WHEREAS, cancer, a disease of unknown causation, poses a serious threat to the lives of countless Filipinos who may not even be aware of its presence;

WHEREAS, to meet this threat, it is necessary to conduct a campaign of public information about this dreaded disease;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, March 19, 1953, as Fight Cancer Day and enjoin all of the people of the Philippines to join the crusade against this mysterious disease.

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 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary