North Carolina senator wants U.S. boats withdrawn from Chinese waters. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Speaking in the Senate today on the sinking of the U.S. gunboat Panay, Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina declared that the time might come when the U.S. would regret its failure to withdraw gunboats and marines from Chinese waters. Senator David I. Walsh (left) Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is shown with Reynolds. 12/13/37