APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE Y. S. Congress. Lavel COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE (INCLUDING DEFENSE AID-LEND-LEASE 63413 PART I DEFENSE AID-LEND LEASE Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1941 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, Virginia J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi JOHN TABER, New York. RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts D. LANE POWERS, New Jersey Also participating on Defense Aid (Lend-Lease) SUBCOMMITTEE ON WAR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS Messrs. SNYDER (chairman), TERRY, STARNES, COLLINS, KERR, MAHON, POWERS, ENGEL, and CASE Messrs. SUBCOMMITTEE ON NAVY DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS SCRUGHAM (chairman), CASEY, SHEPPARD, BEAM, THOMAS, DITTER II DEPOSITED BY THE AITED STATES OF AMERICA OCT 20'41 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COM- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1941. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OF THE SECOND LEND-LEASE REPORT AND The CHAIRMAN. We will take up this morning House Document No. 374, containing a supplemental estimate of appropriations in the amount of $5,985,000,000 for operations under the Lend-Lease Act. We will include in the record the President's letter of transmittal of the Second Lend-Lease Report, and his letter transmitting the Budget estimate, together with a copy of the Budget estimate. (The statements referred to are as follows): The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I am submitting this report pursuant to Section 5 (b) of the Lend-Lease Act of March 11, 1941, which provides that the President report to the Congress every 90 days on the operations under that act. The Lend-Lease Act was passed by the Congress just 183 days ago. One hundred and sixty-seven days ago, the Congress appropriated 7 billion dollars to carry out our national policy of giving every possible material assistance to the countries resisting aggression. The effective expenditure of this large sum in furtherance of our announced policy has presented tasks of large proportions. We have surveyed the needs of the countries we are aiding. We have correlated this program of aid with the procurement programs of our own Army and Navy. We have arranged with our industries for the production of the great quantities of material involved. The War Department, the Navy Department, the Treasury Department, the Agriculture Department, and the Maritime Commission are the agencies principally charged with the actual procurement of the supplies. They are now far along with their task. 1 |