Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Jul 1939, p. 17

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Do you approve of the bomb- ing of civilia populations? Do you support flagrant repu- djations 0'f promises made ln treaties? Do you thiuk the United States là justified in 9upplying aggres- sors with ,war materials? What. would ,you want the, United States te, do if a ý Latin .American country were sttack- ed by as power .outaide this hemi- isphere? It takes littie imagination to apply the first three of 'those questions. to present day events, says Mrs. Ut- Iey. The fourth has existed in the past ,and .might exist again. An amended neutrality act. could enable (IN~OT require) the tjnited Sta tes to apply economic embargoes against a nation that broke its treaty obligations wit. us, and be- came an aggressor, and at the saine turne flot apply such embargoes against the victim. Favor Amendment The League of Women Voters thinks such an .amendment shoul be passed by this session of Con- gress. We recommend that the application of such embargoes be left to the discretion of the Presi- dent. Mrs. Utley aslçed league members to write to their congressmen 1now. Mrs. Utley went on to state: Isola- tionist organlzations and businesses that are making money out of .sup- plying materials of war are at work trying to stop the legislation we want enacted. If you iieed stimula.- tion, think of those civilians ini China whô are finding theinselves bombed, through no fault o! their own. Would Modify Act Mrs. George G. Bogert, president of the Illinois League of Women Vo- ters, affirnied the need for ap-1 proval o! the general principle of su.zlci, %;abbb finubnana aLlAugniier or mJ. MIJUi mrs.iA. aR. fÎrm among exhibitors who have, Peterson, 227 Raleigh road, ICenil- distinguis1bed themselves i past worth~ have. gone With their grand- ~hw.Te r:parents, '1fr. 'anàd Wis.,.Thomas Kane Read' the Want Mrs. Mahlon Ogden Bradley, 545 oft Chicago, to spend a moDnth' at Bobolink road, Highland Park; _A*jlantic City. IlYSUILI. a. . For more than haif a cezntury this Institution, dating back to 1886, has nover failed to pay at least 31/2% on savings.

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