Show president signs philippine constitution constitute on 1 1 AV 7 X va Z 1 17 A AV another step taken toward independence another step toward the complete independence of the philippine islands was taken when the philippine constitution was signed by president velt in the cabinet room of the white house the picture above shows the president as he affixed his signature to the document seated beside the president are secretary of war dern an and manuel L quezon president of tin the philippine senate others in the group are brigadier general cox chief of the bureau of insular alT altairi aIrs frank murphy gov arnor general of the philippine islands secretary of state cordell null hall senator key pittman of nevada chairman of the senate foreign relations committee miguel cuaderno member of the philippine constitutional convention pedro guevara philippine resident commissioner manuel roxas member of the philippine constitutional convention francisco delgado philippine resident commissioner claro clara al president of the philippine constitutional convention and gen teodoro San kandiko Sandl dIko ko vice president of the constitutional convention when news of the signing was received in the islands celebrations were held as the filipinos rejoiced over their coming independence many in this country however view possible consequences with alarm in the news new 1 president roosevelt signing g the philippine constitution i with him at the table are secretary of war dern and manuel quezon president of the philippine senate 2 baron von neurath german foreign minister who assisted hitler in the discussion with sir john simon british foreign minister over germanys germanas Germ anys rearmament plans 3 harry hopkins federal relief administrator right testifying before the house committee on education |