Lend-lease Bill: Hearings..., on H.R. 1776...1941 - 692 pages |
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... of neutrality . " Belligerents are forbidden to use neutral ports and waters as a base of naval operations against their adversaries ( art . V ) . Germany and Italy have paid no attention to such provisions LEND - LEASE BILL 9.
... of neutrality . " Belligerents are forbidden to use neutral ports and waters as a base of naval operations against their adversaries ( art . V ) . Germany and Italy have paid no attention to such provisions LEND - LEASE BILL 9.
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... base a large part of your remarks on that assumption , that this Nation would have control , and if she did come over here therefore we will be in danger and therefore it is necessary for us to grant this kind of power to one man in ...
... base a large part of your remarks on that assumption , that this Nation would have control , and if she did come over here therefore we will be in danger and therefore it is necessary for us to grant this kind of power to one man in ...
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... base their attitude toward this and other legislation upon that assumption . What I want to ask you and have you briefly discuss , if you will , is what is the basis of our great defense program ? If England wins this war , we do not ...
... base their attitude toward this and other legislation upon that assumption . What I want to ask you and have you briefly discuss , if you will , is what is the basis of our great defense program ? If England wins this war , we do not ...
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... base period earnings for certain years 1935-37 . The United States excess - profits tax ranges from 25 to 50 percent of earnings in excess of the average base period earnings for 1936-39 , or 8 percent of invested capital , whichever ...
... base period earnings for certain years 1935-37 . The United States excess - profits tax ranges from 25 to 50 percent of earnings in excess of the average base period earnings for 1936-39 , or 8 percent of invested capital , whichever ...
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... bases for an air attack upon this country by a nation that commanded the Atlantic Ocean . Mr. FISH . I assume the Secretary is referring to some possible base in some foreign country in Latin America ? Secretary ŠTIMSON . Not ...
... bases for an air attack upon this country by a nation that commanded the Atlantic Ocean . Mr. FISH . I assume the Secretary is referring to some possible base in some foreign country in Latin America ? Secretary ŠTIMSON . Not ...
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agree aid to Britain Ambassador amendment American answer Army attack authority Axis Powers believe belligerent bill BOLTON Britain British Empire BULLITT BURGIN CASTLE certainly Chair CHAIRMAN CHIPERFIELD Colonel LINDBERGH committee Congress Constitution convoying course COURTNEY defeat defense article democracy dollars EATON EBERHARTER EMENY England Europe executive fact favor feel fighting FISH fleet force foreign France gentleman Germany give going Government hemisphere Hitler interest international law invasion JARMAN JOHNSON JONKMAN KENNEDY KNOX KNUDSEN legislation lend-lease MACNIDER matter mean ment military Miss THOMPSON Monroe Doctrine MORGENTHAU MUNDT munitions national defense naval Neutrality Act object opinion pact peace PFEIFER planes position possible present President production provisions question RICHARDS ROGERS Secretary HULL Secretary STIMSON SHANLEY ships situation South America statement STEARNS Thank thing THOMAS TINKHAM tion totalitarian Treasury understand United violation VORYS witness
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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...