DECLARING THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY OF EACH YEAR AS JOSE ABAD SANTOS DAY

WHEREAS, the late Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos
was executed by the Japanese military in May of 1942, as a result of his
uncompromising attitude to enemy aggression, invasion and occupation of the
Philippines;

WHEREAS, in his life, public career and
martyrdom, Jose Abad Santos set an example of personal integrity and rectitude,
patriotism and self-sacrifice, and loyalty to the cause of human dignity and
freedom; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that our people,
particularly the youth of our land, be imbued with the same ideals for which
Jose Abad Santos lived and died and be inspired to follow his example of loyal
and patriotic service to the cause of our country and to humanity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby designate the fifteenth of May of each year as Jose
Abad Santos Day. All schools, public and private, religious institutions, civic
organizations city, provincial and municipal communities, and individual
citizens are hereby enjoined to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies,
designed to set up the life of Jose Abad Santos for the lasting emulation of
present and future generations of our people so as to lead them to dedicate
their lives to the ideals and pattern of service established by the supreme
martyr and hero of the enemy regime.

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 Baguio, this 4th day of May,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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