PROCLAIMING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1963, TO JANUARY 31, 1964, AS THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR FUND DRIVE

WHEREAS,
participation in international fairs and expositions provides an
effective means of encouraging and assisting economic, commercial,
industrial, agricultural, and cultural ties among participating
nations;

WHEREAS, there
exists an urgent need for the Philippine Government to project
effectively our culture and export products to the attention of
foreign nations;

WHEREAS, the
Philippine Government, through the Department of Commerce and
Industry, has committed itself to participate in the New York World’s
Fair covering culture, education, art, science, entertainment,
commerce, and industry, which will be held in New York, U.S.A., for a
period of two years from April 21 to October 18, 1964, and from April
21 to October 17, 1965, and adequate budgetary provision is
prerequisite for the success of this joint undertaking of the
government and the private sector;

NOW, THEREFORE, I,
Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from April
1, 1963, to January 81, 1964, as the New York World’s Fair Fund
Drive. The drive shall be under the joint auspices of the Department
of Commerce and Industry, the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines,
and the Philippine Chamber of Industries. I call on all business
enterprises throughout the Philippines, including government
entities, to extend their unstinted support and cooperation and to
contribute generously to this laudable project in order that
Philippine participation in the world exposition may be a success,
redounding to the expansion and promotion of our foreign trade and to
the development of our national economy.

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 April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO
MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the
President:
SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary