AUTHORIZING THE ELKS CEREBRAL PALSY PROJECT, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 1 TO JUNE 30, 1962

WHEREAS, some 1,400 babies are born yearly in the
Philippines afflicted with cerebral palsy, a condition which impairs and causes
complete loss of muscular control, rendering those afflicted with it unable to
take care of themselves;

WHEREAS, unless these cerebral-palsied children
are given proper occupational and physical therapy, they are liable to grow up
as liabilities to society, but, if accorded the necessary care, they may be
improved to such a degree as to relieve their parents and the community in
general of the burden of attending to their needs and they themselves may even
become valuable assets to the nation;

WHEREAS, there now exists a dearth of
authoritative knowledge concerning the nature and treatment of cerebral palsy
and at present only the Elks Cerebral Palsy Clinics built by the Elks Cerebral
Palsy Project, Inc., out of fund solicited during the 1956 and 1957 fund
drives, operate in this country for the rehabilitation of the cerebral palsied;

WHEREAS, it is therefore evident that there is an
urgent need for an intensive and extensive two-pronged campaign to educate the
people on various aspects of. cerebral palsy with a view to minimizing, if not
totally eliminating, its deleterious effects, and to raise fund for the
operation and expansion of present facilities of the Elks Cerebral Palsy
clinics and the purchase of adequate medicine and specialized equipment for the
treatment of those afflicted with it;

WHEREAS, the Elks Cerebral Palsy Project, Inc.,
has initiated such a campaign and should be lauded for under taking the
selfless task of sponsoring a drive to help unfortunate cerebral-palsied
individuals, in which campaign it fully deserves the support of the government
and the entire nation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby
authorize the Elks Cerebral Palsy Project, Inc., to conduct a national
educational and fund campaign during the period from May 1 to June 30, 1962. I
call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of race
and creed, to support the humanitarian campaign by giving generously of their
means to alleviate the miserable plight of these unfortunate individuals
afflicted with cerebral palsy. I authorize government officials and employees,
including school authorities and teachers, to accept, for the Elks Cerebral
Palsy Project, Inc., fund-raising responsibilities and to give it active
support and 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 1st day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

AMELITO R. MUTUC
Executive Secretary

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