Two weddings:
7:00 AM—Pinky Marcos and Tito Osias (Paking’s [Pacifico E. Marcos] youngest daughter and Benji Osias’ son)—Madrid breakfast .
9:00 AM—Perez-Talusan—Hilton breakfast (Son of Sen. Leonardo Perez)
Both at Sanctuario de San Jose, Greenhills.
Then directed the PALEA [Philippine Air Lines Employees Association] and possible ALPAP [Airline Pilots Association of the Philippines] strike certified to the CIR [Court of Industrial Relations]. There is no alternative as the strike has paralyzed air traffic. The domestic may be handled by Air Manila and Filipinas but no international carriers of PAL [Philippine Air Lines] are flying. The unions are against the certification. PAL wants it.
Official Gazette for October 3, 1970: President Marcos expressed deep satisfaction over the findings of a consortium of banks which met on October 1-2, in Paris to consider the establishment of a consultative group in the Philippines. He said such findings confirmed his optimism about the country’s accelerated economic growth.
The President took particular notice of the communique issued at the end of the meeting under the chairmanship of the World Bank which said that “given the difficult balance of payment situation (of the Philippines), it was noted that for the next few years, investment and growth targets indicated in the four-year economic plan were modest in relation to Philippine long-run capabilities.” He added that his optimism over the government’s four-year plan has been confirmed by the consensus reached by the participants to the conference that “the present, financial difficulties (of the Philippines) could be overcome within a fairly short period and economic growth thereafter could be accelerated.”
The President said “that findings of the Paris conference should now help us to renew and strengthen our support for the economic strategies and policies of the government since it cannot now be denied that there remains a strong confidence in those strategies and policies among those have been our creditors and who continue to stand ready to help us out.” The Chief Executive made these statements upon receiving the first report from Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata on the Paris meeting.
Receiving no callers, the President spent the day going over progress reports submitted by various departments, and other state papers needing Presidential action.
In the morning, the President, accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda E. Marcos, motored to the Santuario de San Jose at Greenhills, Mandaluyong, Rizal where he and Mrs. Marcos stood as sponsors at the wedding of Leonardo Perez, Jr., son of the senator. He was back at Malacañang shortly before noon.
In the afternoon, the President issued a proclamation declaring the period from December 7 through 31, this year, as “Philippine Jaycee Week.” In proclaiming the Philippine Jaycee Week, the Chief Executive hailed the Philippine Jaycee as a voluntary organization of young men working together on organized civic projects and in creating a sound business milieu conducive to civic improvement, social amelioration and economic progress.
Imelda met with [Henry] Byroade. She in her candid way told him and Jim Rafferty that I have not been too happy with the U.S.; that I am too proud to complain to anyone but that I would just decide for the national interest. She is irritated as the American ambassador gave a birthday dinner for Sen. [Gerardo] Roxas, the president of the opposition party. And the Americans have not helped too much.
Byroade hurried to see me at 5:15 PM. He showed me the Press Release of the consultative group which was favorable. I ordered the press office to release it.