Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I, therefore, recommend legislation by the Congress giving the President the authority, to advance the date provided in existing law and to proclaim the legal independence of the Philippines, as a separate and self-governing Nation, as soon as feasible.

10/05/1943

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