Evening star., 1939-10-24

nary, inland commerce with
Canada from the title and carry"
restrictions of the measure. The
amendment, offered by Senator
Brown, Democrat, of Michigan,
was approved without dissent
ing voice.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
A unanimous consent agreement
which is expected to bring a final
vote on the neutrality bill by Friday
or Saturday was entered into by the
Senate today.
Under the agreement each Sen
ator is allowed IS minutes on every
amendment and As minutes on the
bill itself.
1t was agreed also that no effort
would be made by the administra-
ton forces to hold night sessions of
the Senate, but that the ordinary
hours of debate would prevail. How
ever, 1t Majority Leader Barkley de-
sires to convene the body at II am.
instead of noon, it will be within the
limits of the agreement.
The agreement also carries an
understanding that no motion will
be made to table any amendment.
The motion to table would auto
matically cut of debate. On the
other hand, it was agreed that no
amendments offered purely for dila-
tory tactics would be countenanced.
The arrangement to limit debate,
which the administration forces
have been seeking for several days,
followed a conference this morning
of Senators opposed to repeal of
the arms embargo. After the group,
which met in the office of Senator
Johnson, Republican, of California,
had come to an agreement of its
own on the limitation of debate,
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, was instructed to negotiate
with Senator Barkley on the final
terms.
Discussion on Amendment.
Immediately after the unanimous
consent agreement had been entered
into, the Senate began its first
discussion of an amendment, offered
by Chairman Pittman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, modi-
flying the restrictions of American
merchant ships in the cash-and-
carry provisions of the bill. Sena-
tor Clark Withdrew temporarily an
amendment, which had been pend
ing, in order that the so-called
perfectng amendments offered by
majority of the Foreign Relations
Committee could be disposed Of
first
When the Senate first convened
at noon Senator Nye, Republican, Of
North Dakota made a brief reply
to the charges made against him
by Senator Minton, Democrat. of
Indiana during yesterdays debate.
The Indiana Senator contended
Senator Nye had sought to have
the arms embargo lifted during tho
Spanish civil war.
The seizure of the American
freighter City of Flint by the Ger
mans brought immediate comments
today from Senator Tobey, Repub-
lican, of New Hampshire; Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada,
and others who supported the To-
hey motion to divide up the neu-
trality bill, that this incident could
not have occurred had the motion
been adopted. Senator Tobey's pro.
posal was to put through immedi-
ately as a separate measure the
cash-and-carry provision of the
neutrality bill, leaving the arms
embargo to be acted on later. Sem
ator Tobey said:
THE United States Maritime
Commission has announced that
the City of Flint was admittedly
carrying contraband goods to a bel
ligerent nation.
Motion Was Defeated.
1.-TWO weeks ago today, the Senate
defeated the motion to take up i'm
mediately as separate bill the
safeguard provisions which would
ban our ships from the war zones
at once, without holding them up
throughout the debate on the more
controversial issue of arms embargo
repeal.
Had the motion passed, Congress
could have in a weeks time re-
moved the hazards which accrue to
our ships from sailing through the
war zones. Had this action been
taken, the City Of Flint and all
other American vessels would have
been ordered out of the war zones
at least a week ago and this present
situation averted.
But first things first was op-
posed by the administration and the
responsibility can be placed direct
ly upon those who defeated the mo-
ton"
Administration Senators, on the
other hand, took the position that
the whole neutrality bill, including
the arms embargo repeal, should
have been put through two weeks
ago.
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, Of
South Carolina, supporter of the
administration bill, told reporters:
Under the pending embargo res
peal bill, there would be no such in
cident as the City of Flint seizure,
since American shipping would not
(See NEUTRALITY, Page A-5O
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