Evening star., 1939-11-05
Nye Charges Embargo
Was Repealed 10
Reap War Profit
u. S. as Nation Wished
To Aid Allies, Senotor
Tells D. G. SuIes Group

The arms embargo was repealed
because we as a Nation wanted to
help England and France because
we believe the war Is great moral
crusade" and because of a desire
for war profits, Senator Gerald p.
Nye, Republican, of North Dakota
declared last night.
Senator Nye, one of the leading
unsuccessful opponents of repeal of
the arms embargo, spoke at the
sixth annual banquet of the WASH
ington Sales Representatives Asso-
citation, whose vice president, E. K.
Crone, termed the Senator as
his mo. l presidential candidate"
in introducing him to the $50 as
sociation members at the Willard
Hotel.
What sort of moral crusade is
this?" Senator Nye asked. Ger
many is only seeking a breathing
spell to get ready for another
blitzkrieg. England Is preparing to
fight for the last drop of French
blood and the United States is
seeking public opinion which will
find a Hun behind every door so 1t
can step in and save the world for
the British. There isn't a cause in
the war even resembling democracy"
Warns of "Profits Appetite"
At the same time the North Da-
kota Senator warned that the worst
enemy America has to face in keep
ing out of war is its own appetite"
for war profits.
In spite Of our determination to
stay out of war, there are those in
America who are eager and deter
mined to have the profits of war
and yet stay out" Senator Nye con-
tinued. I'm a day when the supply
front is just as important as the
military front it is impossible to be
both in and out OF war"
Senator Nye asserted we are faced
with the challenge of whether "our
Nation is going to cast its lot with
those who can't hold the peace and
gamble in that institution which is
the vilest enemy of democracy, the
institution of war"
Traces Steps to Last War.
Senator Nye then traced the cir
cumstances which he said led the
United States into the last war-the
allies need for money; wartime pros
perity here; the allies later nnan-
cial exhaustion and need for credit
and flnal entry in the war was the
only way to maintain our trade and
avert panic.
This experience caused Congress
to write the Neutrality Act, includ-
ing the arms embargo. From the
President on down. men prayed for
the existence of the arms embargo
as the means to strengthen our
neutrality and to keep us out of
war" the Senator declared.
why, then, was the embargo re-
pealed?" he continued. Not be-
cause 1t was unneutral, for it was
one OF the most neutral things we
have done. It was repealed because
we as a nation wanted to help Eng
land and France and because we
believe that the war abroad is
WdtteI OF great moral crusade
and because we want the profits
available in war without realizing
the ultimate effects"
T. Urge Vigilance.
Later in radio address over sta
ton WJSV last night Senator Nye
urged the people to watch vigi-
lantly and speak out against "any
steps that might ultimately mean
war for our country"
Presiding over the association
banquet was Charles D. Wright,
president of the organization. Head
ed by their chairman, Mr.. Crone,
Banquet Committee members in
cluded G. H. Robertson, C. w.
O'Hair and j. H. Delp.