FULL OUT EFFORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1941, Page 6

FULL OUT EFFORT

IN AIDING RESISTANCE TO AGGRESSION URGED DY MR CORDELL HULL, EVENTS IN EUROPE & ASIA. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright I (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. The Secretary of State, Cr Cordell Hull, testifying at the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee hearing today, urged the nation to “Go full out” in aiding the countries resisting aggression so that the would-be conquerors would not be In a position to deal with the United States as they have been dealing with Europe and Asia. Mr Hull, in urging the Committee to approve the 7,000,000.000 dollars British aid appropriation, pointed out that in the last two montffls still more territory had been conquered and that several more are oh the list for immediate seizure and subjugation. Upon the seas, the menace of death and disaster has grown so that "this country should no longer have any illusions as to the nature or magnitude of the dangers confronting us. We cannot stint We must not falter.”

BUDGET DETAILS STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR. (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. Before the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Mr Harold Smith, Budget Director, testified that of the 7,000,000,000 dollars, 1,350,000,000 were earmarked for agriculture and industry, etc., under which appropriations called for,the purchase of cheese, dried milk, eggs, pork and canned goods. The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, acting speedily, presented Congress with a tersely worded alternative today to give quick approval to the 7,000.000,000 dollars appropriation for British aid or let the United States be stamped as “a faltering welcher.” The Committee made one change only, but a vital one. This provides that any defence article procured shall be retained by the Government department concerned at the President’s direction, instead of being disposed of directly to a foreign Government.

AMERICAN DEFENCE BENEFITS OF CO-OPERATION WITH BRITAIN. (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. General Marshall, testifying before the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, said the 7,000,000,000 million dollars appropriation would have a profoundly disturbing effect on Britain’s opponents and would demonstrate to the Western Hemisphere “that we mean business.” The Secretary of War, Mr H. L. Stimson, testifying, said: "A large portion of the 7,000,000,000 dollars will be spent in the ensuing year. The defence of South America, if we were alone, would be far more difficult and expensive. Because of close co-operation with Britain, Mr Stimson said, the United States had profited by the standardising of weapons and vital improvements had been obtained in exchange for certain information.” MOTOR COMPANIES MASS PRODUCTION OF PLANES. (Received This Day. 10.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. The War Department announced today that the Ford Motor Company and the Fisher Body Division of the General Motors Corporation had agreed to construct 18,000,000 dollars worth of new facilities for the mass production of plane parts, which will be assembled at new Mid-Western bomber plants.