Evening star., 1935-04-30
Repudiates Testimony by
Gen. Kilbourne and Gen.
Andrews in Message Sent
to Chairman McSWain.
CLAMP IS ORDERED
PUT ON REVELATION
Executive Assures Nations
Friendly to U. S. No Change
Is Envisaged in Relations.
Clerk Blames Public Printer.
Maverick Charges Loose Talk
to Generals and Admirals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Testimony by Army officials that
the United States in an emergency
'must be prepared to seize" British
and French islands near American
shores was repudiated TODAY by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in sharply worded
message to the House Military Affairs
Committee.
In action believed unprecedented
the Chief Executive told Chairman
McSwain that the committee must
cease printing evidence given in execu.
tive session or he, as Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy. Will re-
ouire that none be given hereafter
unless he had previously approved it
This Government" he asserted
"does not in any of it's plans or poll
cies envisage possibility Of change
In the friendly relationship between
the United States and any foreign
country"
Refers to Kilbourne.
The President referred to testimony
before the committee by Brig. Gen
Charles E. Kilbourne. until recently as
sistant chief of staff in charge of war
plans, and Brig. Gen. F. M. Andrews,
head of the new General Headquar-
ters Air Force
The printed transcrip of a secret
session of the Military Committee dis
closed the testimony was given in sup
create half a dozen strategic Army
aviation centers.
Andrews testified that "even with
Canda neutral, the enemy has the
following bases available: New
foundland. St. Pierre and Miquelon,
French Island near Newfoundland;
Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica.
Trinidad. British Honduras and the
Lesser Antilles.
IF the situation is sufficiently vital
to require it, we must be prepared to
seize these outlying bases to prevent
their development by the enemy as
bases Of operations against u.s." An
drews said.
Air Base "Camoufiaged."
Kilbourne testified that "camou-
fiaged" provision for a powerful air
base near the Canadian border had
been written into the bill.
He said he would be glad to include
the Great Lakes area in the measure,
which designates six other strategic
areas for consideration in creating de-
fenSive aviation centers.
. But" he added, II could not put 1t
in the bill because of the Canadian
situation.
"You will notice No. in my bill is
camoufiaged. 1t is called 'intermedi-
ate stations for transcontinental
flights, but it means the same thing"
The Wilcox bill originally proposed
q base in the Great Lakes region, but
1t was eliminated after the officer said:
I'VE would like to put one close to
the Great Lakes, but we must avoid
going too far in establishing new mill
tary stations close to the Northern
border and limit ourselves to those
essential in peace time training op-
erations.
Kilbourne Transferred.
1--WE do not want to accentuate any,
thing that would look as though we
contemplated passing away from the
century-old principle that our Cana
dian border needs no defense. think
1t would be very unfortunate If we
did"
Kilbourne. since he gave his testi-
mony, has been transferred to duty in
Manila.
McSwain was in New York today
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