Proclamation No. 691




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 691, August 2, 1960 ] AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 19 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1960 WHEREAS, tuberculosis is a vitiating disease that saps the vitality of our people and decreases their productivity at this time of industrialization; WHEREAS, the country’s general interest and welfare demand that this dreadful disease be kept under control to enable our people to enjoy health, economic and social stability; WHEREAS, for the last fifty years the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc., has been of immense help to the Government in the nation’s united effort to control and prevent the spread of the white plague, bringing relief and hope to countless TB victims among our countrymen; and WHEREAS, the said organization deserves the unstinted moral and financial support of our people to be able to intensify its activities for better health and thereby contribute more to the public good; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc., to conduct a national fund and educational drive during the period from August 19 to September 30, 1960. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, to assist in this humanitarian campaign by giving generously of their means so that we may keep the white plague under control. I authorize all the treasurers of provincial, city, and municipal governments, as well as school officials to accept, for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc., voluntary contributions and donations and to issue official receipts therefor.1aшphi1 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 2nd day of August, in the year of. Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth. CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines By the President: NATALIO P. CASTILLO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation