NEUTRAL AIM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 7

NEUTRAL AIM

AMERICAN STAND BUSTLE IN WASHINGTON OFFICIAL ADVICE WAITED RODSEVEI.T BROADCAST WORKING FOR. PEACE (Klee. Tnl. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 4. 2.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. Unusual bustle and activity was noted at the White House and State Department following Britain’s declaration of war, but there is no evidence of immediate steps either to invoke the arms embargo or to call Congress together.

Since to-morrow is a holiday, officials have a comparatively lengthy period to ponder over their moves. It is understood that President Roosevelt and the Secretary of Stale, Mr. Cordell Hull, listened to the radio broadcast given by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain Tile White House spokesman has announced that the State and Justice Departments are drawing up a proclamation involving the Neutrality Act.

Apparently the proclamation is not to be issued until the United Stales is officially notified that Britain and France are at war with' Germany, which, it is likely, will be delayed by Sunday and Monday holidays in the United States. The proclamation will immediately cut off British and French aeroplane purchases in the United States. ■President Roosevelt, in a nationwide wireless address, again predicated the nation's neutrality, but insisted that lie did not ask people to close their minds and consciences, and pledged the United States to continue to work for peace.