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sion wise move to bolster the Rus
sian stand against Hitler and thus
contribute to his eventual downfall.
Nye Assails Action.
A chorus Of condemnation arose
from the opposite camp. Mr.. Roose-
welt was charged with giving away
the huge sum without the consent of
the American taxpayers, who foot
the bill. Senator Nye. Republican,
Of North Dakota commented acidly:
when we passed the lease lend
law. It was to aid democracieS. Now
It is to give Brother Joe 1000 .00000
Smackers with no ifs, no ands, no
butts"
Il am deeply grateful that the
United States has allocated Sl000.-
100000 of lend-lease money to Rus
sia," said Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee in commenting on the loan.
Russia is amply able to repay us IN
due time.
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selves than to do it through Great
Britain. I want the brave Russian
people to know that we are sympa-
thizlng and cooperating with them
in their brave resistance against
the invasion of their soil and the
desecration of their homes and fire.
sides
May they hurl the invading
tyrant beyond their borders. May
the Russian arm be strong and her
arm be sharp
McCarran Emphasizes I. S. Defense.
Other comment:
Senator McCarran, Democrat. of
Nevada-'It is high time to apply
American money to American de-
fense if we are at all in danger. We
should return to constitutional gov
ernment and matters affecting the
national welfare should be sub
mitted to Congress. The money for
Russia will come from the American
taxpayers and before it was author
ized it should have received the tax
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through Congress-
Representative Taber, Republican,
of New York, ranking Republican on
the House Appropriations Commit
tee-'If the money Is used to beat
Hitler I don't want to criticize it."
Representative Short, Republican,
of Missouri: "I want to help them,
truly I do, but I don't want to in
dorSe them and I don't want to see
lis continue to vote to give billions
away to other people. The people
will begin to feel it next March.
It is wicked and terrible and there
will be q revulsion of feeling in
this Nation. I wouldn't take sides
with any gangster against another
gangster, rushing in, at least until
I was sufficiently armed myself to
be stronger than either one or both
of them
The credit will come from the
s5.985 100000 second lease-lend ap-
propriation which Congress recently
enacted. When the measure was
under consideration In the House
and Senate. the administration
forces baked opposition efforts to
add a proviso specifically excluding
Russia from all benefits paid for
by the fund.
Litvinoff Named Ambassador.
Disclosure of the extension of
lease-lend aid to Russia coincided
With announcement from the war
time Soviet capital. Kuibyskev, of
the appointment of Maxim Litvinoff
as Ambassador to the United States.
His predecessor, Constantine Ou-
mansky, will join the management
of Tass, official Soviet news agency.
Litvinoff, who vainly demanded
collective action against Germany
In Munich days, was deposed
as the Soviet's CommiSsar for For
eign Affairs in 1899 after London
and Paris rejected his proposal for
q British French Russian alliance.
The course of events that now finds
Russia and Britain allied against
Germany served to take him of
the political shlef.
In Berlin, Adolf Hitler's neWSpa-
per, Voelkischer Beobachter, COM
mented that Litvinoff was being sent
to washington sin expectation of in
creasing American help" which II
described as consisting so far only
"of golden words, friendly encour-
apement" and recognition of non
existent Bolshevik successes.
The enormous bill of goods the
new credit represents added multi
nlicity of fresh production problems
IA those already confronting Amer
jcan industry. now struggling to mee'
the needs of national defense anc
lease-lend aid to Britain and China
Delivery Big Problem.
Immediate interest, however
seemed to focus on the problem o1
delivery and the difficulties OF open
inc and maintaining safe lines o.
communication.
The Navy recently has been play
ing an important role in insurln'
deliveries to Britain, and som'
thought 1t might also be used u
protect the heavy shipments to th'
Soviet Union.
The question of delivery hkeWls'
spotlighted diplomatic discussion
now in progress with Japan and Fin
land. since both those nations are II
. position to menace major suppl!
routes to Russia.
Japan has voiced strong opposl
tion-chief1y through the Japanes'
presto the American supply ship
r1ents which have been going u
V1adivostok, the Soviet's only Pa
eific seaport.
The Finnish Army, cooperating