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		<title>Footnote to a slogan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MarquardtON AUGUST 10, 1943, in MacArthur's headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, Courtney Whitney, then a colonel in charge of the Philippine section, sought permission to use the slogan, "I Shall Return—MacArthur," on articles to be infiltrated into the Japanese-occupied Philippines.

...From the file I learned that shortly after Whitney got his clearance for the slogan, he asked the OWI in Sydney to produce substantial quantities of cigarettes, chewing gum, chocolate bars, and sewing kits.

...Each time the slogan "I Shall Return—MacArthur" turned up in the Philippines it would be worth more than a million words poured into radio transmitters beamed at a country in which there were very few short wave receiving sets.
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		<title>Coalition ticket wins by landslide, September 21, 1935</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quezon for president and Sergio Osmeña for vice-president on Tuesday overwhelmingly won the first national elections ever held in the Philippines.Although the victory of Quezon and Osmeña had been a foregone conclusion, even their closest followers were surprised by the coalition strength shown in such bitterly contested districts as Manila and Cavite, where General Aguinaldo was expected to show the most strength, and in the Ilocano provinces, where Aglipay was admittedly at his best.Osmeña leads allIn Manila, where minority leanings have always been pronounced, Senate President Quezon polled a total of 25,454 votes to Aguinaldo’s 10,236 and Aglipay’s 4,503....  It was Senator Osmeña, coalitionist candidate for vice-president, who ran well ahead of his running party, largely due to the ineffective candidates presented against him.Although fear of uprisings and disturbances could be noted on every hand previous to the election, no official word of any serious disturbances was received on election day.Extreme vigilance on the part of police and constabulary, in addition to the heavy rains which fell throughout most of Luzon on election, was held responsible for the quietness which prevailed everywhere.In his Pasay home the future president of the commonwealth received the election returns as rapidly as they could be gathered....  The Filipino people expect us to build the firm and solid foundation of the Philippine republic.Aglipay in cinema“In this hour of triumph I am thinking only of the great task before me and I seek God’s help to meet the grave responsibilities that have been placed upon my shoulder by my election as the leader of this nation.“My heart goes in deep gratitude to my people who have so generously honored me.”The results were a severe blow to General Aguinaldo who had issued a statement on the eve of the voting declaring: “Whatever may be the results of the election, I trust that the will of the majority will be respected.”
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		<title>Mr. Dick, August 13, 1988</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 13, 1988
“Mr. Dick”
By Teodoro M. Locsin
OF the dead we should speak only good, we are told, which makes it difficult—for how are people to tell whether we are doing only what is proper or telling the truth?
In the case of Mr. Dick, it is doubly difficult, for he distrusted praise, or, to be precise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When President Quezon broke into tears, 1947</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the constitution definitely provided that the Vice-President automatically would succeed to the presidency on November 14, 1943, that provision had been drafted and approved when the exigencies of war had not even been thought of, Quezon’s health was very poor, but he did not wish to run the risk of being charged with having deserted his post of leadership in time of great peril....  He had to know their wish in the matter, for their wish would be his command.Early in the morning of April 28, 1943, after the usual Mass in the private chapel of the Quezon suite in the Shoreham Hotel, the President remarked that he was not satisfied with the people he had sent to the Philippines because they had not succeeded in getting into Manila....  The island did not look any different from other Pacific islands, but knowing that I was looking at one of the islands of my country, which I thought I might never see again, I was overcome with joy and could not help shedding tears of happiness.When I got to Manila I stayed for several days more, contacting some more of the men I had been instructed to see.
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		<title>Quezon&#8217;s greatest triumph</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was Senator Hawes, co-author of the abortive Hare-Hawes-Cutting Law, who was now a very close confidante of Quezon.Quezon banked, too, on his Washington experience as former resident commissioner.Confident and smiling, Quezon awaited Roosevelt’s emissaries on that sunny October morning.First came well-groomed, well-fed Judge Samuel Rosenman, President Roosevelt’s special adviser....  It further mentioned that military air and naval bases would be retained in the Philippines, after the war.Stimson added: “My greatest concern here is that I am worried that this immediate independence will have an adverse effect on the Filipinos.”Quezon snapped: “When the question is about the effect of independence on the Filipinos, I am the man qualified to know that....  It would imply recognition of the technicality that U.S. bases were in the Philippines only upon the consent of the Filipinos themselves.The emissaries of President Roosevelt certainly never expected to be outmaneuvered, but Quezon had them cornered, on their own grounds, using their policies and rules against them.It was agreed by everybody present that the date of Philippine independence should be honored, regardless of Japanese occupation; and that American military and naval bases should be retained in the Philippines after independence, but on the behest of the Philippine government itself, for the mutual protection of both the P.I. and the U.S., as well as for the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.After brisk pleasantries, the Americans left the scene of what was a conference debacle for them.
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		<title>Aguinaldo opens campaign, June 8, 1935</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 8, 1935
Aguinaldo opens campaign
Announces extensive platform during meeting at Cavite—plans campaign throughout provinces
Pledging “the early restoration of our glorious Republic” and the fulfillment of his 44-plank platform before a relic of the revolution, a banner tattered “not by age but by the bullets of enemies,” General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed his candidacy for the commonwealth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With the Quezon missioners in Washington, June 3, 1933</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All smiles and arm in arm these two men, whose political exploits have featured the history of their country for the last 25 years, responded to the warm greetings of about 50 of their compatriots residing in the great capital city by waving their grey fedoras over their rapidly greying heads.Manuel Quezon, well-protected by a heavy grey overcoat, braved the extended hands of his countrymen and pumped heartily every one that blocked his path....  Anybody who had not read Mr. Quezon’s declarations in Manila could not possibly tell from that Ile de France statement where the renowned Filipino leader himself stood on the Hare-act, that piece of legislation recently passed by Congress which prompted him to visit Washington at a most unpropitious time.However, a dispatch broadcast by the Universal Service, a press service owned by William Randolph Hearst, said that Quezon had stated that he would head a campaign against the bill unless the economic provisions of the independence bill were altered.Eloquent QuezonAs soon as Missioner Quezon and his party reached Washington on April 24 he told everybody how badly he felt about the stories published by all the New York papers....  Mr. Romulo, a valuable member of the Quezon mission, says that he was at the senate president’s side when he gave the interview to the New York reporters and he believe that they deliberately misquoted the Filipino leader.What we who do not know much about the intricacies of missioneering can not understand is why Mr. Quezon, Mr. Osmeña, Mr. Romulo and others were so unduly perturbed by the stories in the New York papers when really what they attributed to the Philippine senate president is practically the same as the Quezon pronunciamientos in Manila.Washington O.K.As far as the Washington papers were concerned, the Quezon party did not have any reason to kick.
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		<title>Roxas and the Press, February 22, 1947</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 01:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROXAS AND THE PRESS
February 22, 1947
News giants of pre-war days now in government service
By Inocencio V. Ferrer
President, Negros Press Club
NOWADAYS when newspapermen meet, they usually talk with nostalgia about Malacañan press conferences when Manuel L. Quezon was the “Big Chief”; others of the days when Sergio Osmeña hardly gave press conferences and reporters depended mainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our aims, outlined: January 20,1907</title>
		<link>http://philippinesfreepress.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/our-aims-outlined-january-201907/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 20, 1907, Sunday
Our aims outlined
No class, creed, or party axes to grind
Square deal for all
THE Philippines Free Press has been founded for the purpose of bringing into closer harmony the forces best calculated to achieve real progress in these islands. Our hopes of success are based merely on the merit of the policy we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Press straw vote will feature reelection, May 6, 1939</title>
		<link>http://philippinesfreepress.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/free-press-straw-vote-will-feature-reelection-may-6-1939-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the latter approves the amendment or fails to disapprove it within six months from the time of its submission, the amendment shall take effect as part of the Constitution.Feeling that the issue of reelecting President Quezon is a very vital one, and realizing that in the final analysis it is the Filipino people who must decide whether or not President Quezon will be reelected, the Free Press has decided to conduct a scientific, nationwide straw vote on this issue.This weekend, 12,500 ballots will be mailed to responsible, property-owning citizens in every province in the Philippines....  Today virtually no one favors a shorter transition period, and quicker independence would not be accepted in the Philippines unless it were accompanied by substantial economic concessions.Thus, with the record of two successful straw votes behind it, the Free Press now makes its third effort to find out exactly what the people think about a vital public issue.It should be recalled that the ballots on the reelection of President Quezon are not being mailed to every voter....  In fact, the famed Gallup polls in the United States “sample” public opinion by asking their questions of only 10,000 people (out of 130,000,000) and yet because those questioned are scientifically weighted, the Gallup polls have established the remarkable record of repeatedly forecasting election results with an allowable error of only three percent.“Should the Constitution of the Philippines be amended to permit the reelection of President Quezon?”That is the vital question at issue in the Philippines today, and that is the question which the Free Press is asking 12,500 responsible citizens to answer.]]></description>
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