President Roosevelt Makes Strong Statements To Military Committee: Sale of Planes OPN the event of Washington, Feb, 1. war, the frontiers of the United States would be in France" President he received the members of the Roosevelt stated yesterday when Senate Military Committee now investigating the sale of American military planes to France. This report was published by several prominent newspapers here this morning. Members of the Military Committee also revealed today that the President had declared that the sale of military: planes to France was to be accounted within the scope of Washington's general forciyn policy.
According to further authoritative statements, the President pointed out that in capacity as Commander in Chief of all the armed forces improve or forbid such sales, the Interest of press correspondents here-appeared to be centred on the sale of American military planes to France, as President Roosevelt had to face a' barrage of questions on this subject at his regular press confer-fence today.
military secrets had been vealed when' the sales were made, the President pointed out.
Asked whether the U.S. would cord Moly end Germany the same facilities to purchase military aircraft were "granted to Britain and France, the President stated that the question wag purely hypothetical ince neither Italy nor the Reich had ordered any craft, of the U.S. he has the power to crashed durin: a trial mht in which the pilot of the new bomber was
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