Washington, Sept. 19.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, today cancelled his plans to address the seventh International 'Management Congress because of pressure from the Central European crisis Mr. Hull' immediately made plans to confer with President Roosevelt concerning the crisis Representative Sam D. McReynolds of Tennessee, after conferring with President Roosevelt, said he saw no reason for a special session of Congress at the present time. He did not say whether he and the President had discussed such a possibility. '—United Press.
Los Angeles, Sept. 19.
Senator David IL Walsh of Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate Navy Affairs Committee, opened the American Legion Convention today with demands that America isolate herself from the European crisis.
"We have no preordained mandate to police the rest of the world," he told 130,000 American veterans. "To meddle in the explosive rivalries of Europe is to invite disaster."
Senator Walsh pleaded for a navy powerful enough to defeat any other. navy in the world and big enough to defend both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts. He said this navy must be backed by a rigid neutrality programme entailing even complete suspension of trade with all belligerents. He denied any intention of placing the United States in a world navy race.
An American Legion spokesman advocated a "hands-off" policy, in Europe for the United States and predicted that the convention will favour. a stricter neutrality programme backed by a strong army, navy and air force.—United Press.
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