ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 211, May 15, 1953

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1953

WHEREAS, to perpetuate the significance of the proclamation and inauguration of the Republic of-the Philippines on the fourth of July, 1946, 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 Seventh Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Aurelio Montinola, Secretary of Finance	Chairman
Hon. Jose Figueras, Secretary of Labor	Vice-Chairman
Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda, Secretary of Commerce and Industry	Member
Hon. Marciano Roque, Acting Executive Secretary	Member
Hon. Asuncion A. Perez, Social Welfare Administrator	Member
Hon. Sergio Osmeña, Jr., Acting Administrator of Economic Coordination	Member
Hon. Jose Camus, Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Member
Hon. Bartolome Gatmaitan, Vice-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 of the Philippine Association of Private Universities	Member
Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce	Member
Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines	Member
Hon. Manuel Lim, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus	Member
Col. Amado N. Bautista, President of the CONVETS	Member
Col. Teofilo Rivera, President, Philippine Veterans Legion	Member
Mr. Modesto Parolan, Editor and Publisher, Philippines Herald	Member
Mr. Manuel Villareal, President, Overseas Press Club	Member
Mrs. Concepcion E. Gonzales, President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines	Member
Mr. Eduardo Romualdez, President of the Rotary Club	Member
Mrs. Concepcion M. Henares, President, National Federation of Women’s Club	Member
Mr. Mariano V. del Rosario, President of the Lions Club	Member
Mr. Oscar J. Arellano, President of the Jaycees	Member
Mr. V. Lontok	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 15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE

Acting Executive Secretary