DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.

WHEREAS, it is desirable that a day be set aside
on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts in prayer and thanksgiving to
Almighty God for all the blessings He has showered upon us;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 22, 1951, as a special
public holiday for national thanksgiving. I call upon all the people to turn
their thoughts and actions on that day towards Almighty God and offer Him a
prayer of thanks for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us.

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 8th day of
November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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