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...assert the authority that is his. Nationalist right-wingers in the Senate, who had climbed back to power on his coattails, openly and often contemptuously opposed him and his administration. Four weeks ago, Magsaysay, at last, came to grips with his arch-opponent in his own party, Senator Claro Recto, 65, a skillful lawyer, neutralist, and determined anti-American, who had done his caustic best to snipe at Magsaysay's policy of friendship...
...proved to be Magsaysay all the way. Fortnight ago, seeing how things were going, sly Claro Recto began a retreat. He offered not to run for re-election to the Senate if Magsaysay would nominate only "tried and true" Nationalists who were party members at least six months before the 1953 nominating convention. This would disqualify all the eager amateurs in the Magsaysay-for-President movement. It would also disqualify Democrats, who had joined in supporting Magsaysay for President after first trying to run Carlos P. Romulo. Magsaysay scornfully refused to bargain with Recto, or to disinherit his most enthusiastic...
...years, no opposition critic has given popular President Ramon Magsaysay so much trouble as one outspoken member of his own Nacionalista Party. Wealthy old (65) Senator Claro Recto is an adroit corporation lawyer and the party's most vociferous voice in the Senate. Back in 1953, when the party badly needed a popular presidential candidate, Senator Recto had a major voice in the decision to reach into the Liberal Party and tap able young Ramon Magsaysay, then busy hunting down the Communist Huks as Defense Minister in the Quirino government. Ever since, Senator Recto has acted like...
...Asia. His vast popularity in the country and the immense Philippine good will towards the U.S. is often not reflected in Congress, where shrewd politicians in Magsaysay's own Nacionalista Party often succeed in putting a brake on him. Chief among them is Senator Claro Recto, 65, a brilliant, caustic lawyer who has never forgotten or forgiven the U.S. for his being put in prison at World War II's end by Douglas Mac-Arthur (Recto served as Foreign Minister under the Japanese occupation...
Last month President Magsaysay, encouraged by the U.S. decision to give treaty protection to Formosa and the Pescadores, strongly backed the U.S. "policy of firmness" and introduced in the Philippine Congress a resolution stating that "we stand squarely behind the U.S." Angry Claro Recto, an influential member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a quibbling substitute motion, leaving out Magsaysay's words of approval and support, and reflecting Recto's neutralist way of thinking. For four weeks the Senate bitterly debated the matter. When it came to a vote last week, Neutralist Recto was utterly beaten...