The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-29

used to carry cargoes through
the present combat zones. How
ever. this caused one official to
recall Mr.. Roosevelts specific
assertions in the past that the
combat zone quarantine did not
apply to the nations naval YES
sells, which were free to 60
wherever their missions took
them.
President Roosevelt, touching
on another subject of consider
able speculation, also told re-
porters yesterday that he con-
templated no executive orders at
present to invoke any of the
numerous broad powers confer
red on him by the proclamation
of an unlimited national emer-
gency. This tended to confirm
authoritative reports that the
Presidents purpose was to uni
fy the country, as he privately
expressed IL.
Nevertheless, the proclamation
of a full emergency gave rise
to the belief in Army circles
today that an indefinite extern
sion of active service was ine-
vitable for 291, 900 National
Guardsmen now In training. or
ficials did not believe that Mr..
Roosevelt's powers were suffi-
cient for this. and hence thought
Congress would be asked for
the necessary legislation.
The question of the Presidents
emergency authority was raised
indirectly by reports Of .
threatened acute power shortage
throughout the nation. The Fed
eral Power Commission was dis
closed to be studying ways for
diverting electricity from civil
ian use to defense industrial pur-
poses to avert production stop.
pages. The unlimited emergen-
cy gives Mr.. Roosevelt author
ity to assume control of all pow
reproducing facilities, II nee
essary, to keep munitions pro-
duction rolling, but the FPC did
not indicate whether such ac-
ton was likely.
For the moment, however, the
major discussion centered on de-
livering the goods 70 Britain.
President Roosevelt, In re-
Spouse to press conference ques-
tions, stated that conveys In the
1917 sense were outmoded.
Then, he pointed out, there were
only submarines to combat.
whereas today merchantmen
must be protected from SUBJ
marines, surface raiders and
bombers.
American patrol ships In the
Atlantic, he repeated, are seek
ing to locate where any sky,
surface or subsurface raider Is
at q given time. He conceded
that the patrols were not 100
per cent successful. but added
graphically that they were grow
ing more effective every day.
Mr.. Roosevelt SHE'D, however
at questions regarding the new
methods being devised by tech.
nicians and he declined to indi-
cate whether he thought there
was need now for extending the
patrol system. That, he said,
was q matter Of military import.
ance.
The President turned aside
several questions with the OBJ
servation that their answers
would provide just the infor-
nation Adolf Hitler would like
to have. One Of the things he
thought Hitler would like to
know was whether patrol vessels
had been ordered TO resort to
new measures TO protect COM
merce.
President Roosevelts state
ment that he did not intend to
seek . change In the neutrality
act, informed quarters said, re-
moved the likelihood Of any in
cident in the present European
or Mediterranean sea war zones
that might raise the question of
freedom Of the seas for Amer
lean merchant shipping. II
However. they pointed out, q
clash on this issue could take
place IN the Red Sea. There II
no neutrality prohibition against
American ships operating In that
body Of water, but Germany re-
Gently posted the upper half Of
this sea a . zone Of unrestrict-
ed warfare. This zone 10 not
recognized by the United States.
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