TODAY IN HISTORY: On April 14, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed the Joint Preparatory Commission on Philippine Affairs to recommend a program of economic adjustment as the Philippines moved towards independence. The committee, composed of American and Filipino experts, was to study trade relations between the United States and the Philippines and to recommend a program for the adjustment of Philippine national economy.
This photo shows President Manuel L. Quezon and his family, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Captain McCre in Washington, D.C., May 13, 1942.
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(Photo courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum)
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