The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-15
representative Bulwinkle
Attacks Governor Dewey
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,,,yinkle declared, 'he might say
nu,ething-and the chances are
w.. w. he would-against his sponsor
,ar the nomination.
The Ta- Heel congressman chal.
,onoed Dewey's charges that the
n1,asn1ocratic party was responsible
w Ivan any tragedy surrounding the
~, .vdninistration's efforts to prepare
NE nation for war.
"rt there was a tragedy in the
.,+;on during these years, he de-
n n,.red at was the tragedy of the
s.a a.ter number of Republicans
faile 1 to listen, and the TRACE
s ". was the record of his own party,
" u,;ch attempted in every way pos
s s;hle to vote down many of the
ps,rnesidents requests for the various
a.r of national defense"
''e pulwinkle cited major defense
assures debated by Congress,
a .nd the Democratic and Republi-
~. ..s vote on each, as follows:
'1 The so-called Vinson Navy Bill of
,osg bringing the Navy to strength
! .s~eed upon in the London Naval
,ir,;tation treaty of 1904 meas
n D he said was necessary because
ma Republican party, while in pow
~. ~ had failed to keep the strength
=. ~ the Navy up to that authorized
W, the treaty; legislation bringing
". Army, in 1885, to its peace
. sT strength of 10000 from the
p.anrblican-established number Of
ny 75O under which the Hoover ad-
..ainistratioa had, he charged, whit
Isd away the number Of enlisted
non in each company from 120 to
~ The agreement with Iceland, un-
,sr which the United States event.
usllv obtained bases, despite the
'noans of anguish which went up
from the Republicans" criticism
Nv Republicans in Congress of the
sdministration's continued diploma
.;c relationship with the Vichy
T-pnch government, which, he con-
tended. was largely responsible for
allure on Germasy to obtain pos
session of the French fleet; criti-
cism by the Republican leadership
of President Roosevelt's exchange,
before Pearl Harbor, of several
verage-destroyers fo- leases upon
British Caribbean island lands for
bases now used in the defenSe
scheme, the 1888 proposal for
strengthening Guam defenses, op-
posed by 1873 Republicans, with on
" Is supporting it; repeal of the
Arms Embargo, in 1889, opposed
BY $50 Republicans, with eight vot-
ins with the Democratic majority;
the selective service law, passed
in 1910, with liz Republicans vot-
Ing against it, 50 with the Demo-
cratic majority; the lend lease
bill. first enacted in 1941, opposed
by 1876 Republicans and supported
by Is; the first Lend-Lease Appro-
piation bill, opposed by a total of
only IS House members, of whom
i were Republicans; Selective
Service extension, four months be-
fire Pearl Harbor, when 1873 Re-
nblicans voted against the pro-
posal while q supported it; repeal
Of ban against aiming merchant
ships, in 1871, opposed by 113 Re-
pubNcans and supported by 80.
"Who may ask YOU" Bulwin-
kle shouted, speaking to the Repub-
lican side of the House and his De-
mocratic colleagues applauded,
were the ones who did not want
this preparation? It was not the
majority, and it was not the Presi-
dent"
May l not remind the Governor
Dewey that it is a tragedy for
anyone, whether he is seeking pub
lie office or not, to make state
ments without first investigating
all facts.
The American people realize
what this administration has done
what it attempted to do over the
Obstacles in the congress for ma
tonal defense and in the war ef-
fort.
Bulwinkle took cognizance of re-
publican charges that a ''great
number Of battleships' accompany
Resident Roosevelt on his recent
Pacific trip and that Mrs. Roose-
welt had unnecessarily utilized
gasoline on her trip to Australia.
VI Mrs. Roosevelt's flight, he de-
cared they didn't undertake to
md out how many soldiers were
On " the plane, OR whether or not the
pane was going that way.
1t seems to me-" he asserted,