Non-optical quarters speculated whether the United States was moving into a policy of hel Russia to obtain supplies white deny Ing them to other aggressor Powers The Administration, however, offi-dally disowned all such interpretations of its action.
President Roosevelt. at his press conference, said that a desire to con serve American defence resources led him to make the proclamation placing oil and scrap metal under export license control.
Maritime Commission oficial, commenting on the Russian hart said that each application was judged oon, individual merits The action in the Russian case, however, appeared all the more pointed in view of the disclosure that during the week ending July 20, the Commission refused to. permit cha ter by Japanese interests of "four American tankers and two American freighters,
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