Have just finished a charming dinner for Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; he pilots his own plane and is head of the World Wildlife Conservation of which Gen. [Charles] Lindbergh is a director.
Have finished my paper work including the appointment of Ex-Sen. Manuel Lim as Chairman of the Price Control Council in lieu of VPres. [Fernando] Lopez who has rejected it because he may not have time for it. I can start tomorrow after the breakfast for the Military Advisers to Seato [Southeast Asia Treaty Organization] and a courtesy call of the President of Pepsi Cola, Mr. [Donald] Kendall. I go to Ozamis City where I leave Imelda to go by helicopter to Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur to inaugurate a 10,000
Official Gazette for April 3, 1970: President Marcos followed up the organization of the Price Control Council with a meeting with the members, as he directed the setting up of the machinery of the Council so that it can function as soon as possible. Headed by Vice President Fernando Lopez, the Council members discussed with the President various steps for making the group an effective agency. Also present at the meeting was RCA Chairman Alfredo Montelibano, who explained the policies of the cereal agency as they relate to prices. Others at the meeting were Secretary of Commerce and Industry Ernesto Maceda, action officer; Secretary of Health Amadeo Cruz and NEC Chairman Plaeido Mapa, Jr., members.
In the morning, the President received the letters of credence of the new ambassadors to the Philippines of Lebanon and Indonesia. In separate ceremonies which were attended by members of the Cabinet and officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic missions of the two countries, the President received the credentials of Ambassador Toufic Aouad of Lebanon and Maj. Gen. Kusno Utomo of Indonesia. Ambassador Aouad will be the first ambassador of Lebanon to the Philippines while General Kusno Utomo succeeds former Ambassador Moersjid who was recalled to Jakarta last year after completing his tour of duty in the Philippines.
Other callers during the day included Rep. James Chiongbian, PANAMIN Secretary Manuel Elizalde, Jr., Gen. James McNitt, president of the ITT, and other executives of the firm; and Msgr. Oscar L. Calvo, who called to invite the President to the consecration of Msgr. Felixberto Camacho Flores, a Guamanian of a Filipino mother. Msgr. Flores, the President was informed by Msgr. Calvo, is a descendant of one of the three Filipinos exiled along with Apolinario Mabini in Guam. He married in Guam and remained.
In-between callers, the President as usual worked at his desk, and continued to do so through late afternoon and evening.
The President directed the Department of Labor, the Social Security System and the National Bureau of Investigation to work jointly in enforcing labor laws, particularly in the Greater Manila area.
The President’s directive was issued in Pilipino through Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr., pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 339, which enjoined all government entities to use Pilipino as far as practicable in all official communications. Joint action by the Department of Labor, SSS and NBI was deemed necessary by the President in order to ferret out violators of labor laws, especially those who operate so-called “sweat shops,” where working conditions jeopardize workers’ health.
Investigations have shown that some employers violate the Social Security Act, by evading payment of premiums on the social security coverage of their workers.
Call by the Prince is not mentioned in the Official Gazette.
Official Gazette lists Fernando Lopez as Chairman of the Price Control Council.
hectare irrigation system built on a self-help basis at a cost to government of only P40,000; back to Ozamis to close the PRISSA [sic] [Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA)]; go to Iligan by helicopter to Iligan City to meet the religious and political leaders then by boat to Surigao overnight; open the Interscholastic meet, then by boat overnight to Cagayan de Oro, inaugurate the extended airfield, then proceed to Zurallah and by helicopter the Lake Sebu area of the Tagabilis and the Obos, then after lunch and conference to General Santos by plane to sleep at Dole Phil.
And on Monday the Pinagbuklod Ng Manggagagawang Filipino decided to stay away from their jobs to pray for the increase of the minimum wage. The papers of course call it a strike.
Father [Jose] Blanco in a visit to [Alejandro] Alex Melchor [Jr.] alleged that the laborers and students are planning to blast the fuel tanks of the oil companies if the gasoline price is increased (which it has already).
I feel that this particular Jesuit is trying to earn a reputation as a violent radical—just for the notoriety and the publicity.
But if there is any massive sabotage I will have to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.