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Department pointed out they would
violate the spirit of the law, they were
withdrawn.
Represents Minority.
Ninety per cent of business men, he
said, had come along with this view,
but he declared Cuse's action repre-
sented the other 10 per cent.
Mr.. Roosevelt explained he looked
to the recent Supreme Court decision
upholding the Presidents arms en-
barge power to block any damage ac-
ton Cuse might bring if his shipment
is stopped.
When a reporter mentioned that
Cuse contends the airplanes were not
for war purposes, the President said
the same plea was made by shippers
during the early stages of the World
War.
In statement defending his plans
.CuSe said, in part:
Whatever new laws may be passed
in the future, the fact remains that my
company has purchased commercial
alrplanes for shipment to a country
with which We are not at war on the
strength of and in compliance with the
existing laws of our country and the
license for their export was granted
accordingly"
A call for the State Department TO
rescind the license or hold it up until
Congress can act came from Repre-
sentative Rankin, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi.
B0rah Indorses Embargo.
ITO hold a peace conference in
South America he said in a state
ment, "and then permit our nationals
to pour this oil on the flames of a
European conflict is like rising from
prayer and going to target practice.
Senator Borah, Republican, of
Idaho, ranking minority member Of
the Foreign Relations Committee. in
dorsed "in principle" an embargo on
munition shipments to either faction
in any civil war.
But in practice IL will be very diff
cult" he said, Ito define a civil war"
Both Borah and Senator Nye, Re-
publican, of North Dakota, an advo-
cate of drastic neutrality legislation,
cautioned against doing anything that
might indicate this Government was
taking sides in Spain.
Asserting "it is unfortunate that
any citizen should wish to take ad-
nj #
the State Department did the right
thing" in licensing the Cuse airplane
shipment under the present law.
Hits "Cash and Garry" Plan.
He criticized a proposed cash and
carry neutrality plan as "a pretty
sordid conception of national respon-
sibility." i
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan and some other members
of Congress previously had suggested
that munitions shipments to warning
nations be barred and other trade
with them limited to that for which
they paid cash and sent their own
ships.
ouPpO1t 1ok Vic hlOtC W CAUCIlu tklC
neutrality law to the Spanish conflict
came from Senator Capper, Repub-
hcan, of Kansas, of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee He said the present
law was weak" in not mentioning civil
strife.
I'VE ought to give the President
greater discretion, but at the same time
leave no doubt as to the policy of being
absolutely against taking part in Euro
pean wars" he said.
Capper said the country was virtually
unanimous in its desire to keep out of
war and to take the profits out of war.
Senator Nye characterized the Span
ish situation as dynamite" and
warned there might be serious dan
ger" in trying to halt munition ship
ments "at this late date"
Whatever we do now might consti-
tute an unneutral act to one side or
the other" he said.
Another development was q dis
closure by Senator Connally, Demo-
crat. of Texas that he would reintro-
duce in the new Congress a bill au-
thorizing Government operation of
essential industries in war time and
placing a stiff tax on war profits.
The hearings in which Vimalert was
linked with. the Soviet were held by a
special House committee headed by
Representative Fish, Republican, Of
New York.
Basil w. Delgass, former vice presi-
dent of Amtorg, told how the Russian
organization obtained Liberty motors