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July 24, 1970 Friday

MALACAÑAN PALACE
Manila

12:10 AM

July 24, 1970
Friday

Held a caucus luncheon with about 20 of the Senate and House leaders. They suggested we do not talk of another special session yet so that we can push all the bills in this special session. We agreed to take up in the order of precedence:

  1. Peace and Order Fund
  2. Amendment of Borrowing Authority
  3. Tariff Code Amendment
  4. Sale of Military Camps
  5. Amnesty for Taxes.

But if they do not finish their work, I will call another special session.

Tried to settle the quarrel between Gen, Garcia, Chief of PC, and Rep. Antonio Diaz, but Gen. Garcia has gone on TV and declared he will not receive orders from Rep. Diaz on PC matters which is correct but impolite. I have called a conference on smuggling and army problems tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 PM then dinner.

Bongbong has started his Latin and French lessons under Mr. Sung as he has never taken these in school. I have also gotten him to work on his British history. He has only taken Pre-Roman and a part of the Roman period.

Bongbong has started to call me ERPI – a contraction of ERPAT, the inverse of PATER. He is beginning to use his latin.

Hikky – We just got instructed on French kissing by our children. The black mark on Imelda’s neck which I put on her the other day was immediately called a Hiki by our two eldest – the result of a sucking kiss.

We are all sleeping in our bedroom tonight. The children were all kidding us that if there should be another child, they would all be “DJALOUZ.” I suggested in jest that their mother was willing for me to have children by other women and they said “Unthinkable.” Although they were laughing, I knew they were serious.

I told them, too, that if Mommy should ever leave us, I would never marry again.

Bongbong said in bravado, “Why do you want any other sons when I am worth a thousand sons.” And I hope he will be.

I told him I want him to be challenged. He retorted he needed no challenge to be good.