Manila, June 25.
Immediately before leaving for a vacation in Japan, Sr. Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines Commonwealth, chastised Cebu Catholic prelates for "interference" in affairs of state by demanding religious instruction in the public schools.
"I am amazed," Sr. Quezon said, "at the boldness... of the Cebu Bishops in taking up in an ecclesiastical conference a matter concerning the constitutional prerogative and duties of the Commonwealth.'
He said the letter revealed the country was facing "one of the most menacing evils which can confront the Government and people of the Philippines, namely, interference by the church in the affairs of state."
The pastoral letter criticized Sr. Quezon for vetoing the bill providing for religious instruction in the schools. The President vetoed the bill because of the conviction that it was unconstitutional.—United Press.
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