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A43

no.36

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PUBLICATION 1216

CONFERENCE SERIES 36

For sale by the

Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 454 (paper cover)

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE HONORABLE FRANCIS B. SAYRE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS

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I have the honor to transmit herewith, for consideration by your Committee and for eventual reference to the President, one of the two signed originals of the Report of the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs constituted on April 14, 1937, by the President acting in accord with the President of the Philippines. To this copy, the signatures of the Honorable José Yulo and of Mr. Joaquin M. Elizalde have been affixed on their behalf by the Honorable Quintin Paredes, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines.

I am also enclosing for your convenience an unsigned copy of the Report. I am availing myself of the courteous offer of Commissioner Paredes to take to President Quezon the other original copy of the Report, to which Mr. Elizalde's signature has been affixed by the Commissioner, and in which a space is reserved for the signature of Secretary Yulo, in order that he may sign the report himself when it shall have been received in Manila. At the same time I am sending to President Quezon by air mail an unsigned copy of the Report.

I enclose herewith, for your information, a copy of my letter of transmittal to President Quezon.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE HONORABLE MAN

UEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES

JOINT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20, 1938.

The Honorable

MANUEL L. QUEZON,

The President of the Philippines,
Manila, P. I.

Mr. PRESIDENT:

I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consideration, one of the two signed originals of the Report of the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs constituted on April 14, 1937, by the President of the United States acting in accord with you. To this copy the signature of Mr. Joaquin M. Elizalde has been affixed on his behalf by the Honorable Quintin Paredes; and space is reserved for the signature which the Honorable José Yulo may desire to affix in person.

I am transmitting to the Honorable Francis B. Sayre, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Philippine Affairs, for consideration by that Committee and for eventual reference to the President of the United States, the other original copy of the Report, to which the signatures of Secretary Yulo and Mr. Elizalde have been affixed on their behalf by Commissioner Paredes.

While availing myself of the kind offer of Commissioner Paredes to take to you the original of the Report, I am, for your earlier information, sending to you by air mail an unsigned copy.

I enclose herewith, for your information, a copy of my letter of transmittal to Assistant Secretary Sayre.

Very truly yours,

Enclosures:

Report (one original,

and copy no. 2).

Copy of letter to

Assistant Secretary
Sayre.

IV

J. V. A. MACMURRAY

Chairman, Joint Preparatory Committee

on Philippine Affairs

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