The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-12

COnceding that the admlnlSraClon did not have to make further con- sessions to Republicans and other opponents of the bill to obtain a senate majority for the bill, Willkie appealed to the Democratic majority on the Foreign Relations committee to modify the bill in an effort to obtain its passage by an almost unanimous vote. Its approval by present opponents "and the approval of the millions of Americans whom they represent will give to us the strength of & united people - a strength greater than that Of armament, battleships, and alr- planes" he said.
 Chairman George said after Will kie,s testimony that he was inn pressed with his plea; that the Democratic majority would be sTolerant"2 towards amendments which would not destroy the oo- jectives of the bill.
 Senate Leader Speaks
 Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, senate sponsor of the bill, said many of us have given some thought to limiting the aid to Great Britain, Greece and China but that they hao been concerned lest the limitation depress the morale or delay the et- fective resistance of nations, sucn as Bulgaria or Turkey, which might soon be invaded by the Axis powers.
 The bill contained two-year tune limit as it passed the House last Saturday. and there was no lndl- cation that the Senate committee would delete that provision. WlliKle has urged such an amendment ana the White House has indicated US approval. E.. 4,,o < Administration leaders i'll the house also wrote in a 10 per cent Iimitation-about $2,300,000 900 - on inc l94O fiscal year army and navy appropriations for war materials which can be diverted to foreign mowers. and it was believed that that restriction also would stay m tne hill when it is sent to the senate floor within the next two days.
 WilIkie Goes 10 N. I.
 willkie headed back to New 4orK on a 2 a .m., train today after his +alk with President Roosevelt, ana sarlier talks with Senate Repuph- ean Leader Charles L. McNary or oregon. his presidential running mate and House Republican Leader .5osenh w. Martin, Jr., ot MaSSa- chusetts, Willkies personally-selece- ed chairman of the Republican Ma tional committee. Martin voted a. cainst the bill in the house, ana McNary has announced his oppoSl- lion to it in it's present form.
 Willkie, just back from hylng inspection trip to war time Englailo rno neutral Fire, said he and the nresilent talked about the inter national situation generally, ncluo- ing Fires position as straCeglc Island whose bases are coveted py hoth England and Germany, ana about 'production problems" :. He was. received by MT. RooseVelC who slipped a smoking jacket over Vie srll dress attire which he hao Morn at the Army-Navy receptloi; Millkie said the president hao reao ysis statement before the Senate Committee in which he had revealed that Prime Minister Winston Chur- rhill had told him that Englano 5 5 immediate needs from the onlCea states were more destroyers, more Y3atrol and long-range bomoers' ana @oora merchant ships.
 Not Too Specific
 . "what did the President have 10 gav about your suggestion that the Tnited States send five or 10 de- stroyers a month to EnglanoF a Teporter asked Willkie after ms white House talk. : T wouldn't want to be that spe- cific," he said. ,o,o
 Willkie had said that by 1942 the United States should expect a steady flow of from 15 to 20 new destroyers per month" and that thls nrogram, if speeded up, would re- 1,lace "the destroyers we lend or lease to Britain" Britains great est hazard, Willkie said, is mott he bombing of her industrial citeis or