Washington, Mar, 14.
Mr, Paul V. McNutt, U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines, advocated to America in a nationwide radio broadcast to-night the indefinite continuation of United States sovereignty over the Philippines whfle granting the Filipinos all possible autonomy and the "best trade coal possible."
Mr. McNutt said American withdrawal from the Philippines would mean "we would lose our voice in Oriental diplomacy."
"As long as the American flag is there in the Philippines" he said, "it will be a cornerstone for peaceful reconstruction in the Far East."
Mr. McNutt said an independent Philippines would face "a real threat of racial extinction....and economic disaster attendant upon the sudden loss of the American market."
"With the ce-operation of the leaders among the Filipinos," Mr. McNutt suggested, "we: should: proceed with a realistic re-examination of those people."
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