Manila, May 7.
The Philippine Assembly yesterday morning approved a bill for the expenditure of Pesos 10,000,000 for nonmilitary defence measures and a bill for extending to the President emergency powers in accordance with President Manuel Quezon's request, At the same time, the Assembly empowered President Quezon to ne-Eotiate with the United States authorities for obtaining Pesos 200,- 000,000 credits from the United States Export-Import Bank, and military aid under the Lease-Lend Act.—Domei,
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