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A Proclamation

WHER EAS the nationa 1 school lunch program, now in its 'nineteenth year, makes available a wholesome, appetizing lunch to over 18 mil - lion children in 70,000 school s which participate in the program; and ‘ WHEREAS this program help»s to provide many of ou r less fortunate children with a.well-balanced and nutrltlous diet which enhances their vitality and their ability to obtain the maximum benefit from the learning process; and j WHEREAS the national sfhool lunch program encouij-: aftes the. domestic ccmsump-. tfcn of food which is made available in unprecedented abundance through the efficiency of our farmers and o|r highly developed food ntarketing system; and WHEREAS the nationeil school lunch program is an outstanding example of a l<|cal-State-Federal partnership to protect the health arid wfell - being of the Nation’s children and thus to strengthe n tlje national security; and , WHEREAS, in order to reoojnize the value and achieve -

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