SENATE ATTACK PLANNED
ARMS EMBARGO REPEAL. U.S. NEUTRALITY BILL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 28, 1.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 27. The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press of America says ■that opposition to the prompt approval of the Administration’s Neutrality Bill by the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, faded when Senator W. E. Borah, one of its strongest opponents, said the expected measure would be reported to the floor of the Senate to-morrow, permitting the opening of the debate on Monday. Senator Borah explained that the opposition would make its main attack on tiie proposal to repeal the arms embargo clauses on the floor of the Senate.
According to a report from Chicago the American Legion, although continuing to stress tiie. fact that America must avoid war, to-day demanded that the Government should adopt immediately a programme to provide raw materials sufficient to maintain an army and navy of a minimum of 1,000,000 men for at least a yea.'. The Legion also asked for an immediate increase in the regular army to the full peace-time strength of 280,000 and of the National Guard to 488,000 and the subsequent removal of these numerical restrictions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 6
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197SENATE ATTACK PLANNED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 6
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