Evening star., 1941-02-19
By J. A, OIEARY,

DemocraCies must hang together"
or they will hang separately" Sem
ator Connally, Democrat, of Texas
told the Senate today, defending the
lease-lend bill from the opposition
attacks of yesterday.
Our own material interests, our
prestige before the world and our
own domestic tranquility require
that we meet this titanic issue with
a single voice and a single purpose"
the Texan asserted. America must
play the part of America. 1t must
not fail"
Powerful and militant forces,
Senator Connally said nov arro-
gantly decree the extinction Of free
dom and democracy wherever their
armies of conquest and plunder can
march, wherever their navies can
float, and wherever their swarming
fleets Of the skies can fly"
The tall, heavy proved Texan
opened the third day Of Senate de-
bate on the legislation with the as
sertion that opponents of the bill
had engaged in "specious" argu-
ments with the charge that the So
called lease-lend measure would
make President Roosevelt a die
tator."
Crowded galleries listened at
tentively.
Describing the European war as
this death struggle Of democracy
against ruthless tyranny" Sena-
tor Connally said the United States
could not afford to be indifferent
to the fate of those nations fight
ing the axis powers.
ARMED Threat to L. s."
Senator Connally reviewed the
announced aim of the axis powers
to establish a new world order"
and added:
This compact of aggression and
conquest is an armed threat to the
security of the United States. If
Germany prefers Nazi-lsm and italy
embraces Facism. that IS their right.
They have no right to impose their
systems by force upon US"
Praising England for standing
with superb gallantry and pouring
out the blood Of its soldiers and
civilians to stem the tide of world
dominion" Senator Connally con-
tinued:
Our country tempts the ambition
and lust OF military tyrants. Our
resources of raw materials. the fer
tility of our soils, our mineral riches
and our vast wealth are alluring to
their greed and hunger for con-
quest.
Our Democratic institutions and
system of free government are op-
posed to their concept Of a new
world order of totalitarianism and
personal tyranny. The dictators
speak Of democracy and free gov
ernment in America with scorn and
arrogant contempt"
Fight to Be On Amendments.
AS Senate debate continued. ad-
ministration leaders remained con-
fident of passing the bill by large
majority sometime next week.
The real fight will come, not on
passage. but on efforts of the oppo-
sition to place further restrictions
in the bill They may reach the
height of their strength on the
Ellender amendment, defeated in
committee. which seeks to declare
that nothing in the bill shall au-
thorize the sending of men beyond
this hemisphere
Senator Connally devoted most OF
his speech to a denial Of the oppoSi-
ton charges that the measure sets
up a dictatorship, or that it enables
the President to provoke this coun-
try into the war.
He denied also that there IS any
thing in the bill modifying the Sec
tions of the Neutrality Act which
keep American merchant vessels out
of the war zones.
ut has been charged that this IS
a war bill-that under it the Presi-
dent may commit some act which
may provoke a declaration Of war
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