Proclamation No. 598, s. 1959

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 598, June 23, 1959 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 6 TO 12, 1959, AS PHILIPPINE TEXTILE WEEK

WHEREAS, the local textile industry plays a vital role in the economic life of the nation;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to focus the people’s attention on this industry in order to enhance Philippine textile;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from July 6 to 12, 1959, as Philippine Textile Week.

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 23rd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary