THE AID BELL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 11

THE AID BELL

KEEPING U.S. AT PEACE

PROBABLE EFFECT

TIES WITH BRITAIN

WASHINGTON, January 31. The House Foreign Affairs Committee in its majority report on the Aid to Britain Bill stated: "So far as the human mind canx evaluate the situation, the probable effect of the Bill will be to keep us from war rather than get us into it. Its prompt enactment is of the highest importance to the vital interests of our country—even our civilisation." 'The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has invited Mr. Wendell Willkie to be the final witness in the Aid to Britain Bill hearings. t * • " Mr. Alfred Sloan, chairman of General Motors, urged all-out aid to Britain and approved the vesting of strong emergency powers in the President. "I would go the limit, giving Britain first call on our resources and production," he said. ; ■ BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP. The State Department revealed that when the British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, presented his credentials on January 24 to President Roosevelt, the latter said: "Britain and the United t States have long been linked by the intimate bonds of blood and friendship. I am confident that your presence in the United States will' increasingly strengthen these strong ties. . Let me

assure you' that you niay always count on my full co-operation and the cooperation of the various agencies of this Government." Lord Halifax said that he would attempt to follow Lord Lothian's example, doing all in his power to maintain and strengthen the close relations between Britain and the United States. "I take up this office," he added, "when the help the people of the United States are giving to Britain assumes ever-increasing importance. That assistance is already invaluable! and that its continuance will assuredly secure our triumph and cause you no loss we are resolved."