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FOUR YEARS MORE-President Roosevelt in front of voting booth at Town Hall, Hyde Park, N. Y. Mrs. Roosevelt is at left, with President's mother, Mrs. James Rooseveli. President's bodyguard, Thomas Qualters, at right, President was re-elected for four more years.
Future Relations With
Empire Speculated
British In U.S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UP).-Aid to Britain "short of war" has led to United States-British relations of such cordiality as to inspire widespread unofficial specula- tion and comment concerning the manner and means of closer co-operation after the coming of peace, or in event of long-continued struggle.
The popularity of Mr. Winston Churchill in America, the destroyers-versus-basea deal, and the general popular feeling that the British Navy is one of the forward defences of the Monroe Doctrine, have inspired new currents of sentiment and new lines of industrial and commercial interent, of which the political significance might become apparent only after the European war has reached a major climax.
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For the first time in history, 1813,000; _ to Australia, $81,554,000;" Amercian popular preoccupation and to South Africa, $70,376,000. has been with the "British Empire," as distinct from Great
Future Prospects
merce with British Empire countries
FATHER DIVINE -Acquirement Of New "Heaven"
WHITE PLAINS, New York,
Britain alone. This Len- The trend of war-time events has dency followed apprchen-ested the prospect that com- Dec. 18 (UP)-Followers of aion in early months. of may stabilise at between one-half Father Divine, Negro cult leader, the war that the motherland and two-thirds of the United States' have acquired a new "heaven" in might be battered to prostration total trade. Since the United States exclusive Westchester County by Nazi air attack, in which is already virtually eliminated from about two miles from the borders event the Royal Navy or the blockades and self-imposed embar
continental European markets by
of the John D. Rockefeller es- Royal Family, or both, might goes, her trading area is practically tate. establish themselves in North confined to Latin America, the America.
Pacific and the Indian Ocean
The property is a 69-acre estate and mansion. A deed transferring That carilor fear was largely dis In the event that Japan's Axis the property to 33 joint tenants, sipated in recent weeks when the connections should lead to disrupilon many of whom are associated with Royal Air Force showed amazing of United States commerce with Father Divine's movement, has been powers of resistance,
Japan, this country's foreign com-filed. The estate was formerly the American Interest in the British merce would be confined virtually property of Leo S. Bing, a member Empire was also quickened when to the British Empire and Lain the large New York real estate Japan joined the Home-Berlin Axia, America. Trade with the Empire firm of Bing & Bing. Purchase price as this event appeared to create a would be threefold that with Latin was $30,000. The property is assess- grenter necesalty and likelihood of America. British-American naval co-operation.
ed at $170,000. in the Pacide.
South American countries obvious-
Sentimental tles of the American
people with Australia and New Zea land have grown notably stranger during the war period.
ly have numerous complementary i Directly opposite the property is United the estate of the Duchess de Tally- Kingdom, and a trilateral relation rand, the former Anna Gould. The commercial Interests with ship of South Amerien, Great Britain historic old Washington Irving House and United States was a characteris-¡is about a half mile distant. tle fenture of world commerce inf entiler decades of relatively free”; commerce.
New Trend Indicated
Trade Figures. The economic background of the American British sympathy was #trikingly illustrated by a Depart- ment of Commerce statistical report covering the first year of war, end- Ing September 1, when the United permanent Axis domination of Eu- Indefnite
If events of war should lend to
States exports to British Empire rope with consequent
countries were valued at $1,740,000,-isolation from sea-borne world com- 000 and represented 44 per cent. of merce, experts point out that the all United States exports. In August smaller bloc of world trading powers
-Among-the-joint tenants listed-
the deed transfer were Love, Nicholas Moses, Peace Daniel Conquerer, Queen Eliza- beth, Martha Faithful, Merry Martha Love Patience Job, Positive Spirit, Blessed Virgin Mary
Victory Front Radical Child and True Vocabulary.
During
the first year of the war. can republics of their right to use purchases
by the British Empire these base sites. Hence the entire from the United States were divided transaction attained
definitely America as follows: $770,974,000 by Great triangular aspect to the common a British Dominions in markets of the Britain; $627,683,000 by Canda; vantage.
of this year, 66 per cent, of all might find it convenient to consider desire to maintain exporis to Britain United Sintes exports were going to measures hitherto undreamed of for in maximum volume and are net Empire countries.
improvement of financial and com- debtors to Great Britain; the latter The shipments to British Empire
mercial relations,
country in turn needs foodstuffs and countries during the first year of the Severni indientions of such a trend raw materials but cannot maintain war exceeded United States exports have already been seen. First, un-normal credit relations with the to all countries in the acute depres-pelled by necessity, Britain traded United States because of restrictions
of 1932 when total ex-base sites to the United States in imposed by the Johnson Act. slon years ports were valued at $1,011,000,000 exchange for, destroyers; the United and 1833, at $1,675,000,000.
States promptly assured other Ameri-
Important Aspect Normally, many countries of South are competitors with the
United Kingdom. The Dominions "sheltered" themselves in that mor- $63,143,000 by British India; 376,- Secondly, the triangular economic ket by the Ottawa agreements. Under 036,000 by Australia: $84,310,000 by relationship between United States, war-time conditions all historical Union of South Africa; and the United Kingdom, and the La bases of commerce may be disrupted $113,081,000 by all other. British Plate countries recently han countries.
widely commented, and may become in finance and shipping.
been because of unprecedented conditions These figures compared with the motivation of official steps. The United States exports in the calendar United States desires to aid Great Relations between Washington and year of 1939 as follows: To United Britain and has credit resources with London therefore became of trans
• Kingdom, $503,227,000; to Canada, which to expand exports to the La cending Importance to the countries $403,460,000 to British India, $42, Plate; La Plato countries in turn that rely on sea-borne commerce.
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