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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 804, November 20, 1961 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 26 TO DECEMBER 2, 1961, AS SOCIAL WORKERS’ WEEK

WHEREAS, the Government is committed to the promotion of the well-being and economic security of all the people;

WHEREAS, social workers play an important role in the implementation of the aforementioned policy of the State;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, in recognition of the unselfish and humanitarian services rendered by social workers, do hereby declare the period from November 26 to December 2, 1961, as Social Workers’ Week.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

EDILBERTO B. GALLARES
Assistant Executive Secretary

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