WHEREAS, the twentieth day of October is of special significance to the people of Leyte, being the anniversary of the landing on the shores of said province of the United States Armed Forces in their mission to liberate the country from enemy occupation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Thursday, October 20, 1955, as a special public holiday in the province of Leyte, including Ormoc City.

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 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, ninteen hundred and fifty five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary