Spent the whole day from noon to midnight in the boat. Had a two hour nap after lunch and finished four books on [Jawaharlal] Nehru, [Gamal Abdel] Nasser, Indo China and some histories.
Quite a relief from the routine of the palace. And the moldy decaying air replaced by the fresh ocean breeze.
This morning Gen. [Fabian] Ver called up from the home of Cong. [Salipada] Pendatun in Cotabato City to inform me that they might not be able to return today as they would like to pick up the Alontos in Lanao as well as the other Moslem leaders other than Ex-Gov. Udtog Matalam, Datu Kudanding [Camsa], the Sangki brothers, Abdullah and Balacat as well as Abdullah’s son. So I will wait for them tomorrow.
My impression of Nehru and Nasser was that they belong to the improvising leaders like [Manuel] Quezon and [Sergio] Osmeña to whom we ascribe many of our present day problems.
Official Gazette for October 15, 1972: A PROCEDURE that will hasten the removal of undesirable elements in the police service was adopted by President Marcos in Presidential Decree No. 12-A dated October 4, 1972. This decree supplemented Presidential Decree No. 12 issued the preceding day “to facilitate the weeding out of criminal and lawless elements among the members of city and municipal police forces throughout the country.”
Under Letter of Implementation No. 3 issued on October 11, 1972, the President ordered the renaming of the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission as the Investigation and Recovery Office. He also directed the transfer of the office to the Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice.
Temporary limitations are placed on the payment of retirement benefits in view of the present shortage of funds, according to Letter of Instructions No. 28 issued by President Marcos. Under the order, action on claims for retirement benefits payable by the respective offices and for the money value of accumulated vacation and sick leaves shall be temporarily delayed. Only benefits payable by the GSIS shall be processed and paid.
The President also issued Presidential Decree No. 21 creating a National Labor Relations Commission in the Department of Labor. The commission was granted exclusive jurisdiction over (1) all matters involving employee-employer relations, including all disputes and grievances which may otherwise lead to strikes and lockouts under Republic Act No. 875; (2) all strikes overtaken by Proclamation No. 1081; and (3) all pending cases in the Bureau of Labor Standards. Under the decree, no employer may shut down his establishment or dismiss regular employees with at least one year of service without the written consent of the Secretary of Labor. Likewise, al lockouts are illegal. The commission is composed of the Undersecretary of Labor or his duly authorized: representative as chairman, and the Directors of Labor Relations and of Labor Standards, or their duly authorized representatives, as members.