STATE DEPARTMENT RA DI O BU LLETI N #166 (Continued) 
MISCELLANEOUS (Continued) 
Peace Groups on Neutrality (Cont’d) 
Asserting the opposition of the five groups to giving- 
"complete control of foreign policy" to the President, the 
statement continued: Quote the object of congress in passing 
the neutrality lav/ v/as to protect the people against such 
executive policies as committed this country to entrance 
into the world war* It is an embodiment in lav/ of the con- 
stitutional right of Congress to determine issues of peace 
or war for the country* 
When repeal of the neutrality law is suggested consideration 
must be given to what the alternative would be. It would 
be single handed police action by the United States or 
cooperative action with one group of nations against another 
in the world wide struggle between imperialism allied with 
communism on the one side and fascism on the other. 
The arms advocacy of taking sides in the present world conflict 
is being encouraged by British statesmen seeking a return to 
power on a policy of sanctions against aggressors, a policy 
which Anthony Eden himself has 'testified in parliament means 
the risk, if not the certainty, of war unquote. 
Howard Hughes: 
It v/as reported in the press today that Hov/ard Hughes would 
make a good will flight to South America in behalf of the 
New York World’s Fair but that no details of the trip had 
been arranged. 
Home Own er ? s Loans -Corp oration:: : 
Chairman Fahey of the HOLC made public yesterday a letter to 
Representative Barry of New York opposing certain proposals 
for liberalization of HOLC loans advanced by a committe of 
Congressmen headed b 3 T Mr. Barry. With regard to the tv/o 
chief proposals for a reduction of the interest rate from five 
to three and -one half percent and for a three year moratorium 
on principal, Mr. Fahey declared that these innovations 
would prove of little assistance to borrowers already in 
arrears while imposing "a huge loss” on the HOLC. 
New Orleans Strike: 
Striking truck drivers in New Orleans today voted^ unanim- 
ously to return to work, ending the month old strike called 
by the CIO. Officials of the trucking companies which 
employed AFL drivers during the strike did not disclose 
whether -800 strikers v/ould be reinstated. 
Oil Plant Fire: 
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Three persons have been Jellied and 42 injured in a fire still ' 
burning at the refinery of the Sinclair Oil Co. at Wellsville, 
N.Y. It was estimated that the damage already -amounted to 
several million dollars. 
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