Foreign News: Dollars

Under the Neutrality Act of 1937, the U. S. State Department has been able to demand that all U. S. agencies collecting and transmitting funds to Spain give strict account of their activities. Last week the Department announced that from May 1 to September 30 such agencies raised $548,765 in the U. S., spent $173,584 on administration and publicity, set aside reserves of $117,627 and sent to Spain for relief $301,001.

Nearly two-thirds of the relief actually sent to Spain was transmitted by the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, frankly Leftist...

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