Washington, Jan. 20.
President Roosevelt is not prepared to grant belligerent rights to the Spanish Nationalist Government at present despite growing pressure from some domestic and Latin American sources, diplomatic observers reported today.
Developments in the Spanish situation are expected to have an important bearing during the coming week sri Congressional consideration of the Presidents national defence programme.
The first formal presentation of the question came today in a letter from Mr. John McCormick. Democratic Representative of Massachusetts, to the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull. He urged immediate recogni-don of the Nationalist Government headed by General Francisco Franco, contending that Government had geon recognized and accepted by 20,000,000 of Spain's 24,000,000 citizens.
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