In order to give impetus to the role of science in the economic development of the country, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 24 to 30, 1958, as National Science Week, to be observed throughout the country in schools, colleges, universities, scientific and technical) institutions and societies with appropriate ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the week, with particular emphasis on science applications in the fields of agriculture and industry:

Marcelino E. Calinawan, Jr., Office of the Science Coordinator	Chairman
Patrocinio Valenzuela, Dean, College of Pharmacy, U. P.	Vice-Chairman
Manuel Roxas, Former Director of Plant Industry	Member
Juan Salcedo, Jr., Dean, U. P. Graduate School	Member
Joaquin Mara on, Director of Science and Technology	Member
Eduardo Quisumbing, Director of National Museum	Member
Marcos M. Alicante, Director, Bureau of Soils	Member
Felipe R. Amos, Director of Forestry	Member
Manuel V. Arguelles, Executive Director, National Science Board	Member
Eugenio E. Cruz, Director of Plant Industry	Member
Eugenio de la Cruz, Director, Forest Research Institute	Member
Faustino Lozada, Director, Industrial Development Center	Member
Laureano S. Marquez, Director of Animal Industry	Member
Col. F. Medina, Chief, RDD, AFP	Member
Horaclio R. Montalban, Director of Fisheries	Member
Jose J. Mirasol, President, Philippine Association of Agriculturists	Member
Crisostomo Ortigas, Dean, U. P. College of Engineering	Member
Domingo Paguirigan, Director, Agricultural Extension Service	Member
Mariano Ramiro, Chief, Industrial Resources, Branch	Member
Anastacio Teodoro, Dean, FEU Institute of Technology	Member
Deogracias Villadolid, Dean, Institute of Science, Araneta University	Member
Gregorio Y. Zara, Vice President and Dean, FEATI Institute of Technology	Member

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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 11th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary