In huddle. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre, left, in a huddle with Senator Key Pittman following Sayre's Appearance before the Senate Territorial and Insular Affairs Committee today in support of amendments to the Tydings-McDuffie Independence Act. Sayre told the Committee vital interests of the U.S. in the Far East were concerned in the disposition of the Philippines, 2-21-39