NEUTRALITY ACT
CHANCES OF REVISION
EFFECT OF SINKING
OF TANKER
CONGRESS SUPPORT
(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.) (Rec. 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Administration leaders consider that the sinking of the tanker I. C. White by an Axis raider has materially increased Congressional support for any changes in the Neutrality Act which President Roosevelt may suggest. Supporters of the President's foreign policy described the sinking as "another link m.the chain of.events justifying the revision, or even the outright repeal, of the Neutrality Act. The chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sol Bloom, commented: "I favour complete repeal of the Neutrality Act. The sinking of the I. C. White shows that there is no respect for ships anywhere. "It might have been sunk in the Potomac River." . It is now stated that 34 of the American tanker's crew were rescued.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 84, 6 October 1941, Page 8
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