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...Philippines' President Ramon Magsaysay, ordinarily a study in perpetual motion as he scurries about the 7,100 islands of his republic, was ordered to come to a dead stop by his doctor after Magsaysay had worked himself into a feverish cold. But after holing up for a single day in a friend's home, Magsaysay suddenly popped out of seclusion and galloped off in all directions again...
During a breather between her official duties Luz Banzon Magsaysay, pretty wife of Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay, was pictured cool and carefree in Manila...
...Would Magsaysay or Recto's "old guard" run the party and the government? Last week President Magsaysay drafted a five-point "summary of general principles," then invited Nacionalista Party leaders to dine with him at Malacanan. Only Senator Recto refused to go; he was in mourning for a son who was killed in a recent accident...
...wide and windy balcony overlooking the dirty Pasig River, the Senators and Congressmen affably downed a hearty dinner of turtle soup, egg. roast beef and ice cream. Then Magsaysay handed his statement of principles to Senator Eulogio Rodriguez, president of both the party and the Senate, who read it to the group...
...pledged all elected officials to "carry out the mandate of the national electorate," including Magsaysay's campaign promise of land reform. In two direct par agraphs, Magsaysay laid before the politicians the heart of the conflict: "Recognizing the clear and inescapable threat of Communist imperialism . . . the administration seeks participation in the free world's collective security mechaniasm to the fullest extent of our capabilities...