REPEAL OF BAN ON SUPPLY OF ARMS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 8

REPEAL OF BAN ON SUPPLY OF ARMS

VOTING IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FORMAL CONFERENCE NOW PENDING

(Elec. Tel. Copyright.—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Xov. 3. 2.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Xov. 2. By a majority of 02 votes, the House of Representatives supported the measure for the repeal of the embargo on the export of arms, thus ensuring the swift enactment of President Roosevelt’s neutrality bill.

Representatives of the Senate and the House of Representatives meet to-morrow to compose differences in respect of the new measure, the main variance being in the bill of the House of Representatives contains a modification of the present arms ban while the Senate bill removes the ban. Both measures include the cash-and-carry provision.

The Democrat leaders, before the voting took place to-day, had decided to push through the divisions on the resolutions. They were confident of repealing the embargo and adjourning the session by the week-end.

The procedure at the conference of the two houses on the issue is expected to be merely a formal approval of the Senate’s version, enabling both Houses finally to approve the measure late to-morrow or on Saturday, whereby the bill will become effective at the latest early next week.

The procedure in the House of Representatives permitted a three-hour debate on the instructions to those attending the conference, after which, the. House began voting on the series of instructions, all designed to amend the Senate’s bill. The first, Mr. Wolcott’s amendment banning Hovernmental agencies financing purchases by belligerents, was rejected by 228 votes to 190. The second amendment, moved by Mr. J. M. Vorys (Ohio), was rejected by 244 votes to 179. and the third, moved by Mr. Shanley, was rejected by 243 votes to 181.