The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-15
Final Action on Lend- Lease Bill Due Within
 Three Weeks SENATE TO START
 DEBATE ON MONDAY Survey of Supplies Imme= diately Available to Britt
 ish Called For
BY WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE United Press Staff COrrespondentl

b1 WILLIAM h. LAWhENCE United Press Staff Correspondentl
 Washington, February IS. - (UP) - National Defense chieftains today studied a tentative four-point program to speed "all-out" aid to Great Britain, while admin istration legislative leaders drove for final congressional action on the British Aid Bill within three weeks.
 Authoritative military sources dis closed that the contemplated aid program envisions maximum ship ments of war supplies to Britain without disturbing this countryiS $28, ,O0O, 100000 rearmament drive. They emphasized that the plan is still in the study" stage, with many details to be worked out.
 Big Sums To Be Asked
 Meanwhile, authoritative Senate sources predicted that MT. Roosevelt will ask Congress for appropriations and contract authorizations amount ing to between $1,000 1000 and $1 ,500, ,000, 900 as soon as the aid bill is finally approved.
 The Senate starts debating the British aid bill Monday. Chairman Walter F. George, D.. Ga, of the foreign relations committee, is to speak first in its support, with Sem ator Bennett c. Clark, D., Mo, will then make the first opposition speech. Debate is expected to last 10 days to two weeks
 Opposition Meets
 Opposition senators meet today for a last-minute discussion of Strat- egy. Seventeen met secretly yes- terday and agreed to concentrate on two proposed amendments. One would prohibit the use of naval ves- sels for conveying. The other would prohibit President Roosevelt dispos- ing of any part of the fleet.
 The latter proposal is to be spon- Sored by Senator David I. Walsh, D., Mass, chairman of the Senate naval affairs committee. The first public indication that Walsh is against the bill came when he att tended yesterdays opposition meet ing. Later he announced he would fight to prevent any more naval vessels being transferred to Britain. Major Points
 Major points in the all-out aid program now being considered were said to be:
 1. A survey of so-called "criti- cal" military itenls-airplanes, guns. tanks, ships and munitions-which can be made available immediately out of existing army and navy sup plies. It was indicated these would be modern armaments, rather than obsolete" or surplus supplies such as this government has sold to the democracies in the past. 2. Making available newly made 1 weapons originally ordered by United States forces which are ur- gently needed by the British. 3. New steps to speed pro4uctsc1 1 on the $3,O00 900 900 worth Of Brit ish armament orders.
 4. CIcdtAlS ueW PAVauSSAOAA Ao.A.- 1 itieS for both domestic and British requirements as Hong range" sup ply line.
 Statement Sought Senator Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H., called on Mir. Roosevelt to make "candid statement" of his inten- tions regarding the navy. He speci- fically asked the president to clarify the impasse resulting from the ex- pression of divergent views of Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox and Wendell L. Willl1ie on the transfer of more destroyers to Britain.
 Willkie recommended to the sen- ate foreign relations committee that (Contini,ed m Para 9)