Administrative Order No. 91 (1949)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 91, June 04, 1949 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE VARIOUS ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE RAMIE INDUSTRY

WHEREAS, a plan for the development of a ramie industry in Mindanao is being seriously considered by the Government; and

WHEREAS, the various aspects and problems of said industry require careful study and consideration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee composed of the following:

Mr. Vicente Aldaba | Chairman Mr. Antonio Lejano | Member Mr. Eugenio Cruz | Member Mr. Francisco Lopez | Member Mr. Alfonso Capili | Member Dr. Eulalio P. Baltazar | Member

The Committee shall make an overall study of the farm production, processing and spinning of ramie fiber; survey the local and foreign markets for ramie products; and determine, among other things, the desirability of establishing a Ramie Institute, defining the powers and functions thereof. It shall submit its recommendations as soon as possible to the National Economic Council.

The Committee is hereby empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance, data and information as it may need in carrying out its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the, third.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA

Executive Secretary