The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23


House invitation in time to accept
1t.
The whole committee had been
scheduled to meet today but this
meeting was postponed until Mon
day because it was said, q bill en-
bodying President Roosevelt's pro-
posals could not be drafted in time.
Pittman's trump" meeting was
designed to get a bill ready in time
for consideration early next week.
Every delay tends to strengthen
the isolationist cause.
Administration leaders insist that
they expect Republican cooperation
in limiting the special session to
emergency measures, topped by neu-
trality.
Debate May BE Delayed
II neutrality bill Is not reported
by Pittman's committee Monday.
the start of debate may be delayed
until late in the week.
Both sides are looking for big
name, non-political endorsements
for a selling campaign which al
ready has brought one advertising
technician into the secret counsels
Of the Senate opponents Of arms
embargo repeal. He was identified
simply as Chester Boles. Of Connec-
ticut. He and former Governor Phil
La Toilette of Wisconsin met yes
terday with isolationists In their
third huddle in two days.
Sen. Robert M. La Toilette, r.,
wis, Is advocating O national en-
lightenment" campaign against re-
peal. He Is endeavoring to persuade
the score or 50 of senator's who COM
prise the isolationist steering COM
mittee that q big Job remains to be
done In that field. Some of his COL
leagues, notably Borah do not agree.
The flow Of mail has become
enormous and so far as senators
reveal its contents 1t Is lopsidedly
in opposition to repeal. That fact
is bearing heavily on some senators
who have not publicly announced
their position.
Largely Legitimate
Anti-repeal senators insisted that
the mailed and telegraphed protests
largely were legitimate. spontane-
GUS and unorganized expressions OF
opinion. There was no concession
that much Of 1t might have been
aroused by radio oratory Of the
Rev. Charles e. Coughlin who took
strong stand against repeal last
Sunday.
A glance over typical piles of cor
respondence reveals some obviously
organized. Sen. Hiram w. johnson.
r., CAL, for instance, has stacks Of
letters, practically all of which sup
port his position that the embargo
should not be repealed. There were
patches Of printed form letters to
which the sender merely added his
name and address. There werc
some mimeographed postcards. But
most of 1t was handwritten and the
United Press was informed that
there was no striking similarity Of
phraseology.
Mr.. Roosevelt left last night for
q weekend at Hyde Park after q
week Of receiving callers whose
identities suggested O well-consid-
cred plan Of presidential persuasion
in which his personality will have
wide play among the men who will
determine neutrality policies. Sen
Carter Glass, D., Va, was one and
no single event could have more
emphatically or persuasively dram
atized the fact that the southern
conservatives have returned to Mr.
Roosevelt's standard In this fight.
Sen. Vic Donahey, D., Ohio, and
Sen. Wallace II. White, Jr., R., Me-,
were at the White House yesterday
Both have been carried In the doubt
full list and neither Is yet publicly
committed. But the opportunity for
consultation with the president Is
more likely to gain than to lose
their support.