Evening star., 1941-05-28
Americas PLANNING
Strict Export Control
Of War Materials
Negotiations Already
Under Way to Prevent
Goods Reaching Axis
By LLOYD LEHRBAS,

BulWarking President Roosevelt's
unmistakable challenge to the Axis,
the 81 American republics today
planned strict control of all exports
of war materials as economic de-
fense against Nazi threats TO the
peace and security of the Western
Hemisphere.
Inter-Anierican diplomatic nego-
tiations already under way, it was
learned authoritatively, are designed
to achieve continental solidarity in
the words of President Roosevelt
against the common danger Oy
having each American nation i'm
pose export control systems.
Such systems would:
l. Conserve all strategic raw ma
terials and manufactured products
required for defense of the hemi-
sphere (and aid to embattled Brit.
aim by placing restrictions on eX-
port of war supplies to areas outside
this continent.
2. Prohibit re-eXport of vital ma
terialS and goods Except to other
American nations which have been
imported from another country. in
order to plug any leaks through
which Germany, Italy, or Axis
dominated countries might secure
supplies.
Seven Have Adopted Control.
At least seven South and Central
American republics already have
adopted export control systems of
varying degrees. and negotiations in
spired by the United States now are
in progress among the other re-
publicS.
Brazil, Colombia and Cuba. it was
said. have set up control systems
which closely approximate the
Export Control Administration here,
requiring licenses for the shipment
of arms, munitions and long list
of strategic raw materials and man
ufactured products.
Argentina requires licenses for the
export of strategic minerals and
Chile, Guatemala and Ell Salvador
have some form of export control
over war materials which are needed
by the American nations.
The other American republics are
sources of supply for numerous raw
materials and minerals required in
defense production here and, at the
same time, are largely dependent on
the United States for many articles
needed in their national life.
What U. S. Is Ready to Do.
To encourage the unity of action"
asked for by the President the
United States, it was learned, is pre-
pared to:
l. Buy from the other American
republics materials which in the past
they exported to European or Asiatic
nations, particularly rubber, tin,
copper, mercury and long list of
strategic minerals.
2. Grant general licenses for eX-
port to the other American repub-
lies of United States materials and
supplies, at present strictly rationed
and exportable only when individual
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shipment.
The United States adopted the
export control system not only to
conserve scrap metal aluminium,
machine tools and other vitality
needed raw materials and products,
but to prevent their reaching the
Axis or Axis satellites.
Unitey of Action Needed.
Removal of restrictions on export
of those goods to South and Central
American nations, and other pro-
posed liberalizations of trade, OFF,
cials said, necessarily depended on
unity of action by the other Ameri-
can republics to insure that the
goods would not reach the Axis
countries by roundabout routes.
The Presidents strong plea for
unified hemisphere action, it was
said, may spur other American re-
publics in utilizing Axis ships and
other foreign-f1ag vessels now lying
idle in American ports.
The South and Central Americans
who listened to the Presidents