Volume 71
Public Law 85–18
requesting the President to proclaim the week April 28 to May 4, 1957, inclusive, as National Mental Health Week.
Approved April 20, 1957
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
requesting the President to proclaim the week April 28 to May 4, 1957, inclusive, as National Mental Health Week.
Whereas there is presently a great need for nationwide action for the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness; and
Whereas the National Association for Mental Health and the State and local mental health organizations associated therewith are working diligently in the tight against mental illness; and,
Whereas the mental health fund is in dire need of public support in order to improve conditions in mental hospitals, provide more adequate treatment for the mentally and emotionally ill, carry on research in the field of the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness, and promote mental health education: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
National Mental Health Week, 1957.
That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 28 and ending May 4, 1957, as National Mental Health Week, and urging the people throughout the Nation to cooperate, in the fight for the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness, and inviting the communities of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Approved April 20, 1957.