PAGE TWO
50 'Over-Age'
, Ships in Deal
Naval, Air Centers Are
Granted From Guiana .
; to Newfoundland
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ed that congress should hare been
given the opportunity to pais
msQU the transaction.' They called
It the act of a "dictator," and as
serted that the transfer of the de
stroyers waa forbidden by law.
On the latter point, Mr. Roose
velt attached to his congressional
message the pinion by Attorney
General Jackson holding that no
legal obstacle existed. Jackson's
argument dealt . among other
things .with the 1117 law provid
ing that: -
Jackson Opinion
Cite Old Statute
"Daring a war in which the
rnlted States is a neutral nation.
It shall be" unlawful to send out
of the jurisdiction of the United
States any vessel, built, armed, or
...htM!! mm a TftHHol of war. OT
Hniry - I
converted from a private Teasel j
tnto a vessel 101 war, wm uj
tent, or under any agreement or
contract, written or oral, that
such Teasel shall be delivered to
belligerent jnatlon ..."
The "over-age destroyers, Jack-
son said, were clearly not built,
,L" armed, or equipped with any such
intent or wtth reasonable cause
" : to believe tbat they would ever
enter the service of a belligerent.
Acting swiftly to put Into op
eration the agreement concerning
air and naval bases, the army and
navy announced that a ten-man
board representing both services
left by plane! today for Bermuda
to examine sites for defense out
posts there.) Officials said the
group would ! fly to Norfolk, Va.,
and there board a navy cruiser
bound for Bermuda where it
would meet British experts.
Whether congress would have
to act on authorising legislation
and appropriation bills before
base construction could begin was
a matter of conjecture.
A axillary Appropriation
May Be Utilised
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of
the : house naval committee said
the navy already had $10,000,000
for use in construction of auxili
ary air bases which might be used
la connection with the new pro
gram. ' . I
Vinson suggested also that the
president might use some of the
$200,000,000 defense fund over
which congress has given the
president wide discretionary au
thority. The navy ! department, prepar
ing to go through with the deal
as quickly as possible, announced
that the destroyers involved were
of the 1200-ton type, carrying
four-Inch guns and 21-inch tor
pedo tube .the exact else used
by Britain. 1
All were completed in 1922 or
prior to that, time, the navy said,
and thus were "over-age." The
navy figures! that a destroyer no
longer retains maximum effec
tiveness after it is 1$ years old.
In the Interest of the safety of
the ships, their names were not
disclosed. !
Destroyers Are
en Eastern Seaboard
But all wef on the eastern sea
board, it was said, and many of
them had been In service as part
of the 'neutrality patrol," and six
of them were! In Boston and would
be delivered by September 4. They
will be sailed to Canadian porta
by their present crews and there
turned over to British crews.
The naval and air bases to be
acquired by the United States are
In Newfoundland, Bermuda, the
Bahamas, Jamaica. St. Lucia, An
tigua, Trinidad and British Gui
ana, the last situated on the South
' American-mainland.
The Newfoundland and Bermu
da bases.' Mr. Roosevelt said in his
message, were gifts "generously
given and gladly received," while
the others were In exchange for
the destroyers.
"This la not inconsistent In any
aense with our status of peace."
the chief executive said. "Still le&s
v is it a; threat against any nation.
It la an epochal and far-reaching
act or preparation for continental
. defense in the face of grave dsn-
- ger. s
"Preparation for defense Js an
inalienable . prerogative of a sov-
ereign: state. ' Under present cir
cumstances this exercise of aover-
' eign right la essential to the main
tenance of our peace and safety.
This la the most important action
In the reinforcement of our na-
- tionat defense that has been taken
since ,' the Louisiana purchase.
Then as sow. considerations of
safety from overseas attack were
, fundamental.
The value to the western hem
isphere of these outposts of secur
ity la beyond calculation. Their
- need has long- been recognised by
our country, and especially by
those primarily charged with the
duty 'of charting and organising
our own naval and military de
fense.
"They are, essential to the pro
tection of the Panama canal, cen
tral America, the northern portion
of South America, the Antilles,
Canada, Mexico, and our own east
ery gulf seaboards. Their conse
quent importance in hemispheric
defense Is obvious.' For these rea
sons I have taken advantage of
the present opportunity to acquire
them." - :-M
Cear Weather Coming ,
To Replace Early Rain
PORTLAND, Sept. $-iPr-T h e
weather bureau predicted an early
end today to the welcome early
September rains - Which ' touched
most west-state areas. ; Partly
cloudy conditions were expected
to give way to clear weather to
night and Wednesday except for a
few mountain and coastal areas.
Incinerator Started
McMlNNYlLLE. Sept, MflV
Cocstruetion was well advanced
. today on McMInnville's new mu
nicipal Incinerator, being erected
r fji compliance with a state board
of health recommendation, at a
cost of $2000.
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trading England for strategic navy and military base at tee for western hemisphere defense from New
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grounds race track at Syracuse. His car is seen hurtling over machine driven by Kelly PetOla, aa third
racer, Paul .Rosso, speeds onward Intent on race. Webb's car turned end-over-end three times after
photo was taken, broke In pieces acalnst front of grandstand. AP Telemat.
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preserre their freedom, in address Monday dedicating Great Smoky Mountains national perk at New
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Charter Revision
Reaches Council
(Continued from page 1)
tlon of the Bear aad Cunningham
report on the city's sewage dis
posal provisions, in which con
struction of a : new sewage dis
posal plant is outlined.
The report calls j or total ex
penditure of $386,680 in city im
provements, an Interceptor sewer
and a treatment plant to provide
a disposal system which would
give "primary treatment" to sew
age by sedimentation and sludge
digestion, and which would assure
removal of "the material which Is
most offensive when discharged
into the Willamette river" as at
present.
The' matter was turned over to
the committee on sewers and to
the city engineer.
Wood bids on 12$ cords of
wood to be delivered when re
quired at various addresses 'were
declined' In tall by the council,
and substitute bids asked when
aldermen were unable to agree
on a $3.80 per cord price asked
by Henry Fern .of Dallas, or $4
per cord asked by two Salem bid
ders. Thomas Roberta and 8. J.
Tataa. . ;
A bill for licensing of magazine
aad book peddlers was continued
indefinitely, and a new sign or
dinance waa referred to the street
committee for consideration.
The council listened to reading
of a letter by Homer H. Smith
criticising ita $.25 fee for sending
tire equipment out of thw city
limlta on the ground that the
charge : la , excessive, and also
heard the request of the manage
ment of the New Salem hotel ask
ing relief from disturbances cre
ated by newspaper boys on Ferry
street at early hours In the
morning. :
-t Absence of 1 Alderman George
Belt drew fire from Da-rid 0Hara.
another member, who asked Im
mediate action on petitions for
Installation ol street lights at the
The)
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Ringleader of BS Arkansas prison
-. photographed just after he had
corner of North-Fourth, and Nor
way strests.'and at a Trade street
Intersection, matters which had
been Intrusted to Belt as chair
man of the street lighting com
mltteee f or Investigation, but on
which no report had been re
ceived. ; :
The lights were approved as
indicated, bat Belt's absence pre
vented Introduction of an expect
ed report on the entire subject
of city street lighting, or of dis
cussion on proposed expenditure
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farm convids who escaped Monday,
bees fatally wounded--AP Telexnat.
of $759 for Investigation of Tart-
oss types of electrical productive
and distributive agencies.
The council accepted a flaa-'to
be displayed in the council cham
bers from the Salem police re
serve, and approved a resolution
introduced . by Alderman 8. B.
Laughltu praising the work' of
Mayor W. W. Chad wick and the
Centennial . commission of which
he was chairman for production
of the city's Centennial ctlebra
tlon early in August, .
Tuesday Gate
Exceeds 1939
Stock Judging Progress la
Rapid i Breeders - to
" Bleet Tonignt
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quet on the grounds last night.
E. B. MacNaughton, Portland,
will - be the speaker tonight . at
the annual banquet and election
of officers of the Oregon JPure
bred Livestock Breeders associa
tion. . ..... .
Judging of 4H club exhibits
went on rapidly First place win
ners In the dairy showmanship
contest were:-- . - ' . i-
Jerseys, Bill Foster, Sher
ni( - Holsteln. Raich Barber.
Nehalem: Guernsey. Frank Bet-
fnlker, Hlllsboro.
(Ulem 4H Members
Enter Winners
TVtnalA Mtehaal of SDrinafleld
wk th. wrmnA htmnton barrow
trophy with a Hampshire In the
4H pig exhibit. Awaraa; oi six
registered female pigs were made
a nmturrfl who exhibited cham
pion barrows in each breed. Win
ners were Reed Vollstedt, Al
bany; Coralee Nichols, Salem;
Luella Nichols, Salem; Charlotte
Haln, Salem; Donald Michael,
Snringfleld, ana wuue nyuerg,
Tualatin.
Approximately iz neaa ox
m.ri.t hn wen selected br
the sifting committee for the an
nual 4H auction sale to be held
Fridsy at 10 o'clock.
T. If. Rolfe, Grass Valley, won
all Percheron championships ex
cept senior cnampion mars,
which went to Norval H. Martin,
mayor of The Dalles.
Among special features today
will be the fair's redhead eon-
test, the winner of which will do
tk. rrthnrlA nerion whose hair
most closely matches that of the
champion Rhode isiana rea cock.
The event will be held at the
poultry pavilion between i:s
and 2 p. m. '
Cham Dion awards announced
yesterday were:
Lincoln sheep fjnampion ram
and ewe. William Riddell and
sons, Monmouth.
Oxford Downs sheep cnam
pion ram and ewe, C. P. Klzer and
son, Harrlsburg.
Herford cattlj Champion bull,
Herbert Chandler, Baker; reserve
champion bull. Flounce R o e k
ranch. Prospect; champion fe
male, Herbert Chandler; reserve
champion female. Flounce Rock
raneh.
Guernsey dairy cattle Grand
timnirtn hull L. A. Millar and
son, McMlnnville; champion sen
ior bull, L. A. Miner ana son; jun
ior champion bull, Minnie W. Mil
ler; reserve champion bull, M. C.
Fleming, Troutdale; grand cham
pion female senior. M. C. Flem
ing; grand champion junior, M. C.
Fleming., grand champion female.
M. C. Fleming; reserve champion
female, Minnie W.. Miller.
Rambouillets sheep Champion
ram. Glen wood farm, Portland;
champion ewe, Glenwood farm.
Shropshire sheep Champion
ram, J. J. Thompson, routs five,
Salem; champion ewe. Oath
brothers. Turner.
Milking shorthorns Grand
champion bull. Roger Dumdl,
Carlton.
Southdowns sheep Champion
ram; Eldon Riddell, Indepen
dence; champion ewe, Claude
Steusloff, Salem.
Purebred Nubian milch goats
Senior and grand champion doe,
Mrs. K..H. Bergerhoff, Vancouver,
Wash.; Junior champion doe, Ro
bert W. Casebeer, Portland.
Purebred . Toggenburg milch
goats Margaretha Stelger, Port
land, all champions.
Purebred Saanens milch goats
All champions, Walter D.
Wheeler, Portland.
Purebred French Alpine milch
goats Grand champion doe, Ro
bert W. Casebeer. Portland.
Nine of Arkansas
Fugitives Caught
(Continued from pags 1)
and a girl captive, were found Im
bedded in a rotten log. Four
deaths were counted In the wake
of the Arkansas prison break In
which $C convicts made their es
cape. Nine of the $ convicts who
shot their way to freedom yester
day from the Cummins prison
farm in Arkansas were recaptured
during the nlght-and-day-long
search through two states.
Frank Conley, $4, one of the
ring-leaders In the massed escape,
was shot down by posse bullets
on the levee of the Ouachita -river
here at noon today, only $0 yards
from the spot where Frank Gart
tnan, a posseman, waa killed last
midnight.
2109 High School
I Students to Work
" WASHINGTON, Sept. l.-Uf-
Allocatlon.of $$(,$$ 2 to provide.
part time Jobs for 2109 Oregon
secondary school students during
the coming: school year was an
nounced today by the national
yoqth administration.
An average of .300,009 such
students will be given such jobs
throughout the country, NTA
announced. -
Opening Day Student
Arm Least in 18 Years
PORTLAND, Sept. S.-W)-Hlgh
and grade school registrations In
pablie schools; today were the
lowest la It jears, school officials
announced, ,. '
Officials said. S$.f 7S. students
answered the opening day . bells
compared with 40.924 a year ago.
, The grade school total of 24
141 was the lowest since 1911.
f Building Is Record
- EUGENE, Sept. 1-tfVMonth-ly
building 'records tumbled la
Eogene daring August with au
thorization of construction to
cost $ IS 9.84 4. The highest pre
vious one-month total wag $121,
11$. The August total almost
doubled that of August, 19S9.
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Congress BqtJiicrws
Lauds Destroyer 1 rade
WASHINGTON, Sept, 8
transfer of 50 over-are destroyers .to tagiana ior ar
naval bases took congress by surprise today and evoked praise
and criticism from members of both parties.
Ckxngressional comment included the following;
British Fliers
TrvTire
Nazis Strike at Midlands
- Industrial ; Area r 13 -Citie
See Enemy v
(Continued from page 1)
ties, but the sir ministry said the
Germans managed to bomb only
one spot In Kent, and the major
ity were turned back at the coast.
Helping in the defense of Brit
ain, a newly-formed Czech squad
ron was officially saluted, and
credited with destroying several
German planes during the day. -
(By The Associated Press)
The power of half ahundred
orer-age United States destroy
ers was thrown yesterday Into
the battle of Britain on the side
of the besieged United Kingdom
and the British, jubilant, pre
dicted the effect would be a
telling one.
In Rumania, at the same time,
three men attempted to assassi
nate King Carol but were frus
trated' In their move to kill the
man who recently bowed to Ger
man and Italian dlctatea and
surrendered about halt of his
rich Transylranlan province to
Hungary In the Vienna settle
ment. It was an alleged iron guard
1st plot to seize power and place
Prince. Mihai on the 'throne. Sev
en shots were fired at the light
ed palace windows after a group
of men broke Into the gardens.
One guard and one of the attack
lug gunmen were wounded, and
other groups of iron guardists
attacked the Bucharest radio sta
tion and central telephone head
quarters. The British yesterday , hailed
with delight the news that their
navy would get the US destroy
ers at the price pf . a string of
bases reaching. , , approximately
2100 miles from Newfoundland
to the South. American continent.
The announcement of the trade
made by President Roosevelt occasioned-no
surprise In Germany
but official circles said all as
pects of the case would hare to
be studied before the German
attitude could be defined.
However, unofficial German
sources said the move was too
late to help England.
The British, while throwing
back the massed German attack
ers, announced new successful
attacks on enemy bases from
Norway to Italy, " including heavy
raids on a power plant at Genoa,
a dynamite works at Cologne,
and gun emplacementa on the
nazl-held French coast.
Italy's airmen reported dam
age to a British battleship, an
aircraft carrier, a cruiser and a
destroyer in the central Mediter
ranean In' raids by small dire
bombers developed expressly to
harass British shipping.
The far-away French island of
Tahiti, in the South Pact fie, has
decided to - continue the war
against Germany at the side of
Britain, Gen. Charles de Gaulle
said in London.
Salem's Produce
At Fair Is Tops
Many Ribbons Garnered by
Mid-Valley Exhibitors,
Land Products Show
(Continued from page 1)
Bosc. Cecil Boyd, Salem, first on
Cornice.
Prunes and plums: Best box
Frank Alslp, Monmouth, first on
Italian and Petite; Roy K. Smith.
Salem, first on Green Gage and
Blue Damson plums. .
Peaches: Best box - Dave
Schlag, Salem, first on late Craw
ford; Roy K. Smith, Salem, first
on any other variety.
Grapes: Baskets Ray E.
Smith, Salem, firsts on Concords,
Moorea, Niagara; Harvey Toung,
first for European variety.
Vegetables: - All trst places
Kathryn Harms, Salem, bush lima
beans; Mrs. John Zumsteln, red
cabbage; Mrs. C. K. Ogru, Brooks,
egg plant; Bobble Ray Banick,
Wood burn, garlic; J. C. Leedy,
Brooks, onions; Rodney M. Pitts,
Canby, winter variety table pump
kin; Ellwood Faist, Canby, green
Hubbard squash, Danish squash;
Henry Alslp, Monmouth, winter
squash, Ice cream melons. -
Vegetables, root crops: All first
awards A. Lid, Newport, beets;
Anne E. Rominger, Brooks, car
rots. Field vegetables and root crops:
All first awards Harvel Toung,
Monmouth, white stock carrots,
white mangel wurxels, sugar man
gels; Henry Alslp, Monmouth, red
mangle wurzels; Frank Hansen,
Aumsville, prizewinner mangels,
best stock pumpkin; A. A. Her
rlck, Salem, best stock squash.
Commercially packed vegeta:
bles: First awards A. Llsl, New
port, lettuce, cauliflower; K. Sal
to, Salem, globe type onions; Mrs.
C K. Ogura, Brooks, celery. .
Oregon grain : show Western
Oregon sweepstakes, J." g. Banick,
Woodburn. , . ... .
. Eastern Oregon sweepstakes, J.
B. Adams, Moro. , . : , - -
Forage and grass seeds'-1. " W.
Banick, Woodburn, our firsts; one
first to Bobbie Ray Bankk, Wood
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Bis Fire Only Straw
What looked, like a fire from
Salem last night turned out te he
only a farmer having his annual
Btrawplle-burnlns; feat oa his hill
top field three miles west of Rose
dale oa the Skyline road.
(AP) President .Roosevelt's
Berkley (D-Ky) One of the
greatest accomplishments In be
half 'of national and hemispheric
defense that has ever been con-
summated.
r Nye ( R-Ind) A direct act of
war in Tioletion of our treaties,
statutes and international law.
The house-could brinr Impeach
ment action. ; -
Gibson (R-Vt) I can aee no
harm in the destroyer trade.
We're got to -defend ourselves.
We certainly need these bases.
Road to War" lark
Clark(D-Ideho -One ot the
latest steps on the road to war.
Whatever the bases were worth
should be charged Against the un
paid World war debts. We should
keep the destroyers.
Bone D-Wash ) We eu ght to
keep our fleet if the threat against
our country Is half as ominous as
repeatedly charged oa the floor
of the senate. It la a tragic mis
take to deprive ourselves of some
of the most raluable ships in our
nary. It Is obvious they cannot be
obsolete ships here and be effect
ive units on the other side.
Utah Senator Approves
Thomas (D-Utah) I am glad
it has been consummated. There
is so doubt the president had
ample power.
By Representatives
White (D-Idaho) I am no
more in favor of taking over land
and making these huge expendi
tures necessary to develop and
equip these bases than I would be
to put the Louisiana purchase on
the basis of a 99-year lease. If
these new bases are worth fortify
ing and equipping they are worth
an outright purchase.
"Poor Trading" Jeffries
Jeffries (R-NJ) I think it was
a mistake from the standpoint of
adjustment of the World war
debt. We could have done some
bargaining so that we could own
the bases.
Lewis (D-Oblo) I am very
much pleased but there is one
thing' more to be done. We need
to establish on islands In the Pa
cific similar bases.
Sabath (D-Dl) It's a good
idea, a ' splendid deal, and will
protect us in the future.
Wheat (R-Ill) If they are so
badly -off that they need SO of
our eld tubs to save them, what
la the balance of their navy? It's
the first move toward getting us
into this man's war.". "
Fish (R-NT) Hitler would be
perfectly within, the law to de
clare war on us tomorrow.
Pierce Backs President
Pierce (D-Ore) -I shall back
the president. I want to do every
thing I can to aid Great Britain.
I fear Hitler. I think acquisition
of the naval bases Is a good thinff.
O'Connor (D - Mont) - Every
body favors helping England short
of sending troops. If this trade of
over-age destroyers for air bases
could be done without imperiling
our defense equipment it was a
wise thing to do, and the presi
dent should know the answer to
that.
Thorkelson (R-Mont) I think
thla is the most atrocious and un
constitutional act any president
ever could have negotiated. Under
the constitution not even congress
has the power te dispose of our
first line of defense. -Acquisition
of these leased air bases is simply
an excuse to provide entrance for
us into this war. England is using
the United States aa she always
haa done to build up her own
defenses at the expense of this
country's taxpayers.
Gties to Manage
Valley Armories
The cities of Salem, Albany,
Dallas, Silverton and Woodburn
w 1 1 1 assume responsibility for
maintenance of their respective
armories following mobilization
of the national guard on Septem
ber If. according to word tele
phoned here yesterday by Major
General George A. White. 41st di
vision -commander. .
General White said all state
owned armories would be turned
over, to cUll authorities and those
held under lease would be closed.
The mayor of each city in which
a state armory is located will be
asked to appoint three prominent
citizens to comprise a board to
supervise care and u s e of the
building, Brigadier General
Thomas E. Rilea announced. He
said upkeep expense would " not
be great. All guard units hare
been Instructed to pay all bills
now chargeable to their armories.
The armories are being turned
over to local authorities rather
than closed because in many in
stances they serve as public audi
toriums. General Rilea explained.
- Mayor W. W. Chadwick said
yesterday he did not know where
the Salem city council would get
the money to operate the armory
here. Income from boxing and
wrestling- matches, amounting to
$500 a year, might, be utillied, al
though at present it is budgeted
for charitable purposes.
Sf ore. Homer or Farm ; Insiiraiico
. .. W Offer a 20 Sarins
InrestiiTiU onr lower insnrance rates when your next
f ; ' ... policy renews
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$15,080 Slash
KteTalked
O'Hara: Advocates Saving;
Ford Suggests Same
Sum a in 1940
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tee asked instruction as to ' de
tails of tabulation' In the budget
as prepared by City Recorder A,
Warren Jonea. ,; . t t
General Fund Requests
Near Xax Limit . ,
As presented to the commit
tee. the budget calls for total gen
eral fund expenditures of 2200,-.
I CI.2S during the fiscal year of
IS 41. Of this ? 3 1,1 JO. 0 is ex
pected to be raised from receipts
from various non-tax sources, and
the remalala 1214.784.22 left
for direct taxation.
An allowance of 247.147.22 for
tax delinquency brings the total .
levy to S2Cr.922.72. or $422,t
above the 2241,449.01 allowed
under the S per cent statutory
limitation.
For the total budget, including
street, fire and general bond
sinking fund expenditures, the
tax levy la , estimated at $211.
447.74, to which is added 2,
244.58 for estimated delinquen
cies, making' a total tax of
$279,814.24.
Of this amount, $284,222.24
la included inside the per cent
limitation, and 894.87S.10 -outside.
The former, figure is $2182.-
17 Inside the total levy possible
under the I per cent limitation
on total tax Increase.
Snpport of Junior
Band Proposed
Increases in the proposed bud
get appear In the band concert
appropriation, listed at $2120 as
against $1070 last year, with the
Increased expenditure proposed
for repairs to the Willson park
fountain and support of a Junior
band; in the building inspector's
office, which asks an $1800 ex
penditure on a new depnty and
$800 for a new automobile:
parks malntainance,' which in
cludes $500 for development of
new parks and $400 for a west
end park; the police department,
for which ' five new men at s
total expenditure of $7500 have
been asked; and malntainance of
public buildings, tor which pur
chase of -an automatic oU burner
haa been asked at a cost of $800. '
Significant reductions hare
been made 1 in. "other items, how
ever, including' Iflre hydrant ex
penditures, ' for "which $2500 Is
asked as compared to $7445 ap
propriated last year;- street light
ing, estimated' af 221.520 as op
posed to $27,654.25; and street
cleaning, cut from $18,200 to
$14,440.
WiUkie Objects to
eal Method
FR Should Have Let Public"
Discuss Trade, Congress
Act, Says Nominee
RUSHVILLEVlnd.. Sent.
-Although declaring "the coun
try will undoubtedly approve" of
the administration's trade of de
stroyers for naval base rights in
British possessions. Wendell L.
WiUkie said today it was re
gretable President Roosevelt
"did not deem it necessary" to
obtain prior congressional ap
proval or permit public discus
sion. Willkle handed reporters this
formal statement- at a press con
ference in his back yard:
"The country will undoubted
ly approve of the program to add
to our naval and air bases and
assistance giren to Great Brit
ain. It la regretable, however,
that the president did not deem
It necessary. In connection with
this proposal, to secure the ap
proval of congress or permit pub
lic discussion prior to adoption.
"The people have a right to
know of such Important com
mitments prior to and not after
made. ,
"We must be extremely care
ful In these times when the
struggle in the world Is between
democracy and totalitarianism
not to eliminate or. destroy the
democratic processes while seek
ing to preserre democracy.
"It Is the contention of the
totalitarian rulers that democ
racy; is not effective. We must
prove that It ia .effective by
making fun use of its process.
Congress has constitutional func
tions as Important and sacred as
those of the chief executive.
Japan Asfe Army
Admittance Port
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would transport their troops by
sea to Haiphong, whence the .
Yunnan railway runs '220 miles
to the Chinese border and from
therr 200 miles further to Kun-.
mlnf , ; capital of Yunnan ' prov
ince and nerve center of China's
internal and - international . land
and air communications.
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