AID FROM AMERICA
USE OF FOREIGN SHIPS GOVERNMENT UNDECIDED OPPOSITION TO BILL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 Mr Cordell Hull said the Government is still undecided what to do about idle foreign ships in American ports, but an intensive study might produce a solution at any time. He added that he had not been informed regarding reports that Danish groups are considering with the British methods whereby 38 Danish ships would be purchasable or otherwise made available to the British. President Roosevelt has extended the export licensing system to oil well refining machinery, radium, uranium and calf-skins, due to the needs of the national defence. General Wood, chairman of the America First Committee, giving evidence before the Senate’s Foreign Committee, opposed the Lend and Lease Bill, saying that if it is passed there is a possibility of the United States being involved in the war within ninety days.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 2
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