Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-26
Combat Zone Repeal
Within Two Weeks
Sought in Senate
Debate on Broudened
Measure Will Sturt
Tomorrow
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co-authors of the Republican repeal
proposal are Senators Bridges of
New Hampshire and Austin OF Yer
mont.
II do not want to leave the name
of the neutrality law on the books
after it has become meaningless"
said Senator Quincy. Il do not
want some one to come along later
and say we did not repeal it."
Remaining Sections.
All that remains in the law if the
Senate bill passes are few sec
lions curbing foreign loans in this
country, licensing export of NUM-
tions, keeping American passengers
off belligerent ships and prohibiting
misuse OF the American flag.
The final roll call on reporting the
broadened bill from committee was
as follows:
For-Chairman Connally of Texas
and Senators George of Georgia,
Wagner of New York, Thomas of
Utah, Murray of Montana, Pepper
of Florida, Green of Rhode Island,
Barley of Kentucky, Guffey of
Pennsylvania, Glass of Virginia, Lee
of Oklahoma and Tunnel of Della
ware, Democrats; White, Repub-
Ican. of Maine. IS.
Administrators Van Mugs of
Indiana, Reynolds of North Caro-
lima, Gillette of Iowa and Clark of
Missouri. Democrats; johnson of
California. Capper of Kansas, VAN
denberg of Michigan, Shipstead of
Minnesota and Nye of North Dakota,
Republicans, and La Toilette of Wis
consin, Progressive. 10.
The first roll call on whether to
broaden the bill was the same, ex-
cept that Senator White voted
against the amendments.
George Plays Important Role.
Senator George, a former chair
man of the committee who steered
the lease-lend bill through the Sem
ate early this year, played an i'm
portant part in yesterdays devel-
opments by voting to broaden the
House bill.
He told neWspapermen that thoN
who supported the Neutrality Act
originally sought to avoid the
chances of involving this country
In war.
He added, however, that the
Neutrality Act, in my opinion, does
not reach the realities of the pres
ent situation. Having reached that
conclusion, it seemed proper to
present the issue squarely to the
Senate"
Senator Connally, who became
chairman when Senator George took
over the Finance Committee, made
this comment:
Il have long favored the repeal of
sections 2. 3 and of the so-called
Neutrality Act. When the House
passed repeal of section dealing
with arming the ships I approved
that procedure. However, I realized
we should have to deal with 2 and
3 restricting free movement of
American Ships ultimately. In view
OF events and the fact that 2, 3 and
6 are so intimately related, I con-
cluded it was more advisable to
meet the entire issue at once and
to seek repeal of all three sections"
In Peoples Minds.
"The whole subject of the neu-
trality law is in the minds of the
American people and the minds
OF Congress, said Majority Leader
Barley. 1T seems to me we must
deal with the subject as a whole
and the logical course is to act upon
all those provisions which restrict
the United States Government in
dealing with the problems of our
own defense as they arise. For this
reason, I feel it is logical and ad-
visable to repeal 2 and 3 at the
same time"
Sounding an opening gun for the
opposition, Senator Nye said: Now
the public will know that what some
of us have thought was true for
many months. namely, that ellmlna-
ton of law that prevented our in
volvement in foreign war was
initiated with the Presidents quar-
antine speech in Chicago four years
ago. and that all this talk about
steps short of war, changes in law
in the name of keeping us out of
war, assurances of determination
to keep our sons at home-that all
this was only campaign oratory and
the anesthetic to put the people to
sleep while interventionists butcher
ed a people determined to stay out
Of war"
Senator Shipstead, Republican, Of
Minnesota, another opponent, called
the revised bill more dangerous than
the House proposal to arm the ships.
He said "the previous steps taken
short of war have now brought us
rs per cent into the war If this
is also a step short of war that
takes us in 100 per cent, the die is
cast and the subtle program of the
war party stands barefaced before
the world"
When the House began considera-
ton of the ship arming proposal two
weeks ago the plan was to rush that
through to enactment and then be-
gin a separate fight on lifting the
other more important features of
the neutrality law.
After the House had voted to arm
the ships, however, a movement to
face the whole issue at one time
began to develop. Mr.. Willkie gave
impetus to this movement by en-
listing 100 Republicans from all parts
of the country to join him in a
demand for outright repeal.
About the same time, three Demo-
crats-Senators Pepper, Lee and
Green-drafted an amendment to
accomplish the same general pur-
pose the committee approved yes
terday-partial repeal. After sew
eral DAYS of deliberation and con-