A Bill to Amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 1407, a Bill to Amend the Act Entitled "An Act to Provide a Civil Government for Puerto Rico and for Other Purposes," Approved March 2, 1917, as Amended, and Known as the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. Washington, D.C., November 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, and December 1, 1943United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, United States. President's Committee to Revise the Organic Act of Puerto Rico U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943 - 605 páginas |
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Act of Puerto amendment American appointed appropriations approved attorney auditor authority BACHRACH believe BENÍTEZ-REXACH Bosch BROPHY Chairman citizen colonial committee coordinator Dennis Chavez departments discussion DOMENECH draft duties economic elected Governor ELLSWORTH executive council Father McGOWAN Federal Government Federal representative feel fiscal FORTAS functions give going government secretary Governor of Puerto Governor TUGWELL GUTIERREZ-FRANQUI HARPER HIGHLEY independence insular government Interior island Judge TRAVIESO justice LAMB legislation Legislature of Puerto Lieutenant Governor matter mean ment municipal objection opinion organic act party PEÑA PEREA person Porto present President Pro-Independence Congress problem proposed Puerto Rico question RAMÍREZ-SANTIBAÑEZ recommendations record responsibility Rican salary Secretary ICKES self-government Senator BONE Senator BREWSTER Senator CHAVEZ Senator ELLENDER Senator IRIARTE Senator MUÑOZ-MARÍN Senator TAFT statehood statement supreme court thing THORON tion TORRES United VALDES veto power vote Washington
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