Evening star., 1941-01-12
Chonqe
To Ask Reasonable
Security Predicted
Passage Indicated
By Partial Poll of
Senate Committee
By ]. A, O'IEARY.

BY J. A. OLEARY.
The administration lease-lend
plan to give all possible material
aid to Great Britain will pass with
an amendment to require some rea-
sonable form of security, Chairman
George of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee predicted last night.
Meanwhile, House leaders pre-
pared to act tomorrow to free the
bill from a parliamentary tangle
that developed yesterday, when the
Military Affairs Committee voted
10 ask that the measure be taken
from the Foreign Affairs Committee
and turned over to it.
A partial checkup of the Senate
Foreign Relations membership yes
terday strengthened predictions the
bill will go through. although op-
ponents are preparing TO make q
determined fight.
OF those reached for comment
eight expressed support. while four
were ready to be counted against.
-Four indicated they had not decided,
and five others either could not be
reached or made no comment.
Two Democratic Vacancies.
There are two Democratic vacan-
cles on the committee. which un-
doubtedly will go to administration
supporters. Senators Byrnes of South
Carolina, Lucas of Illinois and
Hughes Of Delaware. have been
mentioned as possible appointees.
On the House side, Speaker Rav-
burn said there is not a particle
OF doubt in his mind that the bill
will pass
The House will settle the iurisdic-
tlonal dispute without debate. 81
that hearings can start promptly.
Assuming the bill remains In the
Foreign Affairs Committee. Chair
man Bloom would call the first
meeting for Tuesday.
+ After meeting of his committee
late yesterday, Representative Bloom
SAID that Secretary Hull probabiv
would be the first witness and the.
/ Secretaries Morgenthau- Stin1so1
and Knox also would be heard.
George Announces Support.
Announcing for the first time h
support OF the objectives of the bi'
( Senator George said he has no
doubt the weight of public opinion
is overwhelmingly for aid to Britain.
For that reason. he forecast that the
real fight on the measure in the
Senate will not be over the extern
! ! sion of AID, but viii ''revoiye around
the extent of aid and the method
! In predicting an amendment TO
make it clear that some form OF
security will be required, Senator
! George said:
The American people do no,
want any parsimonious policy OF
giving with one hand and taking
with the other. but such reasonable
/ security as can be offered without
Gripping those We seek to aid"
He explained that it need not be
monetary collateral AS an ex-
ample. he said Great Britain has
certain tin and rubber resources.
IF we could have some interest
in the tin and rubber resources 1t
wouldn't be bad deal for U.s." he
added.
Opposes Island Sovereignty.
He has never looked with favor,
he said, on the suggestion that the
United States assume sovereignty
over British island possessions in
this hemisphere, because sovereign
ty would entail heavy obligations
that would increase progressively
He indicated that more defense
bases may be desirable at these
points without assuming RESPONSE
bility over the populations of the
islands.
There are no signs that the dis
pute over jurisdiction in the House
involves the merits of the bill. and
/ it is more than likely the House
will sustain Speaker Rayburn on
the original action in sending it to
the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Military Affairs group raised
the issue at an executive session
| yesterday morning by instructing
Chairman May to ask the Speaker
to re-refer the bill, and failing in
that, to seek a vote of the House
The Military Committee is reported
to have taken this action, Is to 4
Bloom Plans No Amendments.
A few hours later Chairman Bloom
called an informal conference of the
Foreign Affairs members and an
nounced that they we're 100 PEI
cent" for the view that the bill prop
erly belongs in that committee.
Representative May contended tho
substance of the bill makes it a de-
fense measure. Mr.. Bloom coun-
tered by pointing out that it modifiei
the Neutrality Law, which was
handled by Foreign Affairs.
While defending his groups claim
to jurisdiction, Mr. May announced
his support of the bill in principle,
and indicated his belief that if con-
sidered by that committee it would
be reported out without much
change. Mr.. Bloom said he knew of
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