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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 124, 26 April 1941, Page 8

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HELP TO GREEKS

(MO p m.) PITTSBURGH. April 20. Mr Wendell AViilkie called upon the Administration to-day to give tile American people the full facts on the reported sinking of war materials en route to Britain. He urged immediate steps to halve the sinkings. “I believe the American people can be brought 1o a realisation of the seriousness of the situation if the full facts are disclosed.’’ President Booscvelt told, officers of a Greek society to-day that Aie United States intended to continue? all available material aid to the peoples defending themselves against aggression, including Greece. The heroic struggle bv the Hellenic people for their homes and liberties had -aroused* the sympathy and admiration of the whole American people. National officers of the fraternal organisation were received by the President and assured him that'the Greeks would continue to light in Africa and England, if necessary. Senator Byrd demanded in the Senate to-day that Miss Frances Perkins bo replaced as Secretary of Labour by 'a two-fisted man who will have the fortitude to say to both labour and capital tluit strikes in preparedness industries cannot be tolerated.” He •said Miss Perkins had demonstrated her ineptness, weakness, and inability to meet her responsibility in the settlement of strikes. Hags of the United States, Britain, I Australia, and New Zealand were ear-, ried in a solemn procession at the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas in I'ifth Avenue for a commemoration service on Anzac Day at which 300 Australians and New Zealanders were present. Dr. Andrew Osborn, chaplain of the Australia Society, in a moving sermon, declared that the sacrifices of the Anzacs and Greek Forces would help prepare the way to ultimate victory.