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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1197, October 24, 1973 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1973, AS JAIME C. DE VEYRA DAY IN THE ISLAND OF LEYTE.

WHEREAS, Sunday, November 4, 1973, marks the birth centenary of Jaime C. de Veyra, patriot, scholar, statesman, journalist, and historian; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for the citizenry, particularly the Leyteños, to pause from their daily activities and to ponder on the life of Jaime C. de Veyra and his contribution to Philippine scholarship;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Sunday, November 4, 1973, as Jaime C. de Veyra Day in the Island of Leyte.

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 24th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Assistant Executive Secretary

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