Word: exgovernor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moths before Major-General Wood became governor-general. President Harding despatched him and ExGovernor General Forbes to the Philippines to make a complete survey and report on conditions. The Wood-Forbes report recommended, among other things, "that the present general status of the Philippine Islands continue until the people have had time to absorb and thoroughly master the powers already in their hands," and "that under no circumstances should the American Government permit to be established in the Philippine Islands a situation which would leave the United States in a position of responsibility without authority." General Wood and Mr. Forbes...