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ASKS PHILIPPINE
FREEDOM AT ONCE
Treadway Sees Possibility
of Trouble Under Pres
ent Conditions.
yBY JAMES G. WINGO.
Either the Philippines should be
or they should not. and if they are
e free, the sooner the better," Rep
ntative Allen T. Treadway de
clared last week.
His remarks were a reply to Presi
dent Manuel Quezon’s recent declara
tion: "Either we are to assume the re
sponsibility or we are not. If we are,
we must be let alone without inter
ference from the high commissioner,
the Secretary of War, the Secretary of
State or even the President of the
United States."
Representative Treadway, Republi
can member of Congress since 1913,
had for many years consistently op
posed granting of Philippine inde
pendence. However, ever since his
visit to the Philippines as a com
monwealth inauguration official guest
in November, 1935, he has favored
prompt termination of United States
occupation of the islands.
Treadway Support.
Representative Treadway's reasons
for deviating from the traditional Re
publican stand against Philippine in
dependence are:
1. The United States has spent al
most one billion dollars for and on
account of the Philippines since May
1, 1898, not" counting the $20,000,000
which was paid to Spain on their ces
eion to the United States following the
Gpanish-American War.
2. The United States has to all in
tents and purposes turned over to the
Filipinos the right to govern them
selves, but, at the same time, continues
to be responsible for the well-being of
the islands. This situation involves
military, naval and partial civil con
trol and the possibility of Interna
tional trouble.
S. Since one of the major consid
erations in granting independence was
the desire of United States farmers
and workers to be free from competi
tion with Philippine products and
labor, the preferred treatment of the
Islands in matters of trade should be
terminated promptly.
4. American investments in the
Philippines, totalling $163,000,000,
which were made by people familiar
with uncertainty of United States
control of the islands, are not entitled
to the dispatch of United States
troops across the Pacific merely for
their protection.
Representative Treadway does not
believe the Filipinos are competent to
pass Judgment on the momentous
question of independence, with all its
responsibilities and burdens.
“But these opinions of mine are not
Important now.” he said. "The fact
Is that, whether for good or bad, a
majority of the Filipino people have
by their mandate accepted the provl
•ions of the independence act.”
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Although Filipino business men are
opposed to early independence, many
Filipino leaders see certain advan
tages In President Quezon’s immediate
Independence proposal. Their rea
sons for accepting it are:
» 1. Freedom In 1938 or 1939 would
enable their foremost statesmen to
work under conditions of his liking.
2. Trade arrangements are one
sided under the independence act, by
which Philippine exports to the
mother country are limited and im
posed upon with a gradually increas
ing export tax, while United States
products continue to flow into the
islands without any restriction what
soever.
3. There is no guarantee that Con- j
gress may not place more restrictions
on Philippine exports to the United
States.
4. There is no possibility that the
Philippines can obtain preferential
treatment in matters of trade without
some sort of political relationship
with the United States. Any politi
cal relationship, which does not allow
complete political Independence of the
Philippines, would not be satisfac
tory to liberty-loving Filipinos.
5. President Quezon's ambition is
to be head of a really sovereign re
public. He says that he cannot and
will not be president of the Philip- j
pines at the expiration of his present j
term on November 15, 1941. Although
Independence in 1938 or 1939 may
prove too soon for the good of the
Philippine sugar and coconut indus
, tries, it is the wise thing to utilize
able Manuel Quezon's services during
the infant days of the republic, as
the early Americans utilized George
Washington’s.
8. If the Philippines assume full
Independence next year, President
Quezon will have the opportunity for
three years not only to plan what is
best for the Philippines but to execute
that plan, without possible interfer
ence from the United States.
GIRL BRIDE JAILED,
BUT HOLDS TO LOVE
Husband, 20, Also in Prison on
Mother-in-Law's Com
plaint.
B» the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 3.—Jail bars tonight
kept wistful Geraldine Murphy, 14
year-old schoolgirl bride, from ac
cepting her sympathetic mother-in
law's offer of a home.
Reaffirming their love in messages
exchanged through an attorney,
Geraldine and her husband, Joseph
R. Murphy, 20, remained in Charles
Street Jail. She is held on her
mother's complaint, and he a charge
of abducting his bride.
“I would be glad to have Geraldine
t here aa a daughter until Joseph can
I get a job and take care of himself,”
I declared Joe's mother, Mrs. Edward
I Murphy.
S "My boy wanted to marry Gerry
I because he wanted to get her away
I from certain influences and take
I care of her. I'm going to try to
| get a lawyer to see if we can get j
them out of their difficulties now.”
1 But the attitude of Mrs'. Willard
I Jordan, Gerry's mother, remained un
■ changed. It was she who signed the
■ warrant for the arrest of her daugh
* ter and Murphy.
To their aid today came Attorney
Wilbur Hollingsworth, chief counsel
for the Boston Defenders’ Committee,
» charitable organization.
Hollingsworth said he would rep
resent them when their cases come
before the court Tuesday. He said
Gov. Francis P. Murphy of New
Hampshire was Investigating th*
wedding.
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Guam Residents in Capital to Convince
Uncle Sam They’re Good Americans.
B. J. BORDALLO (left) and F. B. LEON GUERRERO. •
—Star Staff Photo.
TWO residents of Guam, F. B.
Leon Guerrero and B. J. Bor
dallo, are in Washington to
“get a receipt" from Uncle Sam
for the allegiance which their little
island pledged to America nearly 40
years ago.
They want citizenship, the same as
others who live under the American
flag. Their 20,000 people claim they
are “just as good Americans" as any
who live in the 48 States.
Chairman Tydings of the Senate
Committee on Territories and Insular
Affairs and Chairman Kocialkowski
of the House Insular Affairs Commit
tee have offered bills to extend Ameri
can citizenship to the Inhabitants who
are classed as Americans by other na
tions but who have never been formal
ly accepted as such over here.
Senator McAdoo of California has
just been named chairman of a sub
committee to hold hearings on the
citizenship plea. McAdoo has visited
Guam and is believed to be sympa
thetic.
"We want to get out of this political
no man's land," says Guerrero, who
is short and energetic, and whose eyes
light up with zeal as he talks on his
favorite topic.
Guam is a tiny speck on Pacific
maps, but it is the largest of the Mari
ana islands, which extend for 420 miles
north and south between Japan and
New Guinea.
Known to only a few travelers up to
a few years ago, the island has be
come of vast importance as a stepping
stone on the Pacific airline which
connects the United States and the
Philippines via the American Terri
tory of Hawaii, Midway and Wake
Islands.
Guam was taken in comic opera
fashion by a landing crew from the
U. S. S. Charleston during the Span
lsh-American War. The surprised na
tives didn't know a war was going on,
and not a shot was fired.
But in the World War the first
American shot fired against Germany
was fired at Guam. It came about in
this way:
In 1917, just before America went
to war with Germany, the German
gunboat Cormoran was forced ashore
at Guam by shortage of fuel. The ship
was interned, with gunsights and of
fensive parts stripped.
On April 17, 1917, after war was
declared, the Cormoran was boarded
and the captain ordered to turn over
the ship and men to the United States.
He asked time to consider. Without
fuel he could not escape, but to thwart
the Americans he exploded a demoli
tion bomb in the ship's bunkers and in
five minutes she sank.
The Germans plunged into the har
bor and seven were drowned. The
captain made his way to shore in a
power boat and, before landing, or
dered a sailor to destroy the engine
with a heavy hammer. As the sailor
obeyed, an American Marine fired a
rifle aUthe German, but his aim mas
deflected when a superior officer
knocked the rifle. It was the first
American shot fired at a German In
the World War.
BIG DEMAND SEEN
FOR POWER OUTPUT
South Carolina Official Telia Court
Santee-Cooper Area
Outlook.
By (he Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. C., April 3.—Testi
mony that the demand for power in
the Santee-Cooper area would exceed
the supply by the time of the comple
tion of the proposed $37,500,000
Santee-Cooper hydroelectric plant
was introduced yesterday in the hear
ing on the case in Federal Court here.
L. W. Pollard, director of the Elec
tric Utilities Division of the South
Carolina Public Service Commission,
sponsor of the project, said results of
an investigation he directed to de
termine the available market for
power In South Carolina, parts of
Georgia, Florida and North Carolina,
showed that by 1941, when the project
should be completed, the market
would exceed the ' firm'’ . capacity
of the Santee-Cooper plant.
There should also be, he said, a
ready market for the “secondary
power” generated by the proposed
plant over an area extending to Jack
sonville, Fla.
“The fuel cast of Jacksonville Is
such that, in my opinion, the city
could construct a transmission line
to Savannah and buy power advan- '
Ugeously from the Santee-Cooper
plant," Pollard aald.
By secondary power, Pollard said
he meant power that could be pro
duced "four years out of five on an
average.” "Firm” power he defined
as current always available for use.
Texas Produces Mohair.
Texas last year produced 13.*00.000
of the Nation's 15,986.000 pounds of
mohair, according to Department of
Agriculture figures.
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GARBO MEDAL ACCEPTED
Actress Expresses Gratitude to
Swedish Xing Through Envoy.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 3
(/P).—Greta Garbo has accepted the
medal tar artistic merit awarded her
by King Gustav of Sweden, officials
said last night.
The Swedish actress asked the Min
ister to Washington, Wollmar Bo«
troem, to express her gratitude to the
King after the award last December.
The “IJttris et Artibus” decoration
for literary and artistic merit was ex
tended to Miss Garbo December 30,
1S36. A San Francisco dispatch to
day quoted Consul General C. I. Wel
le rated t of Sweden as saying he had
been unable to get a response from
Miss Garbo In Hollywood as to how
and when to deliver the medal.
Holland has a snapshot erase.
Between Two Fire*.
PADUCAH, Ky. (IP).—Fireman an
swering a call to a dance ball were
delayed a little en route, but they
arrived In time to check the flame*
before eerloua damage had been done.
They had to stop on the way to take
care of blazing brake drums.
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FURNITURE
A Chippendale Dining Room
possesses elegance, charm and dignity
DINING SUITE ILLUSTRATED
$350
Ten Pieces With Server (Not Illustrated)
Fine Kerman And
Sarouk Rugs
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Sarouk Rug, approximately 12x9 feet,
rich, soft red ground; deep pile and
lustrous sheen_$295
Sarouk Rug, 11.7x8.11 feet size,
beautiful soft red background; deep,
soft pile-$245
Kerman Rug, approximately 12x9
feet, intricately designed and multi
colored _$365
Sarouk Rugs, approximately 5x3 feet,
beautiful, soft colorings; deep pile,
lustrous sheen_$57.50
It is a fitting compliment to the good taste of the
American people that 18th Century styles in furniture
continue to be most popular of any. Among the famous
designers of that period was Chippendale, W'ho left the
inspiration for the Dining Suite-illustrated. Solid Cuban
mahogany has been used for the chairs and structural
parts, while the tops, fronts and sides of the case pieces
are of strong laminated construction—mahogany sur
faces. Ten pieces (server not pictured) include Buffet,
China, Server, 8-ft. Extension Table, 4 Side and 2 Arm
Chairs. A Grand Rapids Registered Suite, too, very low
priced at $350. See this exquisitely styled suite tomorrow'.
Other Dining Room Suites, $195 to $1^200
ANNE HATHAWAY CHAIR
SOLID HONDURAS MAHOGANY
$3950
This choir is comfortable for more
people than any other chair we
knew. Its hollow, curved roll back
snugs up to its occupant like a
comfortable old shoe hugs the foot.
The exposed woods
ore of solid Hondu
ras mahogany, ond
the tapestry cover
ings are beautiful
ond in splend'd good
taste.
See this chair of
$59 50 and the many
other occasional
choirs—some priced
os low os $15.75.
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