WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 307, dated March 24, 1952, the ninth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, has been declared œBataan Day  in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Fall of Bataan;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to give the people of Bataan full opportunity to observe the day with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April ninth, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, as a special public holiday in the Province of Bataan.

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 3rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary