AMERICAN AID FOR BRITAIN

Southland Times, Issue 24238, 23 September 1940, Page 7

AMERICAN AID FOR BRITAIN

GREATER ASSISTANCE URGED OTTAWA, September 21. The Canadian Air Minister announced that the Canadian Air Force by October 1 will consist of 26,500 officers and men including several hundred trained pilots from the United States. He added that American pilots

were enlisting at the rate of nearly 200 a month. The Canadian Government is expecting the immediate delivery of more than 200 American tanks classed as obsolete which will be used for training purposes. Rear-Admiral Stanley, a former Chief of Naval Operations, urged the United States to throw warships, planes and munitions and “all the material aid at our command into the fight of Democracy against Hitlerism.” He advocated the transfer of small torpedo boats. Miss Dorothy Thompson, the wellknown journalist, in an address, asked the President to supplement the recent

gift of destroyers to Britain by sending torpedo boats and “flying fortresses.” Senator Lee urged that Britain should be supplied with every gun, plane and ship, consistent with ensuring the defence of America. He specially mentioned “flying fortresses” and fighter planes. The United States’ Secretary of War, Mr H. L. Stimson, reports that the War Department has already placed orders for 9000 of the 18,641 planes whose purchase was authorized by Congress.