I asked the Senate and House leaders to a conference at 5:00 PM when we decided to push through the following bills in the third special session on Sept. 7, 1970:
- Peace and Order Fund
- Extension and Amendment of the Borrowing Authority
- Amendment of the Tariff Code by removing the classification “and others” and the exemption
- Corporate income payable quarterly
- Amended gold subsidy
Official Gazette for August 28, 1970: President Marcos issued a memorandum circular enjoining all government officials and employees to strictly observe the provisions of Republic Act No. 6132, to insure the successful holding of the Constitutional Convention in 1971.
In his memorandum, the President called special attention to the specific provisions pertaining to, and prohibitions against, certain acts, of government officials under the new law.
Issuance of the; memorandum was one of the first official acts of the President in the morning, before he attended to his scheduled callers, First to be received by the President later was a delegation of Filipino and American high school students who are leaving for the United States under the Youth for Understanding Teenage Exchange Program. During the call the President was presented, with the; state flag of Michigan, sent to him by the governor of the state. The President, in turn, presented through the group a Filipino flag to the state of Michigan, where most of the 169 Filipino students will go, staying with American families. The President also gladly obliged when requested to autograph the Barong Tagalog and jusi dresses of the young American boys and girls, who spent the two-month summer vacation, in different parts of the Philippines under the program.
The President also received members of a mission from the Economic Commission for Asia’ and the Far East (ECAFE), who arrived in Manila recently in the course of a tour of ECAFE countries in the region. The 4-man group was headed by Prof. Robert Triffin, an economic and monetary expert of the UN.
The missioners informed the President that they are leaving on Sunday after fruitful conferences with local economic and monetary officials. They said that the tour was for the purpose of promoting regional cooperation among the member-nations, especially in the economic and monetary fields.
Other members of the mission are Cristopher Eckenstein, a Swiss national; Prok Amranand, a Thai; and Dr. Erich Supper, an Austrian.
The President later in the evening conferred with Senate and House leaders on the projected third special session, which is scheduled to start September 7. Present at the conference, which concentrated on the proposed agenda of the forthcoming special session, were Senate President Gil J. Puyat Acting, Speaker Jose Aldeguer, Senate President Protempore Jose J. Roy, and Reps, Rogaciano Mercado, Natalio P. Castillo and Joaquin Roces. Also attending were Central Bank Gov. Gregorio S. Licaros, Budget Commissioner Faustino Sy-Changco and PES Director-General Placido Mapa, Jr.
The President, aside from these engagements, worked on state papers through the day.
At first Senate President [Gil] Puyat sought a postponement to after the elections but I insisted on the September special sessions.
Apparently Sen. [Dominador] Aytona whom I invited but did not come threatened to filibuster for a week.
Tonight I talked to him and convinced him to cooperate.
Presided over the confrontation of the Bayots and the Villareals and Dinglasans of Capiz who were feuding as the Bayots seem to be working for [Gerardo] Gerry Roxas and the Liberals.
Met Dr. Robert Triffin, the noted international monetary expert, on their mission of regional monetary and trade cooperation.
The Australian government has just notified Sec. [Carlos] Romulo that they will not recognize [Felipe] Baby Ysmael and practically want him out of Australia.
Ysmael was notorious for high-stakes gambling in Australia, his resignation was accepted, with regret, by the President on September 12, 1970.