Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1940, Page 29

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America was weak in the most vital organ of the military estab- lishment, namely: Production of munitions. 3 Assuming a large quantity of ma- terial on hand for the initial pro- tective force, but an industrial estab- lishment practically paralyzed, pru- dence and foresight required the rapid building up of the capacity to produce for future demands. ‘Woefully Short. However, the assumption is in- correct, for we were woefully short of military material, defense fortifi- cations, aircraft, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition. Regardless of international ten- sions, there has been technical de- velopments in the methods and means of warfare in recent years which dictated a change in Ameri- can plans and preparations for de- fense. As Secretary of War Woodring put it: Today, the individual soldien is at the complete mercy of a mod- ern military foe unless he is equipped and supported by a variety of highly developed wea- pons, for which in turn there has been provided an adequate supply of amimunition and re- serves. The Military Committees of both THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1840, realists, involving the question and , invol of providing airplanes for England, PFrance and the Netherlands, the act which carried into effect the recommendations of the President was approved April 3, 1939, Within the brief period of 82 days, & democracy had effectively re- formed its policy the means of protection itself, con- tinental and insular. Development of production of air- planes, which is such an important item of modern defense, was im- mediately stimulated by contracts for delivery to the United States. But the chief cause of expansion of plant capacity was the export trade encouraged by our foreign policy, Accomplished Several Objectives. objectives: Increase in the size and essential capacity of factories at the cost of the foreign governments, their capi- tal, not ours, undertaking the risk of war ;:dlmt ol:lvelmmt; g6 Reduction of a correspon velopment in possible enemy nations, Acquisition of new ideas discov- ered in the laboratory test of war itself. Education in technique, through the requirements of customers en- gaged in warfare. The ability to confound a possible enemy by shutting off the source of supply. In all this program, the theory of priority has been carefully studied, and the right of the United States to place the American orders over foreign orders has been contractual- ly preserved. All foreign orders are subject to the condition that they shall not interfere with our own procurement. Thus, we have had nothing to lose and everything to gain by this wise policy of selling and exporting airplanes. During the recess following the first session of this Congress, and in September, the present World War broke out. The President called Congress into extraordinary session and the Neutrality Act of 1939 was passed. It became a law on Novem- ber 4, 1939. SENATOR AUSTIN. — ‘This was the second chapter in the international record of this Congress. Neutrality Act Misnamed. “The Neutrality Act of 1939” is & misnomer, but it is the legal name of the act. It is not neutral. It might be characterized as quasi-neutral, but throughout the dramatic events which produced it, I have always claimed that ope of its chief objec- tives is national defense through aid of the democracies; I claimed, in the process of enacting this law, that we should do what we could, short of becoming a belligerent, to pro- mote victory by the Allies. 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This belongs my ud- dress to you tonight solely because it bears upon the subject of national defense. Our present understanding of world events moves us to sacrifice, and to action to protect our free institutions, and opens a new chap- ter of endless possibilities in world politics. We have seen in the case of the Netherlands that the steadfast de- sire for peace, an attitude of neu- trality, and even its kindly provision of asylum for the former warlord of the German people, did not save it from devastating aggression. ‘The list of countries overrun with- in the last nine months also includes Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and France. As has been pointed out in the President’s address, our great ter- ritory of American States may be susceptible of attack from several angles through swift approach by air, which brings the problem of defense to the individual citizen in every community. After hearing the testimony in the Military Affairs Committee in general desire for peace fol- the first World War had £uch vogue that it deluded the de- ers | mocracies. Such effort as they made by Rauschning in “The Revolution of Nihilism,” thus: In particular, therefore, it is not correct to regard the new German foreign policy as simply the final form of the policy of the Parf-Germans. The foreign 0se pabifist 'womenfolk, but established by the victorious sword of a master race that takes over the world in the service of a higher civilization. Such is the main political prin- ciple of National Socialism as expressed by Rosenberg. Hitler’s language is rather more general, but it conveys no less ambitious perspectives. 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