WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 381, dated March 21, 1953, the ninth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, has been declared œBataan Day  in commemoration of the eleventh anniversary of the Fall of Bataan;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of Bataan be given full opportunity to observe the day with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested hurtle by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April ninth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, 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 4th day of April, 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