"Inasmuch as we have officially, as nation, taken a stand for preserva tion of the four freedoms throughout the World, we can not in good con science remain special rights In China when they obviously violate one of those freedoms we have pledged to announcement was fully in accord with our stand as nun. lated by President Roosevelt and Congress in the Lend-and-Lease Law, are committed to aid nations whose defence Is vital to ours, China has been declared to be among the foremost of those, and we are openly committed to its assistance and. support," he added.
'Senator Frederick Van Nulys" of Indiana, who is usually classed: as an opponent of the Administration's for~ flan policy, said that the. statement was a demonstration that the United Siales' Far Eastern Polley "essentially non-imperialistic."
Congressional leaders were less en= thusiastic about the reported policy of permitting United States Army pilots and mechanics to resign and enlist in service for China.
'The State Department denied that it had entered into any arrangement with the Chinese Government con-corning pilots, but there seemed to be abundant' confirmation that the Army, independently, was placing. no hindrance in the paths of resignations for this purpose, Enlistments for service with China seemed to be increasing in numbers—United Press.
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