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RESOLUTION NO. 540
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL ENDORSING LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS A SITE FOR
THE WORLD'S FAIR IN 1963.
WHEREAS, a non-profit California corporation has been created and duly
Incorporated and its offices opened in Los Angeles for the purpose of spon-
soring a World Fiar in the Los Angeles area in 1963; and
WHEREAS, in the past, four World Fairs have been held in California,
two in San Diego and two in San Francisco, but none in Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the 1963 World Fair will be dedicated to the promotion of
science and industry in our new age of space; and
WHEREAS, the consummation of a World Fair in Los Angeles in 1963 will
bring renown, prestige and innumerable economic advantages tr ~ur entire
State, and particularly to the Los Angeles area; and
WHEREAS, no greater contribution to peace and international good will
could be made than to demonstrate to the world that the people of the State
of California are dedicating the next five years to the preparation and
consummation of the greatest exhibition of peaceful pursuits ever held in
the history of the world; and
WHEREAS, this 1963 World's Fair has been endorsed by the California
State Legislature, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles
City Council, and the California Labor Federation, as well as many other
civic and governmental bodies, now therefore be It
RESOLVED, that the Common Council of the City of Gilroy, California,
endorses the holding of a World's Fair in the Los Angeles County in 1963;
and requests all California Congressmen and United States Senators to sup-
port legislation providing United States government support of such a fair.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 26th day of October, 1959, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN Pate, Rush, Jordan, Wentworth, Gallo
NOES:
COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT:
COUNC)LMEN Petersen
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK