Jose Paciano Garcia Laurel
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A lawyer from Tanauan, Batangas, Laurel was only 32 when he served as secretary of the interior in Governor-General Leonard Wood''s cabinet. He set off a cabinet crisis when he resigned in protest of Wood''s reinstatement of suspended American detective Ray Conley. Other Filipino members of the cabinet followed suit. Laurel provoked the controversial "Cabinet Crisis" in 1923 by submitting his resignation in protest against Wood''s reinstatement of the suspended American detective Ray Conley. His resignation sparked the mass resignation of all the other Filipino members of the cabinetImage type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: With prints List(s) this item appears in: JP Laurel
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Philippine Profiles | PP00559 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PP00559 |
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A lawyer from Tanauan, Batangas, Laurel was only 32 when he served as secretary of the interior in Governor-General Leonard Wood''s cabinet. He set off a cabinet crisis when he resigned in protest of Wood''s reinstatement of suspended American detective Ray Conley. Other Filipino members of the cabinet followed suit. Laurel provoked the controversial "Cabinet Crisis" in 1923 by submitting his resignation in protest against Wood''s reinstatement of the suspended American detective Ray Conley. His resignation sparked the mass resignation of all the other Filipino members of the cabinet.
Secretary of Justice, Jose P. LaurelCaption Note)
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