1772 PROCLAMATIONS, 1919. selves and to mankind to see to it that nothing that we may do shall mar the completeness of the_victory which we helped to wm. lis selfish purpose animated us m becoming participants in the Nqr war, and with a like spirit of we should strive to ai by our example and by our cooperation in realizing the enduring welfare , of all peorzlg and m bringing mto being a wor d ruled by friendship '¤·¤¤•·¤g· N°'gg,· m EFORE, I, Woodrow Wdson, President of the United 2su?'d1:;’:re;•?¤Pvd States of America, hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-seve11th ‘”"“"‘"“"* day of November next, for observance_as a day of thanksgiving and rayer by my fel1ow—oountrymen, mviting them to cease on that day ll·0m their ordinary tasks and to pnite in their homes Bild-III their several places of worship in ascrrbrng ggaise and thanksgryrng to God the Author of all blessinlgs and the aster of our destrmes. IN WITNESS WIIEREO I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be asflixed. _ DONE in the District of Columbia this sth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand mne hundred and mneteen, [smn.] and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. Woomzow Wuson. By the President: Ronmrr Larwsmc, Secretary of Slate. N¤v•¤b•: 10,1919- Br um Pnmsmmxr or mn UNITED Srarms or Ammres A PROCLAMATION. %¤¤¤=bi;¤q¤i¤•¤~ WHEREAS, by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1919, the V;el?!:t),;:129l. Fourteenth Decennial Census of the United States is to be taken · on the second day of January, 1920; and EAS, a correct enumeration of the population every ten years is required by the Constitution of the United States for the prn·- ppse of determining the representation of the several States in the ouse of Representatives; and WHEREAS itis of the utmost importance to the interests of all the pegple of the United States that this Census should be a complete an accurate of the po ulation and resources of the Nation; ,_,q*¤u,§;;”°°¤“*“°*“ NOW THE ORE, I, Vgoodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the law aforesaid, it is the duty of every person to answer all questions on the census schedules app ying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that any _ person refusing to do so is su ject to penalty. °*’¥°°*°“°‘¥"*¤°°’- The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population and resources of the count and rméplres are requu·e from individuals only to ermit the complilhtion 0 such general statistics. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the infomation required. The Census has nothin to do with taxation, with rnrlitary or jury service, with the compuision of school attendance, with the regulation of immigration or with the ugtsclcsures pmmb- enforcement of any national, state or local law or ordinance. There need be no fear that any disclosure will be made regarding a.ny indiyrdual person or his affairs. _ For the due protection of the rights and interests of the personsfurmshrng mformation every employee of the Census Bureau is Efohrbrted, under hea penalty from disclosinv any infomation w `ch may thus come tovhis knowledge. °
