MAJOR TASK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 5

MAJOR TASK

SENDING MORE PLANES TO BRITAIN

STATEMENT BY COLONEL KNOX. MENACE TO UNITED STATES. (By Telegraph—Press AMaeiation~-Copyright) WASHINGTON, February I, The Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, continuing his testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, told questioners that at present the major task was to increase the number of aeroplanes sent to Britain. He stressed that he did not expect repayment for everything, remarking "that is a matter of secondary importance." Answering a question whether the United States would face a hopeless situation if Britain were defeated, he said: "We would be obliged to strain every nerve . . . The best we could do would be to make our own coast safe from attack." Colonel Knox told the committee that an Axis victory would automatically increase the prospects of an Japanese victory m China. He then answered Senator Nye's question, "How large a part could Japan play tn an Axis combination’ I '' with the remark. Such data could only be given at a LEASE & LEND BILL EASY PASSAGE PREDICTED WASHINGTON February 1 ■ Mr. Patrick I'.umd, Democratic Whip rn the lb'Use of Reprv ;en!.’iltVes. j predicted that the Aid '<« Bn tarn Bill would pre-s the Hmi-e by a mmimum margin of 5() votes and that all amend-, men's unacceptable t , the Admmlstrati«m would be rejected I ()\|)()\ \A \RNIMiS FREE NIGHTS I’.' JANUARY < Receiv.-d Th.'. I lay 10 55 am > RUGBY. February 2 Since mtemofled raid- -larted Sep-' <-mber. London lias had in any n.-uth .-■• mar.;. n.ght- fre< -m warnng.<; :).•■ m Jamia: y <>n 11 mgh's mm■f which wen' ;n iio'i" • >"« the Br;t- : •:ii capital w.c umW.-n’md by • muifter darkm-e had fallen. ’ t • . ,-••-. • I m ,k’i