SURPLUS WAR SUPPLIES ABANDONED
Reeeived Tuesdav, 0.15 pTm. WASII1XGTOX, April 22. The Under-Seeretury for War, Mr. Rovall, stated that he expeeted more tluiii a 1,000, 000.000 dollars worth of I'nited States surplus supplies in the Ikii-ilie would he ahandoued beeause of traiisportation difheplties and rapid deterioratioh malung a retuni to Ameriea liighly unprolitftble. The Okinawa and Iwo .fima abandonments niight total S()(i,()()0,()00 dollars. Mr. Koyall said the army thus far hnd deliberately destroved 1,1(50,000,000 dollars worth of poison gas, armaments, abcraft and spoiled food throughput W w'orld, but he ]enied there .)vas "Wiiton destrqetion. The Foreign Liquidation Comniissioner. *\lr. Thomas McGabe, aniunnired tkit equipjaent and supplies valued at 4,521,000,000 dollars had been dedured aurplus, of which 1,028,000,000 dollais Worth was sold for 345,000,000 dollars.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 April 1946, Page 5
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