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...first official act on his return-signing the bill under which Lender Jesse Jones was readying loans for Finland ($20,000,000), Sweden ($15,000,000), Norway ($10,000,000)-he emphasized his preoccupation with foreign affairs. No one near him doubted that his heart & mind were with high-domed Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles in Europe...
...letter acknowledging "with the thanks of the Republic of Finland your very generous offer of services to aid in out fight against the unprovoked assault of Communistic Russia," Per Zilliacus, military attache of the Finnish Legation, told Parker that only skillful technicians could be used...
...That's why I want to congratulate the Harvard men that are carrying on this campaign for funds to go to Finland. It's really a fine thing...
...March issue of the "Open Road for Boys," Jaakko Mikkola, Crimson track coach, has written an article entitled "Sons of Finland." He discusses the role of the Finnish youth in peace as well as in war, and presents interesting sidelights on his daily life...
...fate of Finland had become a matter of time, and accident. If Field Marshal Mannerheim's able commanders could continue to sell their ground dearly and slowly, then Russia might have no more than the Karelian Isthmus by the time spring's thaws and freshets came to the aid of the defenders. And then if-and only if-manpower and materiel came from other countries in ever-increasing quantities, Finland might turn the tide. With Russian bombs falling on the Swedish town of Pajala and Sweden approaching a crisis over help to the Finns, with Turkey growing restless...