Evening star., 1941-04-13
Roosevelt Suez Move
AssaiIed by Wheeler
As 'Asinine Policy
Action Might Force U. S.
To Fight in All Parts
Of World, Senator Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana yesterday called President
Roosevelt's action in opening the
Red Sea and the Gulf of Alden to
American shipping IAN asinine
policy" that might force the United
States to fight single-handedly lin
all parts of the world"
The warmongers in France have
destroyed the French Republic and
the warmongers in England have all
but destroyed the British Empire"
he said in statement. THE same
type of warmongerS will destroy the
United States if we keep on letting
our sentiments rather than our
judgment control our policies"
British Leader Lauds Action.
Meanwhile, Sir Arthur Salter,
chief of the British Shipping Mis-
sion in this country, paid his first
call on Secretary of State Hull. He
told neWspapermen the Presidents
action in opening the sea lane for
American ships to Suez would give
very valuable aid to Great Britain.
For every ship placed on the North
African run, he said, it would be
possible for Great Britain to trans
fer a ship to the North Atlantic,
where U-boat conditions have been
increasingly serious. He said his
conference with Mr.. Hull was chiefly
a courtesy call"
The question of conveys also
figured in comment by legislators on
the Presidents newest moves in
foreign affairs.
Representative Fish of New York,
ranking minority member of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
expressed doubt that the President
approved Committee Chairman
Blooms advocacy of American con-
voys for war shipments.
Fish Says Bloom Favors War.
Representative Blooms approval
of conveys. Mr.. Fish declared,
demonstrated that he lis now OPEN
ly for war"
While saying that Congress would
disapprove conveys at present, Mr..
Fish added that he strongly favored
the establishment of an air base in
Greenland-a step made possible
when this Government took Green
land into its system of hemispher-
tcal defense earlier last week.
Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, like Senator Wheeler, an op-
ponent of the Roosevelt foreign
policy, told reporters that IF we
move fast enough we may be able
to get there (the' Red Sea- by the
time the Germans do"
Senator Wheeler said, "of course,
If one wants to get us into the
war the way to do it is to take more
and more chances on sending our
ships where they are most likely to
be blown up"
II American ships are destroyed,
he added, an effort will be made to
involve the country in war. The
people should realize" he added,
that If We get into this war the
chances are very great that we'll be
fighting all over the world-and
Well be doing it alone"
Berlin and Rome Attack Move.
In Berlin, authorized sources
called Mr.. Roosevelt's opening of the
Red Sea and the Gulf of Alden the.
first open American Intervention in
European affairs and a violation of
the European Monroe Doctrine.
The official Stefani italian News
Agency said the Presidents action
was based on one of his original as
well as arbitrary interpretations of
international law. Stefani said the
Interpretation grew from a theory
that Egypt, to which goods could be
shipped under the new order, was a
neutral.
Cairo business circles predicted
that opening of the Red Sea to
United States shipping should en-
able the British Near East and
Balkan forces to receive American
equipment rapidly and would in
crease Egypt's trade in military
American goods.
Already the best Cairo stores are
advertising Womens fashions from
New York instead of Paris, and
United States products have re-
placed numerous articles formerly
imported from Europe.