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National Employ the Handicapped WeekMAYORAL PROCLAMATION WfiEREAS, disabled veterans and handicapped employees have made important contributions to the economic health of this nation, and WHEREAS, enlightened employers recognize that selectively placed disabled workers have fewer disabling on-the-job injuries than the able-bodied, and have job performance and attendance records as good as or better than unimpaired workers, according to studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, and WHEREAS, Congress and the Executive Branch have, by the passage of significant legislation for disabled veterans and handicapped individuals in the area of employment, expressed that qualified disabled veterans and handicapped workers should be accorded affirmative action in employment or advancement therein, by U.S. Government agencies or departments, federal contractors, and in programs implemented with federal revenue sharing funds, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the week of October 5 - 11, 1980 is hereby proclaimed as NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK, and all citizens are urged to support programs to advance the cause of the handicapped, particularly employers who are requested to give special consideration to the employment and training of qualified disabled veterans and handicapped workers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 26th day of September, 1980. Claude E. Smoak, J . Mayor ATTEST: D. Sandra O. Rozar City Clerk