December 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… Read More »December 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… Read More »December 24, 1938
I’ve played bridge recently with Pres. Q: once for a weekend on the Casiana; once for an afternoon at Malacañan. He’s a peach of a… Read More »December 12, 1938
Arrived in Manila from the States on Nov. 5, and found a vastly different situation, so far as it affects me and my work, than… Read More »November 10, 1938
Gen Santos told me of meeting at Malacanang and what happened. He told me of possible reaction of MacArthur on Valdez becoming C of S.… Read More »June 23, 1938, Thursday
At 12:15 today the General had a conference (called a conference by courtesy. It was nothing but a monologue –since even when given “2 minutes”… Read More »October 8, 1937
Glad November is over–somehow or other this is nearly always a worrisome month;–this year it was even worse than usual both because of Doria’s illness,… Read More »December 1, 1936
Dinner dance at Malacañan for the passengers of the first Pan American Clipper–including Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, the son of a father and mother who had… Read More »October 21, 1936
State banquet at Malacañan for Lord Rothermere–I doubt whether Quezon understands how to appraise correctly Lord Rothermere’s position in England. The old man made a… Read More »October 19, 1936
Went with Don Vicente Singson to Malacañan to see Quezon in order to urge a modification of the sales tax law in order to impose… Read More »October 17, 1936