Opposition developed to-day among several influential Senators and Representatives to the -proposal to lease American destroyers to Brazil or other American Republics. A measure providing for such lease,.3 however, was deemed likely to pass becdusc of Administration pressure.
Senator Bennett Champ Clark. Dembcrat of Missouri, that the action was tantamount to placing the United States in the munitions business, On the other hand, Mr. Maury Maverigk of Texas, leader of the rapidly-growing House liberal group, emphatically supported the measure. He said he favoured a policy under which American nations would join against an outside aggressor.
Senator William E, Borah, progress: sive Republican of Idaho, declined to comment on the measure pending his stud of its provisions. He expressed the opinion that the bill marked "the beginning of a new policy" and added that "the matter cannot be given too much thought from all sides."—United Press,
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