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By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “AN ACT DECLARING NATIONAL POLICY, AUTHORIZING HTE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO FIX CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES AND TO PRMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING PRICES OF COMMODITIES TO EFFECTUATE SUCH, POLICY, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF A CERTAIN SUM FOR THE PURPOSE,” and upon recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section one of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Galvanized Plain Wire as follows:

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Wholesale  Price	Retail  Ceiling Price
GALVANIZED PLAIN WIRE – 100# ROLL:
Sizes: No. 6/8	roll	P24.50	P27.23
No. 10	roll	25.05	27.83
No. 12	roll	27.23	30.25
No. 14	roll	28.31	31.46
No. 16/17	roll	29.40	32.57
No. 18/19	roll	29.40	32.67
No. 20	roll	30.49	33.88
No. 22	roll	43.56	48.40

SEC. 2. Section one of Executive Order No. 353, dated October 6, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Shoe Materials as follows:

SHOE MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s  Price	Wholesaler’s Price  to Shoemakers
FINISHED UPPER LEATHER:
White Ivory Sides
#289 and #3M	Sq. Ft.	P.2.10	P2.31
Luxury Black Patent
Large: D x M & CM	Sq. Ft.	1.65	1.83
Sides: D x M	Sq. Ft.	1.66	1.83
Black Diamond Chrome	Sq. Ft.	1.63	1.79
Colonial #200 White
IM-Smooth Large and Sides	Sq. Ft.	1.78	1.95
D x M – Smoorth Large and Sides	Sq. Ft.	1.55	1.71
White Elko and Sootan:
IM4	Sq. Ft.	1.42	1.57
M4	Sq. Ft.	1.42	1.57
IMITATION SUEDIENDS:
Width 38”/39” Color:
Black or Slate Gray	Sq. Ft.	4-03	4.43
HEELING BOARD:
Size 41” x 25”	Bundle         Kilo	48.07         0.85	52.94         0.93
SOLE LEATHER BELLIES	Kilo	3.81	4.20
SOLE LEATHER BUTTS	Kilo	2.95	3.25
BLACK FULL HEELS:
Plymouth Design 8 Nail Holes
Sizes: 6/8, 9/10, 10/11 and 11/12	Pair	0.31	0.35
SHOE STRINGS
Sizes: #440- 27” White
Brown, Mahogany or Black	Gross	P3.39	P3.73
POSSAIC COTTON HSOE THREAD
Sizes: 6, 7, 8, 12, and 14 cord	Pound	3.78	4.16

SEC. 3. Any commodity not included in any previous Executive Order fixing ceiling prices and issued by authority of Republic Act No. 509, or in this Order, the size and specification of which are the same as those of the foregoing, shall have the same ceiling price.

SEC. 4. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7% Sales and 1% Municipal Tax.

SEC. 5. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary