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EXISTING LAW

SEC. 3. After such appraisal shall have been made and
approved by the Secretary of War, notification of the fact
of such appraisal shall be given by the Secretary of War to
the governor of the State in which each such tract of land
is located, and such State or the county or municipality in
which such land is located shall in the order named have
the option at any time within six months after the approval
of such appraisal to acquire the same, or any part thereof
which shall have been separately appraised, upon payment
within said period of six months of the appraisal value:
Provided, however, That the conveyance of said tract of
land to such State, county, or municipality shall be upon
the condition and limitation that said property shall be
limited to use for public-park purposes and upon cessation
of such use shall revert to the United States without
notice, demand, or action brought.

THE BILL

S. Rept. 91-435

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91ST CONGRESS 1st Session

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SENATE

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REPORT No. 91-446

"DAY OF BREAD" AND "HARVEST FESTIVAL"

OCTOBER 2, 1969.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. HRUSKA, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.J. Res. 851]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution (H.J. Res. 851) requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for a "Day of Bread" and "Harvest Festival," having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, without amendment, and recommends that the resolution be agreed to.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the joint resolution is to provide that Tuesday, October 28, 1969, be designated as a "Day of Bread" and the last week of October within which it falls be designated as a period of "Harvest Festival" and the President is requested to issue a proclamation calling for such observance.

STATEMENT

Since the beginning, men of all peoples and places have been compelled by some inner force to pause each autumn to express their gratitude for the annual bounty of Nature in formal ceremony acknowledging the harvest of garden, field, farm, forest, pasture, lakes, streams, and seas.

Among reverent peoples, the custom of marking a period of harvest festival has become embedded in family, tribal or religious ritual, in local or regional custom, in national and international holidays. The celebration of a harvest festival- be it for grapes that make wine, grains for bread, or fish or meat for the table-symbolized joy in the security of plenty together witn a solemn expression of gratitude. The fields lay clean and bare, ready for a new crop next spring; the granaries held food for the winter and seed for new planting; the larders were full; the long work done.

The symbolism whereby bread stands for appreciation of and pleasure in the harvest is not without reason. Wheat and the products of wheat, most commonly bread, are perhaps man's oldest crop and cultivated food. Wheat provides more nourishment for peoples of the world today than any other food; serving as a staple in 43 countries with 35.6 percent of the population-almost a billion people. The wheat crop is the world's largest. Bread assumes ever greater importance-economically, culturally, and as nourishment for millions when one considers those loaves made with proportions of cereals other than wheat.

The word "bread" gains greater meaning every day in growing awareness around the world of governments increasingly concerned with the problems of feeding the hungry and malnourished, domestically and abroad.

In recognition of these values, the inheritance of the past merges with the custom of the present throughout the world. Since 1953, the people of West Germany have celebrated a Day of Bread as part of a harvest festival on a commonly accepted date in October. The observance has spread to Austria. In the United Kingdom, the English church annually joins in a similar occasion marked by a display of different breads and ecclesiastical mention of their signifi

cance.

The practice of marking a Day of Bread each year is being introduced in Central and South America and the Orient. Consideration of an international observance has also been indicated by the Bread Institute of Sweden and millers' associations of Switzerland and other European nations.

From such tradition, cooperation, and potential participation, the conclusion is apparent that the harvest festival and Day of Bread transcend national consideration. They represent a device of unchallenged integrity contributing to greater international communication and understanding among the nations of the world. The observance involves not only those concerned with agriculture, but those concerned with international relations and policy as well.

Accordingly the committee is of the opinion that this resolution has a meritorious purpose and accordingly recommends favorable consideration of House Joint Resolution 851, without amendment.

S. Rept. 91--446

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