Washington, July 11
Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, revealed today that he had submitted to the Committee a joint resolution empowering the President to restrict foreign commerce with any signatory of the Nine-Power Pact with China which discriminated against the American nation.
Such a measure has often been discussed in Congressional circles as a means of providing economic action against Japan owing to her activities in China. The committee, Senator Pittman said, had agreed at a special meeting on Friday to consider the resolution, which specifically aimed at cutting off exports of war supplies to Japan. The exports to be restricted or out off entirely would include arms and ammunition and implements of war, such as iron, steel, oil, petrol, scrap iron, scrap steel and scrap metals.
Senator Pittman said he did not doubt that there would be action on this resolution at this session of Congress.
The Senator was one of those who voted against postponement of consideration of the Administr: substitute Neutrality measure, Reuter.
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