Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...march of, German troops into Poland recently was undoubtedly of little surprise to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The reason: In TIME, July 17, p. 19, he is quoted as having privately made the following statement to Congressmen. "Hitler will march in September-unless we pass this legislation" (repeal of the arms embargo). Prognosticator Hull deserves praise and acclaim for being so farsighted and foretelling this momentous event...
What he wanted was immediate, non-partisan action by Congress in special session to repeal the embargo on U. S. arms shipments to belligerents. The conferees agreed on non-partisan action for peace (but not, said Alf Landon afterward, to the point of forgoing partisan politics in 1940 and handing Franklin Roosevelt a third term). But they gave no committal whatsoever on the embargo. Franklin Roosevelt's biggest net gain was Jack Garner's potent support-at least for 30 days...
...President's expressed aversion to all wars, including their present one, told their readers not to be impatient. Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary Steve Early announced that overnight telegrams exceeded the response to any of the President's recent speeches. Implication: that the flood of anti-repeal letters and wires to Congress did not tell the whole story...
...Congress which is currently meeting in Special Session may either: (a) retain the present Neutrality Act; (b) repeal it and substitute Senator Pittman's "Cash and Carry" plan; or (c) repeal it without making any further legislation. If the existing statue is retained, all shipments of arms, ammunition, and implements of war will be barred. It says nothing of the raw materials and semi-finished products which made up 85 percent of U. S. shipments to the Allies during World War I. Although the "Cash and Carry" proposal prevents American ships from carrying cargo to belligerents, the present law makes...
WASHINGTON--The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today received an Administration neutrality revision bill containing minor concessions to President Roosevelt's isolationist opponents but providing for repeal of the mandatory arms embargo and the substitution of a modified cash-and-carry policy of dealing with belligerents...