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Show possibility that inside Secretary Hull's handsome, impassive, white-thatched white-thatched head there is knowledge that, if disclosed, would make headlines throughout the country. And, with the memory of the "incidents" "in-cidents" that brought America into the World War still fresh, the Administration, which has consistently con-sistently pursued an extremely cautious foreign policy seems determined de-termined to keep us out of future conflicts if that is at all possible. High spots of the neutrality plan include: Prohibition cf the export of arms and ammunition to any foreign belligerent until February 29, 1936 (by that time another Congress will be in session, and will be able to cope with changed conditions.) Prohibition of the use of American Amer-ican vessels in arms traffic until February 29, 1936. Establishment of a strict licensing licen-sing system for American munitions muni-tions manufacturers, and exporters. expor-ters. Authorization for the President to require a bond of any ships j suspected of transporting arms and munitions. Authorisation for the President to restrict or entirely close territorial terri-torial American waters to the submarines sub-marines of belligerents. Authorization for the President to forbid American citizens to travel abroad during war except at their own risk, unless such traveling tra-veling is made necessary in order j to escape a zone of conflict. It is an interesting fact that the neutrality bill passed both houses by close to unanimous votes yet a number of Congressmen, including some who voted for it, are dubious. Senator Johnson, old-time old-time advocate of U. S. isolation, said it would not prevent our getting get-ting into war. And a few voices, including that of Senator Wads-worth, Wads-worth, potential Republican Presidential Pre-sidential candidate, spoke up against the principle it represents, on the grounds that small, persecuted per-secuted nations will be harmed by the policy, while big, aggressive nations will not. For" example, Italy could get by without purchasing arms abroad while closing of foreign buying to Ethiopia, which has no industrial resources that might be turned to munitions production, pro-duction, would make it impossible for her to defend herself in the event of war. However editorial response to the plan has been highly favorablepapers favor-ablepapers which oppose the President Pre-sident in most of his policies are for him when he attempts to keep us out of the pending European! super-war. The provision whereby Americans traveling on ships be-longing be-longing to belligerents must do so j at their own risk is perhaps the most important single part of the bill remember the Lusitania! The last Congress was usually' spoken of as lethargic, slow-moving, dead on its feet. But, with September approaching and Congressmen Con-gressmen anxious to get home in order to pay attention to their political fences, the closing days witnessed an amazing burst of activity. Passed was the banking bill in its final form it represents a compromise between the Administration Admin-istration and such conservatives as Senator Glass. Government will control the banks but the administering ad-ministering board will apparently be as non-political as possible. Passed was the $250,000,000 "soak-the-rich" tax bill, much in the form first asked by the President. Pre-sident. Passed was the bitterly debated Utility Holding Company bill. The "death sentence" clause is out, though there is considerable difference dif-ference of opinion as to what the bill really provides. Some say it gives the government the power to put holding companies out of business if it wants to others say it simply provides tsrait-jacket regulation. Still in the air is the burning question of the bill's constitutionality. con-stitutionality. Passed was the bill setting up a "little NRA" for the bituminous coal industry a measure whose constitutionality seems more" than doubtful. Passed was a measure giving the federal government control over liquor, made necessary by the Supreme Court's abolition of the old NRA. Passed was a bill placing a ban against gold-damage suits after January 1. Passed was a bill to provide interstate in-terstate compacts to restrict crude oil production. 1 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS i - One of the most dramatic acts of the late Congress occurred, entirely en-tirely unexpectedly as far as the general public was concerned, just before the session passed into history. his-tory. This act was the passage of the so-called "neutrality plan," proposed propos-ed by the Whte House, originated by the Senate, and forced through the House by Administration leaders lead-ers under a gag rule which forbade for-bade any amendments and limited debate to the absolute minimum. Reason for this unprecedented occurrence does not " require a microscope to discover. Everyone knows that Europe is closer to a major war than at any time since 1914. The American State Department Depart-ment doubtless has a much better idea of how close war is than any other domestic agency it is a |