The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14


British has just leaked out
These concessions, now under
consideration by the State De-
partment, would permit the Bril-
fish to invade Latin America COM
mercially, the one area so far
exempted where they cannot BEN
eft directly or indirectly from
lend-leaSe.
The British would also secure
q pledge from the United States
not to infringe on British areas
Of competition during the war,
and If so, to surrender that trade
after the war.
Finally the negotiations would
provide that all iend-lease be
distributed through the most eX-
peditious channels, but not inter-
fere with the established channels
Of trade. (The British control most
of the established channels Of
trade.)
To understand the full story
IL IL necessary TO 20 back TO
Sept. 10, 1871, when Ambassador
Winant and Foreign Minister
Eden drew UP q Lend-Lease
White Paper, which provided,
in brief, that Britain would not
export commercially end-lease
goods or other materials re.
leased because OF Lend-Lease ex-
cept under certain circumstances
such as II the goods were need
ed overseas and not Obtalnable
from the U. s. a.
Almost Immediately thereafter,
this agreement was suspended. 1t
was then provided that exports
were to be surveyed case by case,
also that the British were free to
export their own goods, some Of
them released because OF Lend
Lease, to any part Of the British
Empire or to Allied countries In
the Eastern Hemisphere.
In other words this permitted
ordinary British exports to Can
ada, Australia, India and other
parts Of the Empire, plus virtually
ali countries In the Old World.
Churchill also secured an agree.
nent from the President that Bril-
tain should distribute Lend-Lease
In Turkey, and as q result Ameri-
can airplanes now have the label
"CurtisS-Wright" pasted over the
label Britain Delivers the Goods"
This also meant that the only
area where the British agreed to
stay out was Latin America.
Recently, however, the Bri-
fish have sent q memo to the
State Department propOsing-as
stated above - to ~ waive the
White Paper altogether, which
would open up Latin America;
~ agree that the United States
not infringe on established Bril-
fish areas Of trade, or II so,
to reIinqulsh them after the
war; ~ send Lend-Lease
through most expenditiOus chan
neIs, but not interfere with es-
tablished channels Of trade.
NOTE: Many Senator's, though
strong supporters Of permanent
British cooperation, believe that
recent revelations in the Senate
came just in time to stiffen the
State Departments give-away pol
icy. They believe that this policy,
carried too far, would have caused
a revulsion of American opinion
and permanently hurt British CO.
operation for peace after the war.
However 1t now looks as if the
British would propose wholesale
reciprocal lend-leaSe in order to
Offset current unfavorable public
opinion.
PATENTS TO GERMANY
The Justice Department has
Just unearthed a new and unique
case Of selling U. S. patents to
Germany before Pearl Harbor. In
this instance, however, one i'm
portant U. s. firm, the du Points,
strongly opposed giving the patent
to Germany, while two other firms,
General Motors and Standard Oil
Of New Jersey favored 1t. In the
end du Pont lost out.
The patent in question was for
manufacturing tatra-ethyl lead for
high octane gasoline and was owned
by the Ethyl Corporation. This
company In turn Is owned by
Standard Oil and General Mo-
tors.
In Germany the Ethyl Cor