[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 179, April 18, 1952 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1952



WHEREAS, the Filipino people became a free and sovereign nation upon the proclamation and inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines on the fourth of July, 1946; and

WHEREAS, to perpetuate the significance of that historical event, it is necessary that there be an annual celebration in commemoration thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Sixth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. J. M. Elizalde, Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Chairman

Hon. Oscar Castelo, Secretary of Justice

Vice-Chairman

Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda, Secretary of Commerce and Industry

Member

Hon. Marciano Roque Acting Executive Secretary

Member

Hon. Asuncion Perez, President, The Civic Women ™s Assembly of the Philippines

Member

Hon. Jose Camus, Undersecretary of Agri culture and Natural Resources

Member

Hon. Aurelio Quitoriano, Undersecretary of Labor

Member

Hon. Arsenio Lacson, Mayor of Manila

Member

Maj. Gen. Calixto Duque, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines

Member

Brig. Gen. Florencio Selga, Chief of Constabulary

Member

Dr. Vidal A. Tan, President of the University of the Philippines

Member

Hon. Teodoro Evangelista, President, Far Eastern University

Member

Mr. Francisco Dalupan, President, University of the East

Member

Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Philip pine Chamber of Commerce

Member

Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Member

Mr. Modesto Farolan, Editor and Publisher, Philippines Herald

Member

Mrs. Concepcion R. Gonzalez, President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines

Member

Mrs. Concepcion Henares, President, National Federation of Women ™s Clubs

Member

Mr. Vicente Lontok, Technical Assistant and Chief, General Affairs Division, Office of the President

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 18th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary