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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 415, July 8, 1965 ]

AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC. TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 19 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1965.

WHEREAS, tuberculosis is a debilitating disease that saps the vitality of the Filipino people and decreases their productivity at this time of expanding industrialization;

WHEREAS, for the last fifty-five years the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. has been of immense help to the Government in its crusade against the White Plague, thereby bringing relief and hope to countless TB victims; and

WHEREAS, it is only through the unstinted moral and financial support of our people that the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. can continue to maintain and intensify its health services for the benefit of the public;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorized the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc.1aшphi1 to conduct its National Fund and Educational Campaign during the period from August 19 to September 30, 1965. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines irrespective of nationality or creed, to give generously of their means so that we may protect ourselves and our children from a dreadful disease. Likewise, I authorize all the treasurers of the provincial, city and municipal governments, as well as school officials to accept fund-raising responsibilities for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc.

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 8th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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