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SENATE DROPS WILLIS CONTEST WITHOUT DEBATE

VanNuys Holds Undisputed

Right to Seat as Probe Plea Is Refused.

Times Special

WASHINGTON, April 14. —Senator | vanNuys today held an undisputed |

right to his seat in the U. S. Senate ||

Chicanery Charged |

Mr. Willis’ contest was based on | a 385-page report Sa of chicanery in the election in | which Senator VanNuys was reelected by 5197 votes. The Senate committee's report stated that “there is no allegation | of violations of the Federal Corrupt | Practices Act by Senator VanNuys” | and the “charge is not made that! the Senator remotely conspired.” | “The petition does not allege un- | fitness on the part of Senator Van- | Nuys or his connection with any of the alleged fraud, bribery, excessive expenditures, coercion, intimidation | or irregularities of election officials. |

Request Turned Down

“The character of the charges in! the general allegation is not of a kind to recommend an investigation. The general charge of conspiracy | was alleged rather vaguely and | doubtfully.” The committee report —— that a substantial part of the complaint and supporting affidavits | “deals either directly or by hearsay | with the alleged abuse of relief, jobs, | food and favoritism to coerce, intimidate or purchase votes.” “Assuming the maximum naeh) of votes,” the report continued, find not enough of them to change the result.”

No Cause for Recount

Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, favors changing the Neutrality Act to permit shipment of war materials to such countries as England and France in case of war. A survey of public opinion shows that his plan is favored in principle

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Voters Favor Neutrality Act Revision to Permit Sale of War Materials to England, France.

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP Director, American Institute of Public Opinion. EW YORK, April 14—Revision of the Neutrality Law to allow shipment of war materials to England and France in case of hostilities is favored by a majority of American voters at the present time, according to a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion.

All this week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been taking public testimony on neutrality revision plans, one of which is t h e Pittman “Peace Act of 1939.” Providing for the sale of war materials to all belligerents on ‘a cash-and-carry basis, the Pitt-

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PUBLIC“OPINION

The committee members said they Man proposal is indorsed in prinfound no sufficient cause, based on! |ciple by voters in the Institute surthe general allegations, to demand Vey:

a recount. | The committee, headed by Sena- | tor King (D. Utah), referred to Mr.! Willis’ criticism of the Indiana “Two Per Cent Club” as violating the Corrupt Practices Act of the State] and Nation, and commented: “Assuming to be true the allega- | tions respecting this and similar! clubs, the committee is of the opinion that thereby the election of! Senator VanNuys was not vitiated. | “Enforcement of the Federal Cor-! rupt Practices Act is not a duty of | the Senate. Investigation is not necessary merely because the allegations are Yolumingus.”

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HE survey put this issue to the public: “Our present Neutrality Law prevents this country from selling war materials to any country fighting in a declared war. Do you think the law should be changed so that ws could sell war materials to England and France in case of war?” The vote was:

3% %

Marked Trend Shown

to favor revision along the lines of the Pittman proposal.

The change coincided with events in Europe. Following Herr Hitler's seizure of Austria, his annexation of Sudetenland, and the occupation of Praha and Memel Institute surveys found a growing sentiment in the United States for aid to England and France, short of actual participation in war.

2. Today's survey confirms an earlier Institute study which showed that more than six voters in every 10 now favor the principle of selling war materials to England and France in case of war. Technically this could not be accomplisi.cd under the present neutrality act. As the current survey shows, the majority of voters favor making such action possible by changes in the law. The whole neutrality question has been the subject of heated and - controversial public debate for months and many proposals have been put forward. The Institute’s sole function is to find the facts about public opinion on the issue, to collect and tabulate

3 diana property taxes will not be{come effective until next year, At!|torney General Omer Stokes Jackson ruled voday.

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¢ | The Board had instructed auditors 2 not to accept applications of non-

residents for exemptions on their mortgages under the new 1939 law.

Mr. Jackson ruled that the bill was not signed by Governor Townsend until March 2 and that because the law reads that only mortgages existing on March 1 are eligible, the new act canmot be effective until next year. The deadilne for filing mortgage exemptions is May 1.

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¥ idle Says. Jefferson Would Favor War Vote

WASHINGTON, April 14.—Thomas Jefferson, if alive today, would favor his war referendum amendment, Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. Ind.) told

the House of Representatives.

The Indianapolis Congressman read a speech on Jefferson to commemorate the 196th birthday of the founder of the Democratic Party.

“The great Jefferson had a passion for peace and he believed the way to keep America permanently at peace with the world is to cultivate friendly relations with all nations and entangling alliances with none,” Rep. Ludlow said.

‘Democracy Limited’

“If he were alive today, what a service he could perform in dispelling the ugly specter of world hate! To him it would be a sad and disappointing spectacle to see Cabinet Ministers and Senators in charge of foreign affairs disturbing the equilibrinm of international relations by fulminating bitter diatribes against rulers of foreign countries. “The weakness of our American system is that our democracy stops at the water's edge. Our democracy is so circumscribed and limited that it does not apply to our foreign relations but only to our relatively unimportant domestic concerns.

Wants Frontiers Widened

“In its foreign relations, our Government is not a democracy at all but a pure autocracy. Our people may vote for constable or dog catcher, but they cannot vote on a declaration that would sweep

their sons into the indescribable hell of a foreign war. We need to enlarge our democratic frontiers by extending our democracy to our foreign relations, thus adding the capsheaf to the Jeffersonian Bill of Rights. “I hope that some modern Jefferson will succeed in getting this amendment for a referendum on foreign wars written into the American system. If he does, his name, like the name of Jefferson, will be blessed by the children of men forever.”

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This sentiment is significant on two counts: 1. It indicates a marked trend in | public opinion on the neutrality | issue. Institute studies of three | and four years ago showed the | public in favor of restrictive embargoes on war trade, and aloofness from European squabbles. The original neutrality legislation | There is virtually no difference was an outgrowth of this wide- | in sentiment by political parties spread public sentiment. After | on the revision issue. Both Demothree years’ experience, however, crats and Republicans favor revithe majority of voters have come ' sion by approximately 6 to 4.

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