[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 37 (Monday, September 20, 1993)]
[Pages 1750-1751]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6591--Minority Enterprise Development Week, 1993

 September 13, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    The national observance of Minority Enterprise Development Week is a 
decade-old tradition in which Americans of all races and ethnic groups 
convene to recognize and promote the achievements of more than one 
million minority business owners and entrepreneurs who support this 
Nation's continued economic growth. During Minority Enterprise 
Development Week, Americans also honor the many diligent minority 
business advocates in government and the corporate sector whose constant 
pursuit of excellence keeps our economy strong.
    Minority-owned businesses are valuable assets for America. Each 
year, minority business enterprises return valuable resources to their 
communities in the form of taxes and

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provide wages and employment for thousands--particularly for minority 
workers. Each day, successful minority entrepreneurs fulfill an even 
more vital function by serving as teachers, mentors, and models for 
young Americans who are our business and civic leaders of tomorrow.

    There is room in the free enterprise system for anyone who has the 
skill and the determination to compete. Therefore, it is fitting that we 
encourage all Americans to participate in business enterprise, create 
their own wealth, and promote the general welfare. Minority business 
women and men have proven time and again that they possess the talent 
and dedication required for success. By improving the availability of 
capital sources for business starts and expansions in the minority 
community, by increasing access to state-of-the-art information 
resources for minority business owners, by promoting the minority 
entrepreneur's entrance into new domestic and international markets, and 
by opening all doors to economic progress for minority citizens, all of 
American society will benefit.

    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 the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the 
week of October 3 through 9, 1993, as Minority Enterprise Development 
Week. I heartily encourage the people of the United States to 
commemorate this important event with appropriate ceremonies and 
celebrations.

    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day 
of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and eighteenth.

                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:49 a.m., September 
15, 1993]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on 
September 16.