PRESIDENT BACK

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 42, 18 August 1941, Page 7

PRESIDENT BACK

LANDING IN MAINE

LEND-LEASE PLANS

MORE MONEY WANTED

(By Teiegrapb— Press Association—Copyright^ WASHINGTON, August 16. The complete understanding achieved in his conference with Mr. Winston Churchill had unified Britain and the United States in such a way as to permit of even more smooth action by the two nations in any eventuality, said President Roosevelt in a conference with Press representatives when he landed today at Rockland, Maine.

The President said that on all aspects of the war situation he and Mr. Churchill were in complete agreement. He indicated that the first positive development which might follow his return to Washington would be a request for a new appropriation running into many thousands of millions of dollars, supplementing the original 7,000,000,000 dollars voted for the lend or lease fund. ,

The President replied. in the negative when asked whether the United States was any closer to entering the war.

RUSSIAN RESISTANCE.

j He said he did not doubt that Russian resistance would continue through - the winter. Russia needed immediately available .material for next summer's campaign, and she | also needed other tilings before the spring campaign opened. She would I pay for war equipment. ;.io«>.f

Mr. Roosevelt declined ** to reveal where the meeting with Mr. Churchill took place. .

At his Press conference the President also said that about 300 American sailors from the cruiser Augusta mingled'with British tars from H.M.S. Prince of Wales for services under huge camouflaged guns. Officer personnel fraternised similarly.

Mr. Roosevelt said the services were conducted Jointly by British and American chaplains at an altar draped with both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. ON BOARD CRUISER. All the Atlantic meetings were held on board the United States cruiser Augusta, with the exception of one on the British battleship Prince of Wales. The idea of the meeting was mooted in February but events in Greece and Crete, delayed it for three months. : The "Boston Post" says that the meeting of the leaders took place oft" the Maine -coast. This was revealed by fishermen, who came upon a tremendous armada of battleships and other naval craft clustered in this area.

It is stated that many British and American warships were present at the secret rendezvous, ancl that meanwhile constant aerial and surface patrols were maintained.