DECLARING THE FOURTH WEEK OF JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS CHILDREN’S WEEK

WHEREAS, our country’s future demands that proper
direction be given to our youth for an enligthened citizenry;

WHEREAS, in our age it is necessary to develop to
the fullest extent the latent capabilities of our youth to enable our nation to
keep in step with the march of progress; and

WHEREAS, a week should be dedicated to the
children in the hope of arousing greater concern for their welfare and their
proper moral and intellectual upbringing;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
declare the fourth week of January of every year as Children’s Week and
designate the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc., to take charge of the
occasion.

Proclamation No. 352, dated January 14, 1959, is
hereby revoked.

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 7th day of
January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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