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