Proclamation No. 317 (1964)
Declaring Thursday, October 15, 1964, as Poetry Day
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 317, October 1, 1964 ]
DECLARING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1964, AS POETRY DAY
WHEREAS, poems are expressive of the purest thoughts, high aspirations, and kindered ideals of man; and
WHEREAS, these effusions of the heart uplift the human spirit, soothe the soul, and are sources of inspiration;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, October 15, 1964, as “Poetry Day” in recognition of the poet’s role in our civilized society under the auspices of the United Poets Laureate International.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary