Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
I7-8 Margin
On Aid Bill
NOT Enough
Solid National From I
Administration Goal
BY PAUL MALL0N


W II TO Svote approving lend
lease in the House foreign az
fairs committee did not suit the
administration. The essence of
White House maneuvering from
the start of this fight has been
TO get overwhelming if not
unanimous support.
The White House le a ders
rightly reason that in such a
tremendous departure from ira
ditlon, majority is not enough.
Difficulties with administration
of the law will certainly de-
velop if its final form fails to
CLEAN strong popular favor. A
solid front must be presented
TO the world.
That's another reason why the
measure is sure 10 be moder-
ated more and more as it adj
vances through the various steps
toward enactment.
Republicans may seem to be
split out in the country on the
lend-lease bill. but those on the
scene here are working hand in
glove.
Senate Leader McNary, the
eX-vice presidential candidate,
agreed with the other leaders
after the Roosevelt conference
at the White House. that the
Presidents concessions did not
go far enough.
Senator Taft took certain
amendments out personally to
Herbert Hoover. House Leader
Joe Martin also worked himself
in with them on the theory that
the bill should be m n d d
rather than opposed.
THOSE who are reading the
l. inner signs from Europe
now expect the terrific about
invasion blow to fall on England
within the two weeks after
February Is.
The British have been ham
ding their orders from US in a
way revealing they expected
them. They are trying to get
everything possible on hand al
home before the latter part OF
the month.
Preponderant opinion still
holds Hitler will fail, but betting
is light.
Smelling of the Kent coast u
miles inland means nothing inn
portant. Projectiles- hurled by
such long-range guns are light,
can do little damage except TO
morale. When Hitler really
wants to clear the way inland.
he will do it with bomberS.
First sign of invasion will no
doubt be tremendous air eff
fort to neutralize the British
air force. The published data
that Hitler has 10000 planes of
all types came from just as
good an anonymous source here
as you will ever get.
MUSSOLINI has been buster
WI ing denials that Italian mo-
rale is shaking. but he mad
vertently confirmed the worst
when he ordered his sonin=laW,
Count Ciano up TO the front.
Only a desperate internal condi-
ton could have required him to
dispense with his foreign min
lister. who is a member of his
family. Italy is Just hanging on.
TlIE country is booming The
L election is over. But the re-
lief rolls are still 1,S90,000.
Mr. Roosevelt is asking $375,-
100000 more to carry the relief
load from February IS TO June.
Last year he asked for 1878. 000.-
600 to support WPA until this
coming June He said his eSti-
mate was based on the hope that
business would be better.
But then last April he asked
Congress in a letter to let him
use the whole 1878 100000 the
first eight months of the fiscal
year, ending in February. Now
he needs S375.000000 more TO
finish out until June.
Despite the supreme defense
effort to enlist every workable
hand. the relief rolls are 100000
above what Mr.. Roosevelt ex-
pccted them TO be when he sent
his budget TO Congress a year
ago.
Whatever the government is
going TO do about prices will not
be done for a few weeks. Leon
henderson the price finer. has
slipped off 10 Florida fishing
grounds. Aides report him prac-
ticing for his Spring job on the
sharks
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