WAR DANGER
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CONCERNED
EFFECT OF AMERICAN EMBARGO
MAY ENCOURAGE HITLER TO USE FORCE. HOPES OF REVERSING HOUSE DECISION. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. NEW YORK. July 4. President Roosevelt is gravely concerned over the possibilities of a war in Europe and spent the day al Hyde Park studying the diplomatic dispatches. He Lears Hint the refusal by the House of Representatives to repeal the arms embargo will encourage Herr Hitler to resort to force in pressing his demands. Mr Roosevelt may make a nationwide broadcast to gain support for the unamended Bloom' Bill. The “New York Times” says: “Because the House is traditionally more responsive to popular will than is the Senate, Mr Roosevelt is concerned lest the dictators receive an impression that the general public here is opposed to his foreign policy. The President is convinced that the country is overwhelmingly behind his efforts to strengthen the hands of England and France, and that it favours exporting arms and munitions to them in the event of unprovoked aggression.” The New York “Herald-Tribune,” in an editorial, says: “It is to be hoped that the Senate, when it 1 reconsiders the Neutrality Bill, will take a long view, and not merely a political view. As a Republican newspaper, we regret, that in the House so many Republicans seemed to vote primarily with a view to embarrassing the President. The crisis is far too serious for such petty spitefulness.” The Washington correspondent of the New York “Post” says: “The Danzig crisis has provided the Administration with such a strong argument that there is a growing hope that the Senate will agree to lift the embargo. The argument is taking hold that the United States will be serving notice on Hitler that this country will become a supply base for England and France and may preserve the peace of Europe.” The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider the Neutrality Bill on Wednesday and probably will take a week to draft a report. If the Senate knocks out the embargo there is little doubt that the House will accept the change.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1939, Page 5
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