PROCLAMATION S. BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES 01-* Amnnrca ““°¤ °· 1917- A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS public interests require that the _Congress of the P'°“m*’*°· United States should be convened in extra session at twelve o’clock, noon, on the sixteenth day of A§ril, 1917, to receive such commimication as may be made by the xecutive; _ Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States B,§,°’§,§}g‘,§,,‘§,§;"‘},_f,§ of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary 16,1917- ' occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene in P°"’p‘ 1°‘6‘ extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the sixteenth da of April, 1917, at twelve o’clock noon, of which all persons who shally at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thou- [SEAL.] sand nine hundred and seventeen and of the Inde endence of the United States the one hundred and forty—ii1st. Woonnow WILSON By the President: ROBERT Lrmsmo, Secretary of State. Br THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or- Amcmcn. ¥¤¤¤¤ 16· 191% A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, I approved on March 2, 1917, a Joint Resolution of §,Q@,§1°,§;§“*”“**”- the Congress of the United States of America, reading as follows: ` "Whereas in the countries situated in the eastern part of Europe the theatre of devastating war, there are at least one million of Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in dire need of food, clothing, and` shelter; and "Wheroas hundreds of thousands of these people have been forced to abandon their homes and their property, and beinrr deprived of all opportunity to provide even for their most elementary wants have undergone disease, starvation, and indescribable suffering; and "Whereas the peo le of the United States of America have leamed with sorrow of? this terrible plight of great numbers of their fellow beings and have most generously resplonded to the appieal of humanity for assistance whenever suc appeal has reac ed them: Therefore be it " RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AWD HOUSE OF REP- gr;Eg’°‘““°¤ °‘ °°¤‘ RESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF MIERICA verse, p. sm. IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, That in view of the wretchedness, misery, and privation which these people are enduring, the President of the United States be respect ully requested to designate and appoint a day on which the citizens of this country may give ex ression to their sympathy bv contributing to the funds now bein raised for the relief of the Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in the gelligerent COLl11U'l€S." 1643
