Washington, Jan. 9.
It is believed in well-informed circles here that the first vote in Congress on the Ludlow. amendment to the Constitution calling for a national referendum before a declaration of war, will fail to be adopted, especially after the Panay incident.
President Roosevelt's policy as outlined in his Chicago address and again in his message to congress on January 3 is gaining support in public opinion, which. is slowly accepting the idea of ce-operation between peace-loving nations ' as the only means of putting a stop to the ambitions of dictatorships,—Havas.
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