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There is an overwhelming section - perhaps not an overwhelming , but a large section of the country — which even now takes it for granted that this is a war between Germany and England and not our war , and they base their attitude ...
There is an overwhelming section - perhaps not an overwhelming , but a large section of the country — which even now takes it for granted that this is a war between Germany and England and not our war , and they base their attitude ...
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The rate of taxes of England ? The CHAIRMAN . The ratio of taxes to borrowing or fiat money , if that could be secured . If that could be secured the committee would very much like to have it . Mr. MORGENTHAU .
The rate of taxes of England ? The CHAIRMAN . The ratio of taxes to borrowing or fiat money , if that could be secured . If that could be secured the committee would very much like to have it . Mr. MORGENTHAU .
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England has an Army , I am told of 2,000,000 men partially equipped . Germany has an Army of over 6,000,000 , fully equipped . " Great Britain cannot win the war without defeating Germany on land , as she was defeated in 1918 .
England has an Army , I am told of 2,000,000 men partially equipped . Germany has an Army of over 6,000,000 , fully equipped . " Great Britain cannot win the war without defeating Germany on land , as she was defeated in 1918 .
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I appreciate that exigencies of warfare may make it difficult or impossible to carry out undertakings , but at the present we have merely the assurance of one administration , as it were , in England , whereas if we had a treaty we ...
I appreciate that exigencies of warfare may make it difficult or impossible to carry out undertakings , but at the present we have merely the assurance of one administration , as it were , in England , whereas if we had a treaty we ...
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Mr. Secretary , has there been any contemplation of the line of demarcation between the present contractual relations for armaments for England and the lend - lease plan ? When will that change from cash and carry to lend and lease take ...
Mr. Secretary , has there been any contemplation of the line of demarcation between the present contractual relations for armaments for England and the lend - lease plan ? When will that change from cash and carry to lend and lease take ...
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Page 640 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 422 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Page 2 - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the President may, from time to time, when he deems it in the interest of national defense, authorize the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or the head of any other department or agency of the Government...
Page 92 - The terms and conditions upon which any such foreign government receives any aid authorized under subsection (a) shall be those which the President deems satisfactory, and the benefit to the United States may be payment or repayment in kind or property, or any other direct or indirect benefit which the President deems satisfactory.
Page 504 - The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare in the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another.
Page 640 - Act (1941) gave the president the authority to lend or lease equipment to any nation "whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 652 - It is quite apparent that if, in the maintenance of our international relations, embarrassment — perhaps serious embarrassment — is to be avoided and success for our aims achieved, congressional legislation which is to be made effective through negotiation and inquiry within the international field must often accord to the President a degree of discretion and freedom from statutory restriction which would not be admissible were domestic affairs alone involved.
Page 552 - It would be superfluous for me to point out to your lordship that this is war" (Moore's Digest of International Law, vol.
Page 103 - Pact or of any rule of international law, do all or any of the following things: (a) Refuse to admit the exercise by the State violating the Pact of belligerent rights, such as visit and search, blockade, etc.; (b) Decline to observe towards the State violating the Pact the duties prescribed by international law, apart from the Pact, for a neutral in relation to a belligerent ; (c) Supply the State attacked with financial or material assistance, including munitions of war; (d) Assist with armed forces...
Page 516 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power; submitting to injuries...
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| Title | Lend-lease Bill: Hearings..., on H.R. 1776... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| Published | 1941 |
| Length | 692 pages |
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