PROPOSAL THAT D.S. GRANT CREDITS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 14, 17 January 1940, Page 8

PROPOSAL THAT D.S. GRANT CREDITS.

HELP FINLAND. President Sends Message To Congress. AMOUNT NOT SPECIFIED. Ihlli-iI priw* \«*ii-iniili.ii c..ii\ri2hf. I l(r,,.i»i-,| -J |, in i M\\V Mi|;K. .liiniinry Iβ. ['ro-idi'iil Koii-cvi'lt, in )i iiics.»)il;c Iji ('uiiirivM.-.. |iro|M..sc, ihe I'njtnl Whiles extend In Kinlaiiil credit for Non-niilitiiry |>iirclni-e.-. "1" 11c> ainoiinl is m>l .-[iceilieil, hill llic 1 Ye.-idi'lit >MK M ,f , >li , i| llii' lie iiiiiilc- tliniiigh I lie Kxpoi t-Ini|)nri linuk and the HooiiitAiriiciion I'liuiiiee l'i)i]iorntion. l'ic-idriit liiMi-pxrll i--ui'd it winning BjMlii-t *»i |>i ei't'dcitt, mill (iii.s--hl>l\ opening the \\i\\ for credits 1 to Kiii(i|«rnn iuiti>m-. Init unid ho did ni>i liolii*vi> iho |>ni|ioi-nl woulil ■'< , t>n*ti- '■ Into ni iin cni rii niiy -n-cullod involvliit'iil in l'!ijro|iean \mii«." I Immediate Criticism. Mr. luiiinoMdi '■< |iiii|vip>al «us imnic-•liali-lj ii(llicked l.y Senator lieorjfu. "It i> no diircrciil mi tlic lia«is of inter national law." he naid. "tllilll if \\r sen! mi American linttlosliiji to Kiulaiui. If you want, to c!«i tliat. let's do it, but l«'t UN atop whipping the du\il nrciiml the stuiii|i. mid taku the roHpoiixiliility fur it oiirnelveu." Semitor Diiimhcr n«ke<l for tlie npplieat i<lll of the neutrality ln\v to the HiisKo-KinnlMli conllict. and .Senator Oillftto for iti. application to the Sino-•liipiim-Nu war. Mr. KiHwvolt, at a Pivnn conference, mi id that tho luw was nut applicalde to the Kuneo-Kinniixh «'ln!«li, iieeauec thcru hud hcon no decliirution of war. Representative Reybtirn, appnreutly leading a pro loan element, even tuaW'rtcd that. If Finland did not need *<imo of tho non-military <;ommo«litie.s she was purchasing with American money, *hc could sell them to other nation*.