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extracted text: 6 GUARD October, 1937 WAJHINGTGN <<//■!/ ___ By TEODORO AOEA^CO___ If President Quezon had not obeyed the dictates of his heart he would have been back in Malacanang Palace in Manila long ago and the Phil ippines would have been saved many, many thousands dollars. o f had life and will enter into an era of peace, progress and prosperity. who asked many senIf President Quezon considered the miserable of the Filipino masses their abject poverty he would not have lived in the United States after the fashion of the multi-millonaire mahara jas of India. If PresitíhtóyQuezon hadn’t been so racial he would not have surrounded himself with Spanish Filipino mestizos who are not known for their brains and knowledge of American and world affairs. All the members of the Que zon delegation, including Pres ident Quezon himself, took lessons in dancing in New York. They went to dancing school religiously. They learned" new steps, invented new ones and improved old ones President Quezon is said to have discovered heretofore hidden steps and therefore novel movements on which patents may be taken. With the leaders turned into good and graceful dancers, it is ex pected that the Philippines the one sible questions. After the hea rings Roxas said that his pur pose was to make the record more interesting. Joaquin M. Elizalde tried to a3k ques tions, but most of them were pointless. He could not be well understood because he spoke in stacato tones and got his grammatical construc tion mixed up. Jose Yulo, secretary of justice and favorPrimitivo Lovina, future agent or representative of the Philippine National Bank, in New York, is preparing him self for the position socialy and otherwise. He took up dancing lessons at accredited dancing schools, quainted with and entertained went to cabarets, night clubs ite of President Quezon, asked and other legs shows. He wrote to a friend in Wash ngton the “bad news” that the New York burlesque theaters have been closed. He got acpretty girls them He Gil Montilla, the speaker of the Philippine National As sembly, is probably one of the very few Filipinos who holds a world record. He is about the quietest Speaker on earth. This is confirmed by all the Filipino government officials whom we met, and we met the most prominent of them. The hearing held in Wash ington by the Joint Prepara tory Committee was an abso lute flop. They elicited no in terest outside of a half people who do business in the Philip pines. The speakers spoke with half hearted interest. The numerous attendance on the part of the public was 10 persons, Manuel Roxas was questions in a high-pitched voice sounding like a prima donna. Quintin Parede'a, res ident commissioner, was in different. who covered the hearings were disappointed at the lack of action. “This is the dul lest and the most, asinine hearings that I have attend ed,” one newspaperman said. M. Elizalde as resident com mission ?r in succession to Quintin Paredes would be a reflection on the reputation of the Filipino people as an intelligent and patriotic peo ple. This opinion is shared by every 9 Congressmen out of every 10 that we asked. That “Mike” would be lavish in his spending when he be comes a resident commissioner would fluence zero. just reduce in Congress his in to near Mr. of the manager John Foley, New York branch of The newspapermen the Philippine National Bank, has been of great service to the Quezon delegation, ac cording to one of the mem bers. In fact, the members adopted the policy of “Let Foley Do It,” while they went about their never-ending social Madame Manuel L. Quezon has dignity, poise and wis dom, and the Filipino people are justly proud of her and give her their accolade of ad miration and affection. Major-Domo Manuello Nietotati is understood to be thinking of taking o u t a patent on a group of dance steps which the II Duce Fili pino has stumbled upon one evening when he overdid the light fantastic and tripped. rounds. Manila Buencamino has filling the newspapers accounts of his “work” and the United J Quezon does not like native Filipinos. He would only step out in New York City and Washington with meztizos. Sophomoric «nd fustian editor Komulo and other full-blood ed Filipinos in his entourage Majesawait In been with in London States. The biggest joke wks to call Buencamino as “the Benjamin Franklin of the Philippines,” Quezon is hard and relentless in his condem nation of Felipe Buencamino for deserting his post in Lon don when he was sent there as a delegate for the Philip pines to take part in the World Sugar Conference. stay home to run His tv’s household and to His Majesty’s arrival. Porfirio U. Sevilla, sitting his well-appointed office New York is trying hard forget the past. Porfirio a modest person and he Harry Former Senator Harry Hawes believes with us that the appointment of Joaquin in in to is does not WHnf his past raked up and aired. Through so ciable Porfirio Filipino gov ernment offic ah met Ameri can ladies of beauty and hap py , disposition. 1 /é Cf/'> !TO GUARD’S 1 he management re quests all the subscribers and advertisers of The GUARD not to pay to any person not issuing official receipts. Persons collecting advanced payments ia the name of The GUARD are suspected to be racketeers. 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