Fourth Annual Report Of The President Of The Philippines To The President And The Congress Of The United States Covering The Period January 1 To June 30 1939 October 28 1940 Referred To The Committee On Insular Affairs And Ordered To Be Printed

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ISBN 13 : 9780260058874
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book Fourth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fourth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States: Covering the Fiscal Year July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940 After a short reception on the pier, the High Commissioner inspected the Guard of Honor composed of United States Army and Philippine Army troops and proceeded to a Speakers' platform where he was introduced by President Quezon. The speech of introduction was as fol ows: The new United States High Commissioner has arrived and we are here to greet and welcome him with hearts filled with gratitude for no better choice could have been made by the President of the United States than the Selection of His Excellency, Francis B. Sayre. This is the first time, as far as I know, that he lands on these beautiful shores of Manila Bay. But he knows the Philippines and the Filipino people, the beauty and the vast resources of this country, and our economic needs, as well as anyone who has lived with us for many years. He has Spent the last 3 years studying the Philippine problem from all angles with the keen mind that he has and the great humanitarian heart that throbs within him. He has learned so much of our needs here that he has done everything within his power to secure for our people and for our country the needed help of the United States. He has repre sented the President of the United States throughout all the processes that have taken place from the time the President of the United States and I agreed on the appointment of a Joint Preparatory Committee to study carefully the future trade relations between the United States and the Philippines, up to the time when the Congress acted upon the report and recommendations of the committee. The Congress of the United States did not deem it advisable to act at this time on all the recommendations of the Joint Preparatory Committee, but it has adopted to a large extent the recommendations of the committee regarding our trade relations with the United States up to 1946. The Congress has also provided that 2 years prior to the date fixed for the recognition of Philippine independence, a new committee Shall be appointed to consider the question of the trade relations between the United States and the Philippines after independence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.