1472 PROCLAMATION 3637-FEB. 5, 1965 [79 STAT. International Committee of the Red Cross, has furnished voluntary aid to the sick and wounded of armies in time of war and has protected prisoners of war; and WHEREAS the United States of America, as an adherent to the Red Cross Treaty of Geneva, is itself a member of the International Red Cross family of nations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the Ameri­ can National Red Cross, do hereby designate March 1965 as Red Cross Month; and I urgently request every American to honor the American Red Cross, to his fullest capacity, by participating in and supporting its programs. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 28th day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON By the President: GEORGE W. BALL, Acting Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3637 IMMIGRATION QUOTAS February 5, 1965 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 202(a) of the Im- ^^ s*c*ii^^2' migration and Nationality Act, each independent country, self-gov­ erning dominion, mandated territory, and territory under the inter­ national trusteeship system of the United Nations, other than inde­ pendent countries of North, Central, and South America, is entitled to be treated as a separate quota area when approved by the Secretary of State; and WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 201(b) of the Immi- 8 use 1151. gration and Nationality Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General, jointly, are required to deter­ mine the annual quota of any quota area established pursuant to the provisions of Section 202(a) of the said Act, and to report to the President the quota of each quota area so determined; and rusc*if52' WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 202(e) of the said Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the At­ torney General, jointly, are required to revise the quotas, whenever necessary, to provide for any political changes requiring a change in the list of quota areas; and WHEREAS on September 21,1964, the former British dependency of Malta was granted independence by the Government of the United Kingdom; and WHEREAS on October 24, 1964, the former British Protectorate of Northern was granted independence by the Government of the United Kingdom and became the Republic of Zambia; and 79 STAT. ] PROCLAMATION 3638-FEB. 24, 1965 1473

WHEEEAS the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General have jointly determined and reported to me the immigration quotas hereinafter set forth: NOW, TJHEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the au­ thority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual immigration quotas of the quota areas hereinafter designated have been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows: Quota area: Quota Malta 100 Zambia 100 The establishment of an immigration quota for any quota area is solely for the purpose of compliance with the pertinent provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and is not to be considered as g^js^c^im* having any significance extraneous to such purpose. note. Proclamation No. 3298 of June 3, 1959, as amended, entitled "Im­ 73 Stat. C59. migration Quotas," is further amended by the addition of the quotas 8 use 1151 for Malta and the Republic of Zambia. note IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON By the President: GEORGE W. BALL, Acting /Secretary of /State.

Proclamation 3638 NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION DAY AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK, 1965 By the President of the United States of America February 24.^1965 A Proclamation WHEREAS our transportation system is a vital network which spans a continent, helps keep the wheels of commerce and industry turning, and makes us the most mobile society in the history of the world; and WHEREAS not only our commercial and economic and personal lives, but also the very defense of the Nation, are dependent upon modern and efficient transportation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 22 of May 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 30), has requested the President to proclaim annually ^6 use leo. the third Friday of May of each year as National Defense Transporta­ tion Day, and by House Joint Resolution 628 of May 14, 1962 (76 Stat. 69), has requested the President to proclaim annually the week ^^ ^^^ ^^^• of May in which that Friday falls as National Transportation Week, as a tribute to the men and women who, working night and day, move the goods and people throughout our land: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 21, 1965, as National Defense Transportation Day, and the week begin­ ning May 16, 1965, as National Transportation Week; and I urge our people to participate, with representatives of the transportation in-