[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 211, May 15, 1953 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1953



WHEREAS, to perpetuate the significance of the proclamation and inauguration of the Republic of-the Philippines on the fourth of July, 1946, 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 Seventh Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Aurelio Montinola, Secretary of Finance

Chairman

Hon. Jose Figueras, Secretary of Labor

Vice-Chairman

Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda, Secretary of Commerce and Industry

Member

Hon. Marciano Roque, Acting Executive Secretary

Member

Hon. Asuncion A. Perez, Social Welfare Administrator

Member

Hon. Sergio Osme a, Jr., Acting Administrator of Economic Coordination

Member

Hon. Jose Camus, Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member

Hon. Bartolome Gatmaitan, Vice-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 of the Philippine Association of Private Universities

Member

Hon. Antonio de las Alas, President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce

Member

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

Member

Hon. Manuel Lim, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus

Member

Col. Amado N. Bautista, President of the CONVETS

Member

Col. Teofilo Rivera, President, Philippine Veterans Legion

Member

Mr. Modesto Parolan, Editor and Publisher, Philippines Herald

Member

Mr. Manuel Villareal, President, Overseas Press Club

Member

Mrs. Concepcion E. Gonzales, President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines

Member

Mr. Eduardo Romualdez, President of the Rotary Club

Member

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

Member

Mr. Mariano V. del Rosario, President of the Lions Club

Member

Mr. Oscar J. Arellano, President of the Jaycees

Member

Mr. V. Lontok

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 15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary