"The proposed resolution, President Roosevelt's letter to the House said, "would cripple any President. in the conduct of our foreign relations and would encourage other nations to believe they could violate American lits with impunity.
...I fully realize the sponsors of the proposal sincerely believe it would be helpful in keeping the United States out of war, but I am convinced it would have the opposite effect."
Mr. Bankhead, in one of his rare addresses before the House on controversial bills, supported the President in his opposition to the resolution which would force ithe Government to hold a nationwide poll before engaging in war.
"I measure my words." Mr. Bankhead said, "when I say this is the greatest question submitted to Con-kiss since I became a member over twenty years agi He said the country should continue to trust its chosen representatives and Chief executive in the conduct of foreign affairs.
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