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Campaign Issue. But in 1951 a nobody named Moises Padilla invaded Lacson's territory by running as opposition candidate for mayor of Magallon. Lacson sent word to Padilla to drop out. Usually this sufficed ; instead Padilla, an old guerrilla fighter against the Japanese, appealed to Ramon Magsaysay. then Defense Secretary, for protection. Magsaysay also worked for Liberal President Quirino, but Magsaysay had no use for Lacson's little dictatorship. The army protected Padilla...
...include other nations later on. But a grand flotilla of allies must travel at the speed of the slowest ship in the convoy. The old-fashioned solution would be to make hard-and-fast arrangements-separately or in small groupings-with Syngman Rhee, with Chiang Kaishek, with Ramon Magsaysay, with Mohammed...
Last week President Ramon Magsaysay reinstated Occupation Day under a new and happier name: Philippine-American Day. Among those conspicuously observing it together: Admiral Raymond Spruance, the U.S. Ambassador, and the aging rebel chieftain Aguinaldo, who gave U.S. forces such trouble half a century...
...marked by chafing nationalism, Ramon Magsaysay unashamedly spoke of "the deep appreciation and gratitude for all that America has done during the last half-century to help us attain the high state of progress and security we enjoy," and "the pleasant and fruitful relationship" that exists today...
...Communists; he set up a $20 million emergency program (with U.S. help) to move and resettle 700,000 evacuees, including 40,000 loyal tribesmen from the Red China border. He had not only to resist the enemy but to inspire his own people. "If only Viet Nam had a Magsaysay," said one U.S. observer. "Or even a Rhee...