F O R E W O R D VERY FEW MEN - even among those who have dedicated their lives to the service of their country - possess a name with the luster and shine such as that of DANIEL MARAMBA Y BAUTISTA. Time and history bear eloquent witness to the greatness of the man who is known to his province-mates as "The Grand Old Man of Pangasinan," and once, when he came to solve a crisis his country faced, was dubbed by the whole country as its "saviour." Despite the fact that very few people remain who belonged to the generation of Daniel Maramba - there is no dearth of materials, rich with details,...

F O R E W O R D: The name of Hilarion Gensole Henares, Sr., is publicly known specially in connection with his inventive genius, his unfaltering interest in the industries of our young Republic and the unsparing efforts he has made to make the economic climate warmer, kinder to new industries. It is a name known more particularly to a certain segment of Philippine Society and were Hilarion Gensole Henares less modest and more self-seeking, it would have been a name that would shine and sparkle with greater brilliance than those that are better known in this time. One has to know the man, his...

PREFACE This book "Sun and Stars Alight" is the third of a set of four books, the fourth and last being "For Us Thy Sons," a testament to the future generation. The first two, "With Fervor Burning" and "Behold the Radiance" consisted primarily of essays written for the "Ways and Means" column in the Manila Times, the "Ang Ating Nagbabagong Bansa" (Pilipino) in the Liwayway Ma- gazine, the "Daytoy Agluplupos a Pagiliantayo" fllocano) in the Bannawag Magazine, the "Ang Nagkabalhin nga Dagway sa Atong Yuta" (Cebuano) in the Bisaya Magazine, and "Ang Pagpanibag-o Sang Atong Pungsod" (Ilongo) in...