R-4610
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RESOLUTION NO.
4610 (ees)
(City Councl1 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING ITS
SUPPORT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AND URGING
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO ISSUE A
MARY McCLEOD BETHUNE COMMEMORATIVE STAt1P
EDITION.
WHEREAS, Benjamin F. Bailer, Postmaster General of the
Unlted States, is considering issuing a centennial postage stamp
edition commemoratlng the birth of Mary McC1eod Bethune; and,
WHEREAS, Mary McCleod Bethune made a slgnificant
contribut~on to the cultural history of the United States and,
among other things, established an institute for girls at Daytona
Beach, Florida, established Bethune-Cookman College at Daytona
Beach, Florida, and served as ltS president from lts lnceptlon
until 1942, and then again from 1946 to 1947, was Director of
the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Adminlstration
from 1936 through 1944, was an Assistant to the Secretary of War
during World \~ar II, was special advisor to President Franklln
D. Roosevelt on the problems of minorlty groups in the Unlted
States, and was an observer for the United States Department of
State at the Un~ted Nations Conference on International
Organlzation in San Francisco, California, in 1945; and,
WHEREAS, the work of Mary McCleod Bethune is deservlng
of commemoration,
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That it supports the issuance of a
stamp edition commemorating Mary McCleod Bethune.
SECTION 2.
That, on behalf of the City of Santa
Monica, Californla, ~t urges BenJamin F. Bailer, Postmaster
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General of the United States of Amer1ca, to issue a stamp ed1tio
commemorating Mary McCleod Bethune.
SECTION 3.
The City Clerk 15 instructed to forward
copies of thlS resolution to Benjamln F. Ba2ler, Postmaster
General of the United States of Amer1ca.
SECTION 4.
The city Clerk shall certify to the
adoptlon of this resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 18th day of _ ....M::tuh ,19
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ATTEST:
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Clty Council of the Clty of Santa Monlca at a
of
Regular
March
meetlng thereof, held on the
18th day
,1975, by the fallowing vote of the
Council:
AYES:
Counc21men: Judson, Lawson, McCloskey,
Swink, van den Steenhoven,
Trives
Counc21men: None
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmen: Hoover
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