Representative Johnson
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- Jan 15, 1929Seattle's Filipino Editors Draw a Line: Restrict Us If You Must — But Never Shut Us OutAs agitation builds in Congress to bar Filipinos from the mainland, the editors of Seattle's Filipino Forum weigh the Johnson bill and conclude that a quota, however bitter, is preferable to outright exclusion — which they call an imperialist injustice.308 King St., Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1929“Close Your Gates to Us — But Give Us Independence First”A Filipino student in Seattle goes before the Labor Union's legislative committee to head off an exclusion bill, and finds the union men surprisingly reasonable — because independence, he argues, gives them exactly what they want anyway.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1929A Filipino Commissioner Fires Back at the Johnson BillSeattle's Filipino community, facing a federal bill to exclude them from the mainland, hears Commissioner Pedro Guevara argue that America owes the Philippines independence before it owes it exclusion.Seattle, WA