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...Philippine countryside (TIME, April 10), President Elpidio Quirino announced that government forces had once more driven the rebels back into the hills. At the same time, the government placed new restrictions on the release of military news and Manila's newspapers noted a sharp drop in reports of Huk activities...
Pampanga Governor José B. Lingad tried to defend the government, accused David of having once plotted to assassinate President Quirino. In the course of his attack, Lingad dropped an embarrassing admission. "The Huk dissidents," he said, "have been gaining ground. We are being pushed back to where we were in early 1947." This admission disgusted even Quirino's own men. Senate Majority Leader Tomas S. Cabili denounced the government's policies for dealing with the Huks as "utter bankruptcy." "This confession of failure," he added, "has to be made even if it scares the wits off American...
Many Filipinos, still dazed by Senator David's story of the Good Friday massacre and Governor Lingad's admission of Huk gains, began to wonder if the Huks were the greatest danger in the Philippines. Said a Manila storekeeper: "It's a labulabu, a national free-for-all." President Quirino wanted a chance to put his country's affairs in order. Said he: "I want to have the opportunity to clean my own house. If I fail. Congress can impeach me for non-compliance with my duty under the constitution...
...President, pale, pudgy Elpidio Quirino, was doing his best. Ignoring a strained heart and doctors' orders to stay in bed, he transferred direction of anti-Huk operations from the Constabulary to the Army. But while the Army was getting ready for a general offensive, the guerrillas struck again in four provinces, raided Zambales, scheduled location for filming the movie which had brought Cinemactor Power to the Islands...
...Originally known as the "Hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon" (People's Army Against Japan), the Huk movement now has a new name, "Hukbo ng mapagpalaya sa bayan" (People's Liberation Army...