Executive Order No. 311 (1971)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 311, April 23, 1971 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATIONS OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1971

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1971.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Labor | Chairman The Secretary of Education | Vice-Chairman The Commissioner of the Budget | Member The Press Secretary | Member The Commissioner of the National Integration Commission | Member The Undersecretary of Public Works | Member Undersecretary of National Defense | Member The Undersecretary of Commerce | Member The Assistant Executive Secretary (Local Governments) | Member The Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination | Member The Mayor of Manila | Member The Chairman, National Historical Commission | Member The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities | Member The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines | Member The President, Civic Assembly of Woman of the Philippines (CAWP) | Member The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines | Member Representative from Youth Group | Member The Presidential Protocol Officer | Member-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.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) FLORES A. BAYOT

Acting Executive Secretary