DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 15 TO MARCH 15,1949, AS THE TIME FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS.

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross is the
body corporate and politic created and officially designated under Republic Act
No. 95 as the voluntary organization to assist the Republic of the Philippines
in discharging the obligations set forth in the Geneva Red Cross Convention, to
which the Republic adhered on February 14, 1947, and to perform such other
duties as are incumbent upon a national Red Cross Society;

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross,
notwithstanding its financial limitations and inadequate resources, has
established a distinguished record by contributing to the health, welfare and
safety of our people, through its Disaster Relief Service, Blood Program, Home
Service, Nursing Service, Junior Red Cross, First Aid and Life Saving, and is
effectively serving the Filipino soldiers and their dependents, as well as
veterans and hospitalized members of our Armed Forces;

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross,
through its constant service, reaching almost every municipality, has become
definitely a part of the life of the Filipino people and is an indispensable
factor in their national existence;

WHEREAS, the Red Cross is one public institution
recognized all over the world that serves as the collective expression of our
humanitarian impulses for compassion and universal desire for peace and
understanding; and

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross has no
regular source of income to carry out its national and international
responsibilities, except through the voluntary contributions obtained through
personal solicitation campaigns conducted by its chapters, as prescribed in its
Congressional Charter;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from February 15 to March 15,
1949, as the time for the Second Annual Fund Campaign of the Philippine
National Red Cross, and I call upon all citizens and residents of the
Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, as well as upon all
public-spirited organizations to support this campaign and to give generously
of their means, time and personal services in furtherance of the aims and ends
of the Philippine National Red Cross. I also authorize all national,
provincial, city, and municipal government officials and school authorities to
accept, for the Philippine National Red Cross, fund-raising responsibilities
and urge them to give active leadership in their respective communities.

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
January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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