Defense and Supplemental Appropriation Bill: 1941, Hearings ... 77th Congress, 1st Session, Making Appropriations to Carry Out an Act to Promote the Defense of Th United States (H.R. 1776 -P.L. #11) Approved March 11, 19411941 - 76 pages |
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... probably I could be most helpful if I gave , as tersely as possible , the nature of this bill as it relates to the War Department and the reasons for the necessity of the broad and flexible items of appropriation which the estimates ...
... probably I could be most helpful if I gave , as tersely as possible , the nature of this bill as it relates to the War Department and the reasons for the necessity of the broad and flexible items of appropriation which the estimates ...
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... probably $ 2,000,000,000 for that sort of thing in previous bills for the Army and the Navy , and considering the fact that those facilities require months in some cases to come into production , are we not getting to a point where we ...
... probably $ 2,000,000,000 for that sort of thing in previous bills for the Army and the Navy , and considering the fact that those facilities require months in some cases to come into production , are we not getting to a point where we ...
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... probably would make a great difference in the negotiations and in the planning . The more you can plan for , the more cheaply and more quickly you can procure , and in that way you cannot plan . Mr. POWERS . Yes ; if you had contractual ...
... probably would make a great difference in the negotiations and in the planning . The more you can plan for , the more cheaply and more quickly you can procure , and in that way you cannot plan . Mr. POWERS . Yes ; if you had contractual ...
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... Probably the only specific item susceptible of that comparison is the Springfield rifle . The cost of this rifle is less today than it was during the last war . In this instance , manufactur- ing facilities already existed when we ...
... Probably the only specific item susceptible of that comparison is the Springfield rifle . The cost of this rifle is less today than it was during the last war . In this instance , manufactur- ing facilities already existed when we ...
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... probably consisting of Cabinet officers , who will look at this program in its relation to our own program . Mr. WOODRUM . Now , the policy to be carried out , as we under- stand it , is that these funds will be allocated by the ...
... probably consisting of Cabinet officers , who will look at this program in its relation to our own program . Mr. WOODRUM . Now , the policy to be carried out , as we under- stand it , is that these funds will be allocated by the ...
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additional administrative expenses agreement agricultural products allocation ammunition amount answer Army borax Britain British Government Budget BUELL SNYDER Bureau BURNS cancelation clause CANNON cash Chairman Colonel AURAND Commander TAWRESEY committee commodities contemplated contracts cost is going country whose defense course defense articles deliveries department or agency DITTER EMMET O'NEAL England estimate existing expenditure facilities fiscal year 1942 foreign funds guns investments JOHN TABER JOHNSON of West KNUDSEN LAWTON lend-lease bill LOUIS LUDLOW LUDLOW manufacture MARCH 11 MARSHALL matériel ment munitions nations O'NEAL orders ordnance payments percent President deems private plants procured question RABAUT record request SCRUGHAM Secretary HULL Secretary KNOX Secretary of War Secretary STIMSON securities services and expenses situation SMITH SNYDER statement TABER tanks things tion transfer understand United United Kingdom War Department weapons West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WILLIAM DITTER WOODRUM
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Page 2 - 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 44 - The terms and conditions upon which any such foreign government receives any aid authorized under subsection (2) 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 28 - 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 3 - ... those whom, in our own self-defense, we are determined thus to aid. The great problem of democracy is to organize and to use its strength with sufficient speed and completeness. The proposed legislation is an essential measure for that purpose. This bill will make it possible for us to allocate our resources in ways best calculated to provide for the security of this Nation and of this continent in the complex and many-sided conditions of danger with which we are and are likely to be confronted....
Page 13 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple of questions that I would like to ask Dr.
Page 60 - Agricultural, industrial, and other commodities and articles, $1,350,000,000. (b) For testing, inspecting, proving, repairing, outfitting, reconditioning, or otherwise placing in good working order any defense articles for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, including services and expenses in connection therewith, $200,000,000.
Page 1 - March 12, 1941. Hon. SAM RAYBURN, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC MY DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This Nation has felt that it was imperative to the security of America that we encourage the democracies' heroic resistance to aggressions, by not only maintaining but also increasing the flow of material assistance from this country. Therefore, the Congress has enacted and I have signed HR 1776. Through this legislation our country has determined to do its full part in creating an adequate arsenal...
Page 2 - HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE Mr. Secretary Hull, the committee is very happy to have you here today, sir, and we will be very glad to have you make such statement as you feel appropriate to be made upon this occasion. GENERAL STATEMENT Secretary HULL.
Page 56 - ... (1) Ordnance and ordnance stores, supplies, spare parts, and materials, including armor and ammunition and components thereof, $1,190,000,000.
Page 42 - The Secretaries of War and of the Navy are hereby authorized to purchase arms, ammunition, and implements of war produced within the jurisdiction of any American republic if such arms, ammunition, or implements of war cannot be produced in the United States.