[ PROCLAMATION NO. 169, June 27, 1955 ]
AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDUCATIONAL DRIVE DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 19 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1955
WHEREAS, the general public health demands that the Philippine Tuberculosis Society keep up the fight it is effectively waging against tuberculosis which, despite the appreciable progress so far achieved towards its control and prevention, still kills close to 30,000 of our people yearly; and
WHEREAS, the Society s cause is decidedly worthy of continued public support, without which the humanitarian work being undertaken by it will be greatly hampered to the detriment of the people s health and the national welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, 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 drive during the period from August 19 to September 30, 1955. 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 that we may keep this, dreadful disease under control. I authorize all the treasurers of provincial, city and municipal governments, as well as school officials to accept, for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, voluntary contributions and donations and 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 27th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary