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Word: lende (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lend-Lease pay hotel bills for foreign missions? To this old rumor, usually accompanied by whispers of air-conditioned suites and champagne parties, Mr. Stettinius had a quick answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid for Lend-lease | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

Manhattan's obliging Congressman Sol Bloom quietly dropped a bill into the hopper. Three days later, before Chairman Bloom's friendly Foreign Affairs Committee, Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius Jr. spent three pleasant hours citing Lend-Lease accomplishments (TIME, Feb. 1), tracing the flow of U.S. goods on a map which made committee members proud. For the few challenges hurled his way, Ed Stettinius had ready answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid for Lend-lease | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...true that Lend-Lease sent goods to Bermuda against Bermuda's wishes, shipped beer and powder puffs as war supplies? Wrong, said Mr. Stettinius: the U.S. has no Lend-Lease dealings with Bermuda, never shipped a can of beer or a powder puff. (Possible origin of the rumor: to fill empty space on a Lend-Lease ship to North Africa, the Government sent some rayon stockings, sold them for cash, used the francs to buy hemp and cork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid for Lend-lease | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...true that Britain sold Lend-Lease food to its citizens, thus made "a profit out of something that we paid for originally?" Partly, said Mr. Stettinius, for Britain had to distribute Lend-Lease food through the same channels as other food. But the money went to buy supplies for U.S. troops stationed in England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid for Lend-lease | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

When Ed Stettinius left the stand, his trim dark suit was unwrinkled, his sober maroon tie unrumpled, his white handkerchief still in place in his breast pocket. A new Gallup poll showed 82% of U.S. citizens in favor of Lend-Lease, only 9% opposed. Renewal by Congress appeared to be a mere formality. Not until the Administration's reciprocal trade treaties come up for renewal would its "international" policies be challenged by Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid for Lend-lease | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

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