Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1971.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Labor	Chairman
The Secretary of Education	Vice-Chairman
The Commissioner of the Budget	Member
The Press Secretary	Member
The Commissioner of the National Integration Commission	Member
The Undersecretary of Public Works	Member
Undersecretary of National Defense	Member
The Undersecretary of Commerce	Member
The Assistant Executive Secretary (Local Governments)	Member
The Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination	Member
The Mayor of Manila	Member
The Chairman, National Historical Commission	Member
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities	Member
The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines	Member
The President, Civic Assembly of Woman of the Philippines (CAWP)	Member
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines	Member
Representative from Youth Group	Member
The Presidential Protocol Officer	Member-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.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.


By the President:

(SGD.) FLORES A. BAYOT
Acting Executive Secretary