Speech #700001427

Notwithstanding this we are at war in Nicaragua and in China although Congress has not declared war. Yesterdays paper noted that our American soldiers had again turned their machine guns upon the citizens of Nicaragua. It is a remarkable situation when we prohibit Chinese citizens from emigrating to America under the provisions of the quota. and at the same time send our armed forces into China to tell them how to run their Government. Page 430 of the printed hearings on the deficiency bill now under consideration shows that General Richards testified that the deficiency resulting from the occupation of Nicaragua and China by our marines "was an obligation that was authorized at the request of the Secretary of the Navy. approved by the Bureau of the Budget. and authorized by the President of the United States." Therefore it is clear that the war in which we have been and are now engaged in Nicaragua and in China has been declared by the President of the United States. by the Bureau of the Budget. and the Secretary of the Navy. I do not think Congress should ratify and validate this declaration of War.