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Show 104 Sixth, that it is my belief vice to them in thIs present will tion in the Qre not to repeal the tow the great points Thomas answered. of peoce, but contribute seven WQ$ contrary beside the point. This to greatly to our p«tic;po- legislat'ton. If not contrary the inter ... embargo to It. point, asserted Thomas, dealt with prec,eaents. Borah had soid ampl e precedents demonstrate that pressed from domestic was international law, then lifting it is pteced.ents ore not no good Neutral ity Act from fear 01 from outsi de War this time under these circum- cause intemotional law WQS at old in the Borahl, second that ser- answering the first point, he maintained that everything said about nationttl low WQ5 rendering war. These In not intent of war. Seventh, and further thot stances urged with the ls repeal the outside. question that embargo inter'erred with ones. eeerc ion. Thomas' thesis changes things. Therefore, we must The United States did was not pOQ No Senator who favored characteristic: of his change law. 5 the (-epeel appraisals. He soid! The theory behind the Traffie-in-GI'ms Treaty is that the situation changes so eompletely under international law and under facts when nations enter into war that the -nations mU$t be relieved individually of the restraints put upon them by an international treaty the minute war comes into the world.6 5 in As will be demonstrated in 0 later paragraph, Thomas was perfectly consistent for he made It when it meant criticizing his own country. If he making his point, had been heeded the basis for the the United States, if not by her. 6 wQr could have been eliminated with the Congressional Record, Vol. 85" 6, 1939). p. help of 151, (76th Congress, 2nd Sess., October |
