TWO IMPORTANT BILLS DEFEATED
NEUTRALITY AND MONETARY
MEASURES
"NO SURRENDER" ATTITUDE
President Roosevelt suffered severe rebuffs in the House of Representatives at Washington on Friday night. Opposing the President's hopes for revision of the neutrality law, the House retained the existing restrictions against the export of arras and credits to belligerent nations, and defeated a proposal for a modified neutrality measure. The President's monetary powers were ended by expiry at midnight while a measure for their extension was under debate.
The Administration was further defied by opponents of the New Deal, who inserted in the 1940 Relief Bill provisions which the President was reluctant to accept. American newspapers are discussing the possible effects in Europe of the failure to abolish the arms embargo.
A Washington message states: "It is reported that Mr. Roosevelt has taken a 'no surrender' position in twin battles Avith the rebellious Congress over the monetary and neutrality legislations. Friends say that the President has no thought of compromise.''
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 9
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162TWO IMPORTANT BILLS DEFEATED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 9
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