Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Canada Sells
lend-Lease
Hogs to u. S.
Gets Cash for Product;
We Loan 10 Britain
BY PAUL MALLON

into fragmentary absurdities,
but rarely into as intricate
labyrinth as the agriculture de-
partments hog buying for
Britain.
Our government is paying
high prices for pork products 10
ship to Britaln-and getting
them from Canada.
The Canadians have a surplus
Of hogs and are sending-not
lending or leasing-these TO the
British for pounds sterling. The
United States on the other hand
is buying at relatively higher
prices and lending or leasing TO
London. Thus. Canadian hog
growers have been able to get
more for their hogs by sending
to the United States to give TO
Britain, rather than selling d.
rectly to their mother country.
First four months this year
Canada exported i0,450 hogs TO
the United States. compared
with only Is head the same four
months last year.
TIIE Canadians do not like
Il this, are trying to stop it.
The Canadian bacon board first
promised a dollar extra per hun
dred pounds 10 its growers on
sales 10 Britain. This was done
in May, but failed to prove suf-
ficient inducement. Now a
licensing system is being i'm
posed on packers who want to
ship TO the United States.
To top it off. the British are
selling the pork they get from
us and using the money for gen.
eral purposes. The way this
works, the United States federal
marketing administration buys
the pork with the lend-lease
money and ships it 10 Britain
on credit. Presumably this gov
eminent will he paid back in the
same way it is repaid all lease
lend advances, sometime in the
future.
HITLER is always doing the
IL unexpected. but an invasion
of England before September is
just too unexpected to be con-
sidered possible. The nights now
last only five hours or less at
the channel and fogs cannot be
counted upon TO cover any inva-
sion effort before early Fall
1t would seem logical for Hit
Ter to try to clean up the East
ern Mediterranean and then Glib
raltar before trying invasion in
September.
THE Presidents designation Of
l. Interior Secretary Ickes as
director of the oil industry was
a move which Ickes long had
sought before congressional COM
mitteeS, by legislation and other
wise. Mr. Roosevelt sanctioned
ii at long last, presumably 10
implement his defense action
speech
The only new justification for
government seizure of the reinS
OF one of the largest industries
apparently is that the govern
ment had recently seized coast
wise oil tankerS for British aid
and therefore had itself caused
transportation shortage.
Resistance from the industry
is likely TO remain as anonymous
as the first comment from the
manager who said he was
Knocked speeches.. " The move
has clearly hit a demoralized
industry.
IckeS. Of course. is the man
least likely to succeed in CO.
ordinating an industry whose
leaders nc has always fought
bitterly How much unity and
cooperation his choice will pro-
mote is therefore a matter of
intense speculation here, all on
the obvious side. The first re-
suit is likely To be that the
America First Committee can
raise a few million dollars in
Oklahoma and Texas.
THE British have picked up
Il some information indicating
what they may expect next.
Beni,o and Adolf. they hear,
planned intcnSificaiion of the
direct land attack on Egypt and
a simultaneous strike for Cyprus
and Syria.
To meet It, the British may
have 10 destroy the MoSul pipe
line and oil wells and invade
Syria. regardless Of Vichy.
Odds are heavily against
them, but the strongest possible
resistance is neccSSary in
furthcrance Of their general war
policy. Their authorities have
led ours 10 believe they will not
get out of the eastern Mediter-
ranean one minute before they
are forced out.
Letdown in bombing attacks
on Britain during the 12-day at
tack on Crete has made the
British wonder whether Hitler
has as many planes as claimed.
No othpr. pxf1lauofior To-. tho