Show Knox Prop Proposes ses 1 U. U S. S Swap I Aid for Bases WASHINGTON Feb 9 INS INS INS- Secretary of the Navy F Frank r ran a n k Knox Tuesday told congress that he would be very much in favor of starting negotiations now under the lend lease program to give the United States a string of air and naval bases clear across the Pacific Pa Pa- t to W 11 over ever r Knox i in testifying b before tore fore t the h a ahouse house foreign affairs committee committed on ona ona ona a bill to extend the lend lease program another another- year also urged that lend lease funds be used to arm arnt people of occupied occupied occupied oc oc- oc- oc countries as U. U S. S forces pass through s such ch areas on their way to Germany After this war is over Knox insisted we have to control a series of naval and air bases across the Pacific to prevent a similar war in the very near future He added that we already have some very fine stepping stones but need more While not wanting wanting wanting want want- ing more territory he explained the United States must have the bases He expressed the hope that one of the products by-products of lend lease would be a willingness of other nations to give us Pacific bases We Ve must disarm Japan he stated we must keep Japan dis dis- dis- dis armed Knox said that the amount of aid to China was not limited by bythe bythe bythe the desire of what the United States wanted to send but by the difficulty of delivering it Weve got to drive the Japs from the seas or drive them out of Burma to get aid to China he continued The difficulties of the terrain are the answer |