02/28/1929
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"The Porto Rican Government at present exercises a greater degree of sovereignty over its own internal affairs than does the Government of any State or Territory of the United States"
"The request is made that Porto Rico be constituted as a 'free State' and not 'a mere subjected colony.'"
"It would not be difficult to show that the present status of Porto Rico is far more liberal than any status of its entire history"
"The Department of Health and the Department of Education of Porto Rico are combining to make of the Porto Ricans of the future a different type physically and mentally from those we found in Porto Ric..."