Quiet comparatively.
Easter Sunday hunt for the children at the bowl and pergola. Irene and Imee got the big eggs worth P50. The bunnies are worth P15 and the eggs P2.00. There were at least twenty five children of all types of friends.
Imee and Irene left with some of the children for Manila after the mass as they have a lot of homework to do although there are no classes tomorrow.
Lunch with the other half of the 5th Fighter Wing jet fighter pilots.
Then a nap from 2-3 PM although I could not sleep well and golf from 3 to 6—18 holes.
The Manila Chronicle has come out this Sunday with a vicious front page editorial on Martial Law which included a cartoon of the country tied up captive with all the rats representing the ills of the country and the sword of Damocles Martial Law over his head.
It sounded like an [Ernesto] Ernie Granada or I[ndalencio] P. Soliongco editorial. They must be agitated by the fear of arrest if I suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
Official Gazette for March 29, 1970: President and Mrs. Marcos spent a pleasant Easter Sunday.
In the morning the First Couple joined the Marcos children and their friends for an “Easter egg hunt” behind the Mansion House. Later, the First Family heard Mass at the amphitheater kiosk. After the Mass, the President conferred with government officials, among them Sen. Mamintal Tamano and other Mindanao leaders, who were spending the Holy Week in Baguio City.
At noon, the President had lunch with a group of Air Force officers led by Brig. Gen. Jose Rancudo, commander of the 5th Fighter Wing, with headquarters at Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Air Force officers called at the Mansion House to present Bongbong with a miniature model of the latest jet fighter aircraft.
In the course of the day, the President called a number of Cabinet officials by telephone for briefings on their respective areas. In an interview with Malacañang newsmen, the President said that the problem of prices was the first to be tackled after the Holy Week.
The President has alerted the Department of Commerce and Industry. on the implementation of the price control measure.The bill, which created a Price Control Council, was one of the key measures enacted by Congress before the Holy Week recess. The President also disclosed that the groundwork has been laid for a nationwide network of consumers and agricultural cooperatives, “being-established by the PACD, the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Agricultural Credit Administration. “I would like to see a direct tie-up between the producers cooperatives and the consumers cooperatives,” the President said.