The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
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Tue Gommlytoo W0ul0 -
composed q The majority md
minority leaders and the chair
men q the foreien affairs COM
imitteos Of both houooa
With tn general debats now
In it, tenth day, some support
ers Of the bill manifested frssh
uneaainess over the possibility
Of Z surprise opposition dlibus-
ter, despite On agreement 70
start confederation Of amend
ments next week.
Senator Van Nuys (D-Ind.)
said he would not be surprised
at such tactics. and announced
that In such IN event ~ would
favor cloturs Of debate. Nor
mally, confederation Of amend
ments signifies the approach Of
q final roll call, but Il VA
pointed out that opposition SEM
ators could continue 70 speak q
any length during the amend
ment discussion, II they wished.
Cloture-which requires o
two-thirds majority-would Inn
pose drastic limitations on any
speech making. No senator
would be allowed to address the
chamber more than once. end
his time allotment would be
one hour.
Van Mugs voiced the belief
that enough votes were avail
able to impose cloture-but .
number Of colleagues seemed
very, dubious about this point.
There were indications, how
ever, the administration leader
shin might decide to call on it,
parliamentary strength In m
attempt to get q final vote next
week.
One well-informed leader
said that, while unlimited de-
bate would be acceptable TOR
the next day or 50. 1--WE may
have to take steps" to terminate
Tho speechmaking.
Chavez, meanwhile. carried
on the opposition's fight. In the
speech he prepared for Senate
delivery, he declared that the
pending bill spells WAR;"
BY fighting for democracy
abroad, he added, the United
States may lose 1t at home.
1.-THE United States must
come first" Chavez continued,
land If / have only one gun, !
shall not saw 1t through the
middle and send one half over
seas.
II challenge any member to
name one single instance in
which, under this bill, the de-
tense of the United States will
be advanced. I must insist i'm
mediately that the defense of
England il not our defense"
The New Mexico senator took
note Of the statement In the
1910 Democratic platform that
armed forces would not be sent
out Of the Americas except in
case Of attack"
There are. of course, ways
to provoke attack" he said.
us that what we want? Are
we facing an attack? This is
precisely what the provisions
of the lend-lease bill would do
authorize and provoke attack.
Should we allow our naval
bases, navy yards and ports to
be used by any belligerent for
refitting, rearming and over
haul, we are committing bellig-
erent acts. This is recognized by
the proponents of this legisla-
tion."
Brown, championing the bill
in his prepared address, pre-
dicted that q German victory
would force the United States
either to do battle with the Nazi
military machine or to build .
defense 80 formidable that Hit
Ter twill not dare to attack U.s."
If il should become necessary,
he said, to maintain huge armed
forces for defense, "our leader
ship, drunk with the heavy wine
of military power, would soon
follow the course pursued by kll
military dynasties - imperial
ism.
1T would soon be largued
that Canada was Necessary for
our defense, that Mexico, Cen
trail America, the nearby islands
ought by right to be ours.
I'm other words, because hu-
man nature under similar cir
cumstances reacts in the same
way, q Prussianized militarized
America might act ~ Russian
lied Germany has acted"
TO avoid such course,
Brown declared, the pending
legislation sis not only the best
weapon 1t hand; Il 10 the only
weapon which we can now at
this hour grasp and use" for the
maintenance Of American de-
Continued discussion Of pos
sible amendments to the bill
brought word that the admins
tration leadership was consider
ing accepting q revised version
of the proposal by Senator El-