Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1915 — WOULD BAN EXPORT OF ARMS [ARTICLE]

WOULD BAN EXPORT OF ARMS

Bill Introduced in Congress by Repsentative Towner of Illinois to Give President Power to Act. Washington, Jan. I.—Congressional action to vest the president with power to prohibit esport of war supplies was urged before the house foreign afairs committee by Representatives Towner of Illinois. Representative Towner proposed a general bill to empower the president to forbid export of arms and munitions to countries at war.