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721 CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPDMr
1st Session f No. 806
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
MARCH 15, 1932.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HARE, from the Committee on Insular Affairs, submitted the
following
REPORT
[To accompany H. R. 7233]
Your Committee on Insular Affairs, to whom were referred several
bills looking to the independence of the Philippine Islands, having
considered the same, favorably report H. R. 7233, with an amend-
ment, and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
BASIC FACTS
A careful analysis of the Philippine question and of all the evidence
submitted at the hearings held before the committee discloses the
following facts:
1. When the United States, as a result of the war with Spain, as-
sumed sovereignty over the Philippine Islands, it disclaimed any
intention to colonize or exploit them.
2. In pursuance of such lofty purpose the United States, through
Executive pronouncements and a formal declaration made by the
Congress in 1916, pledged itself to grant independence to the Philip-
pines. The only condition precedent imposed by the Congress was
the establishment of a stable government.
3. It is believed that a stable government now exists in the Philip-
pines; that is, a government capable of maintaining order, adminis-
tering justice, performing international obligations and supported by
the suffrages of the people.
4. Every step taken by the United States since the inception of
American sovereignty over the Philippines has been to prepare the
Filipino people for independence. As a result, they are now ready
for independence politically, socially, and economically.
5. The American farmer is urging protection from the unrestricted
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