SENATORS’ OPINIONS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 9

SENATORS’ OPINIONS

LIFTING OF ARMS BAN FIRST STEP TO PEACE POSSIBLE PATH TO WAR (Eluc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 16, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Senator Connally closed the second week of the Senate neutrality debate, contending that a repeal of the embargo would be the first step to peace. \ Previously Senators Frazier and Lundeen attacked the repeal proposal on the ground that repeal would be likely to involve the United States in war. Senator Frazier declared that 'Britain and France were at present “stalling” on the Western Front, awaiting the outcome of the neutrality controversy. He added: “The desire of our war lords is to push us into the insane European war in order to try out our war paraphenalia.” Senator Lundeen, citing the war debts, declared that the word ,of Britain and France was no better than that of Herr Hitler. “I do not believe any of these foreign diplomats,” Senator Connally said. Senator Pepper, in a statement to the press urging that inter-American naval forces should sink belligerent submarines and warcraft entering the safety zone, said: “The warring powers should be shown that we mean business.” Senator Taft suggested that the waters within 300 miles of Europe, including the Scandinavian and Mediterranean areas, should be declared a war zone from which American ships would be barred. Senator Lundeen suggested that the United l States should sele the British west Indies - possessions in payment for the war debt, because they would be useful to the United States as naval air bases.