The Archive · 1939

Change Due

President Roosevelt May Declare Act Not To Apply to Spain

Washington, Jan. 9.

If Congress too strongly resists his desire to modify present United States neutrality legislation, President Roosevelt would proclaim the Neutrality Act inapplicable to Spain because there is no danger of the U.S. being involved in that conflict, informed politicians here stated today.

This question has already been heatedly discussed by Congressional quarters and by politicians all over the country. Several contradictory motion bearing upon this problem have already been tabled in the

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