Washington, Oct. 16, Administration leaders in the Senate today agreed to amend the Neutrality Bill providing for a repeal of the arms embargo so' as to prohibit all credit to warring governments.
Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, proposed an amendment which would delete the provision for 90-day credits included in the present Bill. As a result of Senator Pittman's move, Administration leaders count on gaining the support of a number of Senators favouring the repeal of the arms embargo but desiring the "cash and carry" system for other exports, which would be stricter than that in the Bill.
Mr. William B. Bankhead, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told a press conference today he was confident that the House would pass the Neutrality Bill.
The American Institute of Public Opinion, following continuous surveys of public opinion on the arms embargo question, reveals that the majority of voters of every national origin, except German, favour repeal. From the first and second generation of German-Americans, 45 per cent. are said to favour repeal. Citizens of British, Canadian and Russian origin favour repeal, the respective percentages being 68, 60 and 67.—Reuter.
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