WHEREAS, the Filipino family, repository of the cherished traditions of the race, is the basic foundation of our nation; and

WHEREAS, to make that foundation stronger and more enduring, it is necessary that family consciousness be aroused in the minds of our people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from November 30 to December 6, 1948, as Family Week, and I call upon all our citizens, churches, schools and civic organizations to observe the same with appropriate ceremonies to the end that the beauty and integrity of the Filipino family may be treasured forever.

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 19th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary