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MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Administrative Order No. 243, May 31, 1957 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1957

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 for the appropriate celebration of the Eleventh Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1957. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Oscar Ledesma, Secretary of Commerce and Industry Chairman
Hon. Raul Manglapus, Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Vice-Chairman
Hon. Eduardo Z. Romualdez, Chairman, Rehabilitation Finance Corporation Member
Hon. Juan de G. Rodriguez, Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Hon. Eulogio Balao, Secretary of National Defense
Hon. Agapito Braganza, Acting Secretary of Labor
Hon. Paulino J. Garcia, Secretary of Health
Hon. Martin Aguilar, Jr., Acting Secretary of Education
Hon. Juan Concon, Acting Administrator of Economic Coordination
Hon. J. V. Cruz, Press Secretary
Dr. Andres V. Castillo, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines
Mr. Arsenio J. Jison, President, Philippine National Bank
Col. Osmundo Mondoñedo, Acting Administrator, ACCFA
The President, University of the Philippines
The President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce
The President, Chamber of Industries
The President, Manila Rotary Club
The President, Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce
The President, Lions Club of Manila
The President, National Press Club of the Philippines
The President, Civic Assembly of Women in the Philippines
The Secretary General, Philippine Association
Dr. Jose A. de Jesus Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committee as may be necessary.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary


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