Word: magsaysayism
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...Manila for the shared Independence Day of the U.S. and the Philippine Republic, Nixon pooled the anniversaries-the 180th for the U.S. and the tenth for the Philippines-and referred to "190 years of independence." With President Ramon Magsaysay, he announced a new U.S. policy giving the Philippines title to U.S. military bases in that country, thereby settling an old point of tension between friends (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...People." From the moment Nixon and his wife emerged from a MATS Constellation at Manila's airport, the Vice President generated friendship. He shook hands held out from the cordoned crowd, relied with effect on his California Spanish, three times halted his white Cadillac on the drive to Magsaysay's residence to shake hands. Secret Service men blanched, but Filipinos loved it. Said one in ultimate tribute: "The word among the people is that Nixon is like Magsaysay...
...islands in hope of seeing the World War II battlefield on Bataan are likely to be disappointed; it is hard to get to and has few tourist facilities. But there is much more to see and do: the handsome Philippine Capitol at Malacañan Palace, where President Magsaysay enjoys shaking hands with visitors, tours through the tropical countryside which include a look at native dancing and cockfighting plus a whopping big Filipino meal (a barbecued pig, prawns, coconut ice cream eaten out of a coconut shell). One local delicacy for the daring: balut, a duck egg ready to hatch...
Seven other Nacionalista Senators were elected, as the Nacionalista triumphs were just as sweeping in local races, particularly in rural areas. Happy victor Ramon Magsaysay drew a moral: "Don't underestimate the farmer. He's usually two jumps ahead of the politician...
...dress, per ball," while "a hundred thousand Filipinos had no floors to sleep on." What moved her most was the struggle of the proud, engaging Filipino people toward democracy, culminating in the stirring election of 1953-a "miracle" in which the people triumphed in the person of President Ramon Magsaysay. All election night long, the Manila radio rebroadcast calls from outlying areas pleading for protection from goons lurking near the polling places-and all night long Mrs. Keith listened to the pleas and sometimes to the sound of gunfire, as the aroused voters fought their way to the ballot boxes...