Excerpts from the Press Conference
04/23/1942
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The functions of the War Food Administration and the Commodity Credit Corporation with respect to the procurement and development of food ar...
The United States, in practice, regards the Philippines as having now the same status as the Governments of other independent Nations.
I count on you to bear yourselves well.
I am sure that the American people believe that the Filipino people have earned the right juridically to be free and independent.