WHEREAS, Taal Volcano is liable to erupt any time;

WHEREAS, the entity most directly involved in immediately coping with the emergency is the provincial government of Batangas; and

WHEREAS, the provincial government of Batangas is without adequate facilities to cope with the impending calamity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the provincial government of Batangas to enlist the immediate assistance and cooperation of all government offices, agencies and instrumentalities in Batangas and of private transportation companies in any emergency incident to the eruption of Taal Volcano.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.


By the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary