Evening star., 1941-10-22


because under changed condt-
tionS these provisions hamper
national defense rather than
help keep country out. OF Udr as
originally intended President
listed remoual OF ship-drming
ban as matter OF first urgency.
BY the Associated Press.
The Maritime Commission said
today it had been advised of the
rescue of all the 80 Americans of
the crew of the torpedoed Amer
lean freighter Lehigh, but its
revised reports showed that 18
members of the Bold Venture
crew are still missing.
Twenty-Five. men were landed at
Bathurst on the west coast of
Africa by the British ship Vimy,
and % at Freetown. Since the
crew included only 80. officials ex-
pressed the belief that the others
were stowaways.
The news gave a measure Of re-
lief to this Capital, perturbed
though it still was over the loss Of
two more American-owned ships TO
Atlantic raiders.
The sea wars toll of American
vessels now stands at 10 and Presi-
dent Roosevelt made plain that he
considered the Lehigh's sinking
particularly fragrant act of piracy.
Hull Sees Reign Of Terror"
Meanwhile. Secretary of State Hull
today described the sinking of the
Lehigh as a perfect example of
Nazi reign of terror" policy that
has made it necessary to repeal two
sections of the Neutrality Act which
interfere with effective defense
against such acts of piracy"
The Secretary also indicated ap-
proval of suggestions on Capitol Hill
that the time has come for United
States ships to be conveyed to their
destinations remarking at a press
conference that all nations have
the right of conveying under inter-
national law.
Remarking that he had been
checking particularly on the Le-
high incident. Mr.. Hull said he saw
it as a perfect example of "Nazi
policy of attempting 10 create a
reign of terror, frightfulness and
absolute lawlessness on the high
seas and especially on the Allan
tic"
1t is an immediate part of Adolf
Hitler's program for world con-
quest. Mr.. Hull added, to attempt
to intimidate Nations like the
United States from their very neces-
sary self defense by committing acts
on the high seas which are con
trary to all law and in harmony with
all the definitions of piracy and
assassination.
Again Urges Repeater.
This is another reason, he eX-
planned, why ne and many others
have been urging the repeal of the
two sections of the present neu-
trahty law which, he insisted. in
terfere with full effective defense
against such acts.
None of the Lehigh survivors
landed at Bathurst was injured. ac-
cording to the commissions infor-
nation, while two of those landed at
Freetown suffered injuries.
The condition of Joseph Brady.
jr., third assistant engineer. was
described as rather serious" He
suffered chest and leg injuries.
The other injured crew member
was Joseph Bartlett, an ordinary
seaman, who lost three toes. but
whose condition was described as
not serious.
The Bold Venture, American
owned but operating under Pan
amanian. registry, had several ma
tionalities, all foreign. in its per-
sonnel. The Maritime Commission
said its crew numbered 35, instead
of 80 as originally announced.
Seventeen have landed at Reykjavk,
Iceland.
Navy Pursues Hunt.
Navy patrols deployed through the
North and South Atlantic in the
search for survivors and also for a
shooting chance at any raider en-
countered in the process.
President Roosevelt at his press
conference yesterday announced the
sinking of the Lehigh and said that
% of the crew had been picked up
from a hfeboet and the remaining
II we're missing. The ship had an
all-American crew.
The State Department yesterday
announced the sinking of the Bold
Venture. which occurred last Thurs
day near Iceland.
The two more torpedoings had
pushed the sea wars toll of Ameri-
can-owned merchantmen to 10,
and President Roosevelt made
plain that he considered one of the
sinkings a particularly fragrant act
of piracy.
(Authorized sources in Berlin,
commenting on the Bold Ven
ture and Lehigh incidents, said
today that one was flying the
Panama flag and was not the
United States business anyway,
and that the facts were not
clear concerning the second.
"a German spokesman, COM
menting on Secretary of State
Hull's testimony before a con-
gressional committee, said:
We're sorry the American peo-
Piles heads already are turned
so badly they can't see things
effectively"
CIT is a plain lie" the spokes-
man declared, that we have any
designs on the American
continentD
When Mr.. Roosevelt announced
the torpedoing of the Lehigh yes
terday-with regret, he said SOM
berly-he dwelt pointedly on the
circumstances Of the sinking. There
(See SEA- WAR. Page A-4)