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

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

600911

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SOL BLOOM, New York, Chair man 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

EDITI 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
EERMAN 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

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CONTENTS

558

Statements of —

Page

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

New York..

682

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. Č.-

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
Hlinois.

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

465
Gibson, Hon. Ernest W. Jr., chairman, Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies ..

677

Grace, Mr. William J., chairman, The Citizens Keep America Out of

War Committee, Chicago, III.

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.

221

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

155

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

Management, Washington, D. C.

189

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

371

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

ington, D. C.

550

Mac Nider, 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, Čouncil of Social Democracy,

New York City.

675

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