PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DOES NOT CONSIDER REVISION
(United Press Association—Telegraph Copyright) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 28. . President Roosevelt explained to the Press that he had no intention of asking for the repeal of the Neutrality Act and he was not considering its revision. He had in mind no executive orders to implement the proclamation of unlimited emergency, without which, he explained, there could be no action under the full emergency powers.
Mr Roosevelt was expected to clarify the convoy issue at the conference. However, he did not specify his views, but said he thought the freedom of the seas could be maintained compatibly with the Neutrality Act. He said it would be a violation of the Neutrality Act for American ships to engage in trade in the combat zones and this step was not contemplated. Mr Roosevelt said that ships could be forbidden to put into ports where there was a chance they might be destroyed. On the labour front, Mr Roosevelt said, he was not making a threat, but the labour objectives of the Government were clear. Action would probably have to be taken if labour and industry did not heed his pleas to merge their minor differences in the interests of defence production.
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Southland Times, Issue 24448, 30 May 1941, Page 5
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