WHEREAS, the crusade being waged against tuberculosis in the Philippines is an all-important national health movement, the primordial purpose of which is the safeguarding of the general well-being of the people;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, which is exclusively dedicated to this difficult task, is undertaking a continuing nation-wide campaign for the control and prevention of this dreadful disease and its effort in this direction is yielding splendid results; and

WHEREAS, to better accomplish its objective, the Society is resolutely pursuing a program of expansion and other allied activities, and in order to enable it to cope as effectively as possible with the increasing demands arising from the challenge posed by this scourage, it is necessary for the people to support it wholeheartedly by providing it with funds sufficiently adequate to carry out its mission;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society to conduct a national fund and educational derive during the period from August 19 to September 30, 1952. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, to assist in this humanitarian campaign by giving generously of their means so that we may keep this dreadful disease under control. I authorize all the treasures of provincial, city, and municipal governments as well as school officials to accept, for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, voluntary contributions and donations and to issue official receipts therefor.

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 2nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two and of the independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary