Show aa e 17 washington ashington D C NEW LEND LEASE SUM SUDI the new lend lease appropriation that has been tentatively agreed on by inner advisers is with the voted by congress several months ago this would make a total of tor for aid to the democracies yet this stupendous sum is still considerably short of what was originally proposed posed also of what probably will be ultimately required its a white house secret but the first lend lease program submitted added up to ID this was slashed to by the army and navy and then still further cut to by the budget bureau the last figure was approved by the president and sent to congress one reason for the new appropriation a t ion is that many of the original price estimates have been found to be far too low particularly in the case of planes skips ships and guns rising costs due to changes in construction st more expensive new models and increased production charges 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 lend lease boost is heavy outlays for repairs on battle damaged british warships of which a number are arc now in 11 S yards this type of aid is running into big money most important however Is the urgent need for expansion of the i whole aid democracies program britain china and the other axis ax s foes require increased assi assistance stane e to meet the greatly enlarged resources of the nazis brought by their conquest ol of europe today they must stand oft off not only the industrial power of germany but also that of france belgium holland rumania hungary and other Nazi victims rollf so if britain is to continue fighting sh emust secure much more mora help from 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 new armaments S plants is still lying around idle and close tp to of other defense appropriations a for new plants also is twiddling its thumbs while army supply bras and chiefs enmeshed in coils ot of rad tape are stalling around jt it takes from 8 to 15 months to erect these plants so this delay in getting construction started means a serious crimp in the defense program chiefly to blame are army supply bras who are inadequate to handle the colos colo gali pali task thrust on them but solea so jealous tous of their bureaucratic powers that they wont let anyone else tackle it heads are champine champing cham ping at the ta pr precious eclody time being wasted but bait lack authority to override the army and the gumption to raise a row WILL DAVIS the coit country like strikes any more than it likes like war but the war hash has brought out many men of sta stature and the strikes have hava brought out william H davis new chairman of the national defense mediation boarde actually davis davia is no war baby but a veteran who has been working at labor mediation for man many y years still it was settlement of the allis chalmers almera Ch strike that f first won him film national atten attention tio n by profession davis davia is a patent lawyer with offices in new york city on the very nery next day after the allis chalmers irl triumph he appeared before the U S supreme court ills his hair no more unruly than usual to argue a patent case ile he makes his living from big money firms but he has a strong lib liberal oral viewpoint toward labor when a committee of congress asked him what lie he thought of a bill to outlaw strikes he said when you pass compulsory legislation you make the working man a slave and there is no use producing defense materials tor ford a nation of slaves there are a lot oford of odd pieces in davis life ile he was born in bangor maine schooled in washington D C ls is a member of new yorks swanky downtown athletic cluba club a sympathizer founder of the grand central art galleries father inlaw of argentine diplomat alonzo irigoyen and careless with his clothes one phrase maker says davis has the face of n kindly bulldog another the face of a tired trombone player not many faces would answer to that davis is easy to spot in a crowd 4 ROUND 41 employees of the british purchasing mission leaving the elevator at their offices are confronted with this sign the existence of the brill british empire depends on YOUR effort chins up upshere there will always be an england fl L since checking booths were installed at capitol entrances police druy dally turn up some fresh oddity one day a sea captains wife accompanied compa by six wide eyed youngsters youngster left a large bund bundle leof of sailors hardtack biscuit |