THE PRESIDENCY: Questions & Answers

"We have committed ourselves in this world struggle. . . . We cannot allow our goods to be sunk in the Atlantic—we shall be beaten if they do. . . . [This] is our fight." So said Secretary Frank Knox last week to the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

"This policy means, in practical application, that such aid must reach its destination in the shortest of time and in maximum quantity. So ways must be found to do this." So said Secretary Cordell Hull to the American Society of International Law.

Secretary Knox did not...

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