Evening star., 1941-09-15
Leuse-Lend
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s4,400, 100000 goods in the United
States since the war began, Mr..
Roosevelt said.
But, he asserted, "the rate of our
production must be accelerated, and
every step to achieve that end must
and will be taken"
Although Russia has been paying
for war supplies and has received no
lease-lend help, Mr.. Roosevelt COM
plimented the gallant resistance OF
the Russian people" and said it
had been of enormous help to all
peoples resisting the Nazi war ma
chine.
The energies of the American
Government, he said, are making
available to Russia urgently needed
supplies.
The report disclosed that some
lease-lend funds have been utilized
to build military and naval bases for
the British. Administration officials
would not say where these bases
were, but the amount of aid for this
purpose approached s12,0Oo,0OO.
Agricultural, industrial and other
commodities accounted for $118. .OOO.-
900 of the s190,447,67 of actual ex-
ports; ordnance and ordnance
stores, s35.775. .521; tanks and other
vehicles, s28,l63, ,729. and aircraft and
aeronautical material, s6,O16,145.
Bomber Plane Purchases.
In reference to the latter sum, Mr.
Roosevelt remarked in a letter of
transmittal to Congress that con-
tracts had been placed and work
been started on nearly a million
dollars of bomber planes. And of
the total contracts under the cur
rent lease-lend program aircraft
and aeronautical materials account
ed for more than a third. The
actual figure was $1,347, ,140,839. Yes
sells and other water craft repre-
sented $588,000,000 and ordnance
and ordnance stores 1884 ,OOO,0 900.
The report showed that the United
States had supplied fleet of trucks
to China as well as cargo vessels
to carry war supplies. paving ma
terials and paving materials for re-
servicing the Burma road, China S
lifeline.
Lease-lend equipment and ma
terials also are going into railroad
through China's Yunan Province
Modern fighter planes will augment
the Chinese air force under lease
lend contracts concluded in the last
80 days.
Aid to Other Countries.
AS for other countries, the report
disclosed that help had been sup
piled in this manner:
Poland-Guns, ammunition anc
clothing for Poles training in Can
ada; defense equipment for mer.
chant vessels.
Greece-New equipment for troop.
which escaped to British territory ir
the Middle East.
Yugoslavia-Military and nava
equipment for a Middle East legion
Norway-Anti-mine cables anc
anti-aircraft and submarine guns
for merchant ships, plus repairs tt
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Belgium - Scout cars, machine
guns, aircraft and hospital equip.
ment for troops in the Belgian
Congo and for free Belgians reform.
ing their lines in that colony.
The etherlands-Arms and am.
munition of all kinds; bomber
fighter and trainer planes, nava
vessels and tanks, and commercial
goods for the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch have paid cash for theil
purchases, but lease-lend machinery
was employed to help them.
The type of assistance for Brazi
and the Dominican Republic wa!
not specified, the report stating tha
they had already utilized lease lent
facilities and paid over q millior
and . quarter dollars to secure mill,
tary supplies On . cash reimburse
ment bAsiA"