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AGAINST JAPAN PROPOSALS IN UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT NOT TAKING LEAD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 21. The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) today vetoed a move to ban the sale of arms to Japan, but disclosed that President Roosevelt was 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 had thought it would be better if he waited until next session to rule whether Senator Pittman’s proposal on July 11 might violate the 1911 treaty.
Senator Pittman commented that this effectively closed the subject until January. Regarding Senator Vandenberg’s proposal to terminate the treaty on July 18, Mr Hull said President Roosevelt would give the matter full and careful consideration, provided the Senate voted to repeal 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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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1939, Page 8
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