Word: lende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Delhi. But after he tested his teeth on canned salmon he got sick, leaned out the train window, lost salmon and teeth, too. Last week the Army newspaper, Roundup, was crusading for "Teeth for Collins." They thought this time it might be worked through British dentists, on reverse Lend-Lease...
Britain and the U.S. The success or failure of any such plan would lie in basic economic and political world conditions. The condition of Britain after the war will be of critical importance. Britain bore the economic brunt of armament long before the U.S. Before the passage of Lend-Lease, England saw her gold stocks reduced from $2 billion to $152 million. Foreign investments and other assets were reduced from about $15 billion to about $10 billion. Much of her merchant fleet has been destroyed. She has been building up an increasing indebtedness, chiefly in short-term balances, with such...
...handling of these short-term balances will be problem No. 1 for England and for any international authority, since their sudden withdrawal from London would wreck any currency stabilization plan. But Britain's position is far stronger than often supposed. Through her ability to give Lend-Lease in reverse, and to supply Lend-Lease to Russia on an equal if not bigger scale than the U.S., Britain has shown her inherent industrial potential. In the course of the war she has sharply increased the skill and efficiency of her labor. Her proved ability to build high-grade aircraft, plus...
...doctors would lend an ear to anti-vaccal Dr. Soper, but milk bacteriologists agree with him about the bacteria. Among those present...
...possibility of his referring disputes to stabilization director Byrnes. Function stands apart from power, for Wickard is a member of the Economic Stabilization Board while Davis is not. Wickard continues to represent the United States on the Combined Food Board although Davis needs information on lend-lease food aid to manage production and distribution. Overburdening executives is one thing; halving authority is another. If active organization and comprehensive administration are the aims of presidential appointments, specific blueprints will have to supersede naive dreams of cooperation...