The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-10

armed forces, was placeo Delore tle Senate and House simultaneously by Democratic Leaders Alben w. Bark ley and John w. Mccormack.
 The measure contained five esSen- tial points and was broadly drawn to permit extension oI American aid to any government whose defense the president considers to be vital to the defense of the United States
 ThS bill contained no funds but is sweeping enabling legislation. MT. Roosevelt said he would ask for ap- propriation after the present leg islation has been approved. He stressed at a press conference that congress should act with the ut most speed.
 Measure Provisions
 Giving the president virtually Rl-' limited power, the measure prevlo- ed:
 l. The sale, leasing, lending or other disposition of any war ma teriaS to "any country whose de- fense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States, including both new material and equipment now on nnaQ.
 2. Authority to test, repair, out fit or otherwise place in good work ing order any defense article of friendly belligerent. For example, 1t wouli b. possible for ships of the British fleet to be repaired in the Brooklyn navy yard if the president considered it in the interest of our national defense tO do so.
 3. The manufacture of war ma terials for friendly foreign govern ments in both government-owned and privately-owned arsenals, tac- tories and shipyards.
 4. The communication to any friendly government any informa- ton pertaining to any defense arti- cle actually furnished to that gov- ernment, including designs, blue prints, and information for using the equipment
 5. The release of any article for export, eliminating restrictions n the espionage act of 1917 and in the embargo act of July ?, l940.
 Barkley and Mccormack empha- sized that it does not authorize the use of American war vessels to de- liver war materials to combat areas
 No Limit On Materials
 The bill, however, placed no linn it on the amount of materials on hand or on order which could be lent to Great Britain, China, or Greece, except that the chief of na- val operations or the army chief of staff would have to sign a certifi- cate that the equipment no longer is essential to our armed forces in, cases involving the transfer equip ment on hand.
 Discussing the provision for man. ufacture of foreign articles in gov- ernment owned factories, arsenals, and Shipyards, Barkley and McCor- mack said:
 This means that we shall be producing the same materials for our friends as for ourselves. It should eliminate double assembly lines l.. our factories and should help to standardize our war mater jals among the Democracies. The power to manufacture under this provision does not carry with a waiver of the eight-hour act, the Walsh-H -Healey act, the Wagner act and similar domestic legislation"
 The bill forbids any foreign coun- try which obtains defense articles or defense information from the Uni ted States from transferring them to any other country without the consent of the president.
 Can Buy War Materials
 Barkley and Mccormack said the measure also enables the United States to buy war materials in the American Republics, Canada or other countries whose defense is vi- tai to us, if such materials are not readily obtainable in this country.
 About 20 senators were in the
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