CHAPTER
871
STATE
OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
DOVER
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the quality
of
our life is
threatened by the
growing
pollution
of our environment;
and
Whereas, to
meet
this threat
the
general
public must develop
a consciousness
that
will
enable each person
to respect the
complex interdependent processes that
sustain
life on this planet; and
Whereas,
this will
require
a
massive educational effort and cooperation
among all
citizens of Delaware; and
Whereas,
I have
been
requested by Delaware
students to set aside one day
to
be
devoted
to
assessing our
environmental
problems
and
formulating plans for concerted citizen
action to
improve our
environment;
Now,
therefore,
I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor of
the
State
of
Delaware,
do
hereby declare Wednesday, April 22, 1970, as
EARTH DAY
in
The First State and urge all
schools,
civic and fraternal org
anizations
to participate in
activities
appropriate to this
significant
event; and
Whereas,
the increasing amount of refuse manufactured
by and thoughtlessly
discarded by
man
mars the beauty of our State and cannot be organically absorbed by nature; I further declare Saturday, April 25, 1970, as
CLEANUP DAY
throughout the State of Delaware and urge every citizen to take an active part on this day to clean up trash from our highways, woodlands, streams, cities and towns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto
set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
said
State to be hereunto affixed
at
Dover this 9th day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and seventy,
and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred
and
ninety-fourth.
(GREAT SEAL)
RUSSELL W. PETERSON, Governor
Attest: EUGENE BUNTING, Secretary of State