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Over Paul V. McNutt's white head an Army officer held a woman's umbrella. "A nation is born," said McNutt. "Long live the Republic of the Philippines." Rain dripped from the red, white, blue and gold flags and from the cheesy plaster statues; tears ran down the cheeks of President Manuel Roxas...
...returned to Philippine command June 30-after presenting it with $50 million worth of arms and equipment-would lead the big parade. On the ship-shaped platform, resolutely pointing to the future, General Douglas MacArthur, who had promised to return and did, would speak. Silver-haired Paul McNutt, the retiring U.S. High Commissioner and the first U.S. Ambassador to the Philippine Republic, would read the formal proclamation from President Truman which would transform the Commonwealth into a Republic...
...Nominated Philippines High Commissioner Paul McNutt as first U.S. ambassador to the Philippines...
...William McNutt Thomson...
Neither the islands nor the job were new to McNutt, but both had changed immeasurably since his prewar term (1937-39) as U.S. High Commissioner. The ruins of Philippine economy were almost as visible as the ghastly wreckage of Manila. Business was virtually paralyzed, black markets had shot prices out of sight, and a confusion of currencies- prewar money, guerrilla money, invasion money - complicated all trading. Filipinos stood sullenly by without credit while the old Spanish business families and the Chinese merchants did the best they could with what opportunities they could find...