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...seven weeks since President Ramon Magsaysay, the Philippines' national hero, died in a plane crash (TIME. March 25), no single politico has emerged who seems a worthy successor. But with convention time only two months away and general elections scheduled for November, many a hopeful was whirling about the cities and barrios last week shaking hands, kissing babies and listening to that old siren song, the will of the people...
...most cases their faces were all too familiar. Magsaysay's vice president, Carlos Garcia, who has taken over the presidency, has been campaigning as diligently as anyone. But Manila politicians predict that at a certain point Garcia will step aside in favor of someone who will gratify his real ambition, a seat in the Supreme Court. This someone might be either Nacionalista Party Chief Senator Eulogio Rodriguez, or adroit old Yaleman (Law School '20) José Laurel Sr., who was puppet President during the Japanese occupation. Another eager to run is Magsaysay's old enemy Claro Recto...
...Ramon Magsaysay flew whenever he could, at any time and in any weather. He shrugged off protests impatiently; any other way wasted time, and he was a man in a hurry. Last Saturday Magsaysay flew down to Cebu. He talked at three universities, to the local war veterans, to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Then he decided to fly back to Manila that night...
After the crash, the Cabinet hurriedly summoned Vice President Carlos Garcia home from Australia, where he has been attending the SEATO Conference. A nondescript politician forced on Magsaysay by the Nationalists, Garcia is unlikely to be more than a caretaker until the presidential elections, to be held this fall. Just who that successor will be, no one can predict. Magsaysay so completely dominated Philippine politics and affections that in all likelihood he would have been nominated by both parties. There was no one like him -a man in whom Filipinos saw their best, just as he always saw the best...
Died. Ramon Magsaysay, 49, President of the Philippines Republic; in an airplane crash near Cebu, the Philippines (see FOREIGN NEWS...