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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... transferred by the President to any other such appropriation , but no appropriation shall be increased more than 30 ... transfer from the foregoing appropriations to appropriate current appropriations of any department or agency amounts ...
... transferred by the President to any other such appropriation , but no appropriation shall be increased more than 30 ... transfer from the foregoing appropriations to appropriate current appropriations of any department or agency amounts ...
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... transferred and the amount of such transfers . And , what is more , it postpones the transfer , leaving the entire matter in our hands of the decision of which shall go to which place until the weapons are completed and the knowledge is ...
... transferred and the amount of such transfers . And , what is more , it postpones the transfer , leaving the entire matter in our hands of the decision of which shall go to which place until the weapons are completed and the knowledge is ...
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... transferred so as to manufacture the .30 caliber rifle which we use , I am informed , in about 2 months . And , in the same way , the facilities for the ammuni- tion could be transformed . And that is true largely of other British items ...
... transferred so as to manufacture the .30 caliber rifle which we use , I am informed , in about 2 months . And , in the same way , the facilities for the ammuni- tion could be transformed . And that is true largely of other British items ...
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... transfer be- tween categories . The articles to be procured are suitable for transfer to a foreign country and , with minor exceptions , are also suitable for our own use should circumstances , when they are completed , dictate that ...
... transfer be- tween categories . The articles to be procured are suitable for transfer to a foreign country and , with minor exceptions , are also suitable for our own use should circumstances , when they are completed , dictate that ...
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... transferred to another govern- ment . For example , it would permit the President to transfer to the Army's current ordnance appropriation an amount equal to the value of Army ordnance matériel which might be disposed of to a foreign ...
... transferred to another govern- ment . For example , it would permit the President to transfer to the Army's current ordnance appropriation an amount equal to the value of Army ordnance matériel which might be disposed of to a foreign ...
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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.