HELP FOR BRITAIN
AMERICAN FINANCE
PROSPECTS IN SENATE
TWO PROPOSALS
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrights! (Received November 27, 9 a.m.)! !«
WASHINGTON, November 26. The Senate unanimously elected Senator George as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator George, after conferring with Mr. Roosevelt, said that his committee would tomorrow take up two j proposals relating to financial aid! from the United States to" Britain,; but said there was little chance of ■action being taken on the matter during the present session.
Senator George said the committee wnuld deal with Senator King's resblu- ' tion for the repeal of the Johnson Act • and the ban on loans and credits to; Britain contained in the Neutrality;' Act and also Senator Nye's counter-j proposal asking for a formal investi* gation into the extent of British finan-1 cial resources: in the United States.
Senator George declared that he was] in general agreement with President* Roosevelt and the State Department on i international policy. . .
He added that immediate legislative action to give financial assistance t& Britain was "impracticable, and somewhat premature." * ; Lord Lothian, the British Ambassa-' dor, denied published reports that he i had submitted a memorandum asking; for battleships, cruisers, and destroy*.; ers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 7
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196HELP FOR BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 7
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