August 4 and 5, 1944
Long talk with Dr. Trepp the day after the funeral. What an extraordinary career was Quezon’s!–born a village boy in Baler in 1878, of mixed… Read More »August 4 and 5, 1944
Long talk with Dr. Trepp the day after the funeral. What an extraordinary career was Quezon’s!–born a village boy in Baler in 1878, of mixed… Read More »August 4 and 5, 1944
did not see Quezon this day; he had a Cabinet meeting for half an hour at 11:30 a.m. and then “slept” the rest of the… Read More »September 30, 1943
Bataan, symbolic of hope for the Fil-American forces and a thorn and yoke for Japan, has come to an end. Its spirit and history, however,… Read More »April 11, 1942
Lest I look at this book sometime and find that I’ve expressed a distaste for some person, and have put down no reason for my… Read More »Saturday, March 14, 1942
Father died this morning. Nothing I can do but send a wire. One thing that might help win this war is to get someone to… Read More »Tuesday, March 10, 1942
Message to Macarthur was approved by President and dispatched. I’m dubious about the thing! I cannot help believing that we are disturbed by editorials and… Read More »Monday, February 23, 1942
Still trying to get Navy to run the blockade (by submarine) into MacArthur with some antiaircraft ammunition. Admiral King has issued orders, but I’m still… Read More »Thursday, January 8, 1942