To the People of the Philippines:

To the People of the Philippines:

In the inscrutable wisdom of Divine Providence,
Manuel Roxas, first President of the Republic of the Philippines, has been
taken from us. The nation has lost a far-visioned statesman and courageous leader
whose whole public life was one consuming passion to see his country free,
prosperous and happy.

The architect of the nation’s edifice in the
period of reconstruction, he laid the solid foundation for a strong and stable
Republic, but did not live long enough to see the full fruition of his arduous
patriotic labors.

His faith, courage and wisdom constitute a most
precious heritage to his people. Though his voice is stilled, his heroic life
will be as a flame of lasting inspiration for generations to come to sustain
our people, especially in the hour of stress and peril.

It is meet that the deep grief which fills the
heart of the Filipino people should find fitting expression.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby appoint Sunday, April twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, the day of the funeral service for the dead Leader, and as a
day of prayer throughout the Philippines. I enjoin our people who cannot
personally attend the burial ceremonies in the City of Manila to assemble in
their respective places of worship, there to bow their heads in submission to
the will of Almighty God, and to pay their tribute of love, reverence and
respect to the memory of our great and good President whose passing we all
mourn.

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 21st day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the second.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary

Normal
0

false
false
false

EN-US
X-NONE
X-NONE

MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:””;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}