DECLARING THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER, 1954, AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WEEK

WHEREAS, one of the principal and immediate
objectives of this administration is to achieve efficiency in the public
service; and

WHEREAS, in order to attain this objective, it is
necessary to focus national attention to the problem by designating a period
during which all the officials and employees of the Republic of the Philippines
in particular and the people in general may devote their time, thought and
energies to helping in the solution of said problem;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare
the last week of October, 1954, as Public Administration Week and designate the
Executive Secretary to take charge of, and coordinate, all activities in the
celebration of said week.

I hereby enjoin all offices in the national,
provincial, city and municipal governments, as well as all universities,
colleges and schools throughout the country to participate actively in the
celebration by holding practical projects, programs, demonstrations or similar
activities with efficient public administration as the theme.

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 30th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary