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C Was Washington ington Feb 3 The The isolationists In the Senate bean began began be be- gan an their bl big drive for r outright defeat or serious modification of the controversial ersial lend lease proposal with the offering of a resolution by hY Senators Wheeler heeler and Nye calling on President Roosevelt to ascertain the war aims alms of all belligerents their peace conditions and any secret treaties of or which the President President President dent ma may have knowledge which call for disposition of territorial A joint statement Issued b by these two leaders of the Isolationists bloc said The threat of American In Involvement involvement In- In in a foreign war is Imminent Im Im- and today today and before this ration nation na ra- tion lion plunges from Crom tho brink Into the holocaust of war Wil the people of the United States are entitled to know the war aims and peace conditions of or England of Germany of Greece of China of Japan and any au other warring powers Most historians and Inri students agree that lint the Treaty of Versailles ol provoked tho the present war Before tho the United States StaLes goes any further along tho road to war warwe we wo should have havo assurances from our potential allies alliea that American boys will not be bo plowed under European soil every twenty-five twenty years ye The lesson of the time last World V War l' l should not be forgotten We VA learned at tremendous cost th the utter and complete futility of that thai war Wo Vo made our sacrifices In blood In tears and in dollars to mal make e tho the world safe sale for democracy and to d cr-d all war less than twenty five years rears ago Opportunity for Cor Debate This resolution Is affording an opportunity for floor debate In tho the Senate In the hope that thaL such airing of or views may Influence the Senate Senat Committee on Foreign Affairs which opened hearings at the beginning of the week Virtually the same samo parade of witnesses wit nesses which appeared before tho the House Committee has been called before the Senate group without any startling change in testimony Secretaries Hull Stimson sUm son and Knox were ore under much sharper examination due to the tho unusual unusual un un- usual proportion of or Isolationist I members on the Senate Committee but remained unshaken Tn In the tho meantime debate debato In the House has been going on on The ThO House committee commit Lee wound up Its hearings In executive session and heard testimony of or three military I and naval yal chiefs House Honse debate debates is s being watched sharply In tl the Senate and especially y the disposition disposition I of Qt Representative Hamilton Fishs Fish's seven proposed amendments which Mr 1 Fish said have tho following 11 loses I I Continued on last page This Week In Washington c. c Continued from tram page one To prohibit the President from giving away uway any part of or the Navy To fo prohibit the use of ot American Navy vessels to convoy American erka or British ships Into the war zone zona To limit the value value of oC war mate mato materials rials to be lent to Britain to 2000 To require that Britain put pout up some kind of or collateral for an any war materials received To strike out the provision of the bill permitting belligerent war-ships war to base upon or enter American ports for repairs or outfitting To limit the life lite of or the bill preferably preferably to one year car carTo To define the he section which re repeals repeals re- re peals an any provision of or existing law when the President deems such provIsion provision provision pro pro- vision stands in the way of national defense Cloture Talk Ceases The House Hoose will soon be through with the bill but it is not expected to emerge from the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee for at least another another an an- another other two we ka ks and then will be subjected ted to unlimited debate In the tho Senate floor All talk of a n cloture in inthe inthe the Senate which would set a time timo- limit on debate has ceased and Washington is awaiting the most bitter er and acrimonious debating since e World War Val I. I Yet there has been no change here her hereIn In official quarters in the belief belie that the bill will pass without too many c curbs and that in its final shape P President Roosevelt will have just about what he wanted when he first j 1 sent the bill for tor consideration It Isto is isto isto to be noted that in the he past the administration administration ad ad- ministration has sent bills which called for far more than was actually actually actu actu- ally wanted just so that there would be room for tor compromise and while the lend lease bill would undoubtedly un un- dOu be welcomed In its entirely entirely en en- Urel compromises can readily be bo I made Approves Four Bills While the Senate awaited the tho report report report re re- re- re port from front the Foreign Affairs Committee Committee committee Com com- and argued the Wheeler Nye resolution resolution It took time out cut to approve approve approve ap ap- prove four bills which authorize more than for tOl vessels vos- vos sels eels of all types their armament an and personnel to o man them This is the largest ship construction program inthe In Inthe the history of the country and If it were not for the debate on the lend lend- lease bill bUI would be front page news new news At least additional workers workers workers work work- ers will wUI be employed in Navy yards between new and June new mid will be to th the U Stales i avat wy Guu JU u. u g 8 snips iy an ana anu 4 U 0 small na navy ships will be on the con con- line and 58 of the Navy Navys S fighting ships will have additional armor plate added to them With the whole nation stirring to its greatest defense effort in its History His tory the attitude of labor is assuming assuming assum assume ing increasing importance here Encouragement Encouragement Encouragement En En- was in the statement statement statement state state- ment of Joseph S. S S.- S. McDonagh sec sec- treasurer of the American Federation of Labor who voiced his approval of a six-day six week for tor labor Industrial leaders close to o the defense defense de- de commission were a a. little disturbed disturbed dis- dis dis- dis by the clause clauso in the proposal which provided ed for tor overtime pay on the six days but on the whole were much gratified by the whole attitude of the Federation which was expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed by William Green President President Prest- Prest dent when he said We Wo have enlisted enlisted en en- listed for the duration of ot the emer emer- gency gency |