Dwight Filley Davis
Dwight Filley Davis
The governor-general of the Philippines (1929-1931), in light suit, with his vice governor, George C, Butte. In 1931, Davis vetoed 88 percent of the 281 bills the legislature had passed in its sine die sessions. He urged the legislature to concentrate on economic instead of political questions, citing the Philippines'' agricultural backwardness compared to its Asian neighbors.
1931
Americans
Malacañang
1929
1931
economic
governors-general
legislature
political agriculture
sine die
vice governor butte
The governor-general of the Philippines (1929-1931), in light suit, with his vice governor, George C, Butte. In 1931, Davis vetoed 88 percent of the 281 bills the legislature had passed in its sine die sessions. He urged the legislature to concentrate on economic instead of political questions, citing the Philippines'' agricultural backwardness compared to its Asian neighbors.
1931
Americans
Malacañang
1929
1931
economic
governors-general
legislature
political agriculture
sine die
vice governor butte