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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946. loo;(ii;g at Washington By HUGO S. SIMS, Washington Correspondent Settlement of Lend-Lease Debt Calls For Straight Thinking President Truman has placed the cost of the second World War, to the United States, at $280,000,000,000. He points out that) fifteen per cent of the total was involved in Lend Lease operations and that any effort on the part of the Allied 'nations to pay a debt approaching the magni tude of $42,000,000,000 would have a "disastrous effect upon our trade with the United Nations and hence upon production and employment at home." If we are to avoid bad feelings be tween the victorious United Nations, the people of the United States must be prepared to do some grave think ing upon what is called the Lend Lease debt. Payment of such a sum in gold or U. S. dollars is an impos sibility, thoroughly established by the! inability of other nations to pay us in gold after the first World War. Some form of settlement might be negotiated if the United States is willing to accept goods and services, but, after the first World War, the nation was utterly unwilling to adopt this method, preferring to erect higher tarift walls and to retire be hind the ramparts of isolation. We should bear in mind that the tremendous , debt represents book keeping entries, reflecting the ship ment of tanks, planes, munitions, iooa, materiel and the thousand-and able and expended goods. :. The only justification for the Lend-. Lease policy was that it assisted our allies to fight enemies which this na tion had to defeat. Obviously, if Great Britain or Russia had collapsed like France the task of the United States, in money and in blood, would have been much larger. In brief, every article that we provided the British and the Russians, which was used in the interest of the United used in defeating Germany and. Ja pan, was used in the interest of the United States as much as in the in terest of other nations and resulted in the saving of the lives and bodies of American men. If we survey the situation in a realistic frame of mind, we discover that the United States spent $238, 000,000,000 to arm, equip and sustain 12,000,000 fighting men. The nation $42,000,- one products needed in the Drnsprn- tion of warfare. Moreover, the bulk!'80 spent approximately of the goods so shipped abroad have 000,000 to assist Great Britain and been fully utilized in the common ' Russia to keep in the field, actively struggle against the enemy. To re-1 fighting the enemy, armies and navies quire payment now would be to com pel our allies, in a critical financial condition because of war strains, to make payments largely for expend ifp FOR ROOFING MATERIAL Of Tin, Asphalt and Asbestos Shingles visit DUNSTAN SUPPLY COMPANY ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. 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FOUR MIGHTY MOTORING WORDS 03 W 03 In) . , ' ki.',':.: ': '! ' ' J'" Pslow oil co:,;pm HERTFORD, N.C B5 PURE that approximated the size ot our own. By lending assistance to our Allies, we strengthened the common war effort, shortened the duration of the war and saved the lives of thous ands of American young men. It is safe to say that if the nation faced a similar situation today, cog nizant of the financial cost and the possible saving of American lives, the people of the United States would enthusiastically vote to give muni tions of war to allies ready to fight in the common cause. Not only would we save American lives but we would increase the weight of blows against the enemy. The cold truth is that Lend-Lease saved the cause of the democracies, lightened the burdens of the United States, preserved the lives of thous ands of Americans and saved us con siderable sum or money which we would have had to spend if the war had continued longer. Without the active participation of Great Britain and Russia, it is not disputed that the United States, fighting alone, would have had a much longer strug gle against Japan. Following the statement of Presi dent Truman, in his report on Lend Lease operations, that any effort to attempt the collection of $42,000, 000,000 from the United Nations would threaten their political stabil ity and help to "sow the seeds of a new world conflagration," Secretary of State Byrnes denied that the debt was to be cancelled or that this coun try would require settlements only for goods not used or not delivered at the end of the war. Mr. Byrnes said that although this country will not seek "paper con tracts to pay dollars, which will not be available to our debtors, settle ments will be negotiated and he in fers that what the United States will seek is "attainment of the long range security and economic objec tives of the United States." While Mr. Byrnes did not go into details as to what he had in mind, it is not hard to guess, from President Truman's prior statement, that we want "political and economic con ditions which are the foundation of freedom and welfare among the na tions of the earth." In the recent past, in reference to an enduring peace, the nation has in sisted upon freedom and economic welfare for self-governing men, with full industrial production and em ployment in all nations. As Mr. Tru man declared, "We have sought and will continue to seek high levels of commerce and stable monetary ex change relationships." Moreover, this nation seeks to expand its for eign trade and investment abroad, without running into insuperable barriers created through internation al commercial rivalry. From the statements of President Truman and Secretary Byrnes, it seems clear that the United States will not attempt to collect dollars, but that it will expect the United Na tions to cooperate in the establish ment of world conditions that will promote the freer exchange of goods and services. Congressmen Should Support Military Leaders In Demobilization The military leaders of the . nation have a difficult task before them, as they seek to maintain the armed strength necessary to make certain that our victories over Germany and Japan shall not be whittled into tem porary successes. In this task, the military leaders lace considerable public protest as interested relatives demand the im mediate release of Tom, Dick and Harry, regardless of points and re gardless of whether they have seen active service or not. While such a demand on the part of the public is more or less inevitable, it makes the job of our leaders more disagreeable and more difficult. Under such conditions, it would seem to be logical to expect members of Congress to throw their support to. the military leaders of the nation by attempting to explain to constit uents the facts of the world situa tion, the necessity that thousands of men remain in service and the cor rectness of procedure which permits men with active service to be re lieved by -men who have not been overseas as long. There is no indication that many congressmen have caught this point of view or recognized such a respon sibility. In "fact, in practically -every state ' Senators and Representatives have taken up various "protests" from relatives and service men, put in their spokes in an effort to change the order of demobilization and thus added to the difficulties of our lead- page three era and increased the discontent on the home front. Truman Adopts Middle Course On Army-Navy Recruiting Problem President Truman has adopted a middle course in regard to filling the Army and Navy's requirements for men. While not willing to depend on voluntary enlistment to provide men for the armed forces and to keep them at "safe levels," the President has opened the way for campaigns to secure voluntary recruits. Na turally, if there are enough volun teers, there will be no necessity for continuing the draft. This move seenw to answer the contention of some congressmen that the draft should be abandoned be cause the nation can get sufficient men through the volunteer method. Obviously, if this is correct, the ar med forces would prefer to have volunteers who go into service of their own desire, rather than to draft men who, in many cases, are unwill ing to serve. 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