Evening star., 1944-11-03
Britain Is Reported
Seeking 5 10 6 Billion
in 1945
$500, ,000, 900 Worth
Of Civilian Goods
Included in Estimate
BY the Associated Press.


Great Britain Is reported to be
asking the United States for five
to six billion dollars worth OF
essential civilian and military
lease lend supplies for 1945.
According to these reports, Prime
Minister Churchill took with him to
Quebec for discussion with Presi-
dent Roosevelt in September a
rough estimate Of $500 ,000, 900 for
Britain's projected needs for next
year. In 1945 the Allied military
effort will be devoted exclusively to
defeating Japan, for as many
months of the year as remain after
Germany's defeat.
This is known as the second
phase of lease-lend, and American
and British experts are now work
ing out detailed supply programs
Indications are the total finally to
be agreed on-which will then be
subject to presidential approval and
indirectly to congressional action
will be between $500,000,0 900 and
81 SOC, 100000 less than the British
originally figured.
A ranking lease-lend official said
the ground rules" of lease-leno
operations would remain unchanged
and had, in fact, been reaffirmed "at
| a high level" by British and Ameri-
can agreement-presumably refer
ring to the Roosevelt Churchill
meeting at Quebec.
Two Principal Roles.
These ground rules are princi-
pally two:
l. No lease-lend article or any
article similar thereto is to be ex-
ported. This rule has been in effect
since the beginning of lease LEND
operations. If the British desire tc
export any article, they must shift
it over to cash payment basis.
2. Strategic decisions are to gov
ern all shipments of supplies under
lease-lend, including both military
and essential civilian goods, since
the only legal provision for shipping
civilian goods abroad is that they
should contribute to the war effort
of an ally in defeating the COM
mon enemy
Mr.. Roosevelt laid down earlier
this year the principle that lease
lend should be continued to Euro
pean allies during the Second
phase" of the war, when only Japan
remains to be beaten
The $6,500.000, 900 estimate which
Mr.. Churchill carried to Quebec in
cluded $3,50o, 900 900 of so-called es-
sential civilian supplies, which in.
clude r1w materials to be manu-
factured into war goods; fuel, in
Guiding that for the use of American
forces in the European theater, an6
food. The other part of the total
was So, ,000, ,000, 900 for finished NUM-
tions.
Willing to Cut Estimate.
Responsible authorities said the
British have now indicated a will
ingness to scale down their civilian
goods estimate to about $2,500, ,000,-
000-a cut of approximately 81 .000,-
000, 900.
1t was said that earlier decisions
not to supply Britain with such
longtime equipment as machine
tools, which would have more use.
fulness in the later postwar era thar
IN the immediate future still gov
erned in the current negotiations
which probably will not be com.
pleted for some weeks.
Earlier, Arthur Krock, Washing.
ton correspondent of the New York
Times, sent dispatch from the
Capital referring to a supplemental
"second-phase" lease-lend proposal
Asked about the Times story at hi
press conference today, President
Roosevelt said he had never
heard of it.