The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-06
Race Relation Program At Central Church Feb. II
AWe@k OF
The WAR

fetal communique from Rio De
Janerio disclosed that the President
had also stopped in Natal for a con-
ference with President Vargas of
Brazil The visit to Liberia was
made to pay respects to President
Edwin Barclay, to review a large
detachment of American Negro
troops, and to inspect the large
firestone rubber plantation. The
conference at Natal brought to-
gether the presidents of the two
largest American Republics, the
United States and Brazil
Although, according to White
House Secretary Early, the story Of
the Casablanca Conferences is COM
plete, 80 far as it can be told at
the present time" subsequent chap
ters undoubtedly will be written as
events unfold. Secretary of State
Hull told reporters that even the
State Department has not yet learn
ed all the details on what was said
about the political situation in
North Africa.
Lend-LeaSe
Testifying before the House For
eign Affairs Committee, Lend-Lease
Administrator Stettinius reaffirm-
ed the Lend-Lease Principle the
principle of total cooperation among
Nations in the waging of war"-as
the only one on which a war of al
lance can successfully be waged.
The question, he said, is not Wheth-
er we should continue to send sup
plies to our allies, but why have we
not sent more. Lend-Lease supplies
to China, for example, are getting
through in pitifully small amounts
in terms of what China needs, not
nearly all that we would have lik-
ed to have supplied.
'Lend-Lease," Mr. Stetinius said,
els not loan of money. Nor has
it ever been an act of charity. The
Lend-Lease program of providing
goods and services to Nations re-
sisting the Axis aggressors was I'M
dertaken for the defense of this
Country and has been carried out
in the interests of the people of the
United States" The cumulative
value of United States Lend-Lease
aid from March II, 1941 (date of
its inception to December 81, 1912,
was $8,253,000, 000-79 percent of
this for goods, 81 percent for ser.
vices. And about 90 percent of the
goods valued at almost $4,000, 000,-
000-haS been shipped.
One of the greatest achievements
of Lend-Lease has been its help in
making the British Isles an impreg-
nable base for offensive operations.
A large part of the North African
campaign was launched from Brit
ain and so were the campaigns in
the Middle East, Italian Africa,
Syria, Madagascar.
A few facts on reciprocal Lend
Lease-The United Kingdom from
May to November supplied United
States forces in the United King
dom with materials (other than con-
struction materials) which would
have taken 100000 ship tons if
shipped from this country. Aus
tralia and New Zealand, under re-
ciprocal Lend-Lease, are supplying
practically all of the food consum-
ed by American armed forces in the
South Pacific Area, including more
than 100,000,000 pounds of food, and
are providing camps, airfields, re-
pair depots, and numerous other
items; the British Navy furnished
two-thirds of the warships which
conveyed the expedition to North
Africa; also for North Africa, the
British supplied such substantial
quantities of military equipment as
four 1,000-bed field hospitals, 1853
spitfires, 600 ambulances, artillery,
airfield runways, bombs, ammuni-
ton
Since the inception of the Soviet
aid program in October 1941, the
United States has transferred to the
Soviet Union supplies, including
food, costing more than $1,250, 000.-
600. Lend-Lease food shipments to
to exceed by a considerable margin
Lend-Lease food shipments to all
other parts of the world combined.
including shipments to the United
Kingdom.
North African Drive
In conferences recently held in
North Africa-the Casablanca con-
ference and the military conference
at General Eisenhower'S headquart-
ers-the highest military authorities
of the United States and Great
Britain conferred on strategy for
the Mediterranean theatre, setting
the stage for final offensive a.
gainst all axis forces remaining in
Africa. That the Axis expects gil
gantic Allied push is evident from
the alarms sounded by the Axis
controlled radio.
Meanwhile, things have been rel
atively quiet. There has been lit
tie change in the ground situation
since Rommels retreating army
abandoned Tripoli and ran for the
Tunisian Frontier. The Middle East
ern command on Friday, January
90, reported artillery exchanges be-
tween the British eighth army and
the Afrika Korps rear guard near
Zuara, "a miles west of Tripoli ano
80 miles from Tunisia on the road
that leads north to Gabes and Sfax
and American troops have made
lightning raids in Southern Tuni.
STA and have regained positions in
the Ousseltia Valley of Northeast.
ern Tunisian But most of the &C.
tivity in the battle areas has taker