HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 1776

A BILL FURTHER TO PROMOTE THE DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

JANUARY 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 1941

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

600911

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SOL BLOOM, New York, Chairman LUTHER A. JOHNSON, Texas

HAMILTON FISH, New York JOHN KEE, West Virginia

CHARLES A. EATON, New Jersey JAMES P. RICHARDS, South Carolina

GEORGE H. TINKHAM, Massachusetts JAMES A. SHANLEY, Connecticut

EDITH N. ROGERS, Massachusetts JOSEPH L. PFEIFER, New York

ROBERT B. CHIPERFIELD, Illinois PETE JARMAN, Alabama

JOHN M. VORYS, Ohio LAURENCE F. ARNOLD, Illinois

FOSTER STEARNS, New Hampshire W. O. BURGIN, North Carolina

KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota
WIRT COURTNEY, Tennessee

BARTEL J. JONKMAN, Michigan
IERMAN P. EBERHARTER, Pennsylvania FRANCES P. BOLTON, Ohio
NOBLE J. GREGORY, Kentucky
THAD F. WASIELEWSKI, Wisconsin
ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida
JACOB E. DAVIS, Ohio

BOYD CRAWFORD, Clerk
LOUISE DREISONSTOK, Assistant Clerk

CONTENTS

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Statements of -

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Barry, Hon. William B., Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.---

Bullitt, Hon. William C., Washington, D. C.

-- 581, 625
Burke, Mr. John, American Defense Society, New York City --

546
Castle, Hon. William R., Washington, D. C..---

480, 506
Cless, Mr. George H. Jr., Glens Falls, N. Y.-------

565
Dennis, William C., president of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind.... 572
Dewey, Hon. Charles S., Representative in Congress from the State of
Hinois.

502
Emeny, Dr. Brooks, Cleveland, Ohio...

465
Gibson, Hon. Ernest W. Jr., chairman, Committee to Defend America

by Aiding the Allies------
Grace, Mr. William J., chairman, The Citizens Keep America Out of
War Committee, Chicago, Ill..

558

Green, Hon. William, president of the American Federation of Labor,

Washington, D. C -----

663

Harriman, Hon. Mrs. J. Borden, United States Minister to Norway -- 658
Hull, Hon. Cordell, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.----------- 2, 37
Johnson, Gen. Hugh S., Washington, D. C..

436

Kennedy, Hon. Joseph P., Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-

potentiary to Great Britian..

22

Knox, Hon. Frank, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C...

15

Knudsen, Hon. William S., Director General, Office of Production

Management, Washington, D. C

18

Lindbergh, Col. Charles A., Lloyd Neck, N. Y...

371

Marsh, Mr. Benjamin C., executive secretary, Peoples Lobby, Wash-

ington, D. C.---------------------------------------------

550

MacNider, Col. Hanford, Mason City, Iowa

351

Morgenthau, Hon. Henry Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, Washington,

D. C.-

51

O'Ryan, Maj. Gen. John F., New York City ------

635

Pinchot, Hon. Amos, American Defense Society, New York City-.-. 556

Smith, Hon. Frederick C., Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio.-----

685
Smith, Rev. Gerald L. K., national chairman, Committee of One
Million, Detroit, Mich.-----

537

Stimson, Hon. Henry L., Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.---- 85, 107

Thomas, Mr. Norman, national chairman, Socialist Party ---------- 317

Thompson, Miss Dorothy, New York City.---

644

Waldman, Mr. Louis, national chairman, Council of Social Democracy,

New York City...

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