WHEREAS, the late President Manuel Roxas had the singular distinction of being the First President of the Republic of the Philippines, in which position he rendered invaluable services to the country up to the time of his death in the performance of an official engagement at Clark Field on April 15, 1948;

WHEREAS, the Filipino people, in expressing their gratitude for the patriotic services of the late President Manuel Roxas, initiated the raising of funds by public subscription for the construction of an income-producing Memorial for the purposes, among others, of immortalizing his memory, extending financial aid to needy or indigent war widows and to public charitable and social welfare institutions, encouraging the development of theatrical talents, and promoting theatrical arts and productions and symphony orchestra music; and

WHEREAS, certain parcels of the public domain situated in the City of Manila have been reserved for use as site of the , Roxas Memorial under Proclamation No. 359, dated December 16, 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create the Roxas Memorial Commission composed of the following:

1. The Secretary of Public Works and Communications	Chairman
2. The Secretary of Commerce and Industry	Vice-Chairman
3. The Administration of Economic Coordination	Member
4. Social Welfare Administrator, Social Welfare Administration	Member
5. The Treasurer of the Philippines	Member and Treasurer
6. Director of Planning, National Planning Commission	Member
7. Mrs. Trinidad de Leon Vda. de Roxas	Member
8. The President of the War Widows	Member
9. The President, Chamber of Commerce of the  Philippines	Member
10. The President, Manila Theaters Association	Member
11. The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Arts Council of the Philippines	Member

The Commission shall be in charge of a nation-wide campaign for raising funds for the construction of the Roxas Memorial on the site reserved therefor by Procla mation No. 359 dated December 16, 1952. The Commission is hereby authorized to create and organize as many subcommittees as it may deem necessary in the provinces, chartered cities and municipalities, and to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the work entrusted to it.

The Commission shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the Chairman and shall submit its report to the President from time to time.

All funds coming into the Commission shall be deposited with the Philippine National Bank or with any other banking institution authorized to do business in the Philippines, and the necessary withdrawals therefrom shall be made only by checks duly signed by the Treasurer of the Commission and countersigned by the Chairman and by the Auditor to be designated, by the Auditor General.

Ail books of accounts kept in connection with the raising of funds and disbursement thereof shall always be made available for audit by the authorized representative of the Auditor General.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary