MALACAŅANG PALACE
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 302
DECLARING SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1938, AS A SPECIAL NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Whereas the thirteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, will be the fortieth anniversary of the occupation of Manila by American forces;
Whereas that day inaugurated in the world a new conception in the relationship between a sovereign country and a dependency;
Whereas during the space of forty years the relationship then conceived has been so nurtured that there has been developed in our beloved country a state which is now in its final stages of preparation to take its place among the sovereign nations of the world; and
Whereas it is deemed just and fitting that the Filipino people render honor to the great democracy of the United States of America for the unparalleled progress and development that have been the fruits of her policy;
Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim the thirteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, to be a special national holiday, the observance of which shall be a symbol of our esteem and gratitude.
To that end, a committee is hereby formed composed of the Secretary of the Interior, as Chairman, and the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army and the Mayor of the City of Manila, as members, whose duty it shall be to make the necessary arrangements for an appropriate celebration of this memorable day, and I call upon all national provincial, and municipal officials and all public-spirited citizens and institutions of the Philippines to actively assist the committee herein created for the purpose.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done at the City of Manila, this sixth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the third.
MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President
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