Evening star., 1939-09-22
BY JOHN C. HENRY,

In swift procession, President
Roosevelt scheduled conferences to-
day with Senators holding key spots
in the impending fight for neu-
trality law revision.
Hopeful of obtaining relatively
quick enactment of legislation. as
outlined in his special message to
Congress yesterday, and then an
adjournment of the session, the
President talked first this morning
with Senate Minority Leader Nc.
Nary and Senator White, Repub-
Hcan of Maine, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator McNary has taken a
position against repeal of the arms
embargo as sought by the Admins
tratlon, but has readily agreed to
cooperate with the President in
handling the whole problem on a
non-political basis. AS he left the
meeting today the Senator told
reporters the conversation with the
President had been general, with the
Chlef Executive passing along his
information that unidentified for.
eign submarines had been sighted
on the Alaskan and New England
coasts.
Other Senators Follow.
On the appointment list, to follow
at l5-minute intervals, were Sena-
TORS Downey Of California, Connallv
OF Texas, Donahey of Ohio and
gillette OF Iowa, all Democrats.
Senators Connally and Gillette are
members of the Foreign Relations
Committee, the latter having cast a
crucial vote last summer in favor
OF delaying consideration of neu-
trallty revision. Since then, he has
indicated approval of the admins
tration position.
On leaving the White House. Sem
ator Gillette said he was opposed
to enactment of a cash-and-carrv
provision on the ground it would
place premium on aggression. He
made clear, however, that he feels
tnat repeal Of the arms embargo
and a return to international law
would be a satisfactory solution,
pointing out that he has a bill
pending in his own name which
would, in effect, remove the en-
barge.
p. however, the Iowa Senator said
more than $500 kilograms had been
received by him in opposition to
h1ting the embargo or enacting q
cash h-and-carry provision. Less than
30, he said. favored removing the
embargo. The Senator said his mail
showed a similar trend.
Committee Chairman Pittman. al.
ready engaged in drafting an ad-
mlnlstration measure for his group.
was to follow the other Senators to
the White House.
Meanwhile. the Democratic Policy
and Steering Committees of the
Senate voted unanimously in favor
OF confining the special session ito
the purposes for which the President
mas convened it." Majority Leader
Barkley said he interpreted this as
excluding everything except the neu.
trality legislation outlined by Mr..
Roosevelt yesterday.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
brought his new Agricultural Ad.
vlsory Council to see the President
at noon. The council has been meet
ing here this week to consider food
price and production problems.
Cabinet Meets at 2 PM.
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Edison and Admiral Harold Stark.
chief OF Naval Operations, were to
confer with Mr.. Roosevelt Just be-
fore he lunched with Postmaster
General Farley. The cabinet was
10 hold its regular weekly meeting
at the White House at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Roosevelt told his press con-
ference he had seen 40 or so tele-
grams this morning in response to
MS plea Tor repeal of the arms en-
pargo, most of them coming from
Governors and personal friends
secretary Stephen Early said the
telegraph companies reported a
heavier response than to any recent
address by the President and that
an but 8 or 10 of those tabulated
mad been in support of his pro-
gram.
Ihe President said he was aware
there has been an increasing amount
OF opposition mail coming to leeis-
iators on Capitol Hill. It was Also
SAID by other White House sources
tnat communist and Nazi organiza-
tlons in this country are exertino
positive efforts on orders from MOS
COW and Berlin to defeat the Presi.
dents neutrality program.
Mr. Roosevelt planned to spend
tomorrow and Sunday at his home
IN Hyde Park, N. Y.
Glass at White House.
moving swiftly after the presenta.
tion OF Lis neutrality recommends.
IONS to Congress at pm. yesterday,