Following an inter-change of personal communications between President Roosevelt and Sr. Manuel Quezon, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the differences of opinion between members of the Joint Committee for Investigation of Philippines Independence on a graduated preferential duty schedule after independence were finally settled, it was learned today. American members of the Committee insisted on a flat scale to be regularly graduated. The Filipino members asked for a "step-ladder' Scale with rate variations but finally accepted a compromise on the Ameri can plan but reserved the right to make reservations.—United Press.
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