PROCLAMATION NO. 15, April 23, 1954
DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, 1954, AS NATIONAL RICE WEEK
WHEREAS, one of the principal and immediate
objectives of this administration is to achieve self-sufficiency in rice; and
WHEREAS, in order to attain this objective, it is
necessary to focus national attention to the rice problem by designating a
period during which the people may devote their time, thought and energies to
helping in the solution of said problem;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare
the first week of May, 1954, as National Rice Week and designate the Department
of Agriculture and Natural Resources to take charge of, and coordinate; all
activities in celebration of said Week.
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 23rd day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary