The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-27


 A German merchant vessel lying in a U. s. port observes the de- parture of British vessel loaded with cotton, oil or other raw ma terials of war. The German ves- sel radios to a submarine, some of which are now in U. s. waters, giv- ing a description of the ship, its cargo, time of departure and other essential information.
 Result of these communications is to increase the hazard already encountered by British shipping from German submarines, and to place this country in the position of aiding in strikingly unneutral act.
 The radio-muffling would have to be done not only to German ships, however, but to ships of all belligerents. 2, -@ir@ FLANDERS FIELDS
 Tn the midst of State Depart ment rush, there is one man who takes moment to reflect on the poppies. R. Walton C'Judge'1 Moore, counselor. of the Depart ment, has lived long enough to see wars in perspective.
 Its a strange thing" says Judge Moore, "how poppies grow over the graves of dead soldiers" He recalls that when he visited the ancient battlefield of Water loo in 1913, poppies.grew in such profusi0n as to make the wheat fields red.
 He also recalls the John Mc- Crea poem about the poppies Tn Flanders Fields. But he does not go so far as to believe that the blood of dead soldiers is in it. self the cause of red flowers grow ing on fields of battle.
 EMBARGO LINEUP
 The arms embargo battle opened in the Senate with a clear majority for repeal, but with the final outcome still very much in doubt.
 Most significant thing about 1t was the Administrations painful and last minute discovery that the scrap was going to be a lot tougher than expected.
 When the President issued his call, the private feeling in the inner White House circle was that there would be relatively little difficulty about lifting the embargo. This view prevailed up to the time the Senate convened, when 1t was quickly discarded.
 To the surprise of Administra- tionites, they learned that four Republicans they had counted on were on the other side, and cer- tain other Republicans and Democrats who also had been listed as sure repealers were balancing on the fence and re- fusing to commit themselves. None would give any definite reason for his uncertainty, but they indicated they were much impressed by the preponderance of the mail they were getting against repeal.
 A secret investigation of this mail now under way indicates that 8 considerable portion of it is coming from Fr. Coughlin, Bund, and foreign sources. But much of it Is not inspired, is motivated entirely by fear that tampering with the neutrality law will open the way to involving the country in the European conflict. NO PARTY LINES
 Abs significant is the disjount- :, ing of party and factoinal lines over the issue.
 On the Republican side the lead- CTS are widely split, McNary and Vandenberg against repeal, Aus tin and Taft favoring it. The Democrats, for the first time since 1887, are much more unified, all though they, too, have a few big name dissenters.
 Most of the anti-New Dealers, particularly from the South, are backing Roosevelt - to the pri- vate, amused embarrassment of both factions. They have called each other so many names In the past that they arc a little nervous at the idea of playing bah together.
 NOTE--The announcement of the isolationists that they do not intend to fiiibuster should be tak- en with . large grain of salt. Their whole strategy is to stall for time,