WHEREAS, on the seventeenth day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, died suddenly and his untimely death has caused deep sorrow and affliction among our people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim the period from March eighteen to April seventeen, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, as a period of national mourning for our beloved President. During this period, flags of all government buildings and installations throughout the Philippines shall be flown at half-mast.

IN WITNESS WHEREFOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.


By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary