The Archive · 1940

*U.S. Aid Seen After Alliance

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Some Republican quarters, it was Said, favour seizing the new pact as an issue to use against President Roosevelt. in the current election campaign. Other Republicans, however, are urging caution in adopting any such election tactics during national emergency.

Political Opinion The Berlin pact, however, created a profound effect on Washington political circles. Senator Gerald Nye, veteran isolationist, and member of the Senate Foreign Relations. Committee, said that "our policy has succeeded in bringing Japan into the arms of those who were the last ones

floor leader, Senator Wear R.

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Austin of Vermont, said the new pact demonstrated that "we are in the midst of a world revolution and we must safeguard our institutions at a rest saspe "Qn the surface, he not an "offensive mew pa apparently was TO

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