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, 1972.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Chairman
The Commissioner of the Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Vice-Chairman
The Press Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Commissioner on National Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Undersecretary of Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Undersecretary of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The 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 Women 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 9th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary