PROCLAMATION NO. 117, February 26, 1955
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 14 TO 20, 1955, AS “AID TO THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED WEEK”
WHEREAS, section 10 (a) of Republic Act
No. 1179 authorizes the President of the Philippines to set aside an annual
fund-raising week to be known as “Aid to the Blind and Handicapped Week,” the
money realized therefrom to constitute a trust fund called the “Blind and
Handicapped Fund” under the control and administration of the Social Welfare
Administrator;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 14 to 20, 1955, as
“Aid to the Blind and Handicapped Week,” during which the Social Welfare
Administration shall conduct a campaign for funds for the blind and other
handicapped persons.
I call upon all citizens and residents of this
country, as well as all civic-spirited organizations and associations, to
support this campaign.
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 26th day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary