Pointers To President’s Speech
(Received 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 25. It is confirmed that Administration spokesmen have expressed views which may be pointers to President Roosevelt’s “fireside chat” next Tuesday. Senator Guffy, in a radio speech, demanded convoys for cargoes going to Britain. “We face the alternative cf convoying now or fighting later,” he declared. Senator Mead, in a letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Cordell Hull) urged “seizure by force without delay” of French possessions in the western hemisphere unless Vichy consents to the American use of them as bases. In addition,. Senator Pepper, after a conference with the assistant Secretary for State (Mr. Berle), commented: “It is only a matter of time before we repeal the Neutrality Act either by law or in fact.” A test poll revealed that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would support by 13 to 10 repeal of the Neutrality Act should the Administration propose it.
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Northern Advocate, 26 May 1941, Page 4
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