Roosevelt Rules Out War and Debates Arms Policy
President Roosevelt stated the United States will remain neutral as Congress debates overturning the arms embargo. Key senators clash over cash and carry versus total embargo with firms and shipping in war zones under debate.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
America
Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Key Pittman
Pittman
Germany
Britain
France
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Nye
Wisconsin
Robert la Follette
Philip la Follette
Vandenberg
Bridges
Alfred E. Smith
New York
War Department
Harry H. Woodring
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Leo M. Cherne
Woodring
Chicago
American Legion
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
Stephen F. Chadwick
Seattle
Panama City
Panama
Sumner Welles
Iowa in Washington underway tense war talk worries locals
A Washington correspondent from Iowa City warns that war hysteria is rising in Congress and among constituents. He cites quotes about facing Germany and Pittman as examples, notes anxious sentiments in House members, and urges Congress to return home to avoid overconfidence in military strength. He stresses the need to stay focused on peace and warns that escalating rhetoric could erode home sentiment.
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Germany
Russia
Poland
Britain
France
United States
Hitler
Stalin
Esthenia
Baltic Sea
Balkans
Warsaw
North Sea
Baron Werner von Fritsch
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Congress
Herring
Martin
Key ‘Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Iowa Cityan
Washington
House
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