The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
5, ,129 900, 900 Spent |In Lend-Lease Plans
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tions need all the weapons that all of us can produce and that all of us can muster. In relation to their available resources Britain and Rus sia have, up to now, produced more weapons than we have. And they are continuing to produce to the limit, in spite of the fact that Russia is a battle-ground and Brit ain an offensive base"
 The report was for the 1s-months period, March 1o41, through August, 1942. It showed a steadily increasing volume of aid to the Allied nations but also reflected the increasing demands of Americas armed forces.
 The report did not give e month- by month breakdown of the amount of lend-lease aid, but a chart showed that goods trans ferred and services rendered dropped from approximately $60O,- GOO. 900 in July to about midway be- tween $5Oo,0O0,000 and $6OOO, ,oOO, ,OOO in August.
 Our Forces Supplied
 American factories and work shops are furnishing our forces with the weapons and materials they must have" the report said. "At the same time, under the lend-lease program, weapons must be provided in steadily increasing quantities tc our allies so that the fighting forces of the United Nations may become an overwhelming force"
 The report said aid was beint provided lend-lease nations at rate of approximately $8,000, ,000, ,00| annually, the same rate of spending reported in the previous quarterly report.
 of the $5,l2e 100000 total fol goods transferred and services ren' dered, goods transferred represent ed 7o per cent and services render ed 2l per cent. The value of lend lease goods in process at the end O August was $1,360, ,000,00
 Thus. the total amount of lend lease aid to the end of August wa SC, ,489 ,000, 900, compared with tota of $4,497, ,000, 900 at the end of tn previous quarter in June.
 Tn August lend-lease goods actu ally transferred from this countr. to fighting ally consisted primar fly of military itemS-about 58 pc cert-and about 29 per cent in in dustrtal materials and 13 per cen in foodstuffs.
 90 Percent Shipped
 Of the goods transferred, approx imately 90 per cent have been ship ped and the remainder are at dock and warehouses awaiting export Services rendered included princip ally ship repairs for vessels of tn, United Nations, the shipping neces sary to carry goods to lend-leas' countries, and new factory ant shipyard facilities built in thi country for the production of lend lease goods.
 The report disclosed that lend lease funds were being used to fin ance the construction of shallow draft cargo vessels known as ''sea mobiles" successors to the "sea ot ters."
 After tests of the "sea otter brought to light the necessity fo redesigning, the report said, tn lend-lease administration, "in or der that the possibilities of a vesse of this type might be fully explor ed," financed the construction of full-scale model of the "seamobile, modified design of the "sea otter.
 A government-held corporation "Cargoes, Inc, was formed and ha completed the necessary tests an' engineering for full-scale model Q the seamobile, and bids are bein solicited for the construction of tn vessel" Saving that lend-lease export , were governed by the urgency c , various war theaterS, the report sal that currently, about 35 per cer of lend lease exports are going t the United Kingdom, 35 per cent t , U. s. s. R. and 30 per cent to tn Middle East, Australia, and othe 5 areas" "Other areas obviously include . China. The report added that "ai i, to China has been limited by tf v difficulty of transportation, but th 1 development of other means [ transportation will relieve this sitr