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Show CONGRESS RULES LEND-LEASE WILL CONTINUE Washington, D. C. A move to save $-00 million worth of lumber, lum-ber, farm equipment and other material still being sent via lend-lease lend-lease to Russia and other foreign nations, was opposed recently in the House by Rep. Walter K. Granger, Utah First District. According to the Congressional Congression-al Record, the move was defeated when 143 Republicans and 4 Democrats Dem-ocrats were outvoted by 170 Democrats. Granger joined majority Democrats Dem-ocrats in voting to continue the lend-lease spending. Rep. J. W. Robinson, Utah Second District, failed to vote. During the debate, one Republican Repub-lican spokesman pointed to shortages shor-tages particularly affecting farmers far-mers and said: "Under such circumstances cir-cumstances it is difficult to justify justi-fy continued shipment abroad of these scarce commodities under the Lend-Lease Act, especially in view of the fact that the President Presi-dent terminated operations thereunder there-under on Aug. 17, 1945." Democrats said materals 'still being shipped, including $180,000,-000, $180,000,-000, worth earmarked for Russia, Rus-sia, were for supplies ordered prior pri-or to the President's August or-er. or-er. They favored permitting foreign for-eign nations to buy the still undelivered un-delivered material on 50-year notes drawing 2 and three-eigths percent interest. Republicans charged the administration was using the "prior order pipe line" as a subterfuge for. "postwar lend-lease," lend-lease," and pointed out that U. S. veterans are charged 4 percent interest in-terest on loans. |