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Washington Wallington Oct Ocl 13 President Pre Roosevelt in his a ad address ad- ad address dress at the opening pening of the special se session si ll of Con Congress re ress s which is con con- Ide d ing his fl t pars par's t I i t t embargo against the sale of weapons and ammunition to an any nation at ut war appealed to the Senators and Representatives and inferentially To iO the people of the nation to approach approach ap ap- ap- ap the subject in a partisan non spirit The nation nallon must stand as a unit snit he lie said in its efforts to keep the United Slates States out of the he European Euro Euto war On that last part of or his appeal that the country should be of a aI single mind about keeping out of or orwar I war his message s struck ruck a responsive chord And there i js is no doubt In the I mind mind of or any experienced observed in III Washington that if there were ren- ren cral ral agreement that the Presidents President's ent program would keep the tale country out of war wort Congress 5 would go a lou loua long longway longway way a almost unanimously t to back hack him up But there is no such general gen gen- general I eral agreement either in Congress or outside of or it- it 1 There i is no wa way of checking l up upon upon P on the partisan affiliations affiliation of or a n million voters who have written letters to their representatives In iu Congress urging action one due way war or orthe orthe 1 the other on the Neutrality Act Inthe in inthe inthe the past few weeks The vast ast majority majority ma nia- of the letters oppose the tho Presidents President's plan But Dut how man many ni di them are Republicans and how haw many Democrats nobody knows and whether they the are motivated by br sincere belief in the tine matter or Ol by a partisan desire desh e to block anything Continued on last page This Weel h In Washington DC D.C. e I Continued from page one which Mr 11 Roosevelt advocates none can tell in Washington however it I II is easier casler to draw conclusions Sf-n- Sf I I s and Representatives with low few I exceptions are arc paying slight Blight treed to tho Presidents President's appeal for the I adjournment of or partisanship to sn 1 long as the present European crisis crisis' lasts Las I r Line rp Par Party The battle hattle against the lep repeat or of orthe r the arms embargo is so definitely u a battle of Republicans against ag Demo Demo- Democrats j i I that It tl has hall had tue tut eiT 1 it among other uther thin things 1 of bringing 1 ug back into support of th the tho tion many Democrats who bave have bave I Been heen opponents of tho tro President inmost Inmost in inmost most of his recent program nici In lag Ing Alfred E E. Smith Even venor- venor j Mr- Mr able Senator Gaiter Carter Glass ot t ginia whose feud with Mr Ir nOU It-I It d velt eIt has been heen of more than six years year's I duration n is back again In the same aide i fold with such Now Dealers as S Sn n Pepper of Florida and of or Mississippi Senators Pat Pal Harrison Harrison Har Hal rison harry B Byrd and Cotton Ed j j Smith of South Sonth Carolina also ro re I j back track The fight therefore is S d riS- riS I a party battle each cach side believing that its victory victon will strengthen its part party's chances ot It rr I success in the 1 1940 V 1 0 J I election I I That end and nd not neutrality In any real sense is the actual issue The rhe wheel horse of the battle on tho w Republican side are Senators Artaur of Michigan Hiram Johnson of California Borah or Idaho and Nye of North Dal Dakota ota That the Rep Hep Republicans intend to tP take the fullest political advantage d of ur the neutrality debates debate Is undisputed I The belief here is that th the I member of that party who will gain g I the greatest political at ad advantage vantage antage is Senator Mr tr I Van Is an nn avowed owel candidate for the Presidency as ns he was in 1936 Ho lIe has been sounding the ila slogan to gan gall Keep America out of oT War for many months and has gained n a much melt larger popular following than he had n a year ear ago ngo by hU 1113 r re repetition repetition re- re I petition of that warning Vanden Vanden- bergs nerg's chances for fol the Republican I nomination seem to Washington poH to be he better than over ever Polls of or public opinion still show DistriCt Attorney Thomas E. E Dewey of or New Now York In first place bu but t with gaining and far nh ahead a or of Senator Taft Third Term Sentiment On th the other an the same polls show a n surprising increase in public pub pub- tic lic sentiment for a third term tor lor Mr 11 Roosevelt Roosevell That Is accounted for here by hy the Presidents President's oft l' l declaration that he intends to keep America out of war Oi On that h point ho has practically the tv people peor-Ie with him trim or would It Ir nil all literally believed beHoved in his program I IThe The belief In Important political r circles in both parties that we arc not going to war nr whether or not would appear appeal to be back of or the el- el forts of lf hoth nartie parties to bo bp In a nest nosi J Lion to claim credit for ke keeping ping ih th nha United States Slates out of warThe war The most complete confirmation or of tho the attitude altitude e of the Republican leaders to reject Mr l Roosevelt's request for the adjournment of partisanship par parr t WA Wl I the address of Cli nr- nr iran rati John D D. M. M Hamilton of or the I Republican ftc National Committee in which Mch he ho declared that tho the President was tins asking Congress to become another another another an an- other stamp rubber to give him a blanket Indorsement Members of both coth parties v-arties went along with Jie he President in 1933 when the national emergency was vas apparent to ever everybody everybody every every- bod body but no such emergency row exists Mr 1 Hamilton said sad Pros and Cons Con What will be the final action of ot Congress it is difficult to forecast The bill reported by the Senate or- or eign Relations Committee commonly common common- ly known as the Pittman Bill is nor no no entirely to either and especially to Senator John Johnson author of th the tha Johnson Act forbidding forbidding forbid forbid- forbidding ding the United States to give credit to all any nation in default on i its is S 'S debts to our government The cash and carry provisions of li the e Pittman Pittman bill bUl as first drafted give ninety days credit on the sale alo of munitions That Is the the picture of coming events e In Washington as the curtain rises on what ma may well prove t to be bethe bethe bethe the mOSt niost heated out long-drawn-out and momentous discussion since G those which le Ie led l to the declaration of war warIn warto In to 1 1917 91 7 I Woods Wood's Color Varies No other tropical hardwood has the wide range of color variance of Philippine mahogany which runs runs' from deep cream to deep rich brown Afflictions 01 ur t. t hats crisis rS Orators The greatest chefs are often men who have suffered from digestive trouble and the greatest orators including Moses the prophet suffered suffered suf suf- from stuttering before they compensated by using extra effort |