President Hoover has decided to send a message to Congress recommending the appointment of a commmiseion. to review the question. War debts and linking the problem with world economic affairs.
'This decision was reached to-day after an extraordinary conference fat the White House, which was at-fended by Golonel "Stimson," Secretary of State, Mr. @. L. Harrison, Governor of the New York Federa' Reserve Bank, and Senator Reed Smoot, Chairman of the Finance Commission of the Senate.
After the conference was over, the President spent the rest of Sun: day drafting the message to Con-
it, Ogden is, Secretary as aussie fu his tank the Treasury—Reuter, moved that the Hare Bill, which Fpassed the House of Representa tives last "April, be substituted for the Hawes-Cutting Bill. 1 lof the substitution would mea difference of 12 in the period.
The President and his advisers including Secretary of State Henry Stimson; Mr.
Dwight W. Davis, former Governor-General of the is ]lands and man; others, believe that which would intervene tween [the Filipinos rave not been sufl-Passage of the measure and the{ciently educated in governmental jor {affairs to undertake the task of self-independence. Under the. Hawes-cavernment news They farther Hoel /Cutting Bills, 20 years would elapse that the Philippines should not before complete independence would freed from American control until be granted, while the Hare' Bill they are as independent economical Provides for complete severance in|!¥, he desire to be peeves for Chief "among. the diterencen paca' shotty to-day and the Hare til pasted ortly [tween the Hawes-Catling bil passed Pittman motion for sotatiterion vg] April 4 last, {s the (ranaition revied preceding complete Indepenttence The Hare bill provides indcpendonse in'§ years, approve the shorter. period, even Briefly, the Hare measure says probable in. view of the adop that on,' "the Fourth of July fof the Broussard Amendment, thi fnediately following a" period of morning, the matier is still pen eight years from the date of the inauguration of the Philippines Come 'Amendments whi Tu voting on the Broussard 'American sovereignty brought " the] Wil be drawn and the complete Hawes-Cutting Bill in line with the Hare Bilin the matter of time lands formally' recognised." independence of the Philippine fsof the intervening period between loth the Haw rutting and the Passage of the mensure and' the Hare bills authorise the President to ranting " of independence' the negotiate neutrality treaties. with Senate eliminated the tant' provi-the Powers for guaranteeing Philip-sions and out out the. provision for: pines freedom and both limit. ime 2 plebiseite.—United Press.
Manil portation of Islands immigration of Fil products, and lupino Iabour-Comparing the" Philippine. in-United Pr dependence proposals in the United Wi ington, Dee, 18. States Senate to "the misgovernment The action of the Senate in. in-of) George 1m," Sener Quezon, ut of the Insular serting in the bill regarding che dependence of the Philippine Isl Senate,' to-day summoned members '4 plan for the Filipinos to vote on of the 'Territorial Legislature the constitution instead of on the consider the situation, original clause calling for the with= He said' the despatches. received reign [showed that the fight in the Senate fonly drawal of United States 20) the islanders have vote: was not to give independence to the for their independence at the end of Philippine Islands but to close the twal year period has led some American doors to Pilipino labour senators to predict a presidential and. produets.—Reuter, veto of the measure, A cable from Washington, Dee, 17. says that, the Philippine The United States Senate by an Civic Union has threatened a boycott of United unrecorded but averwflming "vote to-day passed the Hawes-Gut States products over the passage of the Bill.—Reuter, Philippines Independence. bill sent it to.a conference. committee [composed of Ser and House tier-
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