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1 Butler B. Hare, Philippine Independence: Report 1 (1932)

handle is hein.cow/phppidcr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 free entry of competitive Philippine products.