The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-07-05

they have never been told, that the
British supplied all American forces
in Tunisia, that the British built land
bases for the Americans in Britain
which cost the British taxpayer $780,
900, 900, that to pay for the war Britain
liquidated the greater part Of her for
eign assets. Goods had to be pur-
chased for cash-Wall Street gentle
men stated mo cash-no goods" Their
attitude in the greatest crisis in hui
man history reached peak when they
| (the Wall Street "humanitarians')
purchased holdings in a famous Brit
ish company for one third its original
value which was S16S millions. The
private taxpayer in England sold $50
million pounds worth of foreign in
lvestments to the British government,
who in turn sold these investments to
the United States. Have Senators La
Toilette and Wheeler forgotten that
the British impoverished themselves
to save the world from barbarism?
They didn't stop to consider the pros
and cons of whether or not this con-
Sllluleu SOuHu llHdhCidl FeHtuic.
Perhaps the writer should bring it
to the notice of Senators LaFollette
and Wheeler that if it were not for
the worlds most fertile scientific Ia
oratory at a London university the
atomic bomb might never have been
developed. British scientists were
moved to this country with their part
of the project to be free from German
bombs; and that the British gave us
penecillin, the life saver. Many a
dough-boy would never have returned
to his homeland If it had not been for
Sir Flemming. We might be reminded
that 1t was Sir Robert Watson, the
British scientist who took radar out
of the laboratory and made 1t a prac
teal proposition. The results of radar |
arc too we'll known to be referred to |
here, except that Britain left alone |
and seemingly defenseless after Dun
kirk was saved by her chain of secret
radio location stations-the first oper
ational system of radar used in the
world
Reverse Lend Lease Played
Important Part
Lend lease and reverse lend lease
inadequately referred to by Senator
Lafollette calls for brief comment
After the British spent all their money
in the United States, the plan for lend
lease was designed by the late Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt as a means of aid
1t is admitted that we aided the Brit
ish, but let us not forget that the re-
verse lend lease picture shows among
many other things British submarines
guarding our coasts, and their anti
aircrafts on the ready from Maine to
the Panama Canal Up to June 1914,
the British supplied the United States
to the value of 474 million
pounds.
When dealing with the human fac !
.or, statistics prevent the danger of /,
emotional blockages, hence, figures :
make it possible to accomplish an OBJ !
ective view of a situation. 1t is )
strange that statistics have this power ,
the reason in this case may lie in !,
he unusual character of the British :
people, for in Britain this has not been +,
/ war of soldiers only Every man. !
and child has felt the tremen- ,
lous impact of the war 1t has meant
/ complete change in their whole life,
indeed, the change goes to the very
'oots of their existence, for in the
years that followed the German tri-
lmphs, the people of Britain learned
what it meant to face the imminent ,
possibility of an invader setting foot
IN their soil and destroying their life
md liberty. The measure of Britain's
donation to civilization and the ex-
ent of her sacrifice must await the
historian. Can we really decide on a
subject such as this under discussion
lnless we include the human factor?
Explains Vital Need For Loan
The financial agreement between q
Great Britain and the United States I
S clear. 1t involves a line of credit i
# three and three quarter billion ]
Iollars to the British. The purpose of '
he credit is to enable the British to G
goods and services in the '