The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

WiIlKle pretaceu message Qe- manding repeal of the Neutrality act with a statement, which said in part:
 "The requirement. of America to- day is for 8 fortnight, direct in- ternational policy, designed to en- compass the destruction of totali- tarianism by whatever means nec- essary. This policy should be pre- sented to us by our elected leader frankly and not by doses as though we were children.
 Equally important is sane, just, firm and immediate solution of our labor-induStrlal relations to the end that the utmost of production can be brought about. The intelligent leaders of both labor and industry and the whole country desire this. Only the administration Is laggard.
 "The Republican party by loyal, constructive opposition is the jil- strucentality through which these objectives can be forced to accom- plishment.
 Millions upon millions of Repub- llcans are resolved that the ugly 'smudge of isolationism shall be removed from the face of the party so that 1t may not be hampered in forwarding these important pur- poses"
 Part of Message
 "This message, signed by men and women, all of whom have been honored by the Republican party, is to express to you (congressmen) our conviction that, whatever pur- pose the Neutrality act may have served originally, 1t serves no use- full purpose now; that its existence rather exposes the United States to the greatest threat in our his tory: that 1t in effect constitutes aid to Hitler; that in the sense that 1t proclaimS our neutrality in a struggle i'll which neither the peo- pie nor songress have shown them selves neutral, it is now both hypo- critical and degrading; and that 1t Is preventing the filfillment of policy of aid to Britain and her allies which the American people | overwhelmingly endorse.
 We therefore urge you to lead | your party back to political leader ship by insisting upon the outright repeal of this act, or at the very | least the rewriting of 1t without those features which obstruct the policy of aid"
 EIgners of Statement
 The signers included:
 Lloyd c. Lakin Republican state chairman of Arizona; Osro Cobb, Republican state chairman of Ar- kansas; William F. Knowland, Re. publican national committeeman from California; Mrs, Frank c. Tallman, Republican national com- mitteewoman from Delaware; James Douglas of Illinois, assistant secre- tary of the treasury in the Hoover administration; Mrs. Grace B. Rey. holds, Republican national commit teewoman from Indiana; Irving w. Myers, Republican national commit teeman from Iowa; William Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kan, Gazette; John E. Jackson, Republi- can national committeeman from Louisiana;
 William s. Linnell and Fred J. O'Connell, Republican national com- mitteeman and chairman of the Re- publican state committee, respec- lively, of Maine: Gov. Everett Sal- Cahill of Massachusetts; Sinclair Weeks, treasurer of the Republican national committee and Republican national committeeman from Massa- chusettS; Mrs. Alfred B. Williams, Republican national committee woman from Massachusetts;
 Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Min nesota; A. H. Brown, Republican | state chairman of Montana; Gov. Robert o. Blood of New Hampshire; Robert P. Burroughs, Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire; Mrs. Edward D. Poland, Republican national committeewo- man from New Hampshire; Mrs. Dwight w. Morrow of New Jersey, Charles A. Lindbergh's mother-in- law; II. Alexander, Smith, Republi" can state chairman in New Jersey; | Daniel E. Pomeroy, Republican na- tiOAihA loHAliAbtSSAluAA HUH NeW | Jersey;
 Cyrus Mccormick and Mrs. E. L. Moulton. members of the Republi- can national committee from New | Mexico Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt. ! Republican national committeewo- man from New York; Jake ?. 1 Newell, Republican state chairman | In North Carolina; Gov. Charles E. Sprague Of oregon; Neil Allen, Re- publican state chairman in Oregon; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, Repub- | lican national committeewoman from Pennsylvania J. Bates Gerald, Re- publican state chairman in South | Carolina; Ruby Roach McLane, Re- publican national committeewoman | from Tennessee.
 Gov. William H. Wills of Vermont 1 and Harold ". Mason, secretary of | the Republican national committee from Vermont; Gov Arthur B. Langlie of Washington; Walter s. | Hallanan, Republican national com- | mitteeman from West Virginia, and i Frank O. Horton, Republican na- tional committeeman from Wyom- ing.