WHEREAS, the Government is determined to solve the country ™s traffic problems with a view to minimizing accidents and the resultant loss of human lives and property; and

WHEREAS, to achieve this objective, it is necessary that the National Traffic Commission conduct an educational campaign by issuing leaflets, posters, and banners and setting up billboards or signboards designed to emphasize the necessity of observing traffic safety rules and regulations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from January 19 to 25, 1953, as Traffic Accident Prevention Week and designate the National Traffic Commission to take charge of all activities for the effective observance of the week. Having no funds at its disposal the Commission is hereby authorized to solicit donations in cash or in kind for the purpose of carrying into effect the aim of this proclamation.

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 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary