Show A washington 1 0 NE IV LEND LEASE SUM the new lend lease appropriation that has been tentatively agreed on by inner advisers Is with the voted by congress several months ago tills this would make a total of for aid to the democracies yet tills this stupendous sum Js Is still considerably short of what was originally proposed also ol 01 0 what probably will bo be ultimately required its a n white house secret but the first lend lease program submitted added up to this was slashed to by the army a and nd navy and then still further cut to by tho the budget bureau tile tho last figure was approved by tho the president and sent to congress one reason for the now new appropriation Is that many of tho the original price estimates have been found to bo be far too low particularly in the case of planes ships and guns rising hising costs duo due to changes in construction st more expensive now models and increased production charges mado made it impossible to contract for these items at the original estimates and more money Is needed to fulfill the program another reason for the lond lend lease boost Is heavy outlays for repairs repair on battle damaged british warships of which a number are now in U S yards this typo type of aid Is running into big money most important however is the urgent need for expansion of the whole aid democracies program britain china and the other axis foes require increased assistance to meet the greatly enlarged resources of the nazis brought by their conquest of europe today they must stand of ot not only the industrial power of germany but also that of france belgium holland rumania hungary and other nazi victims so if britain Is to continue fighting sho she must secure M much uch more help from tho the united states without such aid she will quickly be overwhelmed red tape itis while most of the lend lease money has been allocated some earmarked for or new armaments plants Is still lying around idle and close to 0 00 of other defense appropriations tor for new plants also is twiddling its thumbs while army supply bras and chiefs enmeshed in colls coils of red tape are arc stalling around it takes from 8 to 15 months to erect these plants so this C thy any in getting construction started 1 ancans incans serious crumn in tho the defense anro gram chiefly to blame are army supply bras who are inadequate to handle the colossal task thrust on them but so jealous of their bureaucratic powers that they wont let anyone else tackle it heads are champing champine cham ping at the precious time being wasted but lack authority to override the army and the gumption to raise a row WILL DAVIS the country like hka ci any more ulan it likes lakos war but the war has brought out many men of stature and the strikes have brought out william 11 davis new chairman of the national defense mediation board actually davis Is no war baby but a veteran who has been working at labor mediation for many years still it was settlement of the allis chalmers strike that first won him national attention by profession davis is a patent lawyer with offices in new york city on the very next day after the allis chalmers triumph he appeared before the U S supreme c ourt court his hair no more unruly than usual to argue a patent case lie he makes his living from big money firms but he has a strong liberal v viewpoint lew point toward labor when a committee of congress asked aked hirr what he thought of a bill to outlaw strikes he said when you pass compulsory legislation you make the working mati man a slave and there is no use producing defense materials lor for a nation of slaves there are a lot of odd pieces in davis life he was born in bangor duhie cuine schooled in washington D C is a member of new yorks swanky downto downtown wn athletic club a labor sympathizer foun founder cler of the grand central art gaD galleries eries father inlaw in ladof law of argentine diplomat alonzo Iri irigoyen goyan and careless with his clothes one phrase maker says davis has the face of a kindly bulldog another tho the face of a tired trombone player not many faces would anwer answer to that davis is easy to spot in a crowd GO ROUND ti 41 employees of the british purchasing mission leaving the elevator at their offices are confronted with this sign the existence of the british empire dep depend eadd on YOUR effort chins up there will always be an england 41 C since checking booths were installed at capitol entrances police dally daily canup run up some fresh oddity one day a sea captains wife accompanied by six wide eyed youngsters left a large bundle of nt sa sailors llois hardtack biscuit |