Written June 23rd as I
was busy the whole day and
evening yesterday
The opening day or National Day in Expo ’70 Osaka, Japan. Covered by television thru the satellite (Comsat) and this was much clearer than the local transmissions. I was playing golf up to 9:45 AM when the call came for my conversation on television with the First Lady. I hurried into a barong but kept my golf red pants as I was going to be seated anyway and they would not show. But the ceremonies had begun so she asked to talk to me after the dances but forgot it when the crowd rushed in to greet
Official Gazette for June 22, 1970: President Marcos said that the presidency throughout his administration shall be used to weld together the entire people of the Philippines, including the cultural minorities, into one nation and one Republic.
Speaking at the 13th anniversary celebration of the Commission on National Integration, held at the Philamlife auditorium, the President pledged “it shall be my purpose to see to it that there should be no cultural minorities and that in lieu thereof everybody should be called Filipino, for that is the” very purpose of the Commission on National Integration.” The President also said that every Filipino, rich or poor, must work for the cultural minorities out of “love and affection and not for reward or recognition.”
At midmorning, he watched the proceedings at the opening of the Philippine Pavilion in Osaka’s Expo ’70, made possible by satellite telecast; then was interviewed by a CBN staffer; then came the long distance call from the First Lady.
Towards noon, the President received the officers of the gasoline dealers association, whom he inducted into office daring the call. Among those in the group were Col. Emiliano Ozaeta, president; Eufemio Domingo, vice president; Antonio Talao, secretary; Adelaida Sta. Teresa, treasurer; and Hilario Lopez, auditor. They were accompanied by Secretary of Commerce and Industry Ernesto Maceda. Ambassador Yacob Aaron of Israel called to bid goodbye to the President. The Israeli envoy will be away for six weeks on home leave.
Other callers included: 1) Bella Bañez, daughter of the radio commentator slain in Isabel a, who was accompanied by Atty. Antonio Villanueva. 2) Miss Deirdre Bruton (1970 Queen of the Pacific) and Miss Sarah Dowlen (Miss Pearl of the Orient), the latter accompanied by her parents and PTTA Executive Director Salvador Peña. Miss Bruton is the first New Zealander to win the title held by the Philippines’ Miss Baby Santiago in 1968. She is travelling through the Pacific Area countries as part her prize. Miss Dowlen was chosen in a contest held in San Francisco, California. She will be in. the Philippines for 35 days. Her mother is a. Filipina from Davao City. 3) Rev. Richard Dunne who headed some 40 New York tourists. Fr. Dunne has a brother in the Ateneo now assigned in San Pablo City.
Fr. Dunne had written the President about the trip and asked permission for the group to call on him. The President swiftly obliged and sent word he would receive them. The President was informed that church-inspired service to foreign students is the hospitality program in New York, among whose beneficiaries were Filipinos. With the group was Miss Irene Brawl, who was chosen Miss St. Ephrem (St. Ephrem’s Parish in New York).
In a speech read for him by Agriculture Undersecretary Arturo Tanco, Jr., at the opening of the seminar on economic development and rural communication sponsored by the RBC, held at the Philippine National Bank building on the Escolta, the President asked other citizens, professionals and activists to follow in the path of the Rural Broadcasters Council and other entities committed to the “liberation of the barrio” from poverty, stagnancy and ignorance. The President said that- despite the great strides already made in improving the lot of the barrio folks, there remains much to be done. “It is axiomatic that a country’s progress depends on the energy and dedication of its oven people,” the President said, and in that context “because the mass of our people live in the barrio, we must therefore concentrate on harnessing the strength and the talents of the majority of our people to the attainment of progress.”
her. So I talked to her by long distance radio through ABS-CBN at noon (about 12:30 PM).
The color transmission of Channel 9 was perfect. It was the clearest of the stations. I am sure the other channels will be complaining soon.
But ABS-CBN monitored the satellite transmission for all the channels and stations.
According to Bobby [Roberto Benedicto] who just called up at 7:00 PM, 23rd June, at least 10 million people must have seen the telecast which rebroadcast in Japan and the Philippines.