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...especially proud of his U.S. Army rank as a captain in a motor pool. Elected to the Philippine Congress, he battled his own Liberal Party when it indulged politics and corruption in the army, goaded the politicos so much that in 1950 President Elpidio Quirino made him Secretary of Defense...
Once a Dictator. To everyone's surprise, Magsaysay freely admitted that he had indeed signed a secret pact. Disillusioned by the corruption around him while serving as Defense Minister in the Liberal government of President Elpidio Quirino, Magsaysay agreed to bolt the Liberal Party and accept the Nationalist Party nomination for President. But in his pact with the Nationalists' José Laurel and Recto and Senator Lorenzo Tañada of the Citizen's Party, Magsaysay had made no stipulation about one term, he said. In fact, he told TIME'S James Bell last week, "Laurel...
Documents captured in 1952 on Huk Communist guerrillas, said Magsaysay, listed many top Nationalist politicians as possible collaborators in a popular front. President Quirino planned to use these records to arrest all his top opponents as Communists or fellow travelers, and they knew it. Says Magsaysay: "Quirino even talked about killing Tañada. I wouldn't have anything to do with all this, because these men, whatever they may be, are not Communists. They were all afraid to run. They thought Quirino would have them assassinated. So they all stayed in their foxholes and told me to take...
Died. Elpidio Quirino, 65, President of the Philippines (1948-54); of a heart attack; in a suburb of Manila...
...voice in the Senate. Back in 1953, when the party badly needed a popular presidential candidate, Senator Recto had a major voice in the decision to reach into the Liberal Party and tap able young Ramon Magsaysay, then busy hunting down the Communist Huks as Defense Minister in the Quirino government. Ever since, Senator Recto has acted like a man who regretted his choice...