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HOW THE
April 17, 1941.
By Walt Disney
WALT DISNEYD
LEND AND LEASE BILL WILL WORK
From the United Press
Here is an analysis of salient features of the British Aid Bill which recently be- came a law:
1. The President of the United States may lend, lease or give away defence articles -ranging from warships and planes to cartridges and wheat-to any country whose defence he deems vital to the defence of the United States.
2. The terms for repayment of such aid will be set by the He President in each case. may arrange for the goods to be paid back; or agree to take other types of goods in ex- change; or he may give the material away for "indirect benefit" to the United States. direct 3. The immediate dollar cost of defence articles transferred abroad will be borne by American taxpayers. The President. will seek cash and contractual authority from Congress to purchase the articles.
4. From army and navy equipment now on hand or on order, the President may send up to $1,900,000,000 worth abroad. He must seek speci- fic authority from Congress to that transfer
than more amount from army and navy stocks appropriated for or authorised in the future.
CONVOYS
5. The President receives no specific authority under the bill to use American ships to convoy defence supplies to Britain. On the other hand, the bill does not curtail any powers which he may now have to order such convoys.
6. The President must re- port to Congress every three months on the transactions which he enters into under the bill. But he may withhold until a later time the dis- closure of transactions which he does not consider in the public interest to reveal at the moment.
7. The President's powers under the bill extend through June 30, 1943, unless ended earlier by a simple majority vote of Congress. Contracts which he enters into under the bill must be completed by, July 1, 1940..
8. Under the bill, the Presi- dent or his defence advisers may also give certain secret military information.tona- tions whose defence is deemed vital to the United States. Such information might, In- cludo the plans or designs of the zealously guarded. bomb Bight, for instance,
Here are some questions and an- swers designed to clarify operation of the land-leate, programme:
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Q. What is the purpose of the programme?
A. To make the United States the arsenal and larder, of the world's democracies; to speed wea- pons and other war materials to
Britain and other nations battling the Axis Powers.
Q. When is the programme effective?
A. The programune went into. effect when President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill on March 11, 1941.
ANTI-AXIS
Q. What steps ean the President take immediately to help the anti- Axis nations,
A. The President is empowered io release at once up to $1,300,000,- 000 worth of army and navy equipment.
Q. Has the President extended any immediate nid?
A. He has approved an armyTM navy list of equipment which is to be sent to Britain and Greece, some of it in a few, days and the rest over a period of weeks and months,
Q. What type and how much equipment is involved?
A. The President sald the first
Q. What can the President ac- cept from the democracies as re- payment for ald rendered?
A. He could arrange to receive ropayment in klød-a gun for n gun, or a ship for a ship--or in enshi or other materials, such as rubber or tin, which the nation needs. He might also accept ter- ritorial concessions or "any other direct or indirect beneût.”
Q. What happens to money re- celved as payment or repayment?
A. It may be used during the fiscal year in which, it is received or the ensuing sent year for pur- chase of other, materials to be sent to the democracies. If not used for this purpose, they go into the general treasury fund.
Q. How long will the pro- gromme remain in effect?
A. Through June 30, 1943. un- less terminated by simple majority vole of Congress before that time. Contracts entered into by the President under the pro- gramine, must be completed by July 1, 1940. -
Q. Does the act require the President to make any report on the progress of the programme?
A. Yes. He must submit to Congress, at least every 90 days, a report of "operations under this nel except such information as he deems incompatible with the pub- Ule interest to disclose."
U.S. FORCES
_list_of_equipment was not veryQ-Dues-the-bill-give-the-Pre-
large and that the type must re- main secret until their identity is no longer of military value. Other sources indicated it included a number of "dying fortress" bom- bers, naval patrol bombers, light lanks, machine guns and mosquito bonts.
Q. Is the total amount of aid limited to $1,300,000,0007
A. No. That limit applies only
to release of U.S. equipment now on hund or on order.
Q. How else may the President extend ald?
A. By requesting Congress to, appropriate specific sums to be used to buy things for the de- mocracies. He is now asking Con- gress to uppropriate $7,000,000,000, of which $1,300,000,000 will be carmarked to replace equipment taken from existing army-navy stores.
Q. Will the President ask for more than $7,000,000,000 to aid the democracles?
A. Supplementary requests may be sent to Congress from time to time. The $7,000,000,000 is ex- pected, to be the major Item this year.
Q. To what speclile nations may ald be sent?
A. To any country whose de- fence the President deems vital to. the defence of the United States."
Q: Is the aid limited to wea- pans, such as planes, warships, tonks and guns? Do
WIDE SCOPE
A. No. It may also include food, raw materials, cargo vessels and virtually any commodity use- ful in the creation or maintenance of a war machine. It may Include any "defence information" defined In the bill as any plon, specifica- tion, design, prototype, or informa- tion pertaining to any defence
article."
Q. Is tha extension of ald Hmited to the lending and leasing ́nf defence articles?..
A. No. The President may give the material away if he wants
sident any specific authority for use of American land, sea or air forces abroad?
A. No. The bill merely pre- vides that none of its provisions shall affect existing laws on such movements. The Selective Service
the National Art and
Guard Mobilisation Act prohibit the use of draftees or guardsmen outside the Western Hemisphere or U.S. possessions. There are no sucli restrictions on the use of the Navy or of the Regular Army,
Q. Are there any procedents for the use of Regulur Army or Navy forces abroad without a de- claration of war by Congress?
A. American history has many Instances in which U.S. troops and ships engaged in minor confilets, Euch af in Latin America and the Boxer Rebellion in China, without, a declaration of war. But there were formal declarations before American participation in the Spanish American and World Wars, as well as the War of 1812 with Britain..
Q. Does the Lend-Lease Act permit the President to USC American warships to convoy de- fence supplies to Britain.or to any other nation?
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A. It states that "nothing in this
shall
be construed to authorise or permit the authoriso- tion of convoying vessels by naval vessels of the United States." If the President decided that present law permits him to convoy suprly vessels, the Lend-Lease Act would not prohibit such action,
Q. Are there any other lawa banning the use of American war- ships abroad? .........
A. The Neutrality Act forbids entry of American vessels into `combat zones defined by the Pre- sident. Britain and Greece are in such, zones, but China, is not. -
Q. What does the outälting and repair clause of the Lend-Lease Act authorise?'
A. It empowers the President to perialt foreign-warships to be repaired and fitted out with armaments, in private or', navy - shipyards, or outlying US. bases equipped for such work. It also permits the, repair, reconditioning or testing of any defence article possessed by a friendly nation.
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