Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-26 | Page 4 | President Busy with Aid Plans

PRESIDENT BUSY WITH AID PLANS PlAN WASHINGTON Fe Feb 26 INS President Roosevelt WedneSday cads intensively reviewed Ameri AmerIcan can reo so source sources sources' both for national and for tor British defense aid in a strict series of conferences which brou brought to v the he e White House the ra ranking of the government The busy presidential day ed when Mr Roosevelt start asse his high assembled command in the room study for tor a general oval of the international situation review and national defense problems problem Present were Secretary of State Hull Secretary Sec Sec- Se of War Stimson l Acting Se Set of ot the Navy Nary ForrestaL Gen Genf cS eral George C C. Marshall army chIef of staff and Admiral Harold chur S i Stark chief of naval operations operation The chief executive then to his offices where his fir first cane caller 3 came was Secretary of Commerce J Jest JelS J Jones J Jones ones was followed b by Y William an t r Paley president tot of the Colum Columbia Br Broadcasting system who report report briefly on his recent tour of Sou South and Central America to arrant arrange an interchange of at good will ra radIo programs between the 21 western wester hemisphere republics Harry Hopkins the presidents president's rest deans most trusted aid on def defense ense in and British aid matters matte rs then h brou brought In Sir Hugh Dowding field m mar of the royal air force torce who ha has been In this country for some tim time directing British activities in inquiring acquiring acquiring ac- ac quiring American planes