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HOW THE 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:

President of the 1. The United States may lend, lease or give away defence articles -ranging from warships and planes tn cartridges and whent 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 President in each case. He 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 authority anch contractual from Congress to purchase the articles.

4. From army and navy equipment now on land or on order, the President may send up to $1,300,000,000 worth. ile must seck speci- abroad.

More

fie authority from Congress to that transfer

than 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.

G. 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 revcul 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, 1946.

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8. Under the bill, the Presi- dent or his defence advisers may also give certain secret military information to tions whose defence is deemed vital to the United States. Such information might in- clude the plans or designs of the zealously guarded bomb sight, for instance.

Here are some questions and un- awers dealened to clarity operation of the lend-loase promtamme:

K What is the purpose of the

· programme?

A. To make the United States the arsenal and larder of the world's democracles; to speed wea- pons and other war materials to

Britain and other nations battling the Axis Powers..

Q. When is the programnic effective?

A. The programme went into effect when President. Roosevelt simed The Lend-Lease Bill on March 11, 1941.

ANTI-AXIS

Q. What sleps enn the President take immediately to help the anti- Axis nation.

A. The President is empowered to release ut 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 army- 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 Ust_of_equipment was not very large and that the type must re- main sceret until their identity is ho longer of military value. Other sourves indicated it included 21 number of "fying fortress" bom- bera, naval patrol bombers, light tanks, machine guns and mosquito boats.

Is the total amount of uid Q. limited to $1,300,000,000?

A. Na. That limit applies only to release of U.S. equipment now on hand or on order.

Q. How else may the President extend aid?

A. By requesting Congress to to be appropriate specifle sums

used to buy things for the de mocracies. He Is now asking Con- gress to appropriate $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 inore than $7,000,000,000 to all the democracles?

A. Supplementary requests may be sent to Congress from Unie to time. The $7,000,000,000 is ex- pected to be the major lem this year.

Q. To what specific nollons may nfl 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- pons, such as planes, warships. tanks and guns?

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 informationdefined in the bill as "any plan, specifica- tion, design, prototype, or friforma- tion pertaining to any defence

article."

Q. Is the extension of ald limited to the lending and leasing of defence articles?

President may A. No. The pive the material away if he wants

to,

Q. What can the President ac- cept from the democracies as re- payment for aid rendered?

A. He could arrange to receive repayment in kind-a gun for a gun, or a ship for a ship-or in eash or other materials, such as rubber or in, which the nation needs. He might also accepi ter- ritorial concessions or any other direct or indirect benefit."

Q. What happens to money re- ceived as payment or repayment?

A. It may be used during the fiscal year in which it is received or the ensuing fiscal year for pur- - chuse of other materials to be sent to the democracles. If not used for this purpose, they go into the general treasury fund,

Q. How long will the pro- gramme remain in effect?

A. Through June 30, 1943, un- Jess terminated by simple majority vote of Congress before that time. Contracts entered into by the President under the pro- gramme must be completed by July 1. 1946.

Q. Does the act require the President to make any report on the progress of the programme?

Yes, He must submit In Congress, at least every 90 days, a report of "operations under this net except such information as be deca incompatible with the pub- lir interest to disclose,"

U.S. FORCES

-Q-Does-the-bill-give-the Pre- sident any specifle authority for use of American Innd, sen or atr forces abroad?

A. No. The bil merely pre- vides that none of its. provisions shall affect existing lawa on such The Selective Service movements, Art

and

than Notional Guard Mobilisation Act prohibit the use of draftees or guardsmen outside the Western Hemisphere or U.S. possessions. There are no such restrictions on the use of the Navy or of the Regular Army,

Q. Are there any precedents for the use of Regular 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 chips engaged in minor conflicts, such as in Latin America, and the Boxer Rebellion in Chin, without a declaration of war. But there were format declarations before American participation in the Spanish -

American and World Wars, as well as the War of 1812 with Britain.

Act ર. Does the Lend-Lense permit the President to Usc American warships to convoy de- fence supplies to Britain or to any other nation?

A. It states that "nothing in this act shall be construed to authorise or permit the authoriso- tion of convoying vessels by naval vessels of the United States." the President decided that present law permits him to convoy supply vessels, the Lend-Lease Act would not prohibit such action.

Q. Are there any other laws banning the use of American war- ships abroad?

A. The Neutrality Act forbids entry of American vessela into combat zones defined by the Pre- sident Britain and Greece are in zuchi zones, but China is not.

Q. What does the outfitting and repair clause of the Lend-Lease Act authorise?......... ́...

A. It empowers the President to permit foreign warships to be and fitted out with repaired arnuments in pelvate or navy shinyarvis or outlying U.S. bases equipned for such work. It also permits the repair, reconditioning or testing of any defence article possessed by friendly nation.

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