Show U. U S. S Plans o Loan n Of 32 Million I To Help Finland WASHINGTON Jan 23 P Unc Undo Uncle Sam is putting up another to help put his his' best paying foreign lahd back ack on Its feet Finland tre treasury treasury- ury officials said Thursday remains tho only b borrower bor- bor r ro rower ower er which lids thas h s never failed tomake to tomake tomake make the on a a. debt con With with this country aa as an aftermath of of ithe first st world war T The e little Baltic nal nation on will g et t the tho ho new neV credits f from om the Export- Export Import bank Which let it have In 1945 and 1946 to tomy buy my some urgently needed materials materials ma- ma and equipment nt in this country mostly to restore its lumber lumber lumer lum- lum ber er pulp and paper exports The bank said it expects the additional additional ad- ad credits credits also also to be spent entirely in this country pl plus s some financial assistance from other sources will vim enable Finland to reestablish o its foreign trade on ona ona ona a sustaining self sustaining self basis But the banks bank's directors director doubtless doubtless doubt- doubt less ess were counting as much on Finland's past record for paying up up-as up as well as ns its future prospects when they agreed to the new loan That record looked like this on the he treasury's books Finland was fu furnished r n ish e d with around worth of relief supplies on credit after the armistice armistice armistice armi armi- stice in 1918 Since then it has paid about in interest alone It still owes about on the principal prin cipal Interest keeps piling up at ata a 3 rate with payments due each ach June and December Finland has never defaulted on onta its ta payments although some post- post have been arranged by this his this this' country as during the Finns' Finns 41 1940 war with Russia |