Administrative Order No. 221 (1953)
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 221, November 14, 1953 DESIGNATING THE NATIONAL RIZAL DAY COMMITTEE
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 221, November 14, 1953 ]
DESIGNATING THE NATIONAL RIZAL DAY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the 57th anniversary of the martyrdom of our greatest hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, falls on December 30, 1953;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of .the Philippines, do hereby call upon all the people to observe this year’s anniversary of Rizal’s death with appropriate ceremonies designed to arouse greater devotion to his ideals.
I hereby designate the National Rizal Day Committee composed of the following:
1. Hon. Placido L. Mapa | Chairman 2. Hon. Asuncion Perez | Member 3. Hon. Aurelio Quitoriano | Member 4. Hon. Roberto A. Gianzon | Member 5. Dr. Vidal A. Tan | Member 6. Hon. Teodoro Evangelista | Member 7. Dr. Herminio Velarde | Member 8. Mr. Prudencio Langcauon | Member 9. Mr. Gabriel Daza | Member 10. Mr. Lauro G. Marquez | Member 11. Mr. Mariano del Rosario | Member 12. Mr. V. Lontok | Executive Secretary
to make all arrangements necessary for the fitting celebration of the day all over the Philippines and secure the cooperation of all government and private instrumentalities to insure its success.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.
(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary