Washington, May 23
Colonel Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, yesterday vigorously condemned the Neutrality Act and urged its immediate repeal. The Secretary of War asserted the act was a violation "of our most sacred and important tradition of foreign policy,—freedom of the seas" Ha emphasized that repeal should be carried out rly in connection with the problem of delivering goods to and declared that "other offices of the Government (Congress) must decide" on any repeal of the act. He said, "I always prophesied it would bring us trouble. The system is abhorrent to our principles of not yielding to our fears."—United Press.
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