The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13

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 Several members of the Cabinet had vigorously protested MT. Hull's stand, while various members of Congress also had opposed him, However, Mir. Hull contended that since the treaty only prohibited the "lmportation" of arms, he was not violating the treaty, though Germany was.
 Senator Nyc, one of the authors of the Neutrality Act, countered that the act specifically stated that no arms should Do shipped "in violation of any treaty., Nye claimed that 1t made no difference which side violated the treaty, but only that the treaty was violated
 At one time MT. Hull's Cabinet colleagues got SO aroused that they asked the Justice Department for an opinion whether he was violat- Ing the treaty. Thereupon the see- retary of state telephoned Alter. ney General Frank Murphy urging that the Justice Department up- hold him. He explained that this was e very personal issue and said he would be greatly embarrassed If the opinions were against him,
 Tn other words. the secretary of state put c personal Issue ahead of e national Issue, and continued to ship arms to Germany even though 1t was obvious to all, and must Nave been obvious to him, that Hitler was preparing to use these arms to destroy the peace of the world. MRS. HULL
 When Mrs. Cordell Hull had . birthday last week. she received an unexpected bouquet of flowers from the telephone operators who work the State Department switchboard.
 The girls do not know Mrs. Hull personally, but they know her voice and they like 1t, When she calls the geeretafy's office, she chats with them before the con- nection is made and says, How are my girls?'
 When tho birthday came around, the girls remembered her.
 FRENCH SECRET TANKS
 Reason why the French are breaking into the S!egfried Line is that they have developed c new mountain tank, heavily armored, which is capable of going straight Up to c German pill-box and standing over 1t while 1t plants mines alongside, almost as if it were driving piles.
 After planting the mines. the
 tank wllhdraws and the mines
 blow up the pili-box.
 One Of the most important de- lenses of the S.egfried Line is c series Of small pill-boxes con- taining machine gunners. They scarcely protrude above the ground, are an almost impossible target for artillery, and wreak deadly havoc upon infantry, But tho French tank seems to have solved the problem.
 The siegfried Line also has many tank traps" and hidden electric mines, SO that the French may encounter increased difficulty as they progress farther into the defenBes.
 AMERICAN TANKS
 During the Spanish civil war, the Moors discovered one way to destroy tanks, namely to hug the ground until the tank got 50 close that its guns could not be operated against them.
 At this point, the Moors threw
 hand grenades under the tank, and blew it to pieces.
 The U. 8. Army experimented with this gunilery defect at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds re- gently. and pondered the question Of putting arfnored bottoms on the tanks. However, the Army concluded that the loss of 6 few tanks and men was not worth the extra expense.
 LAME DUCK PATRIOTS
 The extent to which banished lame ducks, under the cry of the war emergency, are being restored to high place in the administra- ton Is breath- taking.
 Dynamic Assistant War Eecre- tary Louis Johnson started the ball rolling by loading Up the powerful War Resources Board with four personal and business associates of J, P. Morgan & Go. The iast-named member of this