OCR Text |
Show QUOTES . . . On National Defense C War Secretary Stimson told his press conference the Neutrality act is a "violation of our most sacred and important tradition of foreign policy, freedom of the seas. I always al-ways prophesied it would bring us into trouble." He said the act's repeal re-peal would enable U. S. ships to carry arms directly to Britain, but the question of repeal rests with "other officers of the government." C Secretary of State Hull said that "control of the seas is a paramount objective of the Axis powers in their program of world domination . . . Every consideration of our own safety and defense requires . that Great Britain receive adequate supplies for successful resistance." Mr. Hull advanced five points for post war co-operation in international internation-al trade without discrimination. |