Congressional. speculation centred on whet the President's next naval move might be.
Senator Homer T. Bone. Democrat of Washington, wondered whether the Drecidant might order merchantships to be armed and order the Navy to begin convoying.
Senator Claude Pepper. Democrat of Florida, immediately urged "eff tive patrol of the Altantic sea lane: which would find American w: rships "shooting at" German submarines and "sending them to the bottom."
Senator Burton K. Wheeler; leader of the isolationist bloc, asserted that President Roosevelt was "trying to arouse the war spirit among the American people".—United Press.
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