Evening star., 1941-10-09
Rayburn Sees Aid Bill
Voted Quickly, With
No Ban on Russia
leose-Lend Proposals
Foes Admit FutiIity Of
Trying to Amend 1t
- the Associated Press.

SS the hssOCIdltQ eTeSS.
Speaker Rayburn today forecast
quick House passage of the new S.
985 900 900 lease-lend fund in the
exact form requested by President
Roosevelt, and even some critics of
the huge appropriation conceded
that attempts to amend it would be
futile.
One vital change-to bar use of
any of the money to aid Russa-was
expected to be offered by Repre-
sentative Day, Republican, of Illi-
nois.
Mr.. Rayburn predicted that I'VE
will beat the Russian amendment
badly" and go right down the line
on the others"
'It would be unfortunate to make
any change in the Presidents rec
concentrations the Speaker said.
Only 80 Anti Russia Votes Seen.
Representative Taber of New
York. senior Republican member of
the Appropriations Committee, ex-
pressed the opinion that only about
so of the House membership of 435
would support the no-aid Russia
amendment. He said that proposals
to cut S300.000000 from a $685.
900 fund for agricultural, indus
trial and other products would be
more strongly supported.
One group, seemingly represent
ing a small minority served notice
they would try to strike the entire
lease-lend fund from the s6,159,-
416229 omnibus appropriation bill
of which it is part.
Representative Otter, Republican,
of Pennsylvania said he would ask
that 10 per cent of the lease-lend
fund be earmarked for small busi-
nesses which, he said, were shutting
down for lack of raw materials.
Representative Day originally had
declared the chances were bright
for adoption of his ban against aid
to Russia.
But" he conceded today, 'the
word has passed around that the
President doesn't want to be en-
barraSSed so it may be in danger.
Separate Peace Feared.
"One of the reason this limitation
ought to be accepted is that Stain
might make a separate peace with
Hitler and then all the material we
would send to Russia would fall into
Hitler's hands
(Under the original LeaSe-Lend
Act, the President may allocate
supplies to any country whose de-
fenSe he deems essential to the
defense of the United States. No
such assistance has been accorded
Russia under the act, but the
Reconstruction FinanceCorp. has
advanced funds to the Soviet, in
anticipation of the delivery of
strategic metals and other sup
plies to be shipped here)
The administrations program
called for four or five hours of gen.
eral debate today and an II am.
session tomorrow. in order to reach
a final vote by tomorrow night
Chairman Cannon of the Appro-
priatlons Committee opened the de-
bate yesterday with the statement
that friends of the United States had
their backs to the WALL and it was
imperative to continue the policy of
aid to Britain expressed last spring
when Congress passed the basic
Lease-Lend Act and quickly made
it operative with $1,000, ,000, 900 ap-
preparation.
But Republicans argued that since
only small share of that big fund
actually had been spent. and that
production necessarily got under
way slowly, the present appropria-
ton was not all needed at this time
Cannon Makes Plea.
Representative Cannon took the
bill to the House floor yesterday
with this statement:
Our Allies abroad are fighting
with their backs to the wall and
cannot survive without our assist
ance. And if they succumb we must
at some portion of our continent be
faced by an aggressor who in two
short years has destroyed every
nation in Europe.
''We must supply them with clouds
Of airplanes, acres of tanks and
munitions to equal and surpass the
vast streams of machinery flowing
from aggressor countries"
Members of the House were told
that confidential agreements" have
been made with four small coun-
tries" for payments Of some char
acter" for lease-lend aid extended
them, but that no agreements have
been concluded yet with Great Brit
ain, the principal beneficiary.
Repeatedly during debate on the
new appropriation, members in
quired as to what guarantees had
been received for repayment.
Representative Wigglesworth, Re-
publican, of Massachusetts, said that
the decision on reimbursement by
Great Britain was still in the lap
of the gods" but added that con-
fidential agreements have been made
with four small countries for pay
ments of some character, but this
information cannot be divulged
now"
"A master agreement with Great
Britain is now in progress" he told
House members.