The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
NEUTRALITY LAW
 NOT YET DEAD
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override the Senate committee.
 After Two Enemies
 Administration strategy probably will concentrate on efforts to win over two Democratic Senators re- sponslble for the administrations 12-1l defeat in committee-Sens. Walter r. George, D., Ga, and Guy M. Gillette, D, Ia.
 If George and Gillette could be persuaded to change their minds, motion to reconsider yesterdays action would be introduced. Then efforts would be renewed to get a bill to the Senate floor.
 Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who assisted the House foreign af- fairs committee in drafting the ad- ministration bill that would repeal the existing arms embargo, was said to have been designated to talk with George, close friend, and Gillette.
 Hull deplored the committees action in a statement contending that the peace and security" of the United States are at stake unless Congress lifts the arms embargo.
 Must Stay In Session
 MT, Roosevelt insisted at his reg ular press conference few hours later that Congress must stay in session until neutrality legislation is enacted He warned that all kinds of things might happen if the legis- lators went home without revising the law.
 He said 1t would not be good thing If Congress were forced to re- turn in special session to enact such legislation in the face of @ general European war.
 Unless the president is successful in his last-minute attempt to force action, 1t was believed that Con- gress would adjourn within two weeks.
 House leaders said they believed the Senate committees action meant adjournment by Aug l but Senate strategists withheld com ment pending the next move from tho White House.
 Talk of Compromise
 There was some talk of compro- mise, and one prominent Democrat suggested that the one which would receive strongest support would in- volve repeal of the existing neutral ity law, which contains the manda- tory arms embargo, in favor of re- lying on the principles of interna- tional law.
 Mir. Roosevelt and Hull believe that the arms embargo gives en. couragement to Europe's dictator nations Germany and Italy - whose leaders know that in event of Q war with Britain and France the ban on arms shipment must be invoked against all belligerents.
 Faced by strong opposition, the administration was said to have abandoned @ hastily-concocted plan to move in the Senate to discharge tho foreign relations group from further consideration of the House. approved neutrality bill.
 New Dealers as well as adminis- trntion opponents advised against such 8 course, contending that to blast major legislation from an im- pcrtant committee would set bad precedent and strengthen opposi- ton lines.
 Champ Clark Will Speak
 Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, D. Mo, said that if the administration sought to press the neutrality is. sue, he was prepared to speak in the Senate indefinitely on more thar 300 proposed amendments to vari- ous bills.
 Chairman Key Pittman. D, New. of the committee, confered with Hull and altered his position from an assertion that neutrality was dead" at this session to a state- ment that 1t had expired "only 50 far as my committee is concerned"
 Pittman said he intended to ask for a favorable committee vote Friday on his resolution giving the president discretion to restrict or prohibit exports of munitions, imple- ments of war. and other materials to nations found to be violators of the nine power treaty. The resolu- ton is aimed at Japan, and has aroused strong opposition because of the powers 1t would give the president.
 Sen. William H. King, D., Utah, author of proposal to repeal all existing neutrality legislation, said that he would offer his plan as an amendment to the Pittman bill If that were considered.
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