NO AMERICAN ACTION
MEASURES AGAINST JAPAN BAN ON ARMS VETOED STAND BY. PRESIDENT (Reed. July 22, 2.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 21. The Secretary for State, Mr. Cordell Hull, to-day vetoed a move to ban the sale of arms to Japan, but disclosed that President Roosevelt is willing to consider a Republican proposal to scrap the 1911 treaty of friendship and commerce between America and Japan. Mr. Hull advised Senator Pittman that because of Congressional eagerness for an early adjournment, he thought it would be better if ne waited until next session" to rule whether Senator Pittman’s proposal to give the President power to restrict foreign commerce with any member of the Nine-Power Pact which discriminated against the American nation might violate the 1911 treaty. Senator Pittman commented that this effectively closed the subject until January.
Regarding Mr. Vandenberg’s proposal to terminate the treaty, Mr. Hull said President Roosevelt would give the matter full and careful consideration provided the Senate voted the repeal of the,pact. He thus made it clear that the President will not take the initiative in a punitive move against Japan.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19997, 24 July 1939, Page 7
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