FOREIGN POLICY OF U.S.

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21973, 23 December 1936, Page 9

FOREIGN POLICY OF U.S.

POWERS OF PRESIDENT VINDICATED ARMS EMBARGO ACT UPHELD P,Y SUPREME COURT (UNITED ntESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 22, 9.50 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 21. The Supreme Court upheld by seven votes to one the constitutionality of the 1934 Arms Embargo Act, in which Mr Roosevelt was authorised to forbid the sale of munitions for use in the recent Gran Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay. The court held that the President was entitled to great latitude in the handling of foreign relations.

The ruling is expected to have an important bearing on the neutrality legislation to be considered by Congress. The Roosevelt administration considers the decision an important victory, not only in regard to the neutrality pacts but also as support of the constitutionality of the famous reciprocal trade treaties, about which there have been grave doubts hitherto.