Finally. the Monday holiday program would stimulate greater industrial and commercial production by reducing employee absenteeism and enabling workweeks to be free from interruptions in the form of midweek holidays. Mr. Chairman. in response to some who may have reservations about Columbus Day. may I very strongly urge the retention of the inclusion of it as a national holiday and may I emphasize that it is a most appropriate means of recognizing the United States as a "nation of immigrants" as our late and beloved President Kennedy described it. may I remind you further that some 34 of our 5C States already observe Columbus Day as a holiday and there are a great number of legislative proposals. including my own. now pending in the Congress to establislh Columbus Day as a national holiday. (Public Law 363. 90th Congress.)
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