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...lesser-known privileges of being Mayor of a City (or a governor or President for that matter) is issuing proclamations. Under this practice, which dates back at least to Roman times, a public official issues a statement setting aside a day when the citizens in his jurisdiction will honor a particularly worthy cause...
Today, most proclamations are initiated by public relations men anxious for some free publicity for their clients. A PR man writes a proclamation which is then signed by a public official or his secretary and the PR man hopes, printed in the local media...
...Program for Fellows is similar in character and purpose to those of the Nieman Foundation and the Kennedy School and to some advanced programs in the professional schools. Its purpose is to enable officials and others engaged in public life from many countries to spend an academic year at Harvard as a form of advanced training suited to their individual interests...
...Public Service Fellows Ford Foundation, United Nations, U.S. Agency for International Development and Sponsoring Country Governments
General Director of the Association, William Schwartz, Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University Law School, said, "We have a very energetic and active department of public affairs connected with great public issues. For example, on the entire question of auto safety, to a great extent, we were responsible for improvements in auto production...