TRADE ROUTES IN PACIFIC
Deal With America CONSIDERATION IN WASHINGTON (Received January 3, 7.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 2. Officials stated that the Government is considering lending or leasing merchant ships to Britain and also possibly taking over British trade routes in the Pacific for the duration of the war. The indications are that there is inclination to make a deal if Britain guarantees that the United States can return to the North Atlantic trade routes —at present “blacked out” by the neutrality law —after the war on the pre-war basis.
It is disclosed that coastguard officials have obtained complete information regarding 133 freighters owned by German companies now tied up in American ports. The Administration is studying the legal aspects involved in possible acquisition of the ships. President. Roosevelt held a conference with the Secretary of War, Mr. Stimson, when it is believed they discussed the proposal for the leasing of merchant ships and also the speeding up of the dispatch of planes to Britain. It is reported from Chicago that Mr. IV. A. W’hite, chairman of the Committee to Defend America By Aiding the Allies, which has had a big effect on public opinion, has resigned on the ground that the job is too big for him.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 85, 4 January 1941, Page 9
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