Played golf in Wack Wack for the first time in months.
Imelda passed for me and we passed by our old house in Ortega. Could not open the safe where the guns and ammo are.
Conferred with Sec. Vicente Abad Santos and the protagonists in the case that gave rise to the demonstrators, the Bhadys and [Roman] Cuison the logger. I got Cuison to withdraw his petition for injunction so that the Bhady couple and their lawyer, Atty. [Camilo] Sabio, can be released from jail.
Received the report of the head of Research and Development in the Armed Forces, Col. Baula, on firearms—specially on the caliber .221.
Then worked on the 15th year schedule with Dr. [Gerardo] Sicat, Com. Greg[orio] Abad and Minister [Eulogio] Balao. As usual the projects that do not help the economy too much were recommended. And the car manufacturing, ship-building, raw products processing, electrification, etc. forgotten. I have to rectify this.
Official Gazette, October 30, 1970: The President had only one break from his desk work, to which he devoted most of his working day, when he met with the litigants in the land dispute which students and other activities had made a cause for staging demonstrations at the Department of Justice premises,
The President met in Malacañang at about noontime the farmer couple who had opposed the use of their land as a right-of-way for the trucks of a logger in Davao del Norte. During the preliminary meeting, the President tentatively inquired into the facts of the case, then set another meeting tomorrow where all parties concerned, including government authorities involved were asked to be present. At the conference were officials of the Department of Justice headed by Secretary Vicente Abad Santos; Roman Cuison, a logging operator; Romualdo Bhadi, his wife and their counsel; Acting Executive Secretary Roberto V, Reyes, Director of Forestry Jose Viado and Col Luis Ridad, Davao PC Provincial commander.
Receiving no callers, the President worked on official papers for the rest of the day, during which he signed a proclamation declaring Monday, November 9, a special public holiday to enable personnel of government offices and private firms to go home to their respective provinces and exercise their right of suffrage on November 10. The nation will go to the polls on November 10 to elect the delegates to the Constitutional Convention scheduled in June next year.