Show ZA 6 W CA washington D C NEW 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 this would make a total of for aid to the democracies yet this stupendous sum is still considerably short of what was originally proposed also of what probably will be ultimately required its a white house secret but the first lend lease program submitted added up to this was slashed to by the army and navy and then still further cut to by the budget bureau the last figure was ap J j proved by the president and sent to congress one reason for the new appropriation is that many of the original price estimates have been found to be far too low particularly in the lease case of planes ships and guns rising jin g costs due to changes in construction st more expensive new models arid 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 dama aed british warships of which a number are now in U S yards this 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 off 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 she must secure much more 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 plants is still I 1 lying yang around idle and close to of other defense ap appropriations propria for new plants also is twiddling its thumbs while army supply bras and chiefs enmeshed in coils of red tape ae stalling around 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 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 strikes any more than it likes war but the war has brought out many men of stature and the strikes have brought blought out william H davis new chairman of the rational national defense mediation board actually davis is no war baby but a veteran who has been working at labor mediation for many y years e ars 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 court his hair no more unruly than usual to argue a patent ca case se he makes his living from big mon money ey firms but he has a strong liberal viewpoint toward labor when a committee of congress asked him what he thought of a bill to outlaw strikes he said when you pass compulsory legis legislation lati orl you make the working man a slave and there is no use producing defense materials for a nation of slaves there are a lot of odd pieces in davis life he was born in bangor maine schooled in washington D C is a member of new yorks swanky downtown athletic club a labor sympathizer founder of the grand central art galleries father inlaw in law of argentine diplomat alonzo irigoyen and careless with his clothes one phrase maker says davis has the face of a 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 MERRY GO ROUND fl L employees of the british purchasing mission leaving the elevator at their offices are confronted with this sign the existence of the british empire depends on YOUR effort chins up there will always be an england C since checking booths were installed at capitol entrances police daily turn up some fresh oddity one day a asea sea captains wife a accompanied compa by six wide eyed youngsters y oung left a large bundle of sailors hardtack biscuit |