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...husbands to change those items on the family budget into Government securities. For once, Washington and Wall Street winced as one. The Wall Street Journal voiced a shadowy but growing fear: "Mrs. Roosevelt is increasingly active; watch her for tips on policies. Her discernible influence on the President is indirect but important. She talks to officials . . . has been calling on bigwigs . . . gave the first hint of the Lease-Lend Bill...
...indirect way a letter from my home town in Germany. ... I give you the letter, which was written on Dec. 28, 1940, in my own very textual translation...
...Notre Dame Church and afterwards reviewing a parade of French-Canadian troops, gave the Church's full blessing to Britain's and Canada's war. Other Canadians, who know that the policy of the Quebec hierarchy has always been ultramontane, hoped fervently that this indicated indirect Vatican backing of the British cause...
...possible only when . . . the belligerents feel that the peace terms will be faithfully carried out by all parties." Only hope for U. S. peace, said Knox, was the defeat of Germany. Otherwise, the U. S. would eventually have to fight for control of the seas. By means "direct or indirect" the Nazis would invade the Western Hemisphere, he said. The best insurance for the U. S. was to rush aid to Britain through the expeditious methods of Lend-Lease...
...Uruguay $7,500,000, part to finish a power dam on the Negro River started five years ago with German capital, the rest to improve the beef and wool indus tries. Since Great Britain has already bought all Uruguay's 1941 wool clip, the Uruguayan loan is indirect aid to Britain...