SPECIAL SESSION
AMERICAN CONGRESS FAR EAST SITUATION HOME AND FOREIGN MATTERS (Received October 14, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 13 President Roosevelt has announced that a special session of Congress will assemble on November 15. It is surmised that, apart from domestic issues notably crop control, hours and wages legislation, and the strengthening of the anti-trust laws. Mr. Roosevelt will submit the foreign situation to Congress. The opinion is prevalent that Mr. Roosevelt, by calling the special session,' lias risked embarrassment at a delicate stage in foreign affairs. It is certain that members of Congress, in spite of Mr. Roosevelt's implied desire for a freo hand, will offer many resolutions and bills relating to the Sino-Japanese war. Peace organisations, and also several members of Congress, are demanding more rigid neutrality. On the other hand, some want the repeal of the neutrality legislation. Mr. M. M. Logan, Democrat member of the Senate for Kentucky, declares that the neutrality law is foolish. He urges a collective blockade of Japan by \the fleets of the world Powers. An interesting sidelight is that Mr. Roosevelt has written a 50-page book discussing steps whereby world, peace could be achieved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22860, 15 October 1937, Page 11
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193SPECIAL SESSION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22860, 15 October 1937, Page 11
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