The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
POWER
in BILL OPPOSED
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\SOIIt INLC lOII L aSC olISJ
Secretary Cordell Hull once said:
This is too much power for a bao
man to have or for a good man tc
want"
The minority report was signed
by Representatives Eaton IN. j.,
Rogers Mass, Fish On. Y,
Mundt IS. d., Jonkman Mich
and Bolton (Ohio).
Two committee members who
did not sign the minority report
have indicated that they are also
S d to the administration
measure. They are Representa-.
tives Tinkham (R.-Mass.) and
Stanley tD.-Conn.). Tinkham sale
they could not support either the
bill Or the minority report because
they believed the proposals of both
to be violative of international law.
Is to 10
Since eight signed the minority
report, it was generally accepted
that the actual division of senti.
ment in the committee on the bill
was Is to 10, although it was un-
derstood the bill was reported yes
terday by a vote of II to 8.
Occasionally, committee mem,
berS vote to report a bill, simply
to get it to the house floor, al
though personally not in sympathy
with the measure.
The report was issued near the
end of a day in which Secretary
of the Navy Knox said govern.
mental officials fear that Germany
may use gas in a big way" in
its expected spring onslaught on
England, and that both Germany
and England are desperately
seeking a new type of airplane
which would make Everything in
the air obsolete" The bill was
necessary, he said, because il
would keep England holding off
the Nazis while the United States
prepares its defenses.
simultaneously, the house rules
committee voted with apparent
unanlmity to give the lease-lend
measure right of way on the house
floor next week. 1t approved a
rule calling for G.ree days gen.
eral debate, followed by unlimited
time for the offering of amend.
ments. House leaders expected to
pass the measure by the end OF
the week.
Two Reasons
The minority report said that
the house foreign affairs commit
tee had been given two reasons
for passing the bill:
'1-Britain is running short. not
of money, not of assets-but OF
dollar exchange" and Owe
need to coordinate British procure.
ment with our own defense eff.
forts"
The minority went on to denv
that the bill would give ENGLAND
dollar exchange here and said the
measure was not needed for CO.
ordination purposes.
This bill will not provide any
aodltlonal war supplies for aid tc
Britain within the 60 or 80 DAYS
OF her alleged crisis" the docu
ment said, unless the President
USE the power provided to dispose
OF part of u arms or u navy.
which he and his cabinet officers
nave specifically denied they coulc
spare.
There is too much talk of re.
stflctlve' committee amendments.
Inc amendments adopted with
the approval of administration
leaders, do not prohibit our con,
Voylng merchantmen, do not re.
qulre our Army or Navy officers
TO determine our own defense
needs, do not place a constitutional.
tWo-year limitation on the life oil
the bill"
The word mot was UNDERSIGNED
in each instance.
What Bill Does
The minority next turned to wha1
it said the bill does do.
using the slogan of aid to Brit.
aim" it said, land under the title
OF promoting Defense this bill
gives the President unlimited. IN
precedented and unpredictablf
powers-literally to seize anvthins
in this country and to give if +,
any other country, without limi
in law. He may sell or give ava,
Jour Navy, our planes, arms
our secrets and use any proceed
from such sales for similar MIR
poses; he need come to Congres