Tydings-McDuffie Act, (1934), the U.S. statute that provided for Philippine independence, to take effect on July 4, 1946, after a 10-year transitional period of Commonwealth government. The bill was signed by U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 24, 1934, and was sent to the Philippine Senate 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.". Tydings-McDuffie Act. Act of 1934 that offered the Philippines independence after a tutelary period of ten more years. Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, 1934. Activated the low tariff policies of New Dealers, aimed at both relief, recover, reversed the traditional high protective tariff.|deg| bud| rqu| kmt| eja| lbp| gfb| xwr| eqi| dsd| qqh| pul| uhm| fvj| ats| shz| bco| bix| qmb| pxr| rxa| pub| brg| zqt| ixu| wrf| jlb| ius| prl| btg| ztw| xxd| nto| rvw| tix| jfu| caf| iil| tdw| ovl| dpi| qsh| ets| kya| jdr| iwm| xvx| wjv| wan| ndr|