Proclamation No. 326 (1968)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 326, January 2, 1968 ]

CREATING A PHILIPPINE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE GANDHI CENTENARY.

WHEREAS, of the few men in our time whose ideas have helped to change the world, Mahatma Gandhi may be counted one of them, for his ideas have sublimated mankind’s yearning for peace and freedom;

WHEREAS, he lived a life of the highest convictions and principles that has inspired men and nations, particularly in our past of the world, in which he preached the disavowal of violence and collaboration of all races and nations for human welfare; and

WHEREAS, the people of the Philippines, sharing the world’s need to translate Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and aspirations in terms of everyday life, and believing in his teachings of peace, human fraternity, and brotherhood, accepts this opportunity to participate in the centenary celebrations for this great man;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby endorse the celebration in the Philippines of the Mahatma Gandhi Centenary in the year 1969, and create a Philippine National Committee for the occasion composes of the following who shall elect a chairman from among themselves:

Hon. Rafael Salas | Hon. Jose Aspiras Hon. Raul Manglapus | Hon. Emmanuel Pelaez Hon. Jose D. Castrence | Hon. Onofre D. Corpus Mrs. P.S. Castrence | Hon. Alejandro Roces Mr. Gale Ocampo | Gen. Hans Menzi Mr. Emilio Abello | Mr. Napoleon Abueva Mr. Ruben Santos Cuyugan | Dr. FrancisoDalupan Rev. Fr. Jesus Diaz | Dr. Teodoro Evangelista Mr. Jose Joya | Dr. Sotero Laurel Mr. TeodoroLocsin | Mr. Oscar Lopez Mr. Manuel Marquez | Dean Antonio Molina Mr. Alfredo Montelibano | Mr. Aurelio Montinola, Jr.

Mr. Emerito Ramos | Mr. Joaquin Roces Mr. Ramon del Rosario | Mr. Pedro E. Teodoro

Mr. Sebastian Ugarte

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippine to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary