This group, according to one of its members, is laying the groundwork for a "debate on the New Deal's foreign policy, which would show exactly what is being done {o put this nation into war."
Administration leaders backing the conscription BW derided suggestions that the isolationist bloc had strength enough to defeat the proposal. They predicted the opposition would not be able to muster more than 24 votes.
The main obstacle to passage of the National Guard Bill was the article permitting the President to send the National Guard and reserves to the insular possessions of the United States, including the Philippines, during the one-year period of training. This was overcome, however, after a bitter debate on the floor of the Senate, during which it was charged that the passage of the bill would bring the United States close to war.—United Press.
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