Evening star., 1941-02-22
British Aid

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the Navy further at the present
time"
Hits Lack of Organization.
He said he was for aid to Britain
and he thought the best way tc
assure it was to build up American
industrial production. The pending
bill, he contended, would not ad-
vance that purpose,
He criticized what he said was the
lack of organization" which had
marked production efforts after Con-
gress had freely voted all of the
money requested"
1T is tragic" he declared that
while We talked about aid to Britain
and 10000 airplanes for ourselves, nc
really effective step was taken tC
develop the necessary factories"
The best way to aid Britain, he
said, was to supply her with SC
many airplanes that she can do to
the German factories and cities
what the Germans have been doing
to the British factories and cities
because when that is done "a salts
factory peace can probably be made.
But, he continued. there is little
help in sight for Britain this spring
because of American inaction in
1889 and 1910.
Urges Two Billion Loan.
Observing that it was hard to
regard the British financial situation
as desperate" Senator Taft said he
believed there was need. neverthe-
less, for the extension of S2000.-
100000 loan to the British with
which they could purchase their own
supplies in this country in their own
way and not be forced to channel
their buying through the United
States Army or Navy, as he said the
administration bill proposed.
IF I am any judge of depart
mental red tape" he said, 1T will
take the British 60 days longer to
order anything through the Ameri-
can Army than directly"
Dictatorship Bill
Declaring that he was no "Roose-
welt hater," Senator Capper said
he believed the bill was not only
a war bill'' but a dictatorship bill.
This bill not only gives congress
Sional sanction to the President tC
do anything he pleaseS in the field
of foreign affairs-give any article
of national defense to any nation in
the world at his own discretion" he
said, but it also gives to the Presi-
dent practically unlimited powers
over the entire domestic economy of
the United States and over the
people of the United States.
This bill delegates to one man
/ the President, what amounts to full
control Of the industrial life of the
United States, down to the smallest
factory, because it gives him COM
plete control of the manufacture
So of all defense articles.
And the definition of defense
articles is SO broad and alI-inclusive
that they include anything that flies
or floats or could be used to injure
an enemy, anything that could be
used to manufacture any of these
plus everything necessary to the
feeding, clothing, housing, equip
ping and using of any people re.
quired to make or use defense
articles"
Senator Capper declared that this
Government ought to state its
peace aims" and he posed three
| questions which he said should be
answered:
Where are we going?
What are we going to do when
we get there?
What are we going to have-and
what are we going to do-when we
get back-provided, that is, that we
can get back?"
Quoting from President Roose-
Velt'S public utteranceS, the Senator
said it appeared that the bill was
intended to implement the Chief
Executives aim of worldwide at
tainment Of freedom of speech, free
dom of worship, freedom from want
and freedom from fear.
Senator Capper also said that be-
cause there could be no practical
restrictions imposed on the Presi-
dents powers under the bill, he was
opposed to attempts to amend it.
You cannot change the details OF
this kind of measure so as to make
it good bill" he declared. You
can ony make it a leSs-and not very
much less-bad bill"
Both Sides See Gains.
Meanwhile. both sides professed tc
have noted gains in their respective
strength as a result of the week.
long debate.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, o1
Montana, opposition leader, re-
marked that we're gaining all the
time" but Senate Majority Leader
Barkley said the trend is our way
Senator Barkley said he hoped
| that voting on amendments nigh