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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 7

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U.S. NEUTRALITY LAW Roosevelt Concedes Defeat AMERICA’S “WEAKENED LEADERSHIP ”

(By Teles*.aph —Press Abt»oe::ition—Copyright) R July 19, 11.50 p.m. WAbtiINJTUN, July 19. All the n ut-ality I g. L.tion will be de.erreq until next Cjugress, Wh tc House announced lat • to-night, after a threc-honr conference b tween Mr. R?cse»?lt and the Senate Democratic and Republican leaders. As a result of the decision Congress is expected to adjourn on August 5. Mr. Roosevelt is conceding defeat in the face of the conviction of the majority of his confreres that neutrality action aur.ng the present session is impossible. A statement issued said: “The President and the S - tary ci state maintain'd tne d ‘fin t j p < iti ji th t th? bn. failure ta act naw w*ll v.’eal; n the lead rship of the United States in exorcising iti pot *nt influence in the cause of preserving peace among the nations ‘n the event of a new crisis in During the confer r.c- S.natoc Borah is reported to have clashed first with Mr. Roosevelt, regarding whether the administration programme would actually ax nt wai abroad, and then witn Mr. Hull on the likelihood of war in Europe. Senator Borah expressed the opinion that, there would not be war, hut Mr. Hull asserted that there was every likelihoou of it.