The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-13
onnress Tense as Aid-Bill
I! Arises for Swift Action
Aid-to- Dritein Issue Bseloudsd
bv 'Menoee' Of Executive Power

- ~ AssssssssA Prsss
WARRINGTON, Jan. 10
~ tense Congress braced itself
to-day for the initial skirmish
Over the controversial aid-to-
Britain bill, which received sup
mort from Wendell L. Willkie
amid opposition efforts to cur
tail IL scope.
A q prelude to momentous
debates, the House was involved
n IN argument over committee
Jurisdiction. The military COM
mittee sought TO take supervi-
slou Of the bill away from the
forsisn affairs committee, but
indications were that the House
would reject the challenge.
IN that event, public hearings
On the program to lend or lease
American-made military equip
ment TO warning "democracies"
could be started tomorrow.
willkie, 1910 Republican pres
idential candidate, announced In
New York that he favored the
bill with modification" He
said that the nation faced an
amergency under which extra
ordinary powers must be grant
"a % the elected representative"
but he declared that the powers
should be limited to - fixed
term, not too far in the future"
His statement brought q COM
ment from ALI M. Landon In To-
peha, Kans., that "if Mr.. Will
kis had revealed that to be his
POSITION before the Republican
national convention he would
not have been nominated"
Willkie and President Roose-
welt hold essentially the same
position, Landon asserted, add
lne. ''that II, we must get into
tho war II necessary to help
England win"
Wilkes suggestion for set
tlng q time limit on tie British
Aid Bill found backing among
Republican Senate leaders, who
odVocoted q two-year period.
Their proposed amendment was
enc q . host being drafted by
members Of both branches Of
ConSress.
Rejecting q myriad of inter-
peototjons Of the bills broad
language, most amendments be-
Inc drawn were aimed at "de-
Denefalixing" the virtual war
time powers Il grants to the
prooi0ent. Others were design
q - insure against jeopardizing
domestic defense preparations
While American-made guns,
tanks, plsnes and ships are 60
Inc b England and perhaps
0rsecs and China.
Chairman George (D-Gs) Of
~ Senste foreign relations COM
mitteo. who said he "unquali-
Aedly" approved the measures
ob3ective6, predicted Mr.. Roose-
ve1t would favor m amendment
GDeci4ying that foreign benefi-
diaries provide reasonable Sc
easrity" IN the form Of goods
needod BY the United States
such - tin and rubber.
AZ In the days before Con-
gross rewrote the Neutrality Act
% permit munitions to 90 to be-
llloeronts On q "cash and carry"
6osis, advocates and opponents
took b the radio last night to
dive q foretaste Of the formal
de6ates 10 come.
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.)
WAo y organizing m opposition
bloc IN the Senate. said during
. radio forum (MBS) that ap-
pcoval Of the bill means war
opon and somplete warfare"
Senator Lee (D-Okla). taking
IL other side, asserted:
.~America has only one chance
- escape total war and that
elbonce = England. England Is
~ only barrier between Amer
- md . baptism Of blood. II
TIT barrier breaks, America
Wdu ha~o waR and we will have
B with odds heavily against U.S."
OoclAring that the bill "defi-
Ait6ly stamps the president as
Wor-mindod," Wheeler urged the
AAorican people to speak loud
ooough for the "war-mongers
- hsar" By writing their Con-
orosgmen and Senator'S III this
headlong rush into dictatorship
onA war b 10 be either checked
60 Stopped"
h added that II 1.-THE Ameri-
oon people want Q dictatorship
~ they want q totalitarian
1eem q government and II they
Wuot wur-this bill should be
Gooom-rollered through Con-
QUoD-aS 70 the wont Of Presi-
0oat Roosevelt"
~ called the proposal the
9G9 Doal's triple a. foreign
uel1s blow under every fourth
Amog1oom boy" Never before,
~ ~ NJ my president asked
4 Gto1D ITO violate interna-
14 law" end never before
~ nation resorted to du.
- - conduct Of it, for
7 ~ ~oA0me On those who
eWJn and shame on