The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-14
ECONOMIC HIGHIGHrS

thy God? Micah.
ECONOMIC HIGuIGHTS
. Armageddou has come to Europ
again. Many om1nouslv phopiiet.,
than ever, seem the words of Lor:
Grey, Premier of Bi:.ain, spoke OF
that fateful nignt in 1914 VIXEN tn,
START of the frs World War wa
but few brief hours sway!. 9TH.
lights are going out one - one ovel
Europe. They will not oe liz agar
in our lifetime" And. uppermost ir
the mind Of every American is The
role that our naLion can and Should
play in world affairs in this time OF
disaster abroad. ~. z
The President, has appealed by
radio to the people to maintain
neutrality. He has officially pro-
claimed a state of neutrality, and
has, as required by law declared eff
fective the general arms embargo
imposed by the neutrality act. Go
Ing by all available evidence, the
American people, sympathetic as
the bulk of them are with the cause
Of Britain and France, are vigor-
ously determined to remain neutral
In fact If not in thought. The dis
sillusioning lessons learned from
our participation in the last war
have not been forgotten. Press polls
of members of congress indicate
practically unanimous opposition to
again sending an A.EF. to other
lands. So do the editorial ex-
presstons Of leading newspapers.
It is thought certain that the
President will soon call q special
session Of congress to re-examine
our neutrality legislation. The adj
ministration firmly believes that
we should sell arms and anything
else to warning powers on q CASH
and-carry basis. to be transported in
fheir own ships. The principal con-
1dct between White House and |
congress last session was caused by |
this. The isolationists won and the
In toto embargo was retained. Up
went to war, isolationfst feeling
went to war, isolationiSts feeling
was apparently on the increase. But
In these tragic and stirring times
change in sentiment can and does
come with lightning like rapidity.
Late information indicates that a
number Of Senators and Represent
atives who opposed the Roosevelt
Hull plan have now changed their
position. The vote was extremely
close when the bill came to the
[loor last session, and is is possible
hat the cash-and-carry plan now
has q majority.
theoretically, the cash
'ystem Is a neutral one-any nation )
an come to our shores, get what it {
wants and take 1t home. In actual .
act, as everyone knows, it would !,
re OF immense aid to the democ- :
acies. England absolutely dominates +
he seas and the trade lanes. In 4
ne first few days of the war Eng
and captured several German mer- 4
and forced others to seek =
laven in neutral harbors, where =
hey must remain indefinitely. Brit =
sh warshipS, in the view of military ].
xperts, will make it possible for y
he allies to carry on trade with G
his country on a near normal basis. a
my German ship seeking to make n
run here and back would face !,
lmost certain destruction or cap
IRE. 81
There is one less favorable phase
I the cash-and-carry plan So far
s the British and French are con-
erned-and that lies in the belief
ED by number of qualified men
nat we will be able to give the
emocracies relatively few military
lpplies- that our own rearmament
rogram will swallow practically all
ne arms and munitions and planes
e can produce. That remains to
e seen.
Looking at the war generally,
here is one note Of hope-the op-
lion that it cannot last q very
'ng time, because of Germany's
reat economic weakness, and the
ear desire of the masses Of her
eople for peace. One of the best
sperts says that Germany might
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