...of the United States," Statutes at Large, 1941, vol. 55,339. Taft is referring to pt. 2 of sec. 3: "To sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend,...article not manufactured or procured under paragraph (i)." 10. Walter F. Georges speech is in the June 28, 1941, Cong. Rec., 77th Cong., 2nd sess., 1941,...

...all-out aid to Great Britain through the proposed Lend-Lease Act. Lend-lease would allow the president "to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" any defense article to any government deemed vital to the defense of the United States. Passed on March...

...signed into law "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States," which permitted the United States to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" any "defense article" or "defense information" to "any country whose defense the President deems vital...

...government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States. 2. To sell, transfer title to, exchange, Lease, lend,...dispose of, to any such government any defense article. . . . The value of defense articles disposed of in any way under authority of this paragraph, and procured...

...Hill and the White House. Patriotically designated HR 1776, the bill authorized the chief executive to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend" or otherwise dispose of any defense article "to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United...

...passed the "Lend-Lease Act," empowering the President to authorize heads of departments or agencies to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" any article of defense to "the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to...

...behalf of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend,...dispose of, to any such government any defense article . . . not expressly prohibited." The United States, now legally empowered to do so, began wartime production...

...Bismarck sortied from Germany could only confirm their impression. The new legislation permitted Roosevelt to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of war materiel to any nation that the president deemed vital to the defense of the United States. "From...

...with equipment, finally persuading Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, authorizing him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" military supplies to countries he considered essential to the nation's defense. Six months later, he...

...passage of the Lend-Lease Act of March 11 1941, which permitted the President of the United States to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government /whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States/ any defense article....