[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
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Part VII





The President





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Proclamation 6902--Small Business Week, 1996


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                Proclamation 6902 of May 31, 1996

                
Small Business Week, 1996

                By the President of the United States of America


                A Proclamation

                The American Dream has long held out the promise of a 
                better life to our citizens--one of prosperity, 
                security, and personal fulfillment for all those who 
                are willing to work hard to reach their goals. Our 
                Nation's 22 million small business owners possess the 
                determination and initiative to make that promise a 
                reality, and their entrepreneurial spirit helps to 
                drive the engine of our economy. In addition, products 
                developed by small firms such as the artificial heart 
                valve, the pacemaker, and the personal computer, have 
                revolutionized our daily lives and made this an age of 
                extraordinary possibility.

                The number of new small businesses has increased 
                steadily over the last three decades, with 800,000 new 
                businesses incorporated in 1995 alone. Small businesses 
                employ some 53 percent of the private work force, 
                account for 47 percent of all sales in the country, and 
                generate more than half of our private gross domestic 
                product. In addition, industries dominated by small 
                business were responsible for 75 percent of the 1.66 
                million new jobs created during 1995.

                Last year, delegates to the White House Conference on 
                Small Business forged an agenda that will continue such 
                progress and prepare our economy for the challenges of 
                the next century. By implementing their 
                recommendations, ``reinventing'' the U.S. Small 
                Business Administration, and pursuing other incentives 
                and initiatives, we can establish an even better 
                environment for small business creation and growth. 
                These efforts are vital to keeping our economy strong 
                and strengthening the proud legacy of innovation that 
                has always inspired our people and made America great.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim June 2 through June 8, 1996, 
                as Small Business Week. I call upon Government 
                officials and all the people of the United States to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, 
                activities, and programs that celebrate the 
                achievements of small business owners and encourage the 
                formation of new firms.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>

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