U.S. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO FINLAND
POSSIBLE RETURN OF DEBT PAYMENT SPECIAL I I M) FOR KEPT GEES AND WOUNDED WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The United States President, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, has cabled the Finnish President, M. Kyosti Kallio. on the occasion of the anniversary of Finnish independence: “My earnest hope is that thes? tragic days may not be long in giving way to a happier era.” Mr. Roosevelt has proposed that the United ' States should give Finland practical help by setting aside a £58.000 war debt payment, which Finland announced she is making as usual on December 15 in a special fund available for the Finns when needed, possibly to aid refugees and wounded. He said the plan would need Congressional approval, |-hich he will ask when the House is convened on January 3. In the meantime he has directed the Treasury, which is legally obliged to accept payment, to place the sum in the suspended account pending action by Congress.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 290, 8 December 1939, Page 7
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