Volume 72 · 182
Public Law 85–449
To authorize the designation of the week beginning on October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week.
Approved June 4, 1958
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the designation of the week beginning on October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week.
Whereas the XVII Olympic Games of the modern era will be held in Rome, Italy, August 25 to September 11, 1960, with winter games to be held at Squaw Valley, California, February 19 to March 1, 1960; and
Whereas the Pan American Games will be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 27 to September 7, 1959; and
Whereas these games will afford an opportunity of bringing together young men and women representing more than seventy nations, of many races, creeds, and stations in life and possessing various habits and customs, all bound by the universal appeal of friendly athletic competition, governed by rules of sportsmanship and dedicated to the principle that the important thing is for each and every participant to do his very best to win in a manner that will reflect credit upon himself or herself, and the country represented; and
Whereas the peoples of the world in these trying times require above all else occasions for friendship and understanding, and among the most telling things which influence people of other countries are the acts of individuals and not those or governments; and
Whereas experiences afforded by the Olympic and Pan American Games make a unique contribution to common understanding and mutual respect among all peoples; and
Whereas previous Olympic and Pan American Games have proved that competitors and spectators alike have been imbued with ideals of friendship, chivalry, and comradeship and impressed with the fact that accomplishment is reward in itself; and
Whereas the United States Olympic Association is presently engaged in assuring maximum support for the teams representing the United States at Chicago, Squaw Valley, and Rome; and
Whereas a week set aside by this Nation for a rededication to the amateur ideal could accomplish great good in encouraging good will for these games: Therefore be it
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on the 13th of October, 1958, as National Olympic Week and urging all citizens of our country to do all in their power to support the XVII Olympic Games, the VIII Olympic Winter Games, to be held in 1960, and the Pan American Games to be held in 1959, so that the United States will be fully and adequately represented in these games.
Approved June 4, 1958.