Lend-lease Bill: Hearings..., on H.R. 1776...1941 - 692 pages |
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... opinion , the best method , the best procedure for the defense of this country ? Secretary HULL . As I say , the Treasury and the Navy and the Army are to appear through their respective Secretaries and discuss the provisions of the ...
... opinion , the best method , the best procedure for the defense of this country ? Secretary HULL . As I say , the Treasury and the Navy and the Army are to appear through their respective Secretaries and discuss the provisions of the ...
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... opinion is that we would set up a totalitarian government here if this legislation was passed . Certainly the com- mittee does not want to do that consciously . In my opinion it will , if it passes this legislation , and your opinion ...
... opinion is that we would set up a totalitarian government here if this legislation was passed . Certainly the com- mittee does not want to do that consciously . In my opinion it will , if it passes this legislation , and your opinion ...
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... opinion on this general subject of foreign relations . Mr. TINKHAM . Do I understand that the Secretary has no objection as long as the point has been raised to putting in a clause which forbids the transfer of naval vessels ? Secretary ...
... opinion on this general subject of foreign relations . Mr. TINKHAM . Do I understand that the Secretary has no objection as long as the point has been raised to putting in a clause which forbids the transfer of naval vessels ? Secretary ...
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... opinion is as to whether they should pay us anything with some of their sterling securities , no matter where they are situated , or segregate them in such a way that we get the benefit . Mr. MORGENTHAU . You do not mind if I have an ...
... opinion is as to whether they should pay us anything with some of their sterling securities , no matter where they are situated , or segregate them in such a way that we get the benefit . Mr. MORGENTHAU . You do not mind if I have an ...
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... opinion . Mr. TINKHAM . Excuse me ? Mr. MORGENTHAU . As long as you have given me the option I would rather not express an opinion . Mr. TINKHAM . Every year Great Britain is receiving gold from South Africa where it is mined to an ...
... opinion . Mr. TINKHAM . Excuse me ? Mr. MORGENTHAU . As long as you have given me the option I would rather not express an opinion . Mr. TINKHAM . Every year Great Britain is receiving gold from South Africa where it is mined to an ...
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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...