Met the governors and the congressmen the whole morning.
Lunch at the house of Speaker [Cornelio] Villareal where we discussed:
- The reorganization of the entire government
- The RCO (the Rural Cooperative Office) with an appropriation of P150 million.
The congressmen as usual are bent on getting releases of public funds for their district.
They have approved the plan to increase the income of government by P1.2 billion but they want it for public works.
Met the Mindanao delegates to the Concon [Constitutional Convention] for dinner. Again I told them I expected them to become members of the new Assembly.
Official Gazette for January 13, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS received a number of callers early in the day. His visitors included National Integration Commissioner Mama Sinsuat and a number of senators, representatives and governors who took up local problems in their respective jurisdictions.
Commissioner Sinsuat called to request approval of the release of P402,000 for the purchase of small tractors and other farm equipment for the CNI settlements in Lake Sebu, Surallah, South Cotabato, saying that these will be for the use of Bilaan, Tiruray, Manobo and Muslim settlers.
Other received by the President were Senators Lorenzo Sumulong, Ambrosio Padilla and Leonardo B. Perez; Reps. Dupaya of Cagayan, Leopoldo Diaz and Angel Concepcion of Nueva Ecija, Vicente Cerilles Of Zamboanga del Sur, Rafael Legaspi of Aklan, and Constancio Maglana of Davao Oriental;
Governors Cornelio Villareal, Jr. of Capiz, Ignacio Santiago of Bulacan, Jose B. Legaspi of Aklan, Arsenio Villarosa of Mindoro Occidental, Alfonso Umali of Mindoro Oriental, Salvador P. Socrates of Palawan, Jaime Gomez of Mt. Province, Elizabeth Marcos-Keon of Ilocos Norte.
Later in the day, the President motored to the residence of Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal to attend a caucus of NP congressmen.