EH -2- 1309, April 3, 9 p.m. (SECTION THREE) from London.
 
engineering and metal trades. This bears directly on
 
the dollar exchange situation and the maintenance of
 
England's trade relations. Incidentally, the continuance
 
of this trade even in its reduced volume slows up the
 
turn-around of ships although it involves no displace-
 
ment of war cargoes. As England has extended her Near
 
Eastern operations it has become more obvious that the
 
effective use of her manpower is one of Britain's para-
 
mount needs and that of course in turn affects our own
 
policy. As Beveridge put it when I talked with him the 
 
English strength in manpower is 75,000,000 with the 
 
support of 130,000,000 from the States while the 
 
80,000,000 Germans, 40,000,000 Italians and the support-
 
ing output of some 200,000,000 allied or subjected people.
 
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