"A GIGANTIC GAMBLE"
DEFEAT OF NEUTRALITY BILL THE PRESIDENT'S OPINION WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (Received Aug. 10, at 1.45 p.m.) President Roosevelt, at a Press Conference, declared that the defeat of the Neutrality Bill tied his hands in the event of another war crisis arising, while failure to pass a spending and lending programme might place American business on the brink of a. precipice by next spring. He emphasised the gravity of this gigantic gamble, saying, first, that it jeopardised ; the safety of 1,500,000,000 bersons. aud secondly, it threatened the welfare of millions of Americans. He said that the coalition was liable to the full blame if a catastrophe occurred. A Reoublican minority and a group of anti-admin-istration Democrats gambled that war will not break out until after the Congress is reconvened in January. President ," Roosevelt warned them that he was left powerless to avert a crisis as he did in September, 1938, and April, 1939.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 11
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155"A GIGANTIC GAMBLE" Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 11
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