SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PALMA'S BOOK

The Special Committee appointed to draft a resolution on Palma's Book submitted the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the land, provides that "all educational institutions are under the supervision of and subject to regulations by the State";

WHEREAS, certain individuals like Archbishop Reyes and certain institutions are seeking to ban the book of Rafael Palma on Rizal entitled, "The Pride of the Malay Race"; and

BE IT RESOLVED by the Grand Lodge of the Philippines in its Thirty-fourth Annual Communication assembled in Manila, to condemn as it hereby condemns the intolerance shown in the attempts to ban the reading and possession of the Book by Rafael Palma, a good Filipino scholar and patriot, on Jose Rizal, the greatest Filipino, and the pride of the Malay race.; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to commend as it hereby commends the government authorities and agencies for their action in approving the use of said books on Rizal in the Philippine Institutions of learning.

The resolution was adopted unanimously. (Proc. 1950)