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concentrations for items other than
lease-lend. The largest of these
reductions was proposed item of
SAC, 100000 for the Tennessee Valley
Authority. The committee said con-
sideration of this was deferred for
two weeks
The lease-lend fund was divided
into 10 categories. just as President
Roosevelt recommended on Sep
tember IS. The largest was ST.
875 100000 for agricultural and in
dustrial commodities. The second
biggest amount was $1,190,000 900
for ordnance and stores and sup
plies Aircraft requirements would
take $685. 100000.
Committees Disclosures.
The committees report and the
hearings. while stripped of specific
figures in many cases because of
military necessity, disclosed:
l. Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard plans to use 81 900 900 900 to feed
one fourth of Great Britain's pop
ulation for the next six months.
2. While lease-lend officials are
dissa satisfied with the relatively
small trickle" of materials going to
Axis foes, they expect the flow to
increase greatly soon on completion
of the time-consuming initial prep
arations.
g. For every dollar of defense
articles exported. 10 cents worth of
other services, has been fendered, ,s5=
= Secretary OF War Stin1sofl Be-
lieves that the world crisis Is mo
less acute and indeed, If anything,
is sharper" than heretofore. s.
5. Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
chief of stafY, believes that there
should be no tampering or delay
with the lease-lend program, assert
ing that "the British suffer today
and risked their national existence
by similar delays" Z,
No Plans to Cut Army.
g. There are no plans for reduc-
tion of the Army or for suspension
of the draft program-either of
which, ofhcials said, would be
tragic
T. Oficials repeatedly asserted
that 1t would be dangerous" to
deny Russia the benefits of the
lease-lend program. even though
such aid is not now contemplated.
Scattered through the hearings
were repeated references to the
effect of strikes on either the lease
lend or national defense program,
and Representative Starnes, Demo-
crat, of Alabama asserted at one
point that it was "a damned out
rage that we have not received
more benefits from this program and
that we have not attained greater
degree of security"
And 7, for one" he said, want
to speak out and say that / deplore
the political cowardice in the Con-
gress of the United States and in
| this present administration In not
meeting this situation more fairly
and squarely for the benefit of our
people. We cannot lick Hitler
or anybody else until we can lick
this situation Of production In this
country"
The committee report. noting that
between Is per cent and 20 per cent
of the Nations factory capacity
presently is devoted to production
of war material, predicted that half
| of the industrial production would
be devoted to that purpose by June,
1913.
Great Progress Reported.
everything considered, great
progress has been made" the re-
port asserted. Obviously in the six
months that have elapsed since the
$1,000 900 900 became available, 1t is
not reasonable to expect that these
materials could be produced by the
magic of rubbing 'Aladdihs lamp"
There should not be any con-
fusion leading to the belief that the
amount Of lease-lend aid thus far
Is all the assistance that Great
Britain has received from the pro-
duction of the United States. Since
the beginning of the war over
$500 900. 900 of exports have been
shipped to the British Empire and
Egypt. These goods were bought
and paid for by the British. ."
| The delivery of the material
under British orders with their own
funds is freeing factory capacity in
the United States for the production
of lease lend material"
On the Russian aid question the
report asserted:
Nothing would be more discour-
aging to the morale of the Russian
government and the Russian people
in their heroic and surprising re-
sistance to Axis conquest than to
hear that the President of the
. United States. was. ,precluded from
rendering aid to them should he
find 1t possible and expedient to do
so with these funds" "a.
The bill contained for the first
time a new provision under which
the United States could procure
defense articles for nations which
seek to pay In cash rather than
seek lease-lend aid For example,
the committee said that the Neither
lands Indies. now required to deposit
cash in advance, would Be permitted
| to make progress payments during