SHOOT ON SIGHT

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21531, 20 September 1941, Page 7

SHOOT ON SIGHT

MR ROOSEVELT’S ORDER CHAMBER’S CHANGED VIEW ASSISTANCE TO ALLIES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright; (Received Sept. 20, 11.0 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 Mr Dirksen, a member of the House of Representatives, who previously was a strong opponent of the Administration’s foreign policy, said: “Domestic opposition to Mr Roosevelt’s shoot-on-sight order to the Navy would impair our prestige and imperil the nation.” He urged the American people to adopt a policy of moderationism, as opposed to isolationism and interventionism. Mr Dirksen added that Congress should provide such funds, supplies and authority as are needed to make the policy of assisting Britain and her Allies effective. NEW CARGO SHIPS

MASS PRODUCTION PLANS QUICK TRANSFER TO BRITAIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 20, 11.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 The Navy has announced that a Government Corporation is being formed for the mass production of the new Sea Otter cargo ships. The ships can be delivered to the Lend-and-Lease Agency for transfer to Britain and her allies as quickly as they are built. The company’s board of directors include Colonel Knox and RearAdmiral Land. All the stock is owned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. OBJECTION TO BLOCKADE OFFER FROM DJIBUTI (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 20, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 19 In protesting against the continuation of the British blockade the Djibuti radio, on behalf of the Administration, offered to place the Port Djibuti-Addis Ababa railway under international control. CLAIM BY REFUGEES 676,000 DOLLARS SOUGHT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 20, 11.30 a.m.) ' NEW YORK, Sept. 19 Thirty-three of 700 European refugees who arrived by the small Spanish freighter Navemar after a nightmare crossing of the Atlantic have filed a libel suit against the ship asking 676,000 dollars refunds of passage money and indemnities. They asserted that they were overcharged and that the ship was unbearably overcrowded and insanitary.