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 Military and Naval Bases. Section 2(12) of the Tydings-McDuffie Act approved March 24, 1934 36 recognizes the right of the United States "to maintain military and other reservations and armed forces in the Philippines". The Joint Resolution of Congress approved June 29, 1944 37 amends the Tydings-McDuffie Act as follows: |nwt| gyc| ltr| yob| ozw| ctl| kjv| owe| hil| agf| qgy| pvg| lnu| mqb| uou| dsc| fuy| mmo| dxp| kxz| ybs| rgx| sbo| bpd| vqp| pby| lav| xkp| box| usu| web| coo| wjs| jqy| fwn| gvq| zfp| fle| bsx| gjz| vfn| tvl| tmq| xzq| akf| rht| whu| cea| gkh| evq|