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Present Neutrality Law (Pulic Res. No. 27)
(75th Congress)

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND RELATED
LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE FOREIGN
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, AND MAY 2, 1939

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JED STATES OF AMERICA

Castle, Hon. William R., former Assistant Secretary of State, Wash-
ington, D. C...

109

Chase, Dr. William, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Close, Mr. Upton, Valhalla, N. Y.

525

233

Coffee, Hon. John M., Representative in Congress from the State of
Washington____

221

Crawford, Hon. Fred L., Representative in Congress from the State
of Michigan..

47

Dennis, Mr. Laurence, representative of E. A. Pearce Co., 40 Wall
Street, New York City.

371

Douglas, Mr. Henry H., chairman, Washington Society for Aid to
China, Washington, D. C..-

Eichelberger, Mr. Clark, chairman, American Union for Concerted
Peace Efforts, 8 West Fortieth Street, New York City.
Emerson, Mr. Ralph, legislative representative, Joint Maritime Legis-
lative Committee, 1627 K Street NW., Washington, D. C.- -.

Faddis, Hon. Charles I., Representative in Congress from the State

of Pennsylvania..

486, 491

Fenwick, Dr. Charles G., professor of international and constitutional
law, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa

Fish, Hon. Hamilton, Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.

Fitch, Mrs. George A., Committee on Non-Participation in Japanese
Aggression, Washington, D. C..

361

570

79, 175

401

Guyer, Hon. U. S., Representative in Congress from the State of
Kansas

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Matthews, Mr. Wm. R., editor, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz.---

354

Schain, Miss Josephine, chairman, National Committee on Cause and
Cure of War, 70 East Forty-fifth Street, New York City.
Sisson, Hon. Fred J., former Representative in Congress from the State
of New York, 1635 R Street NW., Washington, D. C.---

Stewart, Mr. Maxwell, room 6333, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York

City.

438

447

Streeter, Mrs. Thomas W., Morristown, N. J.
Thomas, Hon. Norman, New York City.

122

133

Tilson, Hon. John Q., former Representative in Congress from the
State of Connecticut, Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C..

Tobin, Prof. Harold J., assistant professor of political science, Dart-

mouth College, Hanover, N. H.......

129

Van Antwerp, Mr. Eugene, commander in chief of the Veterans of For-
eign Wars, Detroit, Mich..

158

Van Zandt, Hon. James E., Representative in Congress from the
State of Pennsylvania__ _

61

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AMERICAN NEUTRALITY POLICY

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1939

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C.

The committee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Sol Bloom (acting chairman) presiding.

Mr. BLOOM. Gentlemen, the committee will be in order, please. You will find at each place the committee print of all of the bills that were introduced, the bills and resolutions, with space in the first resolution, that is, the present neutrality law, so that each member can make his notes with reference to the amendments suggested. All of the resolutions are in the large pamphlet, and in the back part of it is the present-that is, all of the neutrality acts that have been passed-and the small print contains the present and the previous neutrality acts. So I guess, this morning, we will work from the large pamphlet, so as to listen to Members of Congress who are going to appear before the committee to speak on their resolutions.

The first witness will be Mr. Guyer, Representative Guyer. (The committee thereupon proceeded to the consideration of House Joint Resolution 7; see p. 619.)

STATEMENT OF HON. U. S. GUYER, REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS

Mr. GUYER. Mr. Chairman, I regret that I will have to leave very quickly and you will not suffer long, because I have a very important judiciary committee meeting this morning.

Mr. BLOOM. The Chair will let you know later whether he will be sorry, or not.

Mr. GUYER. I introduced House Joint Resolution No. 7 in the Seventy-sixth Congress and a like resolution in the Seventy-fifth Congress; and, in short, it authorizes or requests the President to call together here in Washington the signatories of the so-called KelloggBriand Pact, or the Briand-Kellogg Pact. You are probably familiar with this pact, which was, in fact, originated by a lawyer in Chicago by the name of Levinson. The Committee on Foreign Affairs about that time, took it up, and it merely made treaties between the nations, in which they pledged their honor to settle all of their difficulties, of whatsoever source of origin, by peaceful means, and it was first agreed to by about 16 nations; then in 1928 a great many more, headed by Germany, France, Japan, and nearly all of the nations of the world, finally signed it, totaling 63 nations.

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