SHIPPING OF ARMS TO UNFRIENDLY NATIONS
Received Wednesday, 8.20 p.m. WASHINGTON. April 15. Drastic elianges in the neutrality law to permit the President to ban the shipment of war materials to unfriend ty nations, was sought by President Truman in a message to Congress to day. The law now stipulates equal'' treatment to all nations in granting atms export licences, except where treaties were violated. President Truman said the United States Government was , now in the intolerable position of being bound by its own legislation to give aid and sup port "to anv power which might later attaek us". The new legislation fnust give the government discretion in , granting or rejecting applications for export or impoft licences for arms, ammunition and related iterns. "The impartiality of the provision in the Neutrality Act, 1939, is no longer consistont with Fnited States' inter national commitments," he said. "We have committed ourselves to international cooperation through United Xations and if this partic.ipation is to be fully effective, the Governmen' must have control over traffic in wea pons, which will permit us to ac.t in acordance with our position in United Xations, and will be adaptahle to changes in the international situation. ''
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 5
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