The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30


 increasing pressure for the embargo.
 Cause of this is tremendous deluge of mall attacking the Career Boys pro-Franco attitude, plus increasing undercover agi- tation against the embargo on Capitol Hill, plus the fact that the Career Boys have not been quite sure that their chief in the White House would stay out.
 The last has been their chief worry, for during the past ten days Roosevelt has been up against considerable senatorial pressure. Senators Talk Turkey
 The real purpose of their visits was not announced, but at least two nators, Borah of Idaho and Thomas of Utah, talked turkey to Roosevelt on the Spanish embargo, while several others made known their sentiments.
 The announced reason for Borah's visit was anti monopoly legislation, but actually this was not the case. Both he and Thomas argued that the em- bargo against Spain was any, thing but neutrality, and that the United Staets was penaliz- ing 8 country now fighting the anti-fascist battle which some day the United States itself might have to face.
 To this the President replied that personally he would like to see the embargo lifted, but that to permit the sale of arms to Loyalist Spain actually would reach the Insurgents, since the later controlled the sea. (The Senators since have submitted evil dence to Roosevelt that the Loyal 1St navy is far superior and that he is mistaken.)
 Anglo-American Deal
 Roosevelt gave other reasons for not doing anything about Spain, but he did not mention the chief reason, namely that lifting the Spanish embargo would upset Bri- tish plans to help Franco win, and that the State Department now has worked out a virtual Anglo-American alliance effective as far as policy in Europe is con- cerned.
 It was to remind him of American obligations to the Bri- tish, and to urge rigid position against lifting the embargo, that Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles trotted across the street so many times. He want ed to make sure that the Presi- dent did not weaken between his senatorial visits.
 For any American move to lift the Spanish arms embargo would be terrific slap at Prime Minis ter Chamberlain, would largely nullify the British government boast, already being made in dip lomatic circles throughout Eu- rope, that Britain has American foreign policy in its hip pocket. Deep Rooted
 How deep-rooted the new Anglo-American understanding" has become is indicated by three recent developments:
 l. The leak that U. s. naval maneuvers will be held in the Atlantic next summer. Such maneuvers have not occurred for some time, and naval StrategiSts say 1t is for the purpose of in- dicating that the United States should not be counted out as a force across the Atlantic.
 2. Present European negotia- tions for a Four-P Power Pact, to which the Career Boys long ago gave their blessing. This is the aim of Nazi-minded Hugh Will son, U. s. Ambassador to Berlin, also of Ambassador Bill Bullitt. who spent last weekend with Roosevelt on the Potomac.
 3. More important than any of these, of course, was the Roose- welt statement blessing the Mus solini- Chamberlain division of Arabia and Northeast Africa.
 NOTE-The new Anglo-Ameri- can understanding is going to be emphatically denied by the State Department, but you will hear lot more about it for a long time to come.
 Kidding and Kissing
 Representative Tom McMillan comes from Charleston, s. C., and when a large section of Congress junketed down there to see the Azaleas last week, some of Toms colleagues poured 1t on thick. The burden of their tribute was that no man on Capitol Hill wangled more and larger pork grabs for his district than Tom McMillan.
 Even Republican Floor Leader Burt Shell joined in the chorus of admiration while Representa- tive Andy May of Kentucky said McMillan was so effective in gar- ----------~------------