The Right Man for the Philippines
The new President of the Philippines, Ramón Magsaysay, first came into national prominence as a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese; as Secretary of Defense from 1950 until the spring of 1953, he was successful in subduing the armed Communists and in rehabilitating many of the Huks. This account of President Magsaysay and his program is written by his close friend GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO, who was also a candidate for the presidency but withdrew to become Magsaysay’s campaign manager. General Romulo, formerly President of the UN General Assembly and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished correspondence in 1941.