For the purpose of studying the problems of landed estates with a view to the effective and expeditious implementation of the policy of œland for the landless,  I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a committee composed of the following:

The Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources ......................................................		Chairman
The Chairman, Agricultural Tenancy Commission ..................................................................		Member
Atty. Manuel E. Casta eda .................................................................................................		Member

The Committee shall study ways and means for the most feasible, speedy and economical acquisition of landed estates by the Government. It shall submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines within the shortest time possible.

The Committee is authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance or information as it may need in the performance of its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

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