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In September, 1940, when pressure from the German campaign
900 75 mm. GUNS
2500 PLANES
316 MORTARS (and. MISC)
50 DESTROYERS
CIVILIAN AID

Friday, January 31, 1941

Here's Aid United Stales Has Sent Britain So Far
The American ambulance organization has sent 260 ambulances, and various other organizations have added to these, and many surgical units and mobile first aid posts, to say nothing of extensive medical supplies, have been furnished.
Until June, 1940, most of U. S. plane exports went to France. With France’s fall, planes were turned to Britain. The Foreign Policy Association estimates that in 14 months ending in October, 1940, 1056 planes had been sent to Britain, 427 to Canada, and 142 to other British areas. Since October the number has increased to around 3 00 a month, so that the total number of planes already shipped to Britain or its dominions and areas allied with it, is probably close to 2500.
The Stokes mortar is a British weapon to begin with, and 316 of them left over from the World War, with 93,113 shells for them, were similarly sold. Other miscellaneous surplus material went to Britain in this indirect channel included 1350 caissons and limbers for 75-mm. guns, 10,200 tripods, 100,000 ammunition belts, 1,000,000 magazines, 18,000 Lewis gun barrels and 3 0,000 Lewis magazines, 17,716,500 pounds of TNT.
valuable for training purposes even though unequal to modern combat conditions.
Directly after the Dunkirk retreat, when the British Expeditionary Force left most of its material on the beach, small arms became a vital need. Secretary Stimson has officially reported that surplus army rifles were sold to the U. S. Steel Corporation, which in turn sold them to Britain, to the number of 970,000.
Through the U. S. Maritime Commission, 132 ships were transferred to Britain between September, 1939 and December, 1940, and 43 to Canada. This added a tonnage of 532,525 to merchant shipping available to Britain, and, in December, 16 additional ships were authorized to be sold to Britain from the maritime commission’s laid-up fleet. It is likely that private transactions have added considerably to this total, but it is difficult to obtain exact figures. Nine tankers transferred to Panama registry are also available for British use.
By NEA Service
What aid-to-Britain might mean in the future is powerfully indicated by the American aid that has already gone to the island citadel.
Though all-out help now being debated has not begun to flow across the Atlantic and though special plants built to produce war materials are in general not yet operating, a look at the record for the last year and a half shows the United States is playing a major role in the firm stand the British are making.
Here is the proof, in a summary of the aid already sent.
machine guns and guns.
sub-machine
Much of the light artillery left over from the World War was of French make and design, considered by the American army as superseded by American guns of newer design. So along with the other guns described went 395 75-mm. guns with limbers and sights, and 500 others in good condition.

Though all-out help now being debated has not begun to flow Across the Atlantic and though special plants built to produce war materials are in general not yet operating, a look at the record for the last year and a half shows the United States is playing a major role in the firm stand the British are making.
Here is the proof, in a summary of the aid already sent.
Until June, 1940, most of U. S. plane exports went to France. “With France’s fall, planes were turned to Britain. The Foreign Policy Association estimates that In 14 months ending in October, 1940, 1056 planes had been sent to Britain, 427 to Canada, and 142 to other British areas. Since October the number has increased to around 3 00 a month, so that the total number of planes already shipped to Britain or its dominions and areas allied with it, is probably close to 2500.
Directly after the Dunkirk retreat, when the British Expeditionary Force left most of its material on the beach, small arms became a vital need. Secretary Stimson has officially reported that surplus army rifles were sold to the U. S. Steel Corporation, which in turn sold them to Britain, to the number of 970,000.
Similarly handled were deals for surplus Lewis, Vickers, and Marlin machine guns totaling 14,494, and 62,988 anti-aircraft machine guns, together with 10,000 Browning machine guns, and more than 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition for them. Also included were 200,500 revolvers and more than a million rounds of .38 caliber ammunition for them, but not included is an unknown number of privately-made

316 mortars; and misc
50 DESTROYERS
229 TANKS
Much of the light artillery left over from the World War was of French make and design, considered by the American army as superseded by American guns of newer design. So along with the other guns described went 395 75-mm. guns with limbers and sights, and 500 others in good condition.
The Stokes mortar is a British weapon to begin with, and 316 of them left over from the World War, with 93,113 shells for them, were similarly sold. Other miscellaneous surplus material went to Britain in this indirect channel included 1350 caissons and limbers for 75-mm. guns, 10,200 tripods, 100,000 ammunition belts, 1,000,000 magazines, 18,000 Lewis gun barrels and 3 0,000 Lewis magazines, 17,716,500 pounds of TNT.
Through the U. S. Maritime Commission, 132 ships were transferred to Britain between September, 1939 and December, 1940, and 43 to Canada. This added a tonnage of 532,525 to merchant shipping available to Britain, and, in December, 16 additional ships were authorized to be sold to Britain from the maritime commission’s laid-up fleet. It is likely that private transactions have added considerably to this total, but it is difficult to obtain exact figures. Nine tankers transferred to Panama registry are also available for British use.
In September, 1940, when pressure from the German campaign against British shipping first became severe, the famous “destroyer deal” was made, in which the United States exchanged 50 destroyers of World War vintage, not strictly up to date, but definitely serviceable, for the right to lease naval bases on various British possessions.
The American ambulance organization has sent 260 ambulances, and. various other organizations have added to these, and many surgical units and mobile first aid posts, to say nothing of extensive medical supplies, have been furnished.
More than 250 mobile canteens and kitchens have been provided by various relief organizations, and the Red Cross has accumulated a stock of 2,000,000 garments for distribution to people rendered needy by air raids. Diphtheria serum for a million children,...has been seat or is an the way, and movements like the Bundles for Britain and Defense of British Homes have sent thousands of garments and hand weapons. And of course several mil
Similarly regarded as surplus material were 229 light World War tanks sold to Canada as still

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