WHEREAS, there are some deserving guerrilla organizations not yet duly recognized by the proper authorities; and

WHEREAS, it is desired that steps be taken with a view to enabling the members of these guerrilla organizations to receive their back pay;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Board to take charge of listing and screening deserving guerrilla organizations not yet recognized so that a basis may be arrived at upon which to estimate the total amount needed for their back pay. The Board shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Ruperto Kangleon	Chairman
Hon. Tomas Cabili	Member
Hon. Ramon Magsaysay	Member
Gen. Mariano Castañeda	Member
Judge Antonio Quirino	Member
Col. Amado Bautista	Member
Col. Salvador Abcede	Member

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.


By the President:

(Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary