Proceedings of the first Independence congress : held in the city of Manila, Philippine islands, February 22-26, 1930 / Published under the direction of Dean maximo M. Kalaw, executive secretary, University of the Philippines.

INDEPENDENCE CONGRESS MANIFESTO

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Members of Student Councils, or if no student council
exists, the Presidents of the classes of collegiate rank;
Filipino bishops and vicars of the catholic church and heads
of other militant churches;
Present and former Mayors and Presidents and Members
of the Municipal Board of Manila;
Former Judges of Courts of First Instance;
Former Under-secretaries of departments and former heads
and assistant heads of bureaus;
Members of the boards of directors of the Independence
League, Philippine Chamber of Commerce, the Philippine Agricultural Congress and other national organizations;
Presidents, or in their stead, duly accredited representatives
of other civic, labor, professional and scientific organizations recognized by the Executive Secretary of the
Independence Congress, such as the Philippine Bar Association, Federaci6n del Trabajo, Congreso Obrero,
etc., etc.;
Filipino Provincial Governors and Members of Provincial
Boards and ex-provincial governors;
Present Municipal Presidents;
Members of the organization committees of the Independence Congress.
The Independence Congress will thus bring together representatives of the Philippines of yesterday
and representatives of the Philippines of today; businessmen and agriculturists, capitalists and laborers;
professors and student leaders; the executive heads of
our provinces and municipalities; the soldiers of
peace and the soldiers of war; the men who labored
with Rizal and Del Pilar during our early bitter struggles for freedom and the contemporary leaders of our
nationalist movement; what remains of the mighty
pens of yore and the young publicists of today; the
surviving lights of our august Malolos Congress and
the senators and representatives of our legislature;
the diplomats of the Revolution and the members of
Independence Missions; the chieftains of the lost