Word: magsaysay
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...Philippines demanded $8 billion in reparations, a figure which included $1,000 for each of the 91,180 Filipinos who died at the hands of the Japanese. Since then, some of the legacy of hatred has diminished, and so have Philippine demands. Four months ago, Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay got down to cases by asking Japanese Premier Ichiro Hatoyama to demonstrate "that Japan is really sincere in making amends by doing it in a tangible way to the best of its ability." The amount of money involved, Magsaysay indicated, could then be adjusted...
...emissary. Among them: for land reform, Wolf Ladejinsky, the celebrated Agriculture Department expert who did the land reform job in postwar Japan; for maneuvering against the Communists, Colonel Edward Lansdale, the officer who played such a helpful role in the rise of Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay that Filipinos gave him a post-election title of "General Landslide...
...years a Senator, he was defeated last fall by Democrat Patrick McNamara. His legislative experience should stand Ambassador designate Ferguson in good stead for working out pending trade and defense agreements with the Philippines and for continuing the spirit of cordiality which Raymond Spruance developed with Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay...
...Ramon Magsaysay, the forthright, freewheeling young (47) President of the Philippines, is one of the staunchest friends the U.S. has in 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...
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...