NEUTRALITY ISSUE
ROOSEVELT-HULL MESSAGE
SCANT HOPE OF SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, July 15,
Congressional opinion is sharply divided on the Roosevelt-Hull neutrality message, but apparently nobody's attitude has changed, thereby indicating that there is scant hope that President Roosevelt's wishes will be carried out.
Those who oppose Mr. Roosevelt's views express the opinion that the message was simply an effort by Mr. Roosevelt to place himself on record before the nation.
Senator Johnson said: "We all want peace, but in the selection of one group of belligerents who would receive every support we might accord, Mr. Hull's announced doctrine is at variance with neutrality. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hull have made it crystal clear that they prefer Britain and France and their allies."
Senator Barkley commented: "I think the message is clear, forceful, and right."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 9
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