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MOP, Bk 6, v.5, 130

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 118, May 12, 1950 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1950.



WHEREAS, the fourth of July, 1916, is of great historical importance to the Filipino people because it was on that day that Philippine Independence was granted and the Republic of the Philippines proclaimed and inaugurated; and

WHEREAS, in order to impress upon our people, especially the youth, the significance of that important event in our national life, it is fitting and proper that the day be observed with appropriate ceremonies;

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 Fourth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Carlos P. Romulo

Chairman

Hon. Sotero Baluyot

Member

Hon. Primitivo Lovina

Hon. Prudencio Langcauon

Hon. Pio Joven

Hon. Asuncion A. Perez

Maj. Gen. Mariano N. Castañeda

Brig. Gen. Alberto Ramos

Hon. Manuel de la Fuente

Mr. Aurelio Periquet

Mr. Benito Legarda

Dr. Vidal A. Tan

Mrs. Francisca T. Benitez

Mrs. Pilar H. Lim

Mr. Exequiel Villacorta

Mr. Vicente Lontok

Executive 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 fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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