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U. S. Following Trail of 1917,
Senator Tobev Warns
<>pM-l*l In THE‘DETROIT TIME*
Washington. Fob. 28.—sena
tor Charles W. Tobey of New
Hampshire last night joined those
opponents of the lend-lease bill
w-ho have taken to the radio to
acquaint the American people with
what he terms the dangers inher
ent in this legislation. In a nation
wide address, Senator Tobey said
in part:
On the foreign policy issue* now
being considered by the Congress,
which hold in baiance a life in
nearly every American family,
there is one point on which we are
all agreed, and that is that parti
san thought has no place.
HE DRAWS THE LINE
Today, the United States is
giving a tremendous amount of aid
to Great Britain. Month by month,
we have gone a long way in our
efforts to increase this aid. Still
greater aid. short of war. can be
11 'hovler'n Voir
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.
(INS* Senator Burton K.
Wheeler ID' of Montana, leader
of the non-interventionists, cele
brated his fifty-ninth birthday
yesterday by writing in letters
of soap on the mirror of the
President's room in the Capitol:
“My birthday resolution—
keep America out of war."
immediately effected by speeding
up production in this country, and
by making available to England
the dollar exchange tn enable her
to make increased purchases of
war materVls here.
There are those, however, who
would go even farlhor, by having
the Congress adopt legislation
which would draw 1 his country
into the largest scale war ever
experienced by man—a war which
this country, and millions of
maimed and dead American boys
This latter course 1 cannot, and
will not. follow
The administration has brought
In a hill filled with unnecessary
provisions and fraught with war
danger for this country-Xjxh i -to
the so-called lease-lend-give bill
now being debated in the Senate.
By this hill the Senate would give
up its treaty-making power and
the Congress would turn over to
one man the power to declare
war. involving 130 million people
in this country
This bill gives to ONE man ihe
unrestricted power literally to
seize anything m The country.
whether belonging to the govern
ment or to private citizens and to
gi\e it to any other country in
the world without any limit in
law.
COULD GIVE NAVV AW \Y
It gives to ONE man the power
to give away our navy or any j»or
tion of it—the power to give away
our aircraft, army equii>ment and
military secrets to anv country
he chooses INCLUDING SOVIET
RUSSIA, which country he has
recently favored by lifting the
moral embargo against shipments
of vital war materials.
Therp is not even a limitation
on the amount of the people's
property that can be given away
In the House an amendment was
offered by Congressman Wads
v orth to restrict the amount to
it,: great sum of $7,000,000,000
and "believe it or ont" this gener
ous limitation was opposed by the
administration and was defeated
The administration has stated
its purpose not only to guarantee
victory for England, but also to
guarantee the defeat of every ag
gressor nation on earth.
It would mean fighting to the
end to defeat Japan, to conquer
Hitler, to conquer Russia and
Italy and to force them to restore
every piece of oil that they have
invaded.
If the Senate passes H. R 1776,
the die will be cast irrevocably.
Conservative estimates place the
cost to this country at $40,000,-
000.000 a year. It is not an over
statement to say that more than
1,000.000 American boys Would be
killed or maimed in the long strug
gle.
Instead of adopting the lend
lease bill, fraught with war dan
gers, and turning over congres
sional powers to one man. why
not pass legislation to make avail
able the funds to enable Great
Britain to increase her purchases
of war materials in this country?
Anything more than this means
war!
We are following the same path
that we did in the last World
War. This Ijill is the vestibule to
war. Even more, it will make the
President the war-lord of Europe.
Who are the defeatists in this
country?
HITLER S OBSTACLES
They are the defeatists, who
quiver and quake at the suggestion
that Hitler might be able to con
quer Europe, conquer Great Brit
ain. overcome the obstacles of
famine and disease, economic ruin
and a tremendous fifth column
against him in all Europe: hold
these people down and at the same
time, leaving a suspicious Russia
at his back door, start out on a
costly venture to cross 3,000 miles
of ocean in a doubtful attempt to
conquer a well-defended and
equipped and powerful nation of
130 million indomitable Americans.
They are the defeatists who say
that, in the face of this question
able jiossibility, America has no
alternative but to send her hoys
3.000 miles across the sea. to die
on foreign soil as they died in
1917-18.
Dll) THEY HIE VAINLY?
Yi w-» roe ,-ottowtng the same
path over again and if we do get
in the war it will he a long strug
glewith millions of American boys
sent over to invade Europe' We
will come out of it with hundreds
of thousands of casualties, a stag
gering debt and will have lost
democracy on the home front.
If this hill is passed, it will mean
thai contrary to the immortal
words of Abraham Lincoln, our
sacred dead shall have died in vain
and that government of. by and
for the |>eop|e shall have jienshed
from this land.
Let it lie remembered thal war
cannot he repealed, that bank
ruptcy cannot h/* repealed, and
that the dead cannot return home.
Auto Makers Request
Ontario Truck Route
The Automobile Manufacturers
Association today petitioned thp
state department to urge Canada
to permit truck freighting through
Canada under the same regula
tions now governing trains which
cross Ontario from the United
States points. Csp of the Canadian
highways would reduce the mile
age of Detroit trurkihg shipments
to the East.
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Not a Defense Bill. Sen. Capper Charges
Spwlal In THE DETROIT TIMES
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. -
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas,
in a nation-wide radio broadcast
last night, vigorously assailed the
lend-lease all-aid-to-Britain bill be
ing debated in the Senate.
A partial text of Senator Cap
per's address follows:
I am opposed to enactment of
H. R. 1776, the so-called lend-lease
bill, for reasons which I shall
state in the next few minutes.
This bill, this 1941 Declaration
of Dependence, is being sold to the
American people on false pre
tenses.
Jt is not a national defense bill.
PERSONAL POWER BILL
It is a personal power bill—
power to the President to de
termine foreign policies; power to
implement foreign policies of his
own making: power to make war
without any declaration from
Congress: power to control every
industry, every man and woman,
in the whole United States, in the
name of national defense.
It is not. as its proponents have
asserted, a peace bill. It is a war
bill
It is not a bill to preserve
democracv. It is a dictatorship
bill.
I am opposed to substituting
personal |>ower in government for
the republican representative form
of government.
I am opposed to war. except in
defense of the United States and
the Western Hemisphere if at
tacked. 4
1 am opposed to a dictatorship
Highlights of Debate
On It. R. No. 1776
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —Highlights of yesterday's lend
lease battle in the Senate:
—Charges by Senator John A. Danaher (R) of Connecticut
that Wendell Willkic, at a private dinner in New York
shortly before his nomination, personally pledged an all-out
aid to Britain policy “and even guaranteed that Britain would
not lose’* to obtain influential hacking.
—Demand by Senator Millard Tydings (D) of Maryland that
supporters of the hill answer declarations of opponents that
the measure would permit the Presklent to give Britain a large
part of the navy.
—Prediction of Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D) of Montana,
leader of the non-interventionists, that, if the bill is en
acted, the President would order United States convoys for
American shipments to Britain.
—Proposal by Senator Henry Cabot lodge Jr. (R) of Massa
chusetts that the hill he laid aside temporarily to permit
passage of a simple resolution for aid to Britain.
—Declaration by Senator Prentiss Brown (D) of Michigan
that the lease-lend hill provides the best means of avoiding
involvement in the European war and that he will stake his
vote for the hill on the President's pledges to keep this nation
at peace.
—Warning by Senator Itennis Chavez (D) of New Mexico
that the legislation is “not a peace hill—not a defense hill”
—hut a measure that promises to plunge this nation into “the
life-and-death" struggle now engaging Europe.
—Announcement by the White House secretariat that Presl
de\t Roosevelt is continuing his conferences with key ad
visers on British needs in preparation to put the lease-lend
program into operation immediately upon enactment of the bill.
—Charge by Senator Robert A. Taft (R) of Ohio that the
White House announcement was designed "solely to put
pressure on Congress” for passage of the hill and that the
President is “deliberately holding hack aid to England" in the
hope of forcing a swift vote on the bill.
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Kansan Brands Measure 'A Declaration of Independence'
for the United States—even under
a “good" dictatorship.
Just remember, a very wise man
once said:
“The difference between a
good dictator and a had dictator
is just a letter of time.’'
PEOPLE WAKING UP
Therefore I am opposed to H. R.
1776. and propose to do everything
in my power to assure its defeat.
A month ago. before the people
of the United States understood'
what this bill proposes to do, there
was a strong public sentiment for
it, because the people believed the
bill was what its proponents said
it was: a bill further to promote
the national defense; a bill to give
aid to Britain short of war—that's
what they said.
By now the people of the United;
States are beginning to understand
that national defense, aid to Brit
ain short of war—this kind of
propaganda, false propaganda, is
being recognized as just “sales
talk" to get the Congress to Wal
low a personal power bill, a war
bill, a dictatorship bill.
It is not surprising to me that
the backers of this war bill, this
dictatorship bill, this personal
power bill, are shouting. “Hurry,
hurry, hurry.”
THEY NEED SPEED
Because if this bill is not passed
in a hurry, an aroused public senti
ment is going to make it almost
impossible for the Senate to ap
prove such a delegation of all-out
power to one man.
In considering this bill, it is
necessary to go beyond the de- t
tailed language of the hill, behind.
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page of prize winners each Sunday. Judges
the purpose of the bill as stated
in its title.
The title says it is a bill to
further promote the national de
fense. AND FOR OTHER PUR
POSES.
I suppose the title might be
said to state a half-truth. Be
cause the phrase "for other
purposes” is a very general ex
pression of purposes—a sort of
Mother Hubbard title.
Ordinarily a legislative bill pro
vides that certain things shall be
done, or certain policies shall be
adopted and followed. Then the
ordinary bill designates the proper
government agency or agencies to
do the things prescribed, or carry
out the policy or policies formu-
I lated.
NOT THAT KIND OF BILL
But this H. R. 1776. this so
called lease-lend bill, is not that
kind of a bill. H. R- 1776 does
not designate certain things to be
done. H. R. 1776 does not lay
down a policy, or policies, to be
followed or carried out.
H. R. 1776 delegates to the
President the power that belongs
in Congress to designate what
shall be done; it empowers the
President to do whatever things,
in whatever manner, by whatever
means, he considers necessary so
long as he is able to convince
himself that what he wants to do
l is necessary to the national de-‘
sense of the United States.
That is a very broad grant of
powgr—and a very dangerous
grant of power.
I H. R. 1776 does not adopt cer
•fftm-policies in regard to our for
eign relations. Instead. H. R. 1776
grants to the Chief Executive the
full sanction of Congress to de
termine what the United States
foreign policies shall be in rela
tion to any and every nation in
the world—everywhere in the
world, anywhere in the world.
BLANK CHECK POWER
H. R. 1776 then goes ahead, and
in effect, grants to the Chief
Executive blank check power and
authority to do whatever he be
lieves will make effective these
‘foreign policies he has decided
upon (or may later decide upon',
also the power and authority to
make whatever commitments, he
may see fit to make with any and
maqy foreign governments to
carry out the policies he has de-
icided upon (or may later decide
upon!.
Before the Senate passes this
tH. R. 1776, this war bill, this dic
tatorship bill, this personal power
bill, I say that those sponsoring
the bill should answer a few sim
ple direct, and very important
questions:
Where are we going? What are
we going to do when we get
there? What are we going to
have, what are we going to do,
i when we get back —if we ever do
get back ?
NONE ANSWERED
None of these questions has
been answered by any cabinet
member appearing before the Sen
ate and House committees dealing
with foreign relations, by any
member of the House, by any
member of the Senate, supporting
this bill, nor by any of the prom
inent and well versed columnists
backing this proposal.
I The only thing approaching an
! answer to the questions: Where
are we going? What are we going
to do when we get there? That I
have been able to find is in Pres
ident Roosevelt * latest message to
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Congress on the state of the
Union.
And even the President's an
swers. in his message on the state
of the Union, are just a trifle
general and vague—l would not
say intentionally misleading.
In view of the fact that the de
livery of this message was imme
diately follow’ed by the introduc
tion of H. R. 1776, I have the right
tq assume that the purpose of H.
R. 1776 is to make this basis of a
kind of a world attainable in our
time and generation a reality—
now.
NOBLE SENTIMENTS
These noble and inspiring senti
ments for the welfare of all the
world were followed by other
words. I quote from the Presi
dent's message:
“Principles of morality and
consideration of our own security
will never permit us to arqulesee
in a |>eace dictated by ag
gressors and sponsored by ap
peasers."
These are more than inspiring
words, these are determined words,
fighting words a tacit promise
that the United States, President
Roosevelt willing, will not stand
for a peace that is not acceptable
to the President of the United
States.
If these words mean anything—
and I cannot conceive that the
President of the United States
would use meaningless words in
■ any official message to Congress—
they mean that the United States
is going to police the world, and
that there can be only one kind
of peace in all the world: a peace
satisfactory to the President of
the United States.
MANAGER OF THE WAR?
Frankly I don't see how our
President can become general
manager of this European war, as
now seems to be the program,
without taking us into the war. 1
think we are now’ on the way.
This H. R. 1776, which would
give to the President supreme con
trol of the war-making powers of
the United States in the field of
foreign relations: and supreme
control over all the resources and
all the men and women of the.
United States, seems to be the
Roosevelt’s ‘Must*
Lend Bill It an *All-Important ’ Factor in Defense
of ‘All Democracies of All the Americas’
Intrrnntlonal Nfw« Hrrvice Wire
WASHINGTO N. Feh 28 — 1
President Roosevelt told a nation-!
wide radio audience last night
that American defense involves
the defense of all the democracies]
of all the Americas "and therefore!
in fact, it involves the future ofj
democracy wherever it is im
periled by force or terror ”
The President, greeting over the
radio the annual awards dinner of
th° Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences at Hollywood,
asserted the lend-lease bill is “an
all-important factor” in the de
fense program.
Hailing the motion picture as a
"phenomenon of our own genera
tion,” Mr. Roosevelt said:
“We have seen It reflect our
civilization throughout the rest
of the world—the alms and as
pirations and ideals of a free
people and of freedom. That Is
the real reason that some gov
ernment • do not want our
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select prize winners not for beauty, not for
cuteness, but for pictorial interest. Submit
your baby’s photograph today; it may "in.£
vehicle through which this "no
vision of a distant millemum” is
to be brought to pass.
1 say H. R. 1776 is a war hill. 1
It is a dictatorship bill. The pro
gram it is intended to implement
is, in my judgment, a fantastic,
bombastic, foolish and futile night
mare—and I am against the bill
I am for America first. 1 shall
vote American. I shall do all in
my power to prevent its passage
by the Senate of the United States.
Strips Defenses,
Wheeler Warns
(Continued from Page One)
at 11 a. m. next Monday. Senator
Tom Connally (D) of Texas pre
dicted passage on March 8. but
opponents hinted of further delay
while still denying that they seek
a filibuster.
"Our group opposing the hill
are unanimously opposed to fili
buster, blit I think we would he
justified In debating the hill two
or three weeks longer If there is
a rhanre of the sentiment of the
country being fully expressed.”
said Senator D. Worth Clark
(D) of Idaho.
Wheeler, in an exhaustive analy
sis of H. R. 1776, contended that
Congress will be abdicating its
authority by passing it He charged
that it was through just such
emergency measures that Hitler
and Mussolini rose to dictatorial
power.
Wheeler said a "joker” exists
in the bill, because under it Presi
dent. Roosevelt could revise the
neutrality act and open sea lanes
to England or other nations now
listed as in combat zones.
The senator maintained that the
President could set aside labor
laws and i.en require men to
work 12 to 15 hours a day. The
limitation on the President's power
to June 30. 1943, is meaningless,
he said.
"Actually, once we are com
mitted to the course laid out by
this bill, the die ia cast,"
Wheeler asserted.
American films exhibited In their
countries.
“In all that I have said on
that all-lm|>ortant subject I have
emphasized that In the assault
on the democratic form of gov
ernment which Imperils world
civilization today, our problem"
of national defense has become
one of defending the entire
Western Hemisphere—all three
o' the Americas—North, Cen
tral and South.
“An all-important factor In
hemispheric defense Is the lend
lease bill, whose early enactment
by the Congress we confidently
anticipate. It Is a pleasure to
acknowledge the great service
which the newsreels have per
formed In acquainting the pub
lic with all of the implications
of this measure.”
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
“America’s Fighting Thinker,”
Writes Dally for the Times.
Friday, February 28, 1941 ’
Interest Counts,
Not Beauty, in
Baby Contest
:
Have you a snapshot of habv In
your home . . . one with REAL
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You are urged to enter it In
The Detroit Times $2 000 Inter
esting Bijby Picture Contest, but
before you send it you should read
the contest rules and entry blank
appearing elsewhere in this edi
tion. that you may he fully ac
quainted with the simple require
ments of this contest.
Prize-winning baby pictures ajv
pear daily and Sunday in The
Detroit Times $2 being paid for
every winning picture printed.
This Sunday—and every Sunday
throughout the contest—there'll
be a FULL PAGE of winning
photos.
Your hahy's picture may win a*
much as SSOO for you. for SSOO i*
the grand first prize in this ap
pealing contest
This »s NOT a beautiful baby
contest. A snapshot of any type
of baby is eligible, if ihe picture
is really interesting Studio pic
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tures entered in this coni Q
WILL NOT be returned. Yj*
may submit one or more pictures,
hut you should writp on the back
of each snapshot the same in
formation you place on the entry
blank. Send your baby’s picture
today!
Mothers Chased
By Capitol Police
Internationa! Vat vrtlr# Wlra
WASHINGTON, Fch. 28.—Cr*.
ating an uproar in the Senate
office building, capital police today
broke up a sit-down strike of
mothers opposing President Roose.
velts - lease-lend bill in front of the
office of Senator Carter Glass (D)
of Virginia.
One woman fainted as the group
pulled and shoved against capital
police. The police arrested Mrs.
Elizabeth Dilling. head of the
group, which is known as the
Mothers Crusaders Against H. R.
1776.
The women charged that Sena
tor Glass had a British flag in his
office, and as they were rushed
down the corridors by capital po
lice the screamed:
"Down with the Union Jack."
It was the second time Mrs.
Dilling. Chicago author of "The
. Red Network, - ' has been arrested
for picketing against the bill.
Previous charges were dropped.
Glass himself was not in his
office Me has been ill.
Hit-Run Killer Gets -
2 to 5-Year Sentence
Convicted of leaving the scene
of a fatal accident after dragging
his victim 100 feet on the bumper
of a ear. Harry Felton. 23, of 5815
Brush street, today began a two
to five-year sentence in Jackson
Prison imposed by Traffic Judge
Thomas F. Maher. The victim was
Earl Wenters of 2223 Myrtia
street, killed last September.