Evening star., 1940-06-13
Way Is Cleared
For Action on
Hemisphere Bill
Bloc Being Formed
To Fight Government
Aid for Allies
By the Associated Press.

pH lIlt ASSOClat teu fTeSS.
Legislation to reinforce by law
this Governments vehement oppo-
sition to any transfer of sovereignty
over territory in the Western Hemi-
sphere from one European power to
another today won quickly right
Of way to House consideration, while
plans for an early adjournment of
Congress were virtually abandoned.
The Rules Committee cleared the
territorial resolution for House con-
sideration after Representative Fish,
Republican. of New York asserted
that he favored going to war, if
necessary. Ito uphold the Monroe
Doctrine" Representative Fish pre-
dicted that the resolution could be
brought up in the House Tuesday.
While not specifying any nation
in its text, the declaration if ap-
proved by both House and Senate.
would put Congress on record as
opposing, for instance, transfer of
any of the extensive French or
British possessions in this hemis-
phere to Germany should the Reich
be able to demand them.
Isolationists Forming Bloc.
In the Senate. formation of a
bloc to oppose any direct govern
mental aid to the Allies, such as
transfer of old naval destrovers to
Great Britain, was reported under
way.
One legislator who attended con-
ference of several Senators and at
least one Representative in the Of
flee Of Senator Clark. Democrat, OF
Missouri yesterday said the aim of
some present was to form loose
organization to prevent assistance
to the Allies from becoming public,
governmental matter rather than
private one.
Representative Celler, Republican,
of New York introduced a resolution
TO repeal the Neutrality Act. He
called it shallow fiction" This
country is not and cannot be neu-
tral. he said, citing various types of
assistance already given the British
and French and the Presidents
telling denunciation of Premier
MusSolini"
Downtown, Secretary Wallace
told All conference of farm
boys and girls that a victorious
Germany would apply economic
plncers' to the Western Hemisphere
that would be felt on every Amer
ican farm.
The Senate, meanwhile, got the
last of the record making s5.021.-
6l9622 preparedness bills as Capitol
Hill heard reports of excellent
progress toward further aid to the
Allies IN planes, munitions and pos
sibly destroyers.
The final big defense measure-an
extraordinary sl706 ,053 ,903 appro-
priation for both Army and Navy
purposes-bore the overwhelming
approval of 401-to-1 House vote.
Representative Marcantonio, Amer
lean Labor, of New York, was the
sole opponent.
Speedy Action Certain.
Double-quick Senate action was a
foregone conclusion. once the legisla-
ton clears the Appropriations Com
mittee.
House passage of the bill late yes
terday shared legislative attention
with the Senate's refusal to sanction
voluntary military training for
Civilian Conservation Corps en-
rollees-something which the Army
high command declined to indorse.
The action was viewed in some
quarters as an indication that the
Senate would not favor Nationwide
compulsory military training at this
time.
Backs Nom -Combatant Training.
The Senate did vote. however, to
give the C. C. C. training for nom
combatant activities, program
which Army officers said would make
the corps valuable military
auxiliary in a national emergency.
James J. McEntee, C. c. C. direc-
tor, said staff of 1,500 experts
probably would be drawn from in
dustrial sources to instruct the
300, 900 enrollees in communications.
photography and machine shop
trades.
In the field of aid for the Allies
Congress heard the first suggestion
that men as we'll as materials be
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