Franklin Delano Roosevelt4 November 1939
Arms can be shipped to belligerent powers if they pay cash & US ships transport them
United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Arms can be shipped to belligerent powers if they pay cash & US ships transport them
Provides for a shipbuilding program for entry into the 2nd World War
Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain for 99 yr leases on naval bases
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