Government quarters declined to comment until they have completed studies of the full ext of the speech. The first possible official comment, it was even believed. might come from the Prime Minister himself at the next sitting of the House of Common, Unofficial observers regarded the speech principally an address for American consumption. They said that the President had stated Britain's needs more explicitly than any British official had done, but they expressed disappointment because the President was not explicit enough as to how the United States would help Britfia meet those needs, At the same time, however. they admitted that the President's assumption of emergency powers well may produce en answer, perhaps within a few days—United Press.
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