1:25 AM
October 29, 1971
The active board of directors of the First National City Bank is here to hold its meetings.
The chairman said our country accolade when he said that seldom is there a country that has succeeded in increasing its exports by 25% in three years!
Met all the mayors of Pampanga with Gov. [Francisco] Nepomuceno, Tarlac leaders led by Cong. Danding [Eduardo] Cojuangco [Jr.] and political leaders from all over the country. The principal request is funds for the campaign as I have resolutely insisted upon the compliance
Official Gazette for October 28, 1971: President Marcos had a long list of callers, notable among whom were Senator Arturo Tolentino and Rep. Ali Dimaporo, with whom he conferred privately; top officials of the First National City Bank of New York; and officials of labor unions of government corporations.
Later in the day, the President received a group of mayors from Pampanga, led by Gov. Francisco Nepomuceno. The meeting was also held privately.
Throughout the day congressmen and governors were received by the President. Among them were Reps. Constantino Navarro of Surigao del Norte, Jose Puyat, Jr. of Surigao del Sur, and Marcelino Veloso of Leyte; Governors Julian Pacificador of Antique, Gualberto Lumauig of Ifugao, and Recaredo Castillo of Surigao del Sur.
The FNCB officials who called on the President to pay their respects were Walter B. Wriston, chairman and chief executive; William J. Spencer, president; and Samuel Eastabrook, vice president. They flew into town for a joint meeting here of the FNCB board of directors and trustees, the first to be held outside the U.S. mainland. hey were accompanied to Malacañang by Central Bank Governor Gregorio S. Licaros and Ramon Orosa, FNCB resident vice president.
The delegation of the Confederation of Unions in Government Corporations (CUGCO) was led by Antonio Ancheta of the Government Service Insurance System. The union officials assured the President that they were not planning to strike as reported in the newspapers but that they merely wanted to take their problems to the President and enlist his assistance in solving them. Ancheta and his group said they were protesting the issuance of a circular by OEC Administrator Eduardo Rodriguez requiring managements of government corporations to first consult him before entering into agreements with the unions. The President directed Secretary of Labor Adrian Cristobal and Administrator Rodriguez to sit down with the CUGCO officials and chart the way toward the preservation of industrial peace in government corporations.
The President continued to see visitors throughout the day whenever he was not busy with other state problems.
with the limitations of the law.
Met with Lupiño Lazaro to convince him not to agree to the Chino [Joaquin] Roces, Diokno, Ozaeta demands for a strike of Pasang Masda [Pangkalahatang Samahan ng Maynila at Suburbs Drivers Associations]. I did.
I have also asked him to use his organization to infiltrate and penetrate the NPA [New People’s Army], CCP [sic] [Communist Party of the Philippines] and front organizations. He agreed.
Met delegates of the ConCon [Constitutional Convention] adjourned up to Nov. 10th so they can campaign.