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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Aug 1939, p. 21

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ters of the league clurng the past two weeks in support. of her cm- ment. Fromn Wisconsin ý'Public opinion in the grass roots mniddlewest is changing on. the subject of neutral- ity legisiation., People everywhere are becomning increasingljy scepti- cal of the wisdomn and practicability of imposing rnandatory arms emn- gargoes. This represents a' change in point, of vieW that -is striking." Also from Wisconsin. "Now we've had enough Wily-nilly and talk. It's high timne for Congress to revise the Neutrality Act se it will stop. en- couraginig the' kind of action we don't believe in. The ve-ryS least they can dot is to get rid of the manda tory arms embargo provi- sion." From a prominent business man in Portland, Ore.: "I feél thât An' this day and age the United States in respect te its foreign affairs must retain full freedom of action to deal with some future set of conditions and nlot be bound by a set of rules laid down now." Stands for Repeal From a prominent Oregon legisla- ter: -By our so-called neutrality- act, Uncle Sam signs a check leaving, name and date blank, to be filled in by any other nation to suit its own war purpose and convenience. By it we abdicate to others, the right to decide our national policy by their timing. It is a peril to our country' s intei est and should be re- pealed before Congress adjourns and leaves the nation at the mercy of war-like powers." Mrs. Leonard Robbins, New Jer- sey: "Delay is too dangerous in the, * face o! world conditions. The repeal o! the arms embargo would be the most effective way, we believe, te * prevent a war from starting." Mrs. Lesley C. Eaton, Massachu- sçetts: "We hplieve thatsn long as Mr. an~d Mrs. Peter Charles Mc- Cabe (Helen Rogan) of Wilmette, are belng congratulated upon the biith et! 'a son, S aturday at St. Luke's hospital. The baby is the Ir fourth child; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wild have re- tur ed to their home at 6.28 Green- leaf avenue,, Wilmette, .after visit- ing, at -the home of the fre Mayor J. Frank- Rutter and. Mrs. Rutter at *their home in ýRoÊsvill, Mr. a n d. Mrs. William. S.. Neu- brech of Syracuse, N. Y., are. visit- ing their daughter, Mrs. H. . Kahn. of 816 Sixteenth -street for several days'. Thursday and Sunday- Evenings * OurSmorasbord. Dinner is diffe*rent:becus.Wspepdb an expert Swedish chef. Large- veriety ýof hot end cold speclaihs. THE VEIRY ilEST H.r.'s a dluuer yo.'re eur. te .aloyl. HOTELMORAINE. 'HGHLAUID> PARK, ILL, lPhome.: lghltomd Park 4444 Il BAIS IRE ON RFELU> BIO COUNTS!R Athorized Ford - M.rcaary -Liicoi-Zephyr Dealers 435 GREEN SAY ROAD PHlON E WILMTE 535 -I

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