DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 4 TO JULY 10, 1951, AS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY WEEK

WHEREAS, July 4, 1951, commemorates five years of
independence of the Philippines as a separate and self-governing nation;

WHEREAS, we have achieved much in the
reconstruction and rehabilitation of our country during these five years,
developing our agriculture, increasing our commerce and industry, improving our
conditions of health and education, promoting our social progress and internal
security, assuming with dignity the obligations of self-government, and
conducting with statesmanship our relations with other nations; and

WHEREAS, large groups of our citizens have
expressed the desire to celebrate Independence Day this year in a fashion that
will awaken the full consciousness of the nation to these accomplishments and
will give us inspiration and strength to accomplish still greater achievements
in the future;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines do hereby declare the period from. July 4 to July 10, 1951, as
Fifth Anniversary Week to be celebrated by all citizens of the country, and I
urge upon all public spirited organizations to collaborate in assaying the full
force of our achievements; to cooperate in demonstrating them for all to see
and take pride in, and to unite as a single family in planning and embarking
upon new endeavors. I call upon the governors of the provinces and the mayors
of all cities, municipalities and municipal districts to assist in carrying out
the objectives of the Fifth Anniversary Week celebration. And I also call upon
the churches, of whatever creed, to hold services in thanksgiving to God for
the blessings He has bestowed upon us, and to conduct prayers for our country’s
continued prosperity and growth and for the strengthening of faith that should
in the days to come uplift the spirit of our people.

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 Basilan, this 20th day of
May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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