The Archive · 1939

New Philippines Bill Introduced Object to Lessen Shock Of Independence

Washington, May 11.

Senator Millard Tydings, Democrat of Maryland, introduced a bill in Congress yesterday which would amend the Phillippines Independence Act to ease the economic shock of independence to the Phillippines.

A similar bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Led Kocialkowski, Democratic Representative of Illinois.

Introduction of the bill to facilitate Dealing with two other incidents, it was announced that at Kaithoi, on the frontier between Danzig and East Prussia, unidentified men in e car hurled containers of explosives at a building occupied by Customs inspectors. The building was destroyed, and the men escaped.

In the other incident, a bomb exploded in front of the house of a Polish Customs inspector in the same city.

The station-master at Marianovo, in Danzig territory, was severely injured by six unknown individuals. German doctors refused to treat him owing to "lack of time." He was takes to a hospital in Polish territory. Tre Danzig Senate expressed regrets to the Polish High Commissioner, promising to take necessary measures to allow Polish officials to accomplish economic adjustments in the Philip-Wines ceticided with à irémuons un- UY in safety. Havas. ap 4

der cover movement in Congressional Danzig Prepares Protest circles aimed at modifying President Danzig, May 11 Roosevelt's order transferring the Bureau of Insular Affairs to the Senators today prepared to protest Department of Interior. to the Polish authorities against the Senator Tydings' bill was intro-frontier incident which occurred last duced in Congress after President night. Polish soldiers, it was alleged, Roosevelt had announced "unanimous shot at two Danzig residents who agreement" among Congressmen in-refused to answer the challenge of terested in Phillippine Affairs. The Polish sentries when crossing a announcement followed a conference bridge into Polish territory.—United at the White House on Tuesday in

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