Gen. Hugh Johnson, former head of the National Recovery Administration, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday that he was opposed to proposals. which would permit the President to name treaty violators and apply economic sanctions against certain nations. Gen Johnson said that Congress "has no right to surrender to the President its duty to the people."
"War against dictatorships," he said, can be waged by a Democracy only if it transforms itself into an even more ruthless dictatorship.
Gen. Johnson said the Roosevelt Administration is a "gambling Government."
"the Senate yesterday approved aend.sent to President Roosevelt for partment Appropriations Bill which signature the $508,789,000 War De-
includes funds EC A m" Army provides "It shot craps with destiny with a stake of $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 annually at least five times on a bet that it could restore prosperity," he said. "It has lost every single pass."
—United Press,
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