ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 179, April 18, 1952

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 179, April 18, 1952 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1952

WHEREAS, the Filipino people became a free and sovereign nation upon the proclamation and inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines on the fourth of July, 1946; and

WHEREAS, to perpetuate the significance of that historical event, it is necessary that there be an annual celebration in commemoration thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Sixth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. J. M. Elizalde, Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Chairman
Hon. Oscar Castelo, Secretary of Justice	Vice-Chairman
Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda, Secretary of Commerce and Industry	Member
Hon. MARCIANO ROQUE Acting Executive Secretary	Member
Hon. Asuncion Perez, President, The Civic Women’s Assembly of the Philippines	Member
Hon. Jose Camus, Undersecretary of Agri­culture and Natural Resources	Member
Hon. Aurelio Quitoriano, Undersecretary of Labor	Member
Hon. Arsenio Lacson, Mayor of Manila	Member
Maj. Gen. Calixto Duque, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines	Member
Brig. Gen. Florencio Selga, Chief of Constabulary	Member
Dr. Vidal A. Tan, President of the University of the Philippines	Member
Hon. Teodoro Evangelista, President, Far Eastern University	Member
Mr. Francisco Dalupan, President, University of the East	Member
Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Philip­pine Chamber of Commerce	Member
Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines	Member
Mr. Modesto Farolan, Editor and Publisher, Philippines Herald	Member
Mrs. Concepcion R. Gonzalez, President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines	Member
Mrs. Concepcion Henares, President, National Federation of Women’s Clubs	Member
Mr. Vicente Lontok, Technical Assistant and Chief, General Affairs Division, Office of the President	Executive Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such subcommittees as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE

Acting Executive Secretary