-the-art technology, we 
                are developing a single integrated system that links 
                all forms of transportation and enables the user--
                passenger or shipper--to choose the service that best 
                meets the immediate need. The Department of 
                Transportation is working on a National Transportation 
                System to address modern concerns of efficiency and 
                environmental safety, and we are looking toward States, 
                communities, and the private sector to join in 
                investing strategically in the transportation 
                infrastructure of the future.

                This week, Americans honor the men and women who build, 
                maintain, and monitor the safety of our transportation 
                system--from air traffic controllers to railroad safety 
                inspectors to aerospace machinists building the planes 
                of tomorrow. We salute our transportation industry 
                workers for their countless contributions to our Nation 
                and for helping to ensure that our transportation 
                system remains the finest in the world.

                In recognition of the millions of Americans who work 
                every day to meet our transportation needs, the 
                Congress, by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957 (36 
                U.S.C. 160), has designated the third Friday in May of 
                each year as ``National Defense Transportation Day'' 
                and, by joint resolution approved May 14, 1962 (36 
                U.S.C. 166), declared that the week in which that 
                Friday falls be designated ``National Transportation 
                Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 19, 1995, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 14 through May 20, 1995, as National 
                Transpor [[Page 26338]] tation Week. I urge all 
                Americans to observe these occasions with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities, giving due recognition to 
                the individuals and organizations that build, operate, 
                safeguard, and maintain this country's modern 
                transportation system.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                nineteenth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-12218
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