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You say that if Germany had control of the seas , overlcoking the fact that our Navy is six times as great , and we are now building a two - ocean Navy . Frankly , I do not look at that as the solution ; and I cannot assume that Germany ...
You say that if Germany had control of the seas , overlcoking the fact that our Navy is six times as great , and we are now building a two - ocean Navy . Frankly , I do not look at that as the solution ; and I cannot assume that Germany ...
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And I am sure that these can be easily agreed to because of the fact that , in this extreme emergency we must not be handicapped in carrying out this plan to aid England in the speediest way . Now it is easy to see , if every person has ...
And I am sure that these can be easily agreed to because of the fact that , in this extreme emergency we must not be handicapped in carrying out this plan to aid England in the speediest way . Now it is easy to see , if every person has ...
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I want to ask the Secretary , if the fact that the President since the presidential campaign , has never mentioned the phrase “ short of war , ” has any significance ? Secretary Hull . I think you had better ask the question about that ...
I want to ask the Secretary , if the fact that the President since the presidential campaign , has never mentioned the phrase “ short of war , ” has any significance ? Secretary Hull . I think you had better ask the question about that ...
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If you will pardon me , I referred to the fact , in my written statement here , that the Johnson Act is not interfered with by the proposed bill , and only three or four provisions of the so - called Neutrality Act are interfered with .
If you will pardon me , I referred to the fact , in my written statement here , that the Johnson Act is not interfered with by the proposed bill , and only three or four provisions of the so - called Neutrality Act are interfered with .
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... of the relevant facts which point to the present danger from the three nations that have been avowedly engaged in a ... danger from Russia , especially inasmuch as you stressed , and I think rightfully so , the fact that subversive ...
... of the relevant facts which point to the present danger from the three nations that have been avowedly engaged in a ... danger from Russia , especially inasmuch as you stressed , and I think rightfully so , the fact that subversive ...
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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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