WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines is in need of funds to accomplish its mission of promoting character development and citizenship training among the youth of the land and to meet its obligation as a member of the Boy Scouts International Bureau;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby designate the period from July 15 to August 14, 1952, for the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to conduct its 1952 fund campaign in places outside of Greater Manila.

I call upon all government officials and employees and all citizens and residents of the Philippines outside of Greater Manila to assist in this campaign and to give it their generous support.

I authorize all national authorities and teachers to accept, for the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, fund-raising responsibilities and urge them to give it active support and leadership in their communities.

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 26th day of June, 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