TRIP TO LONDON

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 10, 13 January 1941, Page 9

TRIP TO LONDON

MR. WENDELL WILLKIE

"TALK WITH ANYONE"

AID TO BRITAIN BILL APPROVED

(By Telegraph—Press Copyright.) (Received January 13, 2.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 12. Mr. Wendell Willkie announced that he is going to London by the Clipper, probably within a fortnight. He intends to spend about a fortnight; in London, "to talk with anyone who will talk with me." , Mr. Willkie said that, he approved of President Roosevelt's Aid to Britain Bill. "I have examined the Bill in the light of the current emergency," he said, "and personally have concluded that it should be adopted with modifications. c "It makes a vital difference to the United States which side wins. I refute the statement that our national security would not be involved in a British defeat." LONDON, January 12. Mr. Willkie, who opposed Mr. Roosevelt as Republican candidate at the Presidential election, is to fly to England to make a personal survey of the situation here. He telephoned Mr. Cordell Hull a few days ago and received permission to leave by clipper. He announced that he wants- to meet the leaders of the British Government personally. Although Mr. Willkie opposed Mr. Roosevelt, he made it clear in. the campaign that he favoured help for Britain. . The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives has begun to consider the Aid to Britain Bill. It is stated in Washington that if the committee's hearing concludes by Thursday, there is a possibility that Congress may vote on the legislation by the end of this week.