Pursuant to 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 Tenth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1956; The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Alfredo Montelibano, Chairman, National Economic Council	Chairman
Hon. Eulogio Balao, Secretary of National Defense	Vice-Chairman
Hon. Gregorio Hernandez, Jr., Secretary of Education	Member
Hon. Eleuterio Adevoso, Secretary of Labor	"
Hon. Oscar Ledesma, Secretary of Commerce and Industry	"
Hon. J. V. Cruz, Press Secretary	"
Hon. Juan Concon, Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination	"
Mr. Arsenio Jison, President, Philippine National Bank	"
The President, University of the Philippines	"
The President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce	"
The President, Chamber of Industries	"
The President, Manila Rotary Club	"
The President, Association of University Women	"
The Secretary General, Philippine Association	"
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 10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary