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, 1973.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education and Culture	Chairman
The Executive Secretary	Vice Chairman
The Secretary of Public Information	Member
The Secretary of Local Government and Community Development	Member
The Commissioner of the Budget	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 Trade and Tourism	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 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 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.


By the President:

(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary