Administrative Order No. 349, May 12, 1961

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1961

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means and prepare the program for a fitting celebration of the fifteenth Anniversary of Philippine Independence next July 4, 1961.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education	Chairman
The Secretary of National Defense	Vice-Chairman
The Secretary of Labor	Member
The Secretary of Health	Member
The Administrator of Economic Coordination	Member
The Commissioner on Tourism	Member
The Malacañang Press Secretary	Member
The Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines	Member
The Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines	Member
The President, Philippine National Bank	Member
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU)	Member
The National Commander, Veterans Federation of the Philippines	Member
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines	Member
The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries	Member
The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Member
The President, Bankers Association of the Philippines	Member
The President, Manila Rotary Club	Member
The President, Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce	Member
The President, Lions Club of Manila	Member
The President, National Press Club of the Philippines	Member
The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines	Member
The Cabinet Secretary, Malacañang	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.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) NATALIO P. CASTILLO

Executive Secretary