08/23/1943
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"This action was of course directly contrary to the intent of the provision in the Independence Act cited above."
"It is, of course, wholly clear that the intent of the Congress by this provision was to exempt from import duty 448,000,000 pounds of coconut oil from the Philippines."
"No effort has been made to work out some form of compromise which would be less unjust to the Philippine people."
"I have found that the prohibition of the sale of arms and munitions of war in the United States to those countries now engaged in armed conflict in the Chaco may contribute to the reestablishment of p..."