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pard, Smathers, Stewart, Thomas
of Utah, Truman, Tunnel, Tydings,
Van NuyS, Wagner, Wallgren-46.
Republicans - Austin, Ball, Bar
bour, Bridges, White-5.
Observation-Disclosures.
Against the Bill (20).
emocratS-BuloW, Clark of Ida
no, Clark of Missouri, Gillette, Nc
Carran, Reynolds, Walsh, Wheeler
8.
publicans-BrookS, Capper,
Danaher, Johnson of California,
Lodge, Nye, Reed, Shipstead, Taft,
Thomas of Idaho, Vandenberg-11.
ProgresSive-La Follette-1.
UncOmmitted (2D.
Democrats-Adams, Bone, Bunk
er, Byrd, Chavez. Downey, Gerry,
Johnson of Colorado, Murdock,
Thomas of Oklahoma-l0.
Republicans - Aiken. Brewster,
Burton, Davis, Gurney, Holman,
LANCER, McNary, Tobey, Wiley,
WilliS-11.
Unavailable.
Smith, Democrat, and Butler, Re-
publiCan-2.
Many of the Senators polled had
a thumbnail comment on the bill.
Some of these follow:
AdamS-The problem of how to
vote on this bill is one of the tough
est I ever faced.
Ball-Full aid to Britain and
abandonment of isolation constitute
our best chance of staying out OF
war.
Barbour-It is essential in the in
terest of the preservation of our
own democracy that every aid short
of war be extended to Great Britain.
Brooks Calls 1t "War Bill
Barkley-If we do not aid Britain
and other nations now fighting Hit
ler to defeat him over there We shall
some day have to surrender to him
or defeat him over here.
BrookS-This bill is war bill
an un-American bill. 1t will in
volve US in not one, but in all the
wars of Europe.
Brown believe it will aid Brit
ain, and British success will be a
major factor in preventing our ac-
tive participation in the war.
Capper-It would lead us nearer
to war
Chandler-There is no time for
a board meeting; some one must be
given authority to act and the peo-
pie have shown they want that man
to be President Roosevelt.
Clark of Missouri-It will take us
to the very brink of war.
Connally-I'm for it as it stands.
Beware of the opposers bearing
amendments.
Davis-Ive got to be sure before
say anything.
Downey-I'm going to listen to all
the arguments and then make up
my mind.
Gillette-I can not conceive of any
amendment which would not destroy
the purpose of the bill which would
cause me to support it.
Hatch Sees it as "Aid for L. >
Hatch-Aid to Britain is aid to
America.
Holman-My mind is always open
on pending legislation.
johnson of California-ThiS bill is
an invitation to the President to
take part in world power politics
La Follette-There is no need of
delegating unlimited powers to the
President in order to aid Britain.
Langer-I want to listen to some
more debate before I make up my
mind.
Lee-Today, England is the only
barrier between Hitler's blitzkrieg
and American youth.
Lucas-I expect to go along with
the bill when the vote comes.
McCarran-I shall vote against
this bill unless it is very materially
changed. = 1t gives the Chief Ex-
ecutive power to lead us into war
with any country in the world.
McNary-I want to study the ar
SuIn6nJS before O6ClQlIR.
Murray-The bill will keep war out
of America and America out of the
war
Norris-We must help Britain all
we can.
Nye-1t would put us in the
bloody business of licking Adolf
Hitler.
OMahoney-It behooves this Ma
ton to make itself the arsenal of
democracy.
Sees Passage Bringing War.
Reed-If we pass this bill l be-
lieVe we will be in war in so days
SchwartZ-The bill will enable
Britain to fight and may enable her
to win, thus giving us time to pre-
pare.
Sheppard-Aid to Britain is an es-
sential part of our national de-
fenSe.
Shipstead-It is a masquerade to
take us in the war under the guise
of legality.
SmatherS-My only objection to
the bill is that it does not go far
enough.
Taft-This bill is very close to a
declaration of war.
Vandenberg-It would permit the
President to become power poll
tician No. l of this whole mad
world.
Van Nuys-It is a vital and neces-
Observation-Disclosures 1