[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 16 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, April 21, 1997

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Volume 33--Number 16
Pages 515-550

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    Apparel industry partnership--518
    National Teacher of the Year award ceremony--538
    Newseum, opening--537
    New York
        Brooklyn
            Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee luncheon--524
            Kick Butts Day--521
        Queens, Jackie Robinson commemoration
            Major League baseball integration, 50th anniversary--529
            Robinson family members, meeting--527
    Radio address--517
    White House Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning--
        531

Communications to Congress

    Generalized System of Preferences, message--521

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Expanded family and medical leave policies, memorandum--516
    Improving the quality of child care in the United States, 
        memorandum--535

Executive Orders

    Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States--530

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchange with reporters in Queens, NY--527

    Interview with Chris Berman of ESPN--528

    News conference, April 18 (No. 141)--542

Proclamations

    Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.--536
    National Crime Victims' Rights Week--526
    National Day of Prayer--547
    National Service and Volunteer Week--515
    To Modify Application of Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
        System of Preferences--520

Statements by the President

    Chemical Weapons Convention, Senate decision to bring to a vote--536
    Death of Chaim Herzog--536
    Saudi Arabia, fire in Mina--527
    Violent crime statistics, decline--518

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--550
    Checklist of White House press releases--549
    Digest of other White House announcements--548
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--549



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