WHEREAS, aviation is an important factor in the progress and security of the nation; and

WHEREAS, the people do not seem to realize, much less appreciate, the importance of aviation;

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 December 11 to 17, 1949, as Aviation Week, and enjoin all government officials and employees and all citizens of the Philippines to lend their full cooperation to the observance of this week.

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 7th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEDORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary