Shoreham Hotel. I found Quezon in high spirits; he had an overhaul yesterday at the Walter Reed Hospital, where they found his heart, arteries, kidneys, etc., quite sound, and ascribe his blood pressure only to nervousness. He is now all enthusiasm for writing his book, and is at work six or eight hours a day..
Read moreDecember 24, 1938
Breakfast at seven o'clock. The President and I still alone together, and both rather sleepy. He woke up, however, when I began to talk of the great iron deposits in eastern Surigao, reserved since 1915 by Executive Order for the disposition of the government. Quezon said that Marsman would not press his Challenge as to..
Read moreJune 9, 1936
Chat with ex-Speaker Roxas: he said that there is a copper mine in Capiz which has contracted to sell the whole of its output for one year to the Japanese; he further stated that the vast iron fields which I set aside by Executive Order in 1915 as a government reservation had aroused the interest..
Read moreMarch 27, 1936
Most of the party went off for the day to drive fifteen miles to IXL mine. There was a heavy rain and the weather is most unpromising, bridge on the ship. Quezon went ashore in Masbate town to see the officials and to make a speech. The band greeted him on the pier with "Here..
Read moreFebruary 12, 1936
At office, Hartendorp, who has been appointed Adviser to the President on press matters, came in to see me--he has the next room. He suggested that Roxas had tried to drive a sharp bargain with Quezon and had been repulsed. He told also the story of Quezon's visit of a few days ago to the..
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