Evening star., 1932-12-22
SENATE APPROVES .
PHILIPPINE REPORT
Conference Bill on Freedom
Sent to House for Final =
Action. :,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate today adopted the confer-
ence report on the Philippine bill grant,
ing independence to the Islands in 10
years. The report now goes to the
House.
The report was agreed to without q
roll call and after only brief discussion.
The House must now approve the
compromise bill before it goes to the
White House.
President Hoover's attitude on the
measure. which just emerged from .
conference today between Senate and
House groups, is not known, but there
was some doubt among Republican lead
ers that he would sign it,
Both Senate and House groups re.
ceded on important points Of difference
under the proposed compromise.
/ The higher House quotas Of duty-free
imports Of sugar and coconut oil from
the islands were accepted
House Plan Accepted.
The House provision putting the
islands on an immigration quota basis
Of so year also was accepted in place
Of the Senate amendment barring all
immigration by placing the Filipinos in
the same category as japanese, Chinese
and Hindus.
However. a new provision was inserted
to apply Asiatic exclusion to the islands
after the l0-year transition period pre-
ceding complete independence
The 10-year period was compromise
Of the Senate bill granting freedom in
IL years and the House 8-year clause.
The House group also accepted the
important Senate amendment denying
independence until the Philippine Leg
islature approves the bill passed by the
American Congress.
Export Tax Favored.
Another important Senate amend
ment approved was that allowing the
islands to levy export taxes the last
FIVE years of the transition period to
help pay off the islands bonded indebt-
edneSS.
Two other Senate amendments agreed
upon would permit the United States to
retain in perpetuity all military and
udNdl lCoCi fdtlOi1o III thS AoIoilSRo diiA
request the President to negotiate
treaties with foreign governments for
the perpetual naturalization" Of the
islands when independence is achieved.
The House import quotas accepted
include 850,000 long tons Of sugar, in
cluding 800, 900 tons Of raw. the Sem
ate had lowered these to 615 900 tons,
including 585,000 tons of raw.
Two hundred thousand long tons Of
cocoanut oil would be allowed to come
in duty-free, against 100000 in the
Senate bill.
Senators Halves, Democrat, OF Missouri,
and Cutting, Republican, of New Mexico,
co-authors of the Senate bill. were
pleased with the conference agreement.
Senator Pittman. Democrat, of Nevada,
said it was the best compromise that
has ever been reached"
Severiano Conception, representative
of the Philippine Civic League and
Federation of Labor, objected that the
l0-year transition period runs beyond
the longest normal period Of Demo-
cratic administration and any Repub-
lican President with a strong Republican
Congress may attempt to repeal or
suspend the act"
The controversial plebiscite provision
was not subject to negotiation, as it
was not in the House bill and it was
stricken from the Senate measure be-
fore passage.
However. the Senate substitute pro-
vision making the island election on .
constitution tantamount to an express
sion for independence was accepted by
the confereeS.
The language agreed upon on immi-
grafton after independence takes ef-
feet reads as follows:
Upon the final and complete with
drawal of American sovereignty over
the Philippine Islands, the immigra-
ton laws of the United States tinclud-
ing all the provisions thereof relating
to persons ineligible TO citizenship
shall apply to persons who vert born
in the Philippine Islands to the same
extent as in the case Of other foreign
countries"