Washington, Sept. 4.
Except for a minority group composed mainly of isolationists, comment among Congressmen on the Anglo-American naval agreement is generally of an approving nature.
"England is fighting our fight, and I am in favour of any aid we can give them," declared Senator H, H. Schwartz (Democrat: Wyoming), while Senator Sherman Minton (De-morat: Indiana) said the agreement looked to the establishment of these bases so badly needed over here."
Senator Alben W. Barkley (De-morat: Kentucky) said there was no need for Congressional action, and predicted that the public would fully approve of the arrangement, Leading the isolationist attack was Senator Gerald P. Nye (Republican: North Dakota), who, referring to the Attorney-General's view that the agreement did not require Congressional action, stated: "This indicates that our leadership is already using dictatorial practices and ignoring law and treaties in the name of emergen
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