Administrative Order No. 211 (1953)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 211, May 15, 1953 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1953

WHEREAS, to perpetuate the significance of the proclamation and inauguration of the Republic of-the Philippines on the fourth of July, 1946, it is necessary that there be an annual celebration in commemoration thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Seventh Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Aurelio Montinola, Secretary of Finance | Chairman Hon. Jose Figueras, Secretary of Labor | Vice-Chairman Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda, Secretary of Commerce and Industry | Member Hon. Marciano Roque, Acting Executive Secretary | Member Hon. Asuncion A. Perez, Social Welfare Administrator | Member Hon. Sergio Osmeña, Jr., Acting Administrator of Economic Coordination | Member Hon. Jose Camus, Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member Hon. Bartolome Gatmaitan, Vice-Mayor of Manila | Member Maj. Gen. Calixto Duque, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines | Member Brig. Gen. Florencio Selga, Chief of Constabulary | Member Dr. Vidal A. Tan, President of the University of the Philippines | Member Hon. Teodoro Evangelista, President of the Philippine Association of Private Universities | Member Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce | Member Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines | Member Hon. Manuel Lim, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus | Member Col. Amado N. Bautista, President of the CONVETS | Member Col. Teofilo Rivera, President, Philippine Veterans Legion | Member Mr. Modesto Parolan, Editor and Publisher, Philippines Herald | Member Mr. Manuel Villareal, President, Overseas Press Club | Member Mrs. Concepcion E. Gonzales, President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines | Member Mr. Eduardo Romualdez, President of the Rotary Club | Member Mrs. Concepcion M. Henares, President, National Federation of Women’s Club | Member Mr. Mariano V. del Rosario, President of the Lions Club | Member Mr. Oscar J. Arellano, President of the Jaycees | Member Mr. V. Lontok | Executive Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman, and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE

Acting Executive Secretary