Proclamation No. 418, s. 1965

MALAUANANG RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION No. 41~ DECLARING JULY 17, 1965, AS BLOOD DONOR'S DAY WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross Blood Pro­ gram has unmistakably contributed much in the promotion of general health, the mitigation of human suffering and the saving of human lives; and 'WHEREAS, it is fitting that a Day be set aside on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts and manifest our appre-

• ciation to the thousands of blood donors throughout the country who by sharing part of their life in order that others may live, form the mainstay of the Blood Program; Now, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare July 17, 1965, as Blood Donor's day. I call upon all people to turn their noblest thoughts on the thousands of blood donors in the country whose unselfish contribution to the cause of the Red -Cross movement is beyond reproach and to follow the precepts of their -noble examples for the welfare of humanity. 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. [SEAL] DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: JUAN S. CANCIO Acting Assistant Executive Secretary