Proclamation No. 381




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 381, April 1, 1965 ] DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 TO AUGUST 15, 1965, FOR THE NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines merits the continued moral encouragement and material support of our people to make the Scouting Program available to boys all over the country; WHEREAS, the organization is in need of funds to carry. out its operations effectively, to intensify its nation-wide training and recruiting program, to plan and promote other programs of activity for the greater benefit of youth, and to meet its obligations as member of the Boy Scouts World Bureau; and WHEREAS, the annual campaign, aside from offering us an opportunity to give tangible expression of our appreciation for the good work being done by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, affords a means by which we can meet a civic obligation by helping this organization train and mould every boy in the land to be a patriotic, God-fearing, upright, clean and responsible citizen; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby designate the period from July 1 to August 15, 1965, for the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to conduct its 1965 National Fund Campaign for the purpose of raising funds all over the country. I call upon all government officials and employees and all citizens and residents of the Philippines to assist in this campaign and to give it full support so that the Boy Scouts of the Philippines may be assured of funds that will enable it to attain its avowed aims and purposes. I authorized all national authorities and teachers to accept in behalf of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines fund-raising responsibilities and urge them to give active support and leadership in their respective communities. 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 1st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five. DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: RAMON A. DIAZ Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation