ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 117, April 14, 1968

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1968

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, 1968.

The Secretary of Education.................................................	– Chairman
T he Secretary of Labor.....................................................	– Vice-Chairman
The Press Secretary..........................................................	– Member
The Commissioner of the Budget.......................................	– Member
The Commissioner, National Integration Commission..............	– Member
The Undersecretary of Public Works....................................	– Member
The Undersecretary of National Defense...............................	– Member
The Undersecretary of Commerce......................................	– Member
The Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination...............	– Member
The Mayor of Manila..............................................................	– Member
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU)...........................	– Member
The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines.......................	– Member
The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines (GAWP)..	– Member
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines......................	– Member
The Chairman, National Parks Development Committee......................	– 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.

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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 discharging its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of April, 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