Independence for the Philippine Islands: Hearings Before the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session, on S. 3377 (Hawes-Cutting Bill) a Bill to Enable the People of the Philippine Islands to Adopt a Constitution and Form a Government for the Philippine Islands, to Provide for the Independence of the Same, and for Other Purposes, Together with Hearings Before the Committee on Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, on H. R. 7233, a Bill to Provide for the Independence of the Philippine Islands. February 11 and 13, 1932 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... record at this point . ( S. 3377 is here printed in the record in full , as follows :) [ S. 3377 , Seventy - second Congress , first session ] A BILL To enable the people of the Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution and form a ...
... record at this point . ( S. 3377 is here printed in the record in full , as follows :) [ S. 3377 , Seventy - second Congress , first session ] A BILL To enable the people of the Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution and form a ...
Page 8
... record , and we can then proceed on the questions and answers , both upon my statement and upon the bill . However , if the committee desires me to amplify by making the argument I made yesterday , I am prepared to proceed . Senator ...
... record , and we can then proceed on the questions and answers , both upon my statement and upon the bill . However , if the committee desires me to amplify by making the argument I made yesterday , I am prepared to proceed . Senator ...
Page 10
... record ? Secretary HURLEY . No ; I can not withdraw it , because it is there , and I know that Senator Cutting knows that there is no personal implication in that , and I hope that you do not feel that there is . But I do say that the ...
... record ? Secretary HURLEY . No ; I can not withdraw it , because it is there , and I know that Senator Cutting knows that there is no personal implication in that , and I hope that you do not feel that there is . But I do say that the ...
Page 11
... record instead of yours is because of the fact that I have read records before this committee where Filipinos appeared , whom you supposed were going to oppose independence ; and you told them , before this committee , that they did not ...
... record instead of yours is because of the fact that I have read records before this committee where Filipinos appeared , whom you supposed were going to oppose independence ; and you told them , before this committee , that they did not ...
Page 12
... record . Senator HAWES . All right . Secretary HURLEY , And Senator King has said that he did not . believe that such a thing occurred . Senator HAWES . Very good . Senator KING . No , I said since I have been a member of the com ...
... record . Senator HAWES . All right . Secretary HURLEY , And Senator King has said that he did not . believe that such a thing occurred . Senator HAWES . Very good . Senator KING . No , I said since I have been a member of the com ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agriculture American sovereignty believe BRUCE butter cent CHAIRMAN coconut oil committee competition Congress constitution copra cottonseed cottonseed oil CRAIG crusher Cuba Cuban dairy domestic duty duty-free economic effect exports fact farmers fats favor February 13 Filipino foreign free trade going Governor granted Hawes-Cutting bill hearings immediate independence immigration imports increase inde industry Insular Affairs interests investments Jones law KNUTSON labor legislation limitation long tons LOZIER Malay Manila margarine ment Mindanao Moros municipal council National Bank oleomargarine pendence period Philip Philippine government Philippine independence Philippine Islands Philippine Legislature Philippine National Bank Philippine products Philippine sugar pine Islands political pounds present President Provinces question reason record representatives ROXAS Secretary HURLEY self-government Senator BROUSSARD Senator HAWES Senator KING Senator PITTMAN Senator VANDENBERG soap statement SWITZER tariff TAVENNER tion to-day tons trade relations treaty UNDERHILL United WELCH
Popular passages
Page 141 - Philippines, its provinces, cities, municipalities, and instrumentalities, which shall be valid and subsisting at the time of the final and complete withdrawal of the sovereignty of the United States...
Page 396 - Philippines (except such naval reservations and fueling stations as are reserved under section 5), and, on behalf of the United States, shall recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as a separate and self-governing nation and acknowledge the authority and control over the same of the government instituted by the people thereof, under the constitution then in force.
Page 151 - January, 1899, he expressed the hope that the commissioners would be received as bearers of "the richest blessings of a liberating rather than a conquering nation." In his message to Congress in the same year, among other things concerning the Philippines, he said: "The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government.
Page 125 - Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein...
Page 129 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 358 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 130 - December 1898, the boundaries of which are set forth in article III of said treaty, together with those islands embraced in the treaty between Spain and the United States concluded at Washington on the 7th day of November 1900.
Page 12 - The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government. This is the path of duty which we must follow or be recreant to a mighty trust committed to us.
Page 113 - My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country!
Page 2 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United •States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.