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WHEREAS, several commissions, councils and committees created by executive and administrative orders of the President of the Philippines have been found to have either accomplished the purposes and objectives for which they have been created or are merely duplicating the functions of other agencies or entities of the Government.

WHEREAS, the agencies or entities whose functions embrace the functions and activities of said commissions, councils and committees could adequately perform the said functions and activities; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of this Administration to streamline and simplify the operations of government agencies and avoid as much as possible the duplication of efforts, functions and activities.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby abolish the following entities and revoke the executive or administrative orders creating them:

Entity	Created by
1. Investment Assistance Commission	Executive Order No. 43, s. 1954
2. Loans and Investment Council	Executive Order No. 36, s. 1963 as amended
3. Special Committee on the Creation of New Agencies or Offices and New Positions	Executive Order No. 108, s. 1967
4. Peace and Order Council	Executive Order No. 29, s. 1966 as amended
5. Peace and Order Commission	Executive Order No. 143, s. 1968
6. Anti-Smuggling Fund Committee	Executive Order No. 12, s. 1966
7. Presidential Anti-Crime Coordinating Office
8. Historical Documents Committee	Executive Order No. 164, s. 1969
9. Committee on Arson	Executive Order No. 139, s. 1968
10. National Committee on Disaster Operations	Administrative Order No. 151, s. 1968
11. Presidential Rice and Corn Committee	Executive Order No. 6, s. 1962
12. National Coordinating Committee on Reforestation and Tree-Planting	Executive Order No. 154, s. 1968
13. Committee on Consumers’	Administrative Order No. 232, Cooperative Association s. 1957
14. Presidential Committee for the Rehabilitation of Released Prisoners	Executive Order No. 55, s. 1966
15. Training Coordination Council	Administrative Order No. 121, s. 1966
16. Committee in Philippine Petroleum Exploration Industry	Executive Order No. 152, s. 1965
17. Coconut Development Committee	Executive Order No. 169, s. 1965
18. Committee on Landed Estates	Administrative Order No. 102, s. 1955 as amended
19. Dynamite Fishing Committee	Executive Order No. 40, s. 1954
20. Presidential Committee in Trade Agreements	Executive Order No. 107, s. 1955
21. Committee on Facilitation of International Air Transport in the Philippines	Executive Order No. 106, s. 1955
22. Flood Control Commission	Executive Order No. 68, s. 1936 as amended
23. Civil Aviation Policy Committee	Administrative Order No. 84, s. 1964 as amended
24. Special Committee on Information and Educational Radio Program	Administrative Order No. 279, s. 1958
25. Mt. Data National Park Reservation Executive Committee	Executive Order No. 37, s. 1966
26. Youth and Student Affairs Board	Executive Order No. 169, s. 1969
27. Special Committee on Baguio Squatter Problem	Executive Order No. 75, s. 1967
28. Philippine Panel to the RP-US Joint Veterans Commission	Administrative Order No. 125, s. 1966 as amended
29. Asian Good Neighbor Relations Commission	Executive Order No. 70, s. 1954 as amended
30. Committee on Documentary Films	Administrative Order No. 333, s. 1960

The functions of the Peace and Order Commission, the Anti-Smuggling Fund Committee and Presidential Committee on Rehabilitation of Released Prisoners are hereby transferred to the Peace and Order Coordinating Council, those of the Historical Documents Committee to the Department of Education, and those of the National Coordinating Committee on Reforestation and Tree-Planting to the Reforestation Administration.

The funds, equipment, property, and records of the Peace and Order Council and the Presidential Anti-Crime Coordinating Office are hereby transferred to the Peace and Order Coordinating Council.

All executive orders, administrative orders, and rules and regulations inconsistent with this Order are hereby revoked.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.


By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary