MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 326, January 2, 1968 ]
CREATING A PHILIPPINE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE GANDHI CENTENARY.
WHEREAS, of the few men in our time whose ideas have helped to change the world, Mahatma Gandhi may be counted one of them, for his ideas have sublimated mankind’s yearning for peace and freedom;
WHEREAS, he lived a life of the highest convictions and principles that has inspired men and nations, particularly in our past of the world, in which he preached the disavowal of violence and collaboration of all races and nations for human welfare; and
WHEREAS, the people of the Philippines, sharing the world’s need to translate Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and aspirations in terms of everyday life, and believing in his teachings of peace, human fraternity, and brotherhood, accepts this opportunity to participate in the centenary celebrations for this great man;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby endorse the celebration in the Philippines of the Mahatma Gandhi Centenary in the year 1969, and create a Philippine National Committee for the occasion composes of the following who shall elect a chairman from among themselves:
| Hon. Rafael Salas |
Hon. Jose Aspiras |
| Hon. Raul Manglapus |
Hon. Emmanuel Pelaez |
| Hon. Jose D. Castrence |
Hon. Onofre D. Corpus |
| Mrs. P.S. Castrence |
Hon. Alejandro Roces |
| Mr. Gale Ocampo |
Gen. Hans Menzi |
| Mr. Emilio Abello |
Mr. Napoleon Abueva |
| Mr. Ruben Santos Cuyugan |
Dr. FrancisoDalupan |
| Rev. Fr. Jesus Diaz |
Dr. Teodoro Evangelista |
| Mr. Jose Joya |
Dr. Sotero Laurel |
| Mr. TeodoroLocsin |
Mr. Oscar Lopez |
| Mr. Manuel Marquez |
Dean Antonio Molina |
| Mr. Alfredo Montelibano |
Mr. Aurelio Montinola, Jr. |
| Mr. Emerito Ramos |
Mr. Joaquin Roces |
| Mr. Ramon del Rosario |
Mr. Pedro E. Teodoro |
Mr. Sebastian Ugarte
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippine to be affixed.1aшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary
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