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Expressing himself as uncertain as
to the proper designation of the ap-
preparations request, the Chief Exec
utive did tell his conference that
the $1,000, 100000 total would be for
more than the current fiscal year
Congressional leaders who conferred
at the White House earlier in the
day told reporters that the overall
figure included the ST 300 900 900 pro-
vision specified in the bill.
President Uses Six Pens.
The historic legislation, printed on
parchment and bearing the sigma
lures of Vice President Wallace and
Speaker Rayburn, was brought to
the White House at 3:35 o'clock by
Chairman Kirwan of the House
Committee on Enrolled Bills.
The actual signing by Mr.. Roose-
welt took place in his executive office
in the presence of Chief White
House Clerk Rudolph Forster and
Secretary Stephen T. Early. News
paper and newsreel photographers
were present as the President used
six pens in completing his sigma
ture. House and Senate leaders
and Foreign Affairs Committee
chairmen will receive the pens as
souvenirs
Immediately after the House voted,
Speaker Rayburn handed a note to
a reading clerk, who announced that
the Speaker had signed the bill.
Wallace at Speakers Office.
In the interest of speed, Vice Pres
ident Wallace went from his Senate
Office to the office of the Speaker on
the opposite side of the Capitol to
put his signature to the measure.
In the final half hour before the
roll call, while opposition members
were making brief statements, there
were repeated shouts of Vote, vote, ="
from the Democratic side of the
House.
Although the general tenor of
members was good-humored, there
was much disorder on the floor.
Members wandered about, talking
and laughing. to such an extent that
Mr.. Rayburn repeatedly banged his
gavel and called for order.
No Demonstration.
A hubbub of conversation broke
out among members and visitors In
the well-filled galleries when Speak
er Rayburn announced the vote. 1t
was several minutes before members
on the Republican side could obtain
recognition to call attention to the
fact that Mr.. Rayburn first an
nounced the vote as 371 to II instead
of BIT to II, the correct figure.
There was no demonstration OF
any kind when final approval was
stamped on the historic measure
and the chamber was quickly vacated
by many members and visitors.
Just before the roll was called
Chairman Bloom of the House For
eign Affairs Committee said enact
ment of the bill is "the voice OF
aroused America sounding the
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government everywhere.
Its passage" he said, gives the
lie to the cry that democracy is
powerless in the face of aggression"
Opposition Senators Meet.
Earlier, a score of the Senators
who opposed the measure met for
more than an hour in the Office OF
Senator johnson, Republican, of
California.
Senator johnson, to whom other
members of the group referred ques-
TONERS, said that only a pleasant
talk" had resulted and that no de-
cisions" had been reached. Moth
ing transpired," he declared.
He added that further meetings
of the group might be held within
the next few weeks"
The House vote came after a
chorus of national unity pledges
from the Republican side. This key
note was sounded by Minority Leader
Martin of Massachusetts, and echoed
by Representatives Fish of New
York, TreadWay of Massachusetts,
and Mundt of South Dakota.
Mr.. Fish, Mr.. Treadway and Mr..
Mundt insisted, however, that the
House is not voting for or against
the bill today, but merely on ac-
ceptance of the Senate amendments.
Asserting that all of the witnesses
for the bill argued it was a peace
measure to keep war away from
American shores, Mr.. Fish said the
responsibility is now on the Presi-
dent and the majority party to ac-
complish that objective.
The New Yorker, a frequent critic.
of the President, said he preferred
to accept Mr.. Roosevelt's repeated
declarations against involvement IN