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March 24, 1934

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NEW AIR MAIL BILL LETS OLD LINES BID; Revised Measure Would Force Concerns to Reorganize to Get 3-Year Contracts.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Revised McKellar-Black permanent bill introduced in Sen; permits cos whose contracts were cancelled to bid for new contracts, even if they bring suits against govt for abrogation of contracts; reorganization of cos provided for; Postmaster Gen not to be czar of routes; ICC to have regulatory powers; Dept of Commerce to rule on equipment; cos required to carry mil pilots as co-pilots

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LAGUARDIA CALLS CONFERENCE TODAY TO END TAXI STRIKE; Blames Both Sides for Trouble and Demands Permanent Settlement. ANGERED BY CRITICISM Resents Partiality Charge and Lays Strong-Arm Methods to Companies. PLEBISCITE MOVE FAILS Golden Says Employers Won't Approve -- Grand Jury Hears O'Ryan on Police Tactics. END TAXI STRIKE, LAGUARDIA WARNS

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Mayor calls conf to end strike; he protests against criticism by cos; charges interference of Chicago interests; Parmelee system scores Mayor; employers reject vote plan; independents ask arrest of strike leaders; Orner, leader, questioned by Asst Atty Gen McGoey; 48 arraigned; O'Ryan explains stand

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Tydings–McDuffie Act

1934The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.[†]

The Philippine Independence Act, or Tydings–McDuffie Act, is an Act of Congress that established the process for the Philippines, then a US territory, to become an independent country after a ten-year transition period. Under the act, the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was written and the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established, with the first directly elected president of the Philippines. It also established limitations on Filipino immigration to the United States.