Washington, June 17.
President Roosevelt is still hopeful that neutrality legislation mended by the Secretary of Mr. Cordell Hull, will be enacted during the present session of Congress.
Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat of Florida, disclosed the President's desire last night after a White House conference with Mr. Roosevelt "The President told me action now would be desirable and expressed the hope that Congress would enact the measures," Senator Pepper said.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan bloc of thirteen—isolationists headed by Senator Gerald Nye, Republican of North Dakota, gathered in Mr. Nye's office and pledged an "uncompromis ing fight against the Administration proposal to remove the neutral act's provisions for embargoes against arms shipments to belligerent nations in wartime."
The isolationists includes Senators William Borah, Hiram Johnson, Arthur Vandenberg, Pat McCarran. Robert La Follette, David Walsh, Arthur Capper, Lynn Frazier, Worth Clark, Charles McNary and Willia; Bulow.—United Pres:
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