Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
President Sees
Lease-LendEnd
Al War sCIose
s3,34S, 0oo, 900
Supplied by British
Under Reverse Plan
BY j. A. FOX.

President Roosevelt today told
Congress that lease-lend and re-
verse lease-lend "are a system of
combined war supply" and that
they should end with the close
of the European and Pacific wars.
The Presidents statement was in
corporated in ! a message accom-
panying report which showed that
as of June 30, this country had re-
ceived goods and services valued at
So 348 100000 from the British Com
monwealth of Nations under reverse
lease-lend.
Mr.. Roosevelt reported that, as of
June 80, the United States had
shipped more than $4,000, 100000 in
goods to the British Commonwealth.
IN addition to furnishing services in
an undesignated amount. Total
United States 1ease-lend commit
ments approximate 500, 900, 100000.
British Report Issued.
The Roosevelt statement was
noted with interest in the light of
suggestions that this country might
continue to extend support to her
Allies in the postwar period and
also because of reports that Brit
ish mission here now is seeking
as much as S3,500,000, 900 in lease
lend goods of nonmilitary nature to
be sold in commercial channels by
Great Britain to bolster her domes-
tic economy.
Prior to the submission of the
presidential report, the British gov
eminent issued report in London
showing that its own lease-lend to
the Allies amounted to s4,318 ,592 900,
and that in the fiscal year, 1894,
this country had benefited to the
extent of s2418. 100000.
The British mutual aid" to the
United States started on June l,
1912, about IS months after the
initiation OF the American program.
/ The summary the President sent
to Congress today was the second
he has furnished to show the scope
of the aid the American war effort is
receiving from the British, and it
stressed the importance of the two
way program in the prosecution of
the war against Germany.
Invasion Date Advanced.
This combined supply program
made it possible to begin the in
vasion of Europe months earlier
than would otherwise have been
the tremendous striking power that
has carried us inside the German
borders" it said.
| In his message, the President
sounded the same note, declaring:
| Without the reverse lease-lend
aid that we have received from the
United Kingdom, we would surely
have been forced to delay the in
vasion of France for many months"
Since D day, he explained, the Brit
ish have supplied about a third of
| the needs of the American forces.
According to the reports, reverse
aid has come from the United
Kingdom to the extent of So .437 ,062,-
900, and from Australia, New Zea-
land and India-for carrying on the
war in the Pacific-to a total of
$911 ,065 ,000 This is about three
times the amount shown in the first
report the President sent to Con-
gress year ago.
| The breakdown on the United
Kingdom program is shown as fol-
lows: Goods and services transferred
in the United Kingdom, 81 ,028,78
900; shipping services, S356,05o, 900:
capital construction in the United
Kingdom and overseas. $704, 488, 900;
goods and services transferred out
side the United Kingdom, s347,-
! 1877 900.
Detailing the manner in which the
British aid figured in preparations
for carrying the war into France
and Germany, the report said;
Saved 1000 Ships.
ut would have taken 1000 loaded
ships to send from the United States
the supplies provided to our forces
by the United Kingdom. We and
they used these ships to bring over
from America 100000 tons of
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