Lend-lease Bill: Hearings..., on H.R. 1776...1941 - 692 pages |
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... bill ? Secretary HULL . I have stated three times here that the Treasury Department drew up this bill . And that is why , when I noticed that you have not observed the statements I have already made , I am ... bill , in 18 LEND - LEASE BILL.
... bill ? Secretary HULL . I have stated three times here that the Treasury Department drew up this bill . And that is why , when I noticed that you have not observed the statements I have already made , I am ... bill , in 18 LEND - LEASE BILL.
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... bill and to the subject matter of the bill . Mr. TINKHAM . I am certainly confining myself to the bill which I believe involves these very things . The CHAIRMAN . That is very well . Please proceed . Mr. TINKHAM . I want to ask the ...
... bill and to the subject matter of the bill . Mr. TINKHAM . I am certainly confining myself to the bill which I believe involves these very things . The CHAIRMAN . That is very well . Please proceed . Mr. TINKHAM . I want to ask the ...
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... bill are that is is offense and not defense , it seems to me . Do you consider that the bill runs counter to the so - called Hull Reciprocity Agreement or not ? Secretary HULL . I want to bring you back to this question of national ...
... bill are that is is offense and not defense , it seems to me . Do you consider that the bill runs counter to the so - called Hull Reciprocity Agreement or not ? Secretary HULL . I want to bring you back to this question of national ...
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... bill of giving miscellaneous countries with whom we may be allied by this bill defense information including military secrets ? Whether you think that is a sound provision ? Secretary HULL . That is a matter which the War and Navy Sec ...
... bill of giving miscellaneous countries with whom we may be allied by this bill defense information including military secrets ? Whether you think that is a sound provision ? Secretary HULL . That is a matter which the War and Navy Sec ...
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... bill ? Secretary HULL . I have said to you exactly what I consider the scope and nature of the proposal . Mr. VORYS . The word " defense " involves all of the explanation you have given us today ; is not that true ? Whenever you have ...
... bill ? Secretary HULL . I have said to you exactly what I consider the scope and nature of the proposal . Mr. VORYS . The word " defense " involves all of the explanation you have given us today ; is not that true ? Whenever you have ...
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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...