Word: insular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Directly responsible for the Philippines as Secretary of War, Patrick Jay Hurley from his sick bed sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Insular Affairs opposing, in the name of the Hoover Administration, freedom for the Islands now or at a fixed future date as "disastrous alike to the ultimate interests of both the Filipino and American people...
Impartial House observers rate him thus: A steady-going unimaginative legislator, he possesses qualities which regular Republicans consider sterling. No House leader, he gives reliable support to the House leadership. He is a good specialist on insular affairs, deprived by G. O. Policy of an opportunity to display his legislative ability and special knowledge along that line. Politically practical, above the average in parliamentary intelligence, he lends substance if not color to the Republican House majority...