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 Ninth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1955. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Jaime Hernandez, Secretary of Finance		Chairman
Hon. Pacita Madrigal Warns, Social Welfare Administrator		Member
Hon. Jose M. Crisol, Undersecretary of National Defense		Member
Hon. Mariano Yenko, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary		Member
Maj. General Jesus Vargas, Chief of Staff, AFP		Member
Hon. Arsenio H. Lacson, Mayor of Manila		Member
Dr. Vidal A. Tan, President of the University of the Philippines		Member
Hon. Miguel Cuaderno, Governor, Central Bank		Member
Mr. Arsenio Jison, President, Philippine National Bank		Member
Mr. Eduardo Z. Romualdez, Chairman, Board of Governors, Rehabilitation Finance Corporation		Member
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines		Member
The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries		Member
Mrs. Belen E. Gutierrez, President, Philippine Association of University Women		Member
Mr. Enrique H. Davila, Advertising Associates		Member
Mr. V. Lontok		Member & Executive Secretary

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of May, 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.) MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary