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Y?/ ¿l< ^ u H S Y v ^ - 7.. ' ^ ^ ^ v o / t ^ • j&f 1 7 Q ^ M ^ y / / ^ w r CL^c^/ — y (A^iJnyl ; to í; 5 Redfield Parkway Batavia, New York February 14, 1946 Senator Albin Barkley Washington, D . C* Dear Senator: On the discussed further contribution of three to four billion dollars to Britain on top of giving her twenty-nine billion of Lend Lease in World War II and twenty billion in World War I: Don*t f&rget Senator Barkley that the money you are so ready to hand over to Britain jls not yours I But the money belongs to 135 million American citizens. Your stated policy is to bribe Britain to obtain trade concessions which we are fully and logically and reasonably entitled to without any further contributions Russia lost seven million in killed and a like number in wounded and a forty billion dollars damage in the War I Russia and China are entitled to loans if any further loans are to be made. The spectacle of weak men in the U . S. Senate and House of Representatives and in the Representatives in the United Nations Organizations show of incompetance is enough to make an alert American sick and disgusted J President Truman app^ ointed a man Judge Advocate General of the Army who used outright Hitler tactics on loyal American citizens in Hawaii? The U . S. Representatives at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in June approved the entry of Hitlers Allie, Argentina, into the U,N,0* against Russia's request for a weeks deferment in doing sol American Service men are returning, except those who died in battle, to live in trailers, tents and to bunk in with relativesi Because of the shipment of hundreds of millions of feet of lumber has been for three years and is still being shipped to foreign fields for big prices. Apparently no provision whatever was even thought of for the return of and proper housing provisions and hospitaliztion for returning veterans* There was no drawback or lack of effeciency on the part of officialdom in putting boys into the Army to fight. But upon their return no definite plans or arrangements on the part of Government Officials and those in authority to instate the boys back to the status from which they were summarily torn away fromj r Don t worry about Britain! Senator! Make three billion dollars worth of lumber available to carpenters and builders at a fair price and we will build the houses for our unhoused veterans/ Canada says she can loan three billion to Britain! Let her do it. Yours truly, lir. H. B, Cutler These articles are protected by copyright and have been removed. The citations for the original articles are: Dorman, W. S. “Loans to England Better Than GI’s.” Daily News (Batavia, NY), January 5, 1946. Cutler, Harrison B. “Batavian Protests Lend-Lease Loans.” Daily News (Batavia, NY), January 5, 1946. Daily News (Batavia, NY), “GIs Bitter at 43-Hour Trip Civilians Make in 20 Hours,” January 5, 1946.
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