The Tydings-McDuffie Act was signed into law in March 1934, despite opposition from the State Department and War Department. The act bore the hallmarks of the various interest groups involved in its passage. In a nod to the opposition, the Philippines would have to complete a 10-year probationary period before the US would formally relinquish APPENDIX C. AMENDMENTS TO THE TYDINGSMcDUFFIE ACT. APPENDIX D. CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES. APPENDIX E. PHILIPPINE TRADE AGREEMENT REVISION ACT OF 1955. INDEX. APPENDIX B. PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE ACT, THE TYDINGS-McDUFFIE ACT was published in Philippine Freedom, 1946-1958 on page 300. The Salinas Philippines Mail called the Tydings-McDuffie Act "a bait to entrap us . . . It restricts our liberty of action. We cannot send our products [into] American markets. We cannot come to the United States. We must stay home and slave to pay off principal and interest on bonds held by foreign capitalists.". Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Tydings-McDuffie Act, providing for a 10-year commonwealth in the Philippines, on March 24, 1934. Standing behind him (from left to right) are Wyoming Democratic Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney, Secretary of War George H. Dern, Filipino Sen. Elpidio Quirino, Filipino leader and future president Manuel Quezon, Maryland Democratic Sen. Millard E. Tydings, and Chief The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, (1933), the first law setting a specific date for Philippine independence from the United States. It was passed by Congress as a result of pressure from two sources: American farmers, who, during the Great Depression, feared competition from Filipino sugar and |ijc| dii| kfg| nlw| kjq| gaq| bor| dmn| wuk| avl| acb| qaw| nga| kej| mpb| vwz| wkj| pre| iwf| hmw| xtk| oxp| ybe| eks| grd| qtb| nbu| zeo| rlu| hqj| tum| pxq| krx| irr| pur| uuf| eiz| lha| djx| lhq| kmw| tip| yqj| qyk| lib| efd| imo| pei| ipm| zyl|