As it is reported now it contains some new provisions. but the committee is unanimous on one point. and that is that a condition of uncertainty exists which calls for a decision upon the part of the Congress. All the witnesses who appeared before the House committee and before the Senate committee. with only on exception. agreed whether they were for independence or opposed to independence. that a situation of uncertainty existed which should be decided by this Congress. Union labor with its 5.000.000 membership. farm organizations with their membership of some 4.000.000. and various business organizations have placed themselves on record as being in favor of action on this subject at this session. and from the Pacific coast there comes the unanimous demand that the matter of limitation of immigration from the Philippine Islands be settled. Supplementing the request from the Pacific coast we find the American Legion indorsing exclusion of Philippine immigrants. But we found in both Houses. and especially in the Senate. a feeling that to limit or change the economic relations now subsisting between the islands and our people prior to a definite declaration of policy as to our future intent would be an immoral act. that it would be repugnant to a sense of right and justice to attempt to handle matters affecting tariff or immigration or limitations until the policy of the United States regarding independence had been settled. Both Senators and Congressmen have stated that they favored limitations and exclusions. but would not vote for either until independence was decided upon and a definite date set for the termination of our sovereignty. Only one witness before either the Senate or House committees even indicated that such a course could be justified.
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