Evening star., 1941-10-10
House Defeats
Ban
On Soviet Aid
Move to Bur Russiu
Is Voted Down
162 to n
BULLETIN.
BULLETIN.
The House passed the Lease
lend bill at $40 pm. today.

4Cll0 c4Al az - HO RslAAs NSooJs
By the Associated Press.
The House refused this after
noon specifically to exclude Rus
sia from aid under the S5,935,-
100000 lease-lend appropriation.
BY standing vote Of l62 to 81.
the members defeated an amend
ment by Representative Rich.
Republican. of Pennsylvania to
provide that no part Of the fund
be used for the benefit of the
Soviets.
Mr.. Rich said he wanted some
thing in the bill to prevent Presl-
dent Roosevelt from transferring
one cent" of the fund ito any nation
which practices Communism"
Democratic speakers replied that
while they too loathed Communism
Russia was opposing Hitler and Rep
resentative FaddiS, Democrat, OF
Pennsylvania asserted:
Whether we like to admit 1t or
not, we owe debt of gratitude to
Russia
Amendments Beaten.
Sponsors of the appropriation
have said repeatedly that present
plans did not call for aid to Russia
under the pending legislation.
The House easily defeated series
of amendments, starting with the
rejection of an attempt to cut
sl00.00000o from s1,19o,00o,0 900
fund for ordnance, supplies and am
munition.
as 1873 to "a.
Representative Case, Republican,
of South Dakota, who sponsored the
reduction. argued that the $780,
100000 could be taken if necessary,
from another $1,000, 100000 in the
bill for 'unforeseeable require
ments"
Cannon Defends Allotment.
Saying the reduction would mean
a months production lost, Chair
man Cannon of the Appropriations
Committee asserted:
Its impossible TO predict Il hours
in advance what's going to happen.
In 80 minutes bomb may destroy
factory that's building supplies in
Great Britain"
Then Representative Engel, Repub-
lican, OF Michigan proposed $50
mn mn c,,t ;,o n eqo5 mn mn ;ta,,, fo,.
tanks, armored cars, automobile and
trucks, contending, like Case, that
that total could be reduced and, if
necessary, the cut could be made
up from the contingent fund.
But his amendment also was cast
aside, on 1858 standing vote.
Other Proposals Lose.
In short order these amendments
also we're rejected:
BY Representative Rich. to cut
s40,0O0,000 out of the $3.50 900 900
category for ships and supplies. on a
116-to-69 standing vote.
BY Representative Taber, Repub-
lican. of New York, to slash $780,
100000 from a s1,875, 900 900 fund
for agricultural, industrial and other
articles and commodities, on q g.
toll teller vote.
BY Representative Andersen, Re
publican, of Minnesota, to provide
that none of the money could be
spent for sending tractors abroad,
on teller vote of 1877 to 95.
Foes Concede Passage.
Meanwhile, Republican critics
privately conceded the House prob
ably would approve the huge appro-
priation by nightfall and send it to
the Senate.
Opponents of the new spending
authority said. off the record, that
they were trying, principally, to
make a better final-vote showing
than last spring when the House
approved the first $1,000 900 900
lease-lend appropriation on a 1866
roll call.
Two days of general discussion of
the bill ended yesterday with Re-
publicans chiding Democrats because
less than dozen of them were on
the floor to listen to the arguments.
But the Republicans conceded, too
that only about so of their number
were listening.
Day Hits Soviet Aid.
Representative Day. Republican.
of Illinois, who until yesterday had
planned to sponsor the amendment
that would have barred aid to Rus
sia, told the House:
Every dollar of this appropria-
ton, in the sole discretion of the
President, can be given to the Soviet
Union if he so desires. Please do
not in this chamber haul down
the flag of the Constitution.
The scheme of lend-lease is tc
have a continuous flow of ma
terials. This bill is but one of a
series. They will bring more in
flation, more disaster.
Il would rather not leave this
chamber and have it said that 1
forgot my friends in Illinois and
became close buddy of Joe Stain
when got to Washington"
Russia's VaIor Cited.
But Representative Woodrum,
Democrat, of Virginia declared that
to date Russia is "the only power
that has been able to check or stop
or slow up the hordes of Hitler"
IT have no more love for Com
r,,Ipisno than yoI1 have - the Vir-
ginian told the House. Il do not
like a rattlesnake and I am not
going to get close to one if can
help it, but if could get hold OF
one of them and had fair oppor.
tunity, I would like to slip it rp the
nopte lar of AdoIf rJitIer