Another delay: was encountered today by the Administration for a revision of Neutrality legislation when the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate postponed, until Saturday, consideration of the Bloom Bill as approved by the House of because several of Committee, which is busy with other work.
Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he was not perturbed by ihe delay. He emphasized that Administration forces intended to demand a final showdown for their proposal to repeal the arms embargo.
The Bloom Bill, passed by the House on June 30, included a modified arms embargo provision banning the shipment of "arms and ammunition" to belligerents, but excluding "implements of war" The House refused to eliminate the. mandatory. arms embargo from. the Administration's Neutrality Bill and, by 180 votes to 176, insisted. upon. the: inclusion. of a modified: embargo. provision.—Reuter.
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