WEATHER
COVERAGE .
Hi Horald nd Nowi blanket rich ogrl
cultural and Industrial tmplr of Southtrn
Oregon tnd Northern Cillfornli. .
High M) Low 85 !
24 hours to S a. m. - .00
Beaaon to date ... t)M
I.aat rear to data 1T.88
Normal precipitation 11.80 Jl'ti
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lly I It A Mi. JIv.Nkl.NH
, f UVKIINOII DICKINSON, ot
Michigan, wtm roociill- at
t.'iulcd it giilliuring of Kiiateru
guvurnura, saw somebody lako a
ilrlnk. probably wllnuusi'd a (luur
huw in u c.iiivciillun dlmiur, and
ruiiiu buck Iiuiiiu cuiivulacd
liurrui- wlilih liu promptly dla
cloned lu Ihu reporters, la evident
ly u imriiy ulil mini who ruvula In
putrid rumors, t
Ilia tut iiimiliui Hint Kluanor
lloosov.'ll debauched young glrla
by uilvlcu on tl i In k ii b ho allege
hu kuvu buck In iitii provi-a lliui
bcjoud much poajdliiliiy uf iluulit.
PI.KA.NOH ItOUMiVKLT. lo bu
sure, laallulilly iiutiy. tl'ku.u
overlook tho alting; mi other word
menu iu III utu.tly.)
Khu bolii'vi'a, tor ikuiuplu, lliul
ii'uilu inn bu "upltlli-U" by Ihu
kind ol perauiia who lulk uillll
liiilt, Thi'y can I. Whaluvcr
puoplu gel In Ihu nuy ut uplift
they mul ritOVlDK KOIl TIIKM
HKI.VK.S. Ci'iituilcs uf cxperluiico
pruvu Ihlil.
Hut miyunu who actuate iho
Impulsive, wuriil-licurivd, alto
gether human and gvuuliiu Ural
ludy or Iho I ii ml ul debauching
)oimg girla by udvico on drinking
lii'i Jjt, lu Ira the- governor of a
Ki vul Auiurliuu tliiii',
"THIS u i ilia uiiibuigu rcpeiil quo
lion Hint It flllliiK tbu land
Willi iiullllcnl thunder, a a Iho ur
rlnuda lirow bluc-krr In Europe, la
llio tnino old qticatlon that facoa
all pokor player ul uno Hum or
another: "Sbnll I blult, or shall 1
alay out?'
II thu bluff works, every thing
la lino. , lint If It DOESN'T, and
you aro gambling wlib llio runt
and grocery money. It Is pralty
bad.
yllO.SK who urgo upon ua Ibv
uocuaalty of bluffing Iho die
lutore out of Blurting a war, by
threatening ilioiu with Aincrliiio
nld for thu vlcllnm at their ag
gression, aliuiild ruinuuiuor Unit
limy uro giiinhllug with Iho llvoa
of Auioi-lrini boya.
In I Ilia giinio or wnr bluff, iho
BTAKICB AUK 11 Ul
YU havo irad lu your nuw.
pnpor Hint Tyrolvao of Uei
lumi blood aro IioIiik ordered to
novo out of tholr homes In Hie
1 1 ii Mn ii Tyrol.
You diiii't know why. NO-
ItOUV aouina to know why ox-
t'upl, of coin-no, thn dvapola who
rulo (lormany and Hilly.
For aoino ronton bnaod upon
nntlonul power pollllca, Ihcy aro
bring torn looao from tholr homes
and compelled to movo Into a
alrungo land.
'plIAT la II KOI. MENTATION cur
rlocl to a high powor. View
ing llio frlills of roKlniontiiHon In
I he ltnlinn Tyrol, Auiorlcnna
ahoiild roaolve firmly lo have
NONE OF IT In this atlll froe
. country,
l .
4l4'll'lnlt Ih'llall
riniiiMMl Suicido
IIOKIOIIUHCI, Oil)., ".Inly 21 Ml
Flnitnniiliiin from Hio body of
nil uiiUlnniiri.nl nmn, rounil yna
lonliiy on Secllon crenk nonr
(llnnilitlo, wnro forwiirdcd by nir
miill todny to tho fodi-riil bureau
of IdoulirieiiHon nt Wellington,
1). C. Coronnr II. C. BtoiiniB ro
portcid that tho mini, nppnrontly
n aulnldo, had been dend nhout
flvo diiya. Thn Ihront hail boon
rut. A bloodHlnliicil knlfn nnd
hiilf-eonsumod bottlo ot wlno Iny
nearby,
Thn body was discovered yoi
lerdny morning by'M. A. Bulea
of (llomlnln nrior IiIh iwo hiiiiiII
soiih had roportcd they hud aonn
"n drunk man sleeping by the
crook."
WASHINGTON, July 21 (p)
Tho sonnlo iipprovod nnd sont to
tho lioiiso todny n "truth In fab
rics" 1)111 that would roniilro In
biding of most ninntifnatiirad
wooden products to show I heir
contents. ' ;
JAPS DRAW P
FLEET IN OIL
Tokyo Says Situation Ex
tremely Grave, Oecu-'
pation Possible
TOKYO, July 21 (VP) A sec
tion of the Japanese fleet, a
naval ministry source disclosed
Inilny, la assembling ill northern
waters at a result of a soviet
it it n In ii threat to confiscate Jap
anese oil and coal properties.
The also of Itin naral force,
lyi bnae, anil deal Inat Ion Mem
' mil alalcil, Tlin naval source
ili'i'larnl,. Iiowrvrr, Dial "our
alilpa and mrii are ready."
Asked If Japan were likely lo
lake armed anion lo prevent
conflaratlnn. ha replied: "In my
opinion that la poaallile. The
alluailnn la extremely grave."
(On Monday soviet Ituaala
announced rejection of a Jap
anrae demand In 'ultimatum
form' regarding Iho rights of
Jaiwineae oil and coal conces
sionaires In Hakhnlln laland,
nlilrli Is half lluaalnn and half
Jnianeae. . It Is off Hie Ml
berlan roaal.)
The government awaited word
as to whether soviet authorities
had carried out a threat to con
fiscate the properly at a mid
night Thursday deadline. No
report had been received thus
far either from Sakhalin or from
Moscow,
' At Moscow, gblgenorl Togo.
Japanese ambassador. - was en
raged. Jn , uosotiatloha wlth.- AV
l.osovaky, vloa-commlssar of for
eign affairs, In a last minute
effort to avert a clash.
VIce-Adntlrat Maaato RakonJI.
president of the North Sakhalin
Oil company, said "Japan will
never surrender her soncesalons."
"If necessary," ho added, "we
will occupy the Island."
Official circles expressed a fear
ot the repetition of the Nlko
lanvsk massacre ot 1920. when
some 600 Japanese wero slain.
"The oil concessions are par
ticularly valuable, owing to the
Importance of national defenae."
SakonJI charged aovlet ob
structionist tactics had reduced
the annual oil yield from ISO.
000 barrels to Icaa than 40.000.
I'oIiliooN Trying
To Save Ileiiinnnt
Of Long Machine
NEW OULKANS, July 21 (An
Governor Karl K. Long and .Mayor
Robert S. Maestri of New Orleans
wero united today in an effort to
savo tho old Htiey Long political
machine from wreckage.
Karl, brother of the late "Klng
flHh," nnd Maestri, lluey'a early
financial backer, are tho two re
maining nt the four principal
holis of Huey's formerly well-or
dered domain. Governor Richard
W. ltchc. titular chief legatee,
hns reslgnod, and Seymour Weiss
soinetlmen called No. 2 political
man In ' Louisiana, Is under fed
eral mnil fraud charges.
A federal grand Jury tndlctod
Monlo K. Hart, New Orleans bual-
nnss man. and Dr. James Monroe
Smith today on mall fraud charges
alleging diversion ot 214,196.07
taxes paid by Louisiana State unl
verslly on the nicnvlllo hotel hore,
purchased for a nurses' home De
comber 3. 1931,
Tho Indictment said under the
ngroeinent of anlo tho Leo Circle
Hotel company, Inc., was to pny
tho full tax for the year 1936 and
tho university, then headed by Dr.
Smith, was to reimburse It for Its
prornto share of taxes from the
dato of aalev
Tho National Equipment com'
puny, Inc., ,bf which Hart was a
principal stockholder, billed the
university for llo ontiro taxes of
214,196,07. and this was paid.
Tho Indictment declared the
university at no llmo nas "Indebt
ed to tho National Kqulpniont com
pany, Inc., In any amount whatso
ever." .
Long yosterday took occasion
during a speech In north Louis
iana to decry Shreveport and
Monroe nowspapor , attacks on
Maestri,
IMivh Snves Mnn
From Falling Tree
GRANTS PASS, July 21 W)
Only a dlteh Into which Walter
Crltosor ot l.clnnd fell saved his
lifo when ha sawed oft a high
limb ngnlnat which a severed
throe had fnllon. Crltoser drop
ped' with the limb nnd tree,
which crashed down upon him.
Ho was discovered by a grand
nephew. Crltesor's left leg la
parnlysed and ho suffers Internal
hemorrhages, a correspondent re
ported todny from l.clnnd.
ILL DISPUTE
Highway
If Foirbonkia
Skoawoy.
This proposed
rout would
cut through
Caicadti. It
would cost
more to build,
but would be
...Ketchikon
"4. Prince Rupert
. ' ' f
closer to major
cities on coast
St
Highway dittonce
from Seattle to
Foirbanks, 2256
mllej.
Mi,-
Pacific Ocean
The long-vleloned highway from
follow one of the two routes shown on map above, according to
surveys made hr an international committee recently. One route
Is longer and easier lo build, the
FIDE HAZARD HIGH
Heat Accompanies) FaUirig
:Htimirrif All JRlazM ''
Under Control
i BCI.I.KTISI
Fire broke out in (rait and
brush land on the east slope
of Hiukel mountain In the To
valley . country Friday after
noon. Fore U lookouts report
ing to Klamath Fall said the
blase looked potentially scrl.
ous. ' C'y Combeet, county fire
warden, was notified at his
headquarters at Honansa, and
steps were taken to combat the
fire.
Although no fires were out of
control In the Klamath region Fri
day, the. weather wai head,ed to
ward a period ot heat and low
humidity and foresters expected
extreme hazards In the woods this
weekend. ..-
Flro-fightlng forces were suc
cessful in holding the' Yalnsx
bulte blase, which was surround
ed Thursday morning. - Slse of the
force wss reduced- front the maxi
mum of 460 called to -the lines
earlier In tho week. '
Small Fire '
Several email fires broke out In
grass and brush land Thursday
night and Friday, but these were
quickly checked by the Klamath
Forcsi Protective ' association.
Smoke ot a fire near the Catholic
cemetory at the toot of Hog Back
could be seen from town. -
Tomperatures are expected to
run higher In all parts of Oregon
and northern California -. this
weekend. Mcdford was up yes
terday with a maximum ot 94.
Other reports Included: Bend, 80;
Lakevlew, 82; Pendleton, 81;
Hoseburg, 82; Siskiyou gum
mil, 82. -. ;
Fair and Warm r -"Fair
tonight and Saturday with
low clouds or fog along the south
const Saturday morning; contin
ued warm with low to very low
humidity In Interior daytime and
low over Siskiyou and Cascade
mountains at night; gentle north
and northwest winds lower eleva
tions hut northeast over ' higher
mountains and In Columbia gorge
becoming westerly in coast range
tonight and In Columbia gorge
Saturday.
Tho oslrame .conditions tndl
cnted In this forecast led to warn
Ings to picnic parties, campers and
fishermen expecting to be In the
Open over the weekend.
Japanese Consul
llles of Injuries i
BUTTE, Mont., July 21'. ()
Motokt Matsiimura, Japanese con'
sul at Portland, Ore., died to
day from Injuries received In an
automobile accident , near . here
yesterday. . -,
Matsiimura, 38, suffered a frac
tured skull and other injuries
when tho oar in which he and an
attache of the consulate, George
M. Tnkao. overturned on a
graveled road as they were re
turning from a visit to Yellow'
stone park. Takao was only
slightly hurt,
to Alaska
Arctic Oeeew
This proposed
rout would oo
through Polly
river volley,
which enjoys
mild climate.
YUKON
TERRITORY
.Hozelton
Soda Creek
s
IRITISH
COLUMBIA
Vancouver
"Seattle
UNITED
STATES
the United States'to Alaska will
other more useful to Alsska cities,
Alaska-U.S.
Road Routes
Under Study
......... . ,4
i VICTORIA! B. O.. Julj 71 'Can
adian Press) Canadian and
United States commissioners will
meet here next Monday to consider
plan, for. the. proposed Interna
tional., highway . through British
Columbia and the Yukon territory
to connect Washington state and
Alaska.., . . , -,
An aerial survey, Just completed
by member ot the Canadian com
mission, is expected to form' the
basis for discussion, although
financing la expected to be thor
oughly considered.
Big Project
. The road, approximately 2000
miles long, would cost something
between 114.000,000 and 25,
000.000, engineers have estl
mated. A total of 833 miles Is al
ready completed, as far north as
Hstelton, In central British Co
lumbia, present northern term!'
nus of. the province's road sys
tem.
One'blg difficulty facing British
Columbia Is to find the funds to
build a 604 mile road from Hatel
ton to the Yukon boundary. Pre
mier. T. D. Pattulo has visited
Washington, D. C, on two occa
sions to confer with President
Roosevelt. Informed sources have
said the United States is willing
to lend,' British Columbia the
money .
.This suggestion ot an American
loan has raised more objections in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Small Man Assumes Con trol
. ,. of Britain's Jobless Horde
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 (P)
A man of small stature stood be-,,
fore massed thousands in an audi-
torlura here last night and told
of leading "wild mobs" thnt
"broke thousands of dollars of
windows night after night" In
London.
He was Bill Rowell, British la
bor leader, representing London's
420,000 unemployed. He spoke
to an audience gathered to learn
something about moral rearma
ment a new movement which has
tor Its goal International peace
and peace between employers and
employes.
Howell told how he watched
men grow gaunt and hollow-eyed;
children starve and babies die ot
hunger and disease in squalid cel
lars. His soul grew bitter. He
began a blind, raging fight against
what he thought ..was tho torce
oppressing the common people. . .
"Yes, it was 1 who organised
the most poworful' forces lu Kng
land," he shouted. "It was 1 who
led hunger march alter hungor
march, it was 1 who led the wild
mobs that broke thousands of dol
lars of window night after night.
, "Then a man, a man whom I
recognised as coming from the
class ot society I despised, came to
my house., He was Miles F1III
more, ion bt a nobleman, 1
, . , . Startled
' "He came to my house and
said: 'I'm sorry I belong to th
class which has been so largely
responsible for the plight of your
A n ti-Po I itics B il I Pa sses
STRONG
BRINGS VOTE
F
E
Measure Restricts Govern
ment Employes From
-? Campaign
TASHtNOTON, July 21 JP
The senate approved today minor
houae changes In the Hatch bill
prohibiting political activities by
government employes and sent
the measure to the White House.
The action came after an
Impassioned plea by Senator
Hatch l.. M.), author ot the
legislation, for the senate to
send the bill to the president'
desk rather than to a Joint
senate-bouse conference com
mittee. v Hatch said the latter course
would mean the "graveyard" for
the legislation.
To bla colleagues he asserted
vehemently be had heard report
a movement - was underway to
sidetrack; the- bill and, that send'
Inr it to k conference committee
Ihstead of approving , the. houae
amendment psomptly would
hsvii iht- foetid wW
' Vice- President. Oarner gaveled
the conference report "through
without an audible objection when
discussion, ended. .... . .
This, however, watf not' until
Senator Mlotq (O-Ind.) had told
the chamber Hatch had argued
"with a great deal ot heat and
very little light."
He said Hatch's assertions
about a movement to sidetrack
the bill "have no foundation In
fact." , . v
. Minion said the' measure orig
inally had been approved by the
senate with scant debate, and
senators had not had sufficient
time to study the house-approved
measure.
Diamond Lake Gun
Ban Extended
ROSGBURQ. Ore., July 21 (P)
Extension of restrictions against
discharging of firearms to a dis
tance ot one mile around Diamond
lake, was announced today by V.
V. Harphsm, supervisor of the
Umpqua national forest. Hereto
fore tbe ban bas extended tor a
distance ot a halt mile from tbe
lake shore.
The order, Mr. Harpham report
ed, was made to protect vacation
ists from the danger ot stray bul
lets, and also to save wild lite in
the vicinity of the resort. The
prohibition will be lifted, he said,
prior to the duck season.
people. ' Now I want' to do some
thing for you.'
' "That kind of talk I had never
heard before, It startled me and
1 began to think things over. . . .
I saw that my leadership was
wrong. , I saw that I was helping
class against class.
"I saw that the same thing wa
happening all over .the world
nation against nation, class against
class, labor against capital man
against man, brother against
brother. j
'.'Miles Fllllmore stayed at my
houae for two weeks. I couldn't
even give htm a bed. Ho slept In
a chair. But. he brought moral
rearmament to mo. ...
"I In turn imbedded it In the
minds ot my. followers, and we
practiced it. It spread life wild
fire throughout the district until
six months later it was absolutely
in control ot 47 boroughs on the
outskirts ot London. ,'
New Program-
' "Parliament became Interested
and asked us to apeak there. We
did and that night 23 members ot
parliament dedicated tbe rest of
their lives to moral rearmament."
Today Rowell and others with
him go to Del Monte to attend
the second world assembly tor
moral rearmament. Their goal Is
world-wide inculcation of:
Absolute honesty, y '
Absolute love,
Absolute purity. . ;
. Absolute unselfishness. , ,
I T
Germany Expects to Control
Danzig Without Using Force;
Britain Sees Peaceful End
BERLIN, July 21 UP) A Ger
man government spokesman in
one ot the most unequivocal re
cent utterances on Danzig said to
day Germany optimistically ex
pects a solution of the problem
favorable to the relch but rejects
the idea of force to regain tbe
free city. ' ,
Our fuehrer 1 IOO per cent
for peace," he said. "Now as
before wo expect an uncom
promising; solution of tho Dan-
si; situation along peaceful
line.
"Germany has not the least de
sire for a conflict of arms to bring
about the uncompromising solu
tion which we confidently expect.
We reject; 100 per cent such a
warlike solution and would re
gret extremely it that were tbe
only way."
Saying that Adolf Hitler clung
to the definition ot the nasi party
convention at Nuernberg Sept. 2-
11 as "the party day of peace,
the spokesman added:
"If he did not mean It don't
you suppose we would have start
ed to prepare the public by a press
and propaganda campaign tor an
other eventuality V
LONDON, July 21 (P) Pacific
utterances in Berlin over the
tre. city pt, Dansig. were inter
Cull Potato:
Processing
Viewed Here
Feasibility ot a processing
plant to handle cull potatoes In
the Klamath basin was being in
vestigated Friday by John Rust
of Shatter. Calif., manager ot the
western division of the American
Products company.
With C. A. Henderson. Klam
ath county agricultural agent, and
Henry Semon, potato grower. Rust
made a survey of the basin Friday
afternoon with the idea ot gath
ering material for tho possibility
ot the establishment ot a plant
similar to that recently construct
ed In Shatter, early potato grow
ing area.
Stock Feed .
According to Henderson, the
Shatter plant, which processes cull
potatoes by a dehydrating meth
od, was put Into action this spring
with- apparent success. Tho plant
processed 6000 tons ot Shatter
culls. selling the processed article
for stock feed.
A survey ot the Klamath dis
trict shows approximately 15 to
20,000 tons of potatoes grown
here each year that could be clas
sified as culls.
Even in heavy producing years.
Henderson pointed out. low grade
potatoes are plentiful and the use
ot the culls by the dehydrating
method would prove a boon to the
potato industry in the Klaniatn
basin.
Donkey Boy Brings
lVot Asking for
Pastor's Hansom
JERUSALEM, July 21 (AP)
A donkey boy brought to Jeru
salem today a note from tho Rev.
Tlerould R. Goldner. : of Mogo
dore, O.. assuring hi father of
his safety but urging tho 15000
ransom demanded by ' his Arab
kidnapers be paid today If pos
sible. - ; -.
The same messenger brought
a note from tho leder of the
band which kidnaped the Ohio
pastor Wednesday declaring It
the ransom were not paid the
captors could not be responsible
for Goldner's safety.
The first message, delivered to
Dr. Jacob Ooldner, Cleveland, O.,
pastor and tnthor ot the kidnaped
man, said:
"Don't worry. I am sending
this note with my donkey boy to
you to convince you I am sate.
Please bring the money If possi
ble Friday. Affectionately,
"Jerry (Oerould)".,
The donkey boys accompanied
the Goldner on the Journey
which resulted in the kidnaping.
Ono was sent back with the
father, who reached Jerusalem
yesterday. The second was freed
last night with the messages and
reached Jerusalem this morning.
preted today In Britain as a new
invitation to the British govern
ment to return to the policy ot
appeasement.
(A German government spokes
man said "Our fuehrer Is 100
per cent for peace. Now as be
fore we expect an uncompromis
ing solution ot the Danzig situa
tion along peaceful line favor
able to Germany).
j "Nobody ever doubted that
Hitler would prefer to get Dan
sig without war," one British
oirlclal said, "but as long a
Germany insists that Danzig
must return to the relch then
the situation ia not too hope
ful." In Rome,, fascists, said they
concurred wholeheartedly in the
German spokesman statement.
In Paris, officials were guarded
In their comment but said they
were Inclined to regard the state
ment as a "possible change" in
the situation.
The Berlin development came
as talk which was without con
firmation spread concerning over
tures toward European "peace
discussions. -
One report was that Sir Nevile
Henderson, British ambassador to
Germany, might "very, shortly"
establish contact with Adolf Hit
ler. -"to find out Just , what bis
terms are for world peace."
E
Reclamation Projects on
List After Senate -Republicans
Act -
WASHINGTON. July 21 LV
The senate banking committee
trimmed $400,000,000 from Presi
dent Roosevelt's 22,800,000.000
lending program today and -then
added 890.000,000 for reclama
tion projects in the west.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), voic
ing tbe views of minority com-'
mittee members, told reporters
republicans still were "not sat
isfied' and would seek further
curtailment ot the measure.
The committee agreed to cut
from J 750.000, 000 to 500,000,
000 a proposed authorization tor
toll roads and from 8500,000,000
to' (350,000,000 the total which
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration could expend for rail
road equipment to be leased to
the carriers.
While the senate committee
was busy with details of the leg
islation, Jesse Jones, new federal
loan administrator, told the house
banking committee any inference
drawn from prevlou- testimony
by him, and current in some con
gressional circles, that the lend
ing legislation was unnecessary
was "of course, ridiculous."
Jones was reported authorita
tively to have told the senate
committee late yesterday the Re
construction Finance corporation
could finance the - program for
two years with Its present bor
rowing authority but some amend
ments to existing law would De
necessary to carry out such lend
ing proposals as construction ot
toll roads and leasing of equip
ment to railroads. . '
Today he told the house com
mittee the $1,8111,000,000 still
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Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
: 1 i R. H.
' E,
Pittsburgh 4 . . 5 ; 2
New York 3 10 0
Tobln, Sewell (7), Swift (9)
and Berres; Melton and O'Dea. .
2nd game: . R. H. E.
Cincinnati 3 9 1
Brooklyn 4 , 5 0
' Grlssom, Vandermeer (7), L.
Moore (8) and Hershberger;
Casey and Todd.
R H E
Chicago 33 11 0
Boston 1 13 2
: Root and Hartnett; Turner and
Lopez. ...
, . AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. it. E.
Washington 2 7 1
Cleveland 5 9 1
Haynes, Masterson (8), and
Giuliani; Mllnar and Hemaley. ,
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FOR BUSINESS
Roosevelt Claims Europe'
in Process of Preparv
ing for Showdown (
HYDE PARK. N. Y.. July Jl
(P) President Roosevelt In dis
cussing neutrality legislation to
day said that from every capital
In Europe without exception-
there wa evidence ot prepara
tions for an eventuality that wa
believed to be fairly close.
At the same time, Mr. Roose
velt said it should be em
phasized that there were no
allegations of probabilities of
trouble abroad, only as a state
ment of possibilities.
He contended at a press eon
ference that a decision to deter
action on neutrality legislation
until the next session ot congress
would hurt business.
A prominent businessman,
Mr. Rooaevelt said, told him
recently failure of congress to
act on neutrality was killing
the nicest littleiualne-a boom
ytn"Wlf 'aaw. '-
Businessmen, the" president as
serted, do not want to. make .
commitments because they do not
know what form neutrality leal- '
lation may take when congress
convenes next ; year. They do
not want to- place orders or take
them, he laid. . -
- For instance, he said, a news
paper owner, not knowing bow
a war might affect bis business.
would hesitate to plae an order
for
nvw preaa. si ine same
time, the president said it would
take more than a mere crisis to
impel him to call congress into a
special session to come to grip
with the neutrality problem.. -,
For several year, be added,
there have been recurring
threats which did not eventuate
in war abroad, and there might
be another which might not
lead to actual conflict. .
But the United States la not
in a position to help In a situa
tion of that kind, he said, under
the present neutrality law with '
its arms . embargo - provision.
Members of the senate who con
ferred with him and Secretary
Hull -Tuesday night were fully
appraised of that fact, he said.
It was at that conference that
a decision was reached to aban
don efforts to obtain Immediate
passage ot a neutrality bill with
out an- arms embargo section.
Members of the senate who
wanted to postpone action, Mr.
Roosevelt declared," have bocn
gambling with the possibility
that war will not eventuate.
The chief executive indicated
that the neutrality controversy
was closed until congress reas
sembles next January, so tor a
he was concerned. Then he went
on to discuss it at length with
newsmen clustered around his
desk In the study of his home
here.- ' ' .
He was told that senate Isola
tionist were predicting he would
carry the neutrality issue to the
country on a prospective trip to
the west coast. , .
Mr. Roosevelt wanted to know
what neutrality Issue existed. ' A
reporter remarked the arms em
bargo was the issue and the
president then, asked whether It
was not closed till next January
by action- ot tbo senate, .
' There is and ran be no lm
mediate issue beforo the coun
try, he amplified, berause cer
tain groups , In ' tho senate
preclude any action until Jan
,' uary. ...
- He said It should be made
perfectly clear, ot conrse, that
those groups had accepted the
responsibility for withholding ac
tion on neutrality.
About all we can do hotween
now and January is pray there
won't be another crisis and pray
awfully hard, Mr. Roosevelt de
clared. . i ,
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EMBARGO
DECLARED
BAD