TERRITORIES: In Sight of Freedom

No bells rang.

In Manila a saleswoman in a white-faced department store said: "I think it is most foolish. The leaders should be spanked."

"We've spent so much money getting it," said a practical chauffeur, "we ought to accept."

"It is unwise," pontifically observed a hotel proprietor. "We Filipinos are not fit for it yet, having enough trouble as it is."

"I can't see that it affects me one way or another," shrugged a waitress.

Newshawks found Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Senate, sick abed with a hot compress about his small brown neck....

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