Word: lende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from their month's visit home, whence many a mugwump had crossed over into the interventionist camp, and even fresher from the heaviest victory for any Roosevelt World War II policy move, the crashing 328-67 vote last week for passage of the $5,985,000,000 new Lend-Lease funds. If the House whooped through the Armed-Ships bill, the Senate could not fail to be impressed. This was the strategists...
...decision was Britain's, and it was exceedingly generous. The British decided that it would be strategically wise to waive Lend-Lease rights for the time being and stand by while the U.S. sent goods tagged for Britain to Russia instead. Some of these goods would go to Russia across the Pacific to Vladivostok, and thence along the Trans-Siberian Railway. But for the time being most would go across the Atlantic and in by way of Archangel (see map). The Russians gave assurances that their efficient ice-breaking service would keep this life line open...
None of Sir Kingsley's figures took into account U.S. Lend-Lease aid to Britain. When the Chancellor was through, Parliament voted its third ?1,000,000,000 war credit during...
...return they have asked for Lend-Lease assistance and sufficient processed raw materials and manufactured goods to maintain an internal economy hard hit by war-closed foreign markets. The U.S. has supplied some of the items in small volume, others in dribbles, others...
Friday. The President intimated that some time ago he told his envoy to Moscow to try to swap some Lend-Lease for some religious freedom. Father Walsh backtracks, praises the President's constructive efforts...