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OCR Page 1 of 4LAW OFFICES
TELEPHONES NA. 8451 & 8452
OF
CABLE ADDRESS"SEWAH"
HARRY B. HAWES
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
WASHINGTON 6, D. C.
PERSONAL
April 13,1946
President of the United States,
Harry S. Truman,
White House.
My dear Harry:
The Congress has passed the Filipino War Damage Bill
after a long delay. It provides, among other things, for
the appointment by you, subject to the approval of the
Senate, of a Commission of three composed of two Americans
and one Filipino to review and pass upon war damage claims.
I have refused, although besieged, to make recommend-
ations to you for political appointments or promotions, and
this is the only variation from this policy because one of
the commissioners must be a Filipino.
The unsettled political situation in the Philippines
may cause you to rely upon advice disassociated from the
pending election.
President Roosevelt called me from Warm Springs just
before he was inauguarated and asked if I would accept the
position of Governor-General of the Philippines. I declined
but have devoted practically all of my time since 1931 to
the subject of Philippine-American relations.
The responsibility of selecting the Philippine member
of the Commission is yours, and I take the very great liberty
of recommending to you, as strongly as I can, Dr. Urbano A.
Zafra as the Filipino member.
I have known Dr. Zafra for thirteen years and I can
say confidently that his character, honesty and integrity
are of the highest order and above reproach.
Dr. Zafra has acted as Economic Adviser to both Presi-
dents Quezon and Osmena, Member of President Osmena's War
Cabinet, and Member of the Filipino Rehabilitation Commission.
He is a lawyer, an economist and an accountant. He was
delegate to the World's Organization Conference at Frisco last
Spring and to other conferences of the United Nations. As
Chairman of President Osmena's Technical Committee he was re-
sponsible in the publication of five volumes on post-war
Philippine rehabilitation and wrote the reports on "American-
Philippine Trade Relations" and on "Philippine War Damages".
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