The Administration was expected to increase attention toward the Far East issues after a rift. developed over whether to, relax restrictions, of the movements of United States vesests which, under the: Pittman Bill in its present form,.would probably be forbidden to sail to any ports but Latin American and some Mediterranean and Far East ports, Maritime Commission officials said that even these routes. would be imperilled by the restrictions on ports nominally belligerent, such as Hongkong, Australia, and New. Zealand.
Senator Key Pittman, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, was expected to "emphasize the possibilities: of: vastly- expanding the Latin-American.and. Far Eastern routes and to ce-operate in abandoning the European and Australian routes. Many ' Senators, © however, were -determined ' to relax -testrictions.—United Press.
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