...Government — 1. To manufacture in arsenals, factories, and shipyards . . . any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States. 2. To sell, transfer title to, exchange, Lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such...

...national defense . . . authorize the Secretary of War ... to manufacture . . . any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States." < 20 > This act allowed Roosevelt to provide Churchill, and other Allies, with the help he...

...therefor, or contracts are authorized from time to time by the Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States. (2) To sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such...

..."sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" any article of defense to "the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States" without regard to the terms of any existing legislation. An initial appropriation of $7 billion...

...hereby designate you to advise and assist me in carrying out the responsibilities placed upon me by the Act of March 11, 1941, entitled 'An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States.' In this capacity, you will receive compensation at an annual rate of $10,000. 45 FDR 9 Close Encounter....

...authorized the "manufacture in arsenals, factories, and shipyards ... [of] any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."68 The manufacture of warplanes became a major industry in southern California, with companies...

...president to "sell, transfer title to, lend, lease or otherwise dispose of [articles of defense to] the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."« The bill also empowered the President to set the terms of repayment as "in kind or property,...

...1941. It now gave him the authority to order the production or procurement of 'any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States'.220 Speaking at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association four days...

...exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" food, military equipment, and other essential supplies to "the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States." Within Axis-controlled territory, "trade" often involved the explicit confiscation of goods...

...executive branch as he might designate to "manufacture ... or otherwise procure ... any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States."14 Realizing that the collaboration between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union was only a temporary...