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Show Daladier Voices Refusal of Hitler Peace Proposals -a. . .. - - MiM-MBMMWBMM Senate Blocks -Return-of-Bill To Committee 65-to-26 Vote Rejects Proposal to Segregate Cash-and-Carry and Munitions Sale'Ban Provisions of Neutrality Act WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (UP) The senate refused by a vote of 65 to 26 today to return the neutrality bill to the foreign for-eign relations committee. The committee chairman, Senator Key Pittman (D, Nev.), Immediately hailed the result ai "a potlUve teat vote" forecait-ing forecait-ing early approval of President Roosevelt's neutrality program. ' The vote was on a motion oy Senator Charles W. Tobey (R-, N. H.) to return the bill to committee to dlvoros the tltle-and-carry provisions pro-visions from the controversial arms embargo repealer. Tory and opponents of the embargo repeal re-peal denied beforehand that the, vote would be a test of senate sen-tlment sen-tlment on that question. Tobey contended the senate then could pass the noncon trover-sial trover-sial sections, In short order without with-out awaiting outcome of the hotly disputed arms embargo fight Bays Danger Imminent Tobey maintained that the tltle-and-carry provMioaa oa the m -ure were needed Immediately to remove the danger of attack on U. S. merchant vessels with possibilities possi-bilities of Involvement In the European Euro-pean conflict ' Those provisions would forbid American ships to go te belligerent ports or to enter other danger Bones. Tobey called on the senate to support his plan after It was criticised criti-cised by Pittman and Senator Tom Connelly (D, Texas), who aided In drafting the neutrality MIL Pittman claimed no purpose would be accomplished by paaaago of Tobey'g motion and Connaily asserted that Tobey's purpose could be attained "by voting on the biU Itself." Tobey, however, declared that "this Is our opportunity to pre- , vent a recurrence of our expert ence In 1(17." Points Two Confess "Whether we shall hold up passage pass-age of theee safeguard provisions throughout the controversial debate de-bate on the arms embargo repeal clause or -whether we shall adopt my motion to make these safeguards safe-guards Into Mw at once and then proceed with debate en the arms embargo repeal clause Is entirely up to this body," he said. -He defended his motion from (Caathrtiaa oa Pate (ColuM TbrM) New Deal Wins First Test of Strength I In Senate Battle Over Neutrality Bill proponents of arms embargo repeal re-peal "want to trade with belligerents." belliger-ents." Plttman replied that Germany, a belligerent now was in a position to receive all the arms and munitions muni-tions Jt desires from Russia, Rumania Ru-mania and Italy, which are neutrals. neu-trals. "Can the senator show us that these countries hs has named are supplying Germany with materials we have sold them?" Danaher asked. "I know that a pact has been signed between Russia and Germany Ger-many under which Germany Is to receive all she needs." Plttman replied. Danaher said that cash-and-carry provisions of the administration's adminis-tration's program were "fantastic" because they would not become effective ef-fective unless and until the president presi-dent issued a new proclamation declaring existence of a state of war abroad. Under the present law, such a proclamation already has been Issued. (Costume tnm Fsss Om) charges of "political motivation" and stated that "the greatest menace men-ace to democracy Is a clever man . . . and a leaser menace Is the strategist who approaches every question on the basis of how to maneuver. . . " "Has H come to such a pass." he exclaimed, "that a senator cannot can-not act frankly and openly and drive straight ahead for the right as God gives him to see the right without such aspersions being made? There has been nothing of strategy or applied cleverness In my preparation of this motion nor has there been any contact with any group In the preparation and offering of this motion. The Rouoall The rollcall on Tobey's motion: For 26. Republicans (15) Borah, Bridges, Bridg-es, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Frazier, Holman, Johnson (Cel.), Lodge, McNary. Nye, Reed, Tobey, Town-send Town-send and Vandenberg. Democrats (9) Bulow, Clark (Idaho), Clark (Mo.), Downey, Holt McCarran, Overton, Walsh and Wheeler. Farmer-Labor (1) Lundeen, Progressive tl) LaFollette. Against S. Republicans (7) Austin,' Barbour, Bar-bour, Gibson, Gurney, Hale, Taft and White. Democrats (57) Adams, Andrews. An-drews. Ashurst Bailey, Bankhead, Berkley, Bilbo, Brown, Burke, Byrd, Byrnes, Caraway, Chandler, Chavez, Connelly, Donahey, El-lender, El-lender, George, Gerry, Gillette, Green, Guffey, Harrison, Hatch, Hayden, Herring. Hill, Hughes, Johnson (Colo.), KING, Lee, Lucas, Maloney, McKellar, Mead, Miller, Minton, Murray, Neely, O'Maho-ney. O'Maho-ney. Pepper, Plttman, Radcliffe, Reynolds, Russell, Schwartz, Shep-pard, Shep-pard, Schwellenbach, Slattery, Smathers, Stewart, Thomas (Okla.), THOMAS (Utah), Truman, Tru-man, Tydings, Van Nuys and Wagner. Wag-ner. Independent (1 Norris. Glass, Shlpatead Paired It was announced that had he been present Senator Carter Glass D, Vs.) would have voted against the motion. He was paired with Senator Shipstead (F.-U, Minn.), who would have voted for it Democratic Leader Alben W. Berkley D, Ky.) told reporters he thought the vote on Tobey's motion a "good Indication" of the administration's strength, but that he was not prepared to consider It a "test vote." "My vote can't be considered a test'" said Senator William E. Borah (R, Ida.), a leader of the isolationist bloc. Senator John A. Danaher (R, Conn.), resuming the speech he began yesterday, contended that |