By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Eighth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1954. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Sotero Cabahug, Secretary of National Defense .............................................................................	Co-Chairman
Hon. Eleuterio Adevoso, Secretary of Labor ..........................................................................................	Co-Chairman
Hon. Pacita Madrigal Warns, Administrator of Social Welfare ...................................................................	Member
Hon. Jaime N. Ferrer, Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources ..............................................	Member
Brig. General Jesus Vargas, Chief of Staff, AFP .....................................................................................	Member
Brig. General Florencio Selga, Chief of Constabulary ..............................................................................	Member
Hon. Arsenio H. Lacson, Mayor of Manila ..............................................................................................	Member
Dr. Vidal A. Tan, President, University of the Philippines .........................................................................	Member
Hon. Teodoro Evangelista, President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities ............................	Member
Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines ..........................................	Member
Mr. Arsenio Jison, President, Philippine National Bank .............................................................................	Member
Mr. Eduardo Z. Romualdez, President, Rehabilitation Finance Corporation ................................................	Member
Mrs. Concepcion M. Henares, President, National Federation of Women ™s Clubs ........................................	Member
Mr. Eugenio Puyat, President of the Rotary Club ...................................................................................	Member
Mr. Amelito Mutuc, President, Philippine Jaycees ....................................................................................	Member
Mr. Mariano V. del Rosario, District Governor, Lions International ...........................................................	Member
Mr. V. Lontok ...................................................................................................................................	Executive Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Co-Chairmen or either of them, and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary